Some of you have been frustrated when trying to watch the YouTube videos embedded in Pocketnow articles on a mobile device. We’ve been investigating this problem and it turns out that it only happens with YouTube videos that have revenue sharing turned on. YouTube’s iFrame embed code is supposed to be able to detect the user’s browser and feed them a video in an appropriate format. On Windows Phone 7 and iOS 5, YouTube’s code …
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Average Customer Satisfaction by Mobile OS
A Customer Think survey recently published some data regarding customer satisfaction results based on smartphone operating system. The survey found that Windows Phone 7 ended up being the most satisfying operating system of the bunch, followed by Blackberry, then Apple’s iOS, then Android, with Symbian rounding out 5th place. The number of users surveyed wasn’t equal for each OS though, so you have to take that into account. Actually, only 1% of customer reviews were …
Continue readingSpb Shell 3D for Symbian (Video)
We’ve been fans of Spb’s shell UI replacements for a while. They started original on Windows Mobile back in 2007 (See our review of version 1.5), but have since expanded to offering shell replacements for Android and Symbian as well. Today we’ve got a new version of Spb Shell 3D for Symbian and we’ve got it running on the Nokia N8 with Symbian Anna. Spb Mobile Shell has evolved quite a lot over the years, …
Continue readingT-Mobile is Ready for the Hurricane
If you’re on the east coast of the U.S.A. this weekend, you probably know about Hurricane Irene. There’s a lot of hype on the news about this storm as it’s about the size of Europe and aimed straight for New York City and New England. While many should be concerned about their lives, water supply, and electricity, T-Mobile is working to make sure your mobile phones have reception in case you need them. Throughout New …
Continue readingApple Also Submits Doctored Images to Dutch Courts
While Apple has been getting a lot of bad press for submitting altered images in the iPad case against Samsung in Germany, today we hear that Mark Krul, lawyer and IP law specialist at Dutch firm WiseMen, has also noticed some retouched imagery in Apple’s case against Samsung in the Netherlands. Apparently, the images of the two phones side by side were altered in order to make the Samsung Galaxy S appear to be exactly …
Continue readingMore Evidence Apple Falsified Images
Editor’s note: The following was written and researched by fellow Pocketnow reader, Robb Cabansag. The recent stories about Apple resizing an image of the Galaxy Tab in recent court papers prompted me to download the 44-page PDF of the motion filed in the EU. After going through the document I am flummoxed that a judge could have ruled against Samsung based in-full or even in-part of the contents. I’ve gone through the entire document and …
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