Joe Svetlik

EE rated worst mobile network in 2013

EE has heavily promoted its 4G service this year, and rolled it out to 160 towns and cities across the UK. But that wasn’t enough to stop customers giving the network the thumbs down, the Daily Mail reports. The Mail has had a peek at confidential YouGov data that show EE being rated the worst …

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Samsung to unveil finger

Samsung has just spilled the beans on its new telly range, set to be unveiled at CES at the start of January. Its new goggleboxes will let you change the volume and switch channels just by waving your fingers.  Not only that, Samsung has tweaked its voice controls too, meaning you have to say less to change channels. It’ll roll …

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LG G2 Mini specs leak: low

Specs of what is believed to be the LG G2 Mini have leaked online, but if they’re the real deal, it looks like this small phone will be a big disappointment. Phone Arena reports that a handset with the model number LG D410 — believed to be the rumoured G2 Mini — has had its benchmarks leaked at GFXBench. A …

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Android Jelly Bean comes to more Sony Xperia Z devices

Last week, we heard it was coming, and now it’s here. Android Jelly Bean has made it to a slew of Sony Xperia Z devices, including the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, and the Xperia Tablet Z. Jelly Bean has already come to the Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra. Sony made the announcement in a blog post, though …

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We’d love to bring BlackBerry to iOS and Android, says CEO

It’s been a pretty dire year for BlackBerry, as shown by its £2.69bn loss in just three months. But the fat lady hasn’t sung yet for the troubled Canadian mobile maker. In fact, we could see BlackBerry’s enterprise productivity and security features come to rival platforms, according to the company’s CEO. “We’d love to do it,” CEO Jon Chen said, …

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Moto X print ad lets you change its colour on the page

Whoever said print was dead? A new advert for the Motorola Moto X spruces up the printed page by letting you the reader change the colour of a featured image as you wish, our parent site CNET reports. The ad — a video of which I’ve embedded in this story — lets you change the colour of the handset on …

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Gresso Radical R1 Android smartie is a steal at £920

Well someone must be buying these ridiculous luxury mobiles, otherwise why would they keep making them? Gresso — the company known for covering the iPhone in crystals — has just launched its first Android models, Engadget reports. And as you can see, they’re as ludicrous as the rest of the range. The entry-level (ha!) Radical R1 is made of grade …

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 drops to £99 on Amazon UK

Update: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 has now gone up to £127 on Amazon, but it’s available for £100 on Currys. If you’re after a tablet computer for someone special this Christmas, don’t want to pay the earth, but are put off by the likes of the supermarket’s bargain bin of slate PCs, then Amazon may have just what you’re after. It’s …

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Apple will let us toggle design elements in iOS 7, beta says

Apple has released a new beta build of iOS 7 for developers, and as well as making it faster, it’s added some custom design elements for us to play with, 9to5Mac reports. iOS 7.1 beta 2 is available via the iOS Dev Centre, as well as over the air. One of the key changes is the fact you can turn …

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iBeacon launches in Apple Stores, badgers you as you shop

Apple has launched a natty new feature that helps you while you shop in its stores. Or badgers you with pesky prods, depending on how you look at it. It’s called iBeacon, and it aims to help you shop by tracking you as you traipse around the store. It’ll give you updates on deals, and tell you whether you’re eligible …

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