My story begins back in the spring of 2010, when I first became a BlackBerry user. Two years and four BlackBerrys later, battling the urge to dropkick my phone into outer space had become a daily struggle. Reader, I gave in — I bought an iPhone. I wasn’t the only one, either. RIM — or …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is here, and we’ve given you our first impressions, but what of yours? A phone’s success is ultimately dictated by how many of you are prepared to fork out for it. If consumers no likey, then hard luck young squire, but never shall you joust your way to sales success in this realm. Let’s see what …
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Mobile World Congress may be trundling to a close and the good ship CNET packing up to sail back to London, but here are some highlights from the last 24 hours you may have missed — including the results of our prestigious best of show award. While it’s hardware, the physical object, that usually gets everyone excited when they buy …
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As Mobile World Congress rumbles into its third day, the CNET team on the ground in Barcelona has been combing the show to make sure you don’t miss a single product or announcement. Here are the highlights from the last tech-packed 24 hours. Operating systems have been big news at the show this year, with Firefox showing of its new …
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CNET staff hit the ground running on the first official day of Mobile World Congress yesterday, turning up bright and early with not a bleary eye in sight to make it to Nokia’s 8.30am press conference. A series of budget and midrange handsets were launched, chief among them the latest additions to Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 range, the Lumia 720 …
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Phone fans assemble! Mobile World Congress 2013 got underway yesterday in sunny Barcelona, and already a whole bunch of goodies have been unveiled. Samsung got the fiesta off to a flying start by lifting the lid on the Galaxy Note 8, an Android tablet to rival Apple’s iPad mini. It’ll launch with Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean on board and proudly …
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Mobile World Congress 2013 officially kicks off today in sunny Spain, but a whole bunch of goodies were unveiled yesterday by the likes of Samsung, Huawei, HP, and Mozilla. Samsung got the fiesta off to a flying start by lifting the lid on the Galaxy Note 8, an Android tablet to rival Apple’s iPad Mini. It’ll launch with Android 4.2.1 …
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The first official day of Mobile World Congress was riddled with exciting launches and delivered press conferences from some of the big guns of the smartphone world. Without Samsung and HTC to stand in their way, the likes of Asus, LG and ZTE threw down the Android gauntlet, and Nokia revealed the latest handsets in its ever-expanding range of Windows …
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The Steve Jobs biopic jOBS is set to debut later this week on the last night of the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, and will open in movie theatres around the US on 19 April. When it will reach cinemas in the UK hasn’t yet been announced. Filmed by little-known director Joshua Michael Stern, the indie flick spans the period …
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Those with a sweet tooth and a taste for the oddball comedy sensation Arrested Development will enjoy tucking into the Easter eggs scattered around Netflix in the lead up to the release of the latest series in May. Easter eggs are quirks or jokes intentionally inserted by developers — such as those found in Android software — and have little …
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