UBM TechInsights has estimated the shiny new iPhone 4S costs Apple £132, our chums at CNET News report. That’s for the 32GB model, which, considering it’s estimated to sell for £579, means Apple should be making a healthy profit on each. The estimate shows a sharp contrast with Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, for which it’s …
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus on sale 27 October?
With Android Ice Cream Sandwich due imminently, we expected the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — previously known as the Nexus Prime — to land pretty soon. Now word reaches us it could be in just three weeks. That’s right, 27 October is the day we’re hearing, which would give us plenty of time to flash it at Christmas parties. The date …
Read More »Sony to buy out Ericsson?
If you’ve been a little disappointed by Sony Ericsson’s recent handsets, things could be about to change. A mole has leaked info saying Sony is looking to buy out Ericsson and regain complete control of its mobile phone division. So what would this mean for us? Well it could mean Sony’s handsets become more integrated with its other consumer electronics …
Read More »India launches £22 tablet PC, British made
India is already home to the world’s cheapest car, the £1,298 Tata Motors Nano, and now it’s home to the world’s cheapest tablet too. Made by DataWind, a British company also responsible for the PocketSurfer 2, the Aakash (“sky” in Hindi) will sell for just £22 to students, or £39 to regular citizens. Student discount, eh? Reuters reports that the …
Read More »Vertu Constellation T launching this month
Vertu? Doesn’t Nokia know there’s a recession on? While Vertu’s handsets may previously have been the preserve of technophobic oligarchs who wanted more crystal-studded style than substance, it seems now Nokia is dragging the brand into the 21st century with the Constellation T, its first touchscreen model. That’s right, its first touchscreen. It didn’t even have a smart phone model …
Read More »Does Barack Obama already have an iPhone 4S?
Here’s a tip if you fancy getting your hands on an iPhone 4S ahead of the crowd — become President of the USA. We don’t have any proof, but we suspect Barack Obama may well already have his hands on the 4S. Why do we think this? The commander in chief has revealed he was given an iPad 2 ahead …
Read More »Samsung Nexus Prime leaks, looks massive
The iPhone 4S is yesterday’s news — literally — so let’s look to Android for some rather more cheering fare. Here’s the first leaked shot of the Samsung Nexus Prime, the perfect antidote if you were holding out hope for an iPhone 5. GSMArena nabbed the shot, and while it shows only part of the handset, it does reveal some …
Read More »HTC investigating security flaw on Android phones
Well this isn’t good news for anyone with an HTC smart phone. HTC is looking into a security flaw exposed by Android Police that means your data could well be at risk. Your emails, GPS position, texts and more could all be vulnerable. Be afraid… Apparently the cause is recent software updates to HTC handsets. HTC introduced a suite of logging tools …
Read More »Apple Cards app: make and mail cards from your phone
We can’t say we saw this one coming. Apple’s new Cards app lets you design and create greetings cards right from your iPhone or iPad. Come up with the design, and Apple does the rest, including printing it on 100 per cent cotton paper and even posting it for you. There are over 21 designs in six categories, including birthdays, …
Read More »Nokia Windows Phones will launch this year, says Nokia boss
You might be thinking Nokia has gone a little quiet since announcing its tie-in with Microsoft to produce Windows Phone handsets. And you’d be right, seeing as the announcement was all the way back in February. But now Stephen Elop has said we will see Nokia Windows Phone handsets before the end of the year. Elop promises the first Nokia-Microsoft …
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