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 …
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A new blower from ZTE is on the way, according to the tipsters over at evleaks. The Twitter account has posted a picture of the ZTE Grand X Pro, though sadly it’s pretty light on details. What we do know is that if the name is correct, it’ll be the follow-up to the ZTE Grand X, which the company launched …
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Good news if you bought an iPhone 5 — or upgraded to iOS 6 — and are sick of Apple Maps pointing you in the wrong direction. Google Maps is almost ready to launch on the iPhone and iPad, the Wall Street Journal reports. That’ll be a relief to anyone who’s looked for Heathrow Airport and ended up in Hyde …
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Apple and HTC are putting their differences behind them, with a deal that lets them license each other’s patents for the next 10 years. But any hopes of Apple and Samsung calling a similar truce have been thoroughly quashed, as the Korean company is trying to use the deal to stop its own products being banned, The Verge reports. According …
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Update: Google has just launched a price protection policy on Google Play, so if you bought your Nexus 7 from it after 14 October, you’re eligible to have the difference refunded. Head here to file your request. Update 2: Asus got in touch to confirm its UK offer for Nexus 7 owners. You’ll get a £25 coupon for the Asus …
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This is more like it. Apple and HTC have kissed and made up, and put behind them all the lawsuits they’ve been slapping each other with. Not only that, they’ve announced a deal that will let them license patents off each other for the next 10 years, so we shouldn’t see any more court cases between them for a while. Way to go, …
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There could be quite an interesting postscript to the patent case in which Apple won $1 billion from Samsung. Our sister site CNET reports that Judge Lucy Koh has agreed to examine Samsung’s claims that the jury foreman concealed crucial information that stopped him being impartial. Samsung is arguing that Vel Hogan failed to disclose that in 1993 he was sued by …
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Vodafone has stopped stocking the iPhone 4S in 32GB and 64GB sizes, Omio reports. Though the network will still offer the 16GB iPhone 4S, a couple of HTC handsets are for the chop, too. Vodafone detailed its plans in a newsletter to affiliates. No fewer than six mobiles will no longer be available on Vodafone. These are the 32GB and 64GB iPhone 4S, the …
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The iPhone 5 will soon be on sale in China for the first time. The Wall Street Journal reports that state-controlled China Telecom, the country’s third biggest mobile operator, and China Unicom, the second largest, will offer the new iPhone at the end of November or beginning of December. Both networks have been awaiting government approval to sell the handset. …
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The iPad mini only went on sale Friday morning, but it’s already sold out in some Apple Stores around the world, 9to5Mac reports. The flagship Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City has run out of iPad minis, according to Topeka Capital’s Brian White, who released a note to clients on the subject. Apple Stores here in the …
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