Andrew Lanxon

iPhone 5’s super

The iPhone 5 will be thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4 — so much so that it could cause delays in production. That’s according to component suppliers who apparently spoke to The Wall Street Journal. We took it for granted that the iPhone 5 would be thinner and lighter than its predecessor, but the possibility of …

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro delay makes us wait for Qwerty sliding fun

The Carphone Warehouse has updated its expected release date for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro to October. That’s a full five months after the Android phone was initially supposed to be available. We’re not sure what troubles have befallen the poor Xperia Pro, but it’s sure taking its time to arrive in our sweaty hands. The Pro was originally supposed to launch …

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HTC Evo 3D thrusting three

Sick of staring into your boring two-dimensional phone screen? Fear not, flatness haters — the HTC Evo 3D will be arriving in good old Blighty in July. A launch date next month puts the HTC Evo 3D head to head against the similarly depth-tastic LG Optimus 3D, which will be available around the same time. Both handsets run on the …

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Apple television set on its way, claims former Apple exec

The Apple rumour mill is churning once again. Mercifully, the latest loaf of speculation doesn’t concern the iPhone 5, but instead suggests we may see an Apple television set by the end of this year. An Apple television has been the subject of much discussion over the past few years, with fresh rumours of a launch cropping up every so …

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Nokia Symbian Anna update coming in August, plus 10 new Symbian phones

Nokia evidently still has some love for its Symbian operating system as it will soon be shipping four of its newest phones with the latest version — Anna — and will be launching 10 Symbian-based handsets within the next 12 months. From July, Nokia’s N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 handsets will begin shipping with the new version of Symbian pre-installed …

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Arc and Neo coming to T

No sooner do we get our sticky fingers all over Sony Ericsson’s new shiny mobile offerings than we’re treated to the news that that Orange and T-Mobile — the Everything Everywhere boys — are to be offering the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, the Arc and the Neo from April. Three Xperia cheers! If you’ve been absent from our recent Mobile …

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ViewSonic ViewPad 4 doesn’t know if it’s a tablet or a phone

There have been so many phones and tablets announced at Mobile World Congress this year it was only inevitable that some of them would be overwhelmed by the experience and become terribly confused. The Viewsonic ViewPad 4 doesn’t seem to know if it’s a phone with tablet features or a tablet with phone features. Poor thing. If the ViewPad 4 …

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ViewSonic 10Pro 10

ViewSonic is going all out to help you manage your serious business and frivolous personal life. The ViewPad 10Pro is a 10-inch tablet aimed at people who need to both get some work done and kick back after hours, with the ability to dual boot with Windows 7 and Android 2.2. “Why would you need a dual-boot tablet?” we hear …

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Micro USB will be phone charger standard by end of 2011

We’ve all been there: you’re at your friend’s place and your BlackBerry runs out of juice. For some unfathomable reason, your friend hasn’t read our extensive coverage of mobile phones and still exclusively uses his geriatric Nokia 3210. How on Earth are you going to get your handset charged? The European Commission has now agreed with 14 major mobile firms …

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play coming in April on Orange and T

Not ones to be left out of a party, Orange and T-Mobile — or Everything Everywhere as they’re known in their SuperMegaZord combined form — have confirmed that they will be stocking the Sony Ericsson Xperia play gaming smart phone from April. The Xperia Play has had more buzz than a bucket of hornets and it hasn’t even been officially …

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