A new Samsung device has just shown up over at the FCC — the Federal Communications Commission, the bods responsible for greenlighting tech for sale in the US — and it could well be the Galaxy Note 8.0, Engadget reports. The device’s product code matches up with one spotted by SamMobile last year, which pegged …
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A price has popped up for one of the first handsets to arrive running RIM’s BB10 operating system. The Z10 will cost £479.95 SIM-free, according to what seems to be a leak from the Carphone Warehouse database, Engadget reports. The product code BLAZ10WHI matches a previous leak from the high street giant. If correct, it’s £30 cheaper than a 16GB …
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It looks like LG’s Optimus G is about to get a stablemate. The LG Optimus G Pro has leaked in the Far East, and is heading for Japan’s NTT DoCoMo network. The G Pro looks better than the original G in pretty much every way, with a 5-inch display that packs a Full HD 1080p resolution, Engadget reports. That’s up …
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It’s already available in Wi-Fi-only versions, but a 4G iPad mini will launch in China by the end of the month, Apple boss Tim Cook has said. His Cookness was speaking to Chinese news outlet Tencent, spotted by my colleagues at CNET News. He didn’t give an exact date for the network-equipped tablet though, saying only “late January”. The Wi-Fi-only iPad …
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Google and LG’s Nexus 4 already runs Android Jelly Bean — making it even more of a steal, if you can lay your hands on one — but it looks like we could soon see it upgraded to the latest version (4.2.2). Nexus 4s running Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 have been spotted in the wild, SlashGear reports. The update is said …
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Remember that story that said cheapness “will never be the future of Apple products“? The one that quoted Apple marketing supremo Phil Schiller in The Shanghai Evening News? Well it turns out to be wrong, as Schiller was either misquoted, or never said any such thing. The Chinese newspaper has updated its story, and at Apple’s request, no less. There …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 2‘s 5.5-inch frame may have looked gargantuan when it first lumbered its way onto the tech scene, but it’s now being dwarfed by many a rumoured mobile — the latest ZTE P945, for example. Spied by Unwired View (through binoculars, as it tears strips out of skyscrapers, I imagine), this smart phone has a 5.7-inch screen. …
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Big phones are set to be all the rage in 2013, but just to buck the trend, it seems Apple could be releasing a smaller iPhone next year, according to one analyst. Strategy Analytics’ Neil Mawston reckons Apple will launch a mini mobile in 2014 to combat Samsung. The Korean company has fingers in many mobile pies, whereas Apple is …
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We heard whispers a few months ago that the venerated Samsung Galaxy S2 would be updated to spangly new Android Jelly Bean, but then it all went quiet. Until now, that is, as Samsung has posted some details on its website. It’s its Korean website, admittedly, but if it’s coming to our Seoul sisters, surely us Brits with S2s can’t …
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Picture the scene: you lose your iPhone on New Year’s Eve, only to see someone using it the next day on an online dating service. What would you do? If you’re a 27-year-old New York trombonist named Nadav Nirenberg, you pose online as a busty female to ensnare the thief into a date with destiny. Then you turn up with …
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