Some stats just in: Sony is the second biggest seller of Android smart phones in the UK, leapfrogging HTC. That’s according to numbers from Mobile Magazine, Android Central reports. Sony sold 500,000 Android phones in the last 3 months here in Blighty, while HTC managed 440,000. But both are way behind Samsung, which sold a crazy …
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Asus will soon release a set-top box and dongle combo running Google TV, Engadget reports. The device, known as the Asus Qube, has shown up in an FCC (that’s the US Federal Communications Commission) approval document. That chap up there by the ruler is part of the dongle. There are no dimensions or specs, but the Qube is expected to …
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How’s this for timing: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first TV interview will air on the same day as he finds out if a host of Samsung devices have been banned because of his company’s court case, CNET reports. Sadly, we won’t get any reaction shots to the news, as it’s pre-recorded. Don’t expect to see Cook punching the air or …
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Could an even cheaper Nexus 7 be in the works? A device known as the Asus ME172V has shown up over at GLBenchmark, and it seems to back up previous rumours we’ve heard about a £62 ($99) 7-inch Android tablet. That particular rumour gave the product name as the Asus ME-172V, so we could very well be looking at the …
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Now here’s grist for the rumour mill. Nokia has advertised for a Linux expert to join the company, working on mobile products, Gizmodo UK reports. Linux, of course, is the basis of Google’s Android operating system. What’s more, the job advert has mysteriously disappeared. Hmm… According to Gizmodo, the ad was looking for someone to work in a “start-up environment” …
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Apple has announced the iPhone 5, iPad and iPad mini will go on sale in China in just a few days. The tablets will hit the shelves first, with the iPad mini and latest iPad (sporting the Retina display) on sale on 7 December. That’s this Friday. The iPhone 5 will follow a week later, on 14 December. Strangely, it’s …
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The HTC Deluxe is rumoured to be a 5-inch, 1080p challenger to the Galaxy Note 2‘s phablet crown. But here’s some bad news for anyone looking forward to getting their hands on it — the device might not be coming to Europe after all. That’s according to HTC’s Facebook page. A fan, glorying in the name of Ingo Hochheim, posted …
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Will Apple soon start making a cheap iPhone? That’s what one analyst reckons, and the reasons do seem to add up. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster — not of those ones, sadly — thinks that at some point in the next two years, Apple will make a special version of the iPhone that’ll cost just $200 (£125), Business Insider reports. He …
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There may be a recession on, but that hasn’t stopped Sony from producing a run of limited edition Xperia P phones cased in solid gold. That may sound a rather strange move considering the current economic climate, but it doesn’t look like Sony will be selling them. Instead, it’s giving them away via its Facebook page. The aim of the …
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The head of Nokia’s imaging department has decided to leave the company, Reuters reports. Damian Dinning, the man behind the 808 PureView 41-megapixel camera phone, has decided to take a job at Jaguar Land Rover, where he’ll play a key part in its connected car division. Which is a bit of a blow for the floundering Finnish phone firm. Dinning …
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