Joe Svetlik

Sony MT27i Pepper pic and specs leak

We thought we’d see it at Mobile World Congress, but it seems Sony was holding this one back for later. It’s called the Sony Xperia Pepper, with its product code MT27i. So, Xperia Pepper then. We heard mention of the Pepper at the end of January, but now the official picture has leaked, and we’ve …

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Sony Xperia S comes to Three from £30 per month

The Sony Xperia S impressed us when we had a hands-on back at CES in January. Good news — the upscale Android phone will be available on Three on Friday. When the network gets round to updating its website, the Xperia S will available on contracts from £30 per month, or on pay as you go for a penny shy …

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New Apple TV is still a set

Apple boss Tim Cook has unveiled the new Apple TV, and it looks like Apple has improved it in every way. For a start, the set-top box — this isn’t the rumoured TV set, sorry — now streams in 1080p HD, as opposed to the previous version’s 720p, meaning your movies and TV shows will look even better than before. …

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Google Assistant to take on Siri, work in different apps

We’d already heard rumours there was an Android rival to Siri in the works, but now comes word it’ll change its name from Majel to Google Assistant, TechCrunch reports. It’ll be the search giant’s main focus for the coming year, apparently. And not only that, it’ll also be offered up for developers to integrate it into their apps, so we …

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Samsung Galaxy S3 benchmarked, no 1080p screen?

One of the most highly anticipated phones of all time, the Samsung Galaxy S3, has been benchmarked, Pocketnow reports. And the big news is it won’t have a 1080p screen. Boo! This contrasts with earlier reports that claimed the S3 would have a Full HD screen. The processor is also slightly lower specced than previously rumoured. While these would be …

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iPad 3 ‘to be same same price’ as iPad 2

Good news — the iPad 3 should be the same price as the current iPad, according to a rumour. 9to5Mac reports that previous rumours saying the iPad 3 would be $70-80 more expensive are nonsense, citing its anonymous tipster Mr X. Rather, the iPad 3 will cost the same as the existing iPad 2 models in the US, so we …

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Asus Windows Phone will launch ‘when time is right’

Asus is preparing a Windows Phone, and is just waiting for the right time to launch it, Pocket-Lint reports. Asked whether the company would make a Windows Phone, Benson Lin, global head of Asus’ handheld division, said: “We are very close with Microsoft. When we think it is the right time of course we will do it.” He made the …

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iPad 3 leaked parts assembled into makeshift tablet

We’re just days from the official iPad 3 announcement, but if you really can’t wait, here’s a makeshift effort cobbled together from leaked parts by the team over at M.I.C. Gadget. The case — which we brought you news of days ago — looks identical to the iPad 2, with the Home button intact, if this is indeed the official …

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Slide

Just a couple of weeks after Apple won a patent case against Motorola for its slide-to-unlock feature, a German court has thrown out a similar case against Samsung, the BBC reports. Apple and Samsung had both taken out cases against each other, and both have been dismissed, a spokesman for the Mannheim state court told the BBC. Both cases concerned who …

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Vodafone’s Siri ad wasn’t misleading, ASA rules

Siri, the voice-controlled personal assistant for the iPhone 4S, can do many things — it can go on a date, it can swear at children in the Midlands, and it can even annoy Alan Sugar. It can’t, however, provide all the location features in the UK that it can in the US, due to Apple not signing deals with the …

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