After months of waiting, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S3 begins rolling out today. But wait, don’t rush through your menus just yet — so far it’s only started appearing in Eastern Europe. Samsung said the software, which only hit Poland today, will gradually be introduced into other markets with. …
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The enormous Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has broken cover like a whale coming up for air — it’s available to harpoon now for pre-order at Phones 4U, with contracts available from O2, Orange and Vodafone starting from £31 for 24 months. That’s only if you pay £150 upfront though, a total of £894 over the course of the contract. In …
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Mozilla, best known for its popular open-source web browser Firefox, has a new mobile operating system called Firefox OS — and it’s set to run on new ZTE phones at the start of next year. ZTE is the world’s fourth largest phone maker and is making a bid to branch out from its well-regarded range of inexpensive Android smart phones …
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Guess what? More iPhone news! Apple proudly stated last night that iPhone users will finally be able to make FaceTime calls over 3G — and eventually 4G — breaking the bars of the Wi-Fi prison the video-calling app was locked in. But with us Brits missing out on some features in iOS 6, it wasn’t clear whether this new feature …
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Viber, the free-to-download communication app, today reached 100 million users across iOS, Android and Windows Phone platforms — and it plans to celebrate by moving to S40, Symbian and Bada too. The app essentially provides free phone calls, messages and photo messages over 3G and Wi-Fi, giving users an alternative to the more expensive native calling and messaging on their …
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Look out Sky Go — Virgin Media has announced its Virgin TV Anywhere streaming application. The Branson-beard-bearing company is launching a TV streaming service for your laptop, PC, iPad, iPhone and other devices over Wi-Fi. It’s an evolution of the Virgin Media Player and will be officially launched in Autumn 2012. Virgin hopes to leave Sky and its Sky Go …
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The Samsung Galaxy S3 hit 20 million sales today, just 100 days after it was launched here in the UK. This leaves the Korean giant’s newest flagship device as its fastest selling smart phone to date, humbling its predecessor, the S2, which took 10 months to reach a similar figure. “The Galaxy S3 has enjoyed tremendous attention and popularity since …
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Nokia has been forced to apologise after using a ‘confusing’ promotional video at its New York launch event yesterday, after it emerged that the video purporting to show off its new phone’s camera was shot using a dSLR and not the new Lumia 920, as it claimed. Nokia chiefs hailed the new Lumia as the “best smart phone to capture …
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