Samsung Epic 4G Media Hub Update Causing Battery Life Issues, Workaround Detailed
The recent update to the Samsung Epic 4G which added access to the manufacturer’s Media Hub service is confirmed to be causing issues with battery drain and sleep functionality. As the update added the OMA DRM runtime for content encryption and access, the runtime is constantly running in the background, polling every 11 seconds and […]
SanDisk and LG Introduce Secure Content Management for Carriers
Flash memory and solutions developer SanDisk along with LG have announced a new managed content solution for carriers that wish to offer licensed content without the intrusive effects of conventional DRM methods. The service works by bundling a memory card with the carrier branded handset and uses the venerable OMA SmartCard  WebServer to authenticate the […]
Sunday SPI Roundup
Taking a look at the past week in Sprint PCS Info, we started with insight into the GSM world’s problems with FOTA and DRM, why Sprint doesn’t have any high-end Nokia phones, what a re-branded PPC-6600 would look like, an editorial picking apart emerging TV technolgies such as MediaFLO and DVB-H, and… this just in, […]