The iPad 3 — set to be announced on Wednesday — could actually be called the iPad HD, according to leaked part listings from case manufacturers, Gizmodo reports. An alleged leaked inventory shows the name iPad HD, hinting Apple could choose the moniker to big up the device’s retina display. It would make sense from a …
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Some more alleged parts of the iPad 3 have leaked — this time it’s a pair of front panels that hold the screen, known as “digitizers”, according to our sister site CNET.com. And the most notable thing is the Home button is there as standard. This pours doubt on the idea that Apple is ditching the home button in favour …
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Sony won’t release any quad-core phones until next year, an executive has said. The reason? The performance doesn’t yet meet its expectations. “We’re going to join quad-core when we feel that the performance matches the battery efficiency,” Sony Mobile product marketing manager Stephen Sneeden told our sister site CNET Asia at Mobile World Congress. “Because right now we don’t feel …
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The invite to Apple’s iPad 3 announcement landed on our desk yesterday (alright, inbox), and it could reveal something interesting about the device. In the image Apple sent out, the device seems to be lacking a Home button. Seeing as Apple is keen on teasing in its invites what it’ll be unveiling — its invite to the Siri launch read: …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Beam — the phone with a projector built-in for no reason other than “hey, why not?” — will cost just short of £400 when it goes on sale this summer. Unlocked Mobiles has priced it up at £385 including VAT. The handset will go on sale in July — not an ideal time of year to use a …
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Whoa there — the iPad 3 is launching next week, we know that much, but a new Apple TV could be coming too. Unfortunately it won’t be the fabled TV set Apple is said to be working on, but rather its dinky set-top box. But still, should be quite a day. 9to5Mac quotes reliable sources as saying the new box …
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Toshiba wowed us back in September with the vanishingly thin AT200 tablet, pictured above. Only just launched in the UK, the Japanese giant’s about to unveil a follow-up at Mobile World Congress — and the good news is it’s smaller, faster and runs Ice Cream Sandwich, Pocketnow reports. We’re still awaiting an official announcement, so there’s no word on name, …
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Samsung’s tablet size bingo continues, with its latest effort being a 10-inch Galaxy Note. But the company’s tablets aren’t faring too well, one executive has revealed at Mobile World Congress. “Honestly, we’re not doing very well in the tablet market,” Hankil Yoon, product strategy executive for Samsung, told reporters, including CNET News’ Roger Cheng. Ouch. So how’s it going to …
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The HTC One X has been easily one of the most impressive phones at Mobile World Congress so far, and it’s heading this way soon, courtesy of Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and online retailers including Phones4U. Excellent. Retailer mobilephonesdirect.co.uk is offering the One X on T-Mobile and Vodafone for £31 per month, or pay as you go for £470 — not …
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Huawei is hitting Mobile World Congress in full force — not only has it unveiled the Ascend D Quad, which it claims is the world’s fastest phone, it’s also pulled back the curtain on the Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD. It’s the world’s first quad-core 10-inch tablet, combining what many say is the optimum screen size with some of the nippiest …
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