Joe Svetlik

iPhone 5 coming autumn, wearing rubber

If you’re looking forward to the iPhone 5… you may be in for a bit of a wait, we’re afraid. The latest rumour says it’ll come in the autumn, a year on from the iPhone 4S, BGR reports. And it’ll be wearing rubber. Yes, you read that right. It’ll use rubber or plastic, according to …

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HTC bootloader lets you customise your phone

Good news if you’re not a fan of the Sense UI that HTC insists on slathering all over its Android phone — you can now download a program that lets you tweak your handset, so you can customise the user interface. And it’s not some dodgy program knocked up in a shed by hackers, it’s issued by HTC. It’ll work …

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Samsung still top mobile seller in the US

Samsung is still top of the mobile tree, according to recent stats from comScore, Pocketnow reports. In the three months ending November 2011, the Korean company was up 0.3 per cent to account for 25.6 per cent of mobile customers in the US. So how’s everyone else doing? Well LG, Motorola and RIM all slipped slightly, while Apple had the …

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Samsung Galaxy S3 here February with 3D, 720p screen

We loved the Samsung Galaxy S2. A gorgeous screen, super-fast processor and awesome camera made it a great competitor to the iPhone. So news that its follow-up is on the way has us giddy with excitement. Samsung will announce the S3 at Mobile World Congress in February, BGR reports. As well as some pretty awesome specs — including a 720p …

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ICS coming in April to LG phones, customers enraged

LG has spilled the beans on its upgrade plans to the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android — although it’s not all good news. The upgrades won’t start until the second quarter of 2012 (April-June), with some being held back for the third quarter (July-September), Engadget reports. So if you own an LG handset, you could be looking at a …

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Sony Ericsson LT28at Xperia has HD display, 13

Well look at this. Just a few days after pics of Sony Ericsson’s much-hyped Xperia Arc HD (or Nozomi, if you prefer) leaked, we’ve got some details on another high-end Xperia handset. And if the specs are anything to go by, it looks like it’ll thrash the Arc HD. Codenamed the LT28at (as opposed to LT26i for the Arc HD), …

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Over 700,000 Android devices activated daily, Google boasts

Back in June, Google’s senior vice president of mobile Andy Rubin tweeted that more than 500,000 Android devices were being activated every day. Now the Android founder’s upped it to a phenomenal 700,000. That’s every single day. And if you’re in any doubt as to what ‘activated’ actually refers to, he went on to clarify that too. A bit like …

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Samsung Galaxy S2, Note getting ICS in 2012, S and Ace won’t

Samsung has the perfect new year pick-me-up — it’ll push out the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for the powerful Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note early next year. But users of the Galaxy Ace and original Galaxy S may get a serious headache to learn their phone will miss out on the upgrade altogether. “The platform update for Galaxy S2 …

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Apple TV: Apple discussing Siri, motion controls

Apple TV could be closer than we thought. The Cupertino company is discussing its future vision for TV with media execs at several large companies, The Wall Street Journal reports. And the big news? It looks like it will have Siri for voice recognition, as well as respond to motion controls. Minority Report-style viewing could be just months away… Senior …

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Nexus S updated to ICS over next month, you can get it now

The Nexus S is the first Android phone to get the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich (though the HTC Sensation range and Samsung Galaxy S2 will follow). It’s rolling out over the next month, but if you don’t want to wait, we’ve got some tips on how to update yours right now. In a statement, Google said, “We’re rolling out Android …

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