First up at Nokia World? The Asha line for the developing world — the 200, 201, 300 and 303. They run S40, but best of all? They’re all getting Angry Birds. That’s right, Angry Birds is going truly global. Blanca Juti, Nokia’s vice president of mobile phones, outed the handsets, along with a series of …
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We brought you news last week that Apple has a standalone TV set in the works — well now an analyst has popped up to offer his 10 cents’ worth. And he likey, to use the proper analytical term. Brian White from Ticonderoga Securities says Apple’s introduction to the TV market could ‘reinvent’ the product category, BGR reports. “We believe …
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This thing is so close we can practically taste it. The Samsung Galaxy Note (that massive phone or tiny tablet, depending how you look at it) has its first TV advert out, reports Pocketnow. The ad starts with an aerial shot over a river, then the sea, then the camera pulls back to show we’ve been watching it on the …
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Are there no limits to the talents of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus? Not only does it sport a huge display with pin-sharp HD resolution, it also supports USB gaming controllers thanks to its Android Ice Cream Sandwich software. With that massive 4.65-inch screen on hand to show off games, this could be a real rival to the iPhone 4S and …
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First Siri starts doling out personal info when your phone is supposed to be locked, and now an even bigger security oversight has been discovered in iOS5 for iPad 2 owners. Anyone with a Smart Cover can get into your iPad 2, reports 9to5Mac, even if you’ve been careful and locked it with a password. That sound you hear is …
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Head on over to O2’s coming soon page, and you’ll see a rather nice treat waiting for you… that’s right, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which touches down in November. There’s no word on pricing, or when in November it’s coming, but rest assured, this baby is just days away. Phones4U has made the only previous announcement, being the first independent …
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Not content with declaring thermonuclear war on Android, it seems Steve Jobs wanted to make a fully-fledged Apple TV set as well. The reveal comes from Walter Isaacson’s biography, named simply Steve Jobs, which is published on Monday. Could Apple be about to take on Sony, Samsung, LG et al. in the lounge as well as in the mobile sphere? …
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Good news for Android users: Google has opened Android Movies in the UK, so you can rent films as easily as downloading an app. About a thousand movies are now up for download over 3G or Wi-Fi, reports The Inquirer. Prices start at £2.49, with newer films like Senna and Green Lantern costing £3.49. To get your fill of the …
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Right. Okay. What happened was, Samsung announced the Galaxy Note was arriving on 17 November in the UK — but now, an online retailer has announced it’ll actually be on sale a couple of weeks before that. Online retailer Clove claims the Galaxy Note is actually due on 1 November, it announced via its Twitter feed yesterday. Not only that, …
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This bodes well for the Galaxy Nexus: Samsung now sells more smart phones than any other company in the world, reports The Wall Street Journal. That’s right, it’s bigger than both Apple and Nokia. Apple overtook Nokia in the summer, and holding off Samsung until now, but Samsung then sold more than 20 million smart phones in the three months …
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