LG is smashing a bottle of champagne against the hull of another smart phone, welcoming the LG Optimus Q2 into its Android armada. Packing a 4-inch display, the Optimus Q2 wants to be a slim slider phone. That’s no mean feat — we’ve found mobiles with sliding Qwerty keyboards such as the HTC Desire Z …
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HTC has decided to get all hippity-hop happy with its latest smart phone, the HTC Sensation XE. It’s a refreshed version of the brilliant HTC Sensation that packs Beats audio tech, as well as a faster processor and improved battery life. Beaten Senseless The Sensation XE comes with a set of in-ear Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. Plug these boisterous bad-boys …
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The hyper-hyped iPhone 5 is coming out on 15 October, according to the CEO of France Telecom, the parent company of Orange. Mobile bigwig Stéphane Richard was speaking to French reporters when he let slip that the fifth iPhone’s French release date would be slap bang in the middle of October. If that’s true, we’d expect the UK release date …
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Apps, we love ’em. And so do our muscly-thumbed buddies over at GameSpot UK, who love apps so much they’ve dedicated an entire show to the blighters. Appetite for Distraction is a weekly extravaganza of mobile gaming goodness, with this week’s show listing three mobiles games you can’t afford to miss. First up is Machinarium for the iPad, a moody …
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Samsung’s Windows 8 tablet has been snapped, ahead of Microsoft’s Build conference that kicks off in Anaheim, California in just a few hours. The conference is for developers and we’ve heard rumours that attendees would receive a Samsung Windows 8 tablet, to take home and tinker with, the lucky blighters. We’re expecting to hear more about the titillating tablet once …
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New reports concerning Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone 5 suggest that the new version of the smart phone will be almost identical to the existing iPhone 4. According to MacRumours, Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reckons the fifth iteration of the Jesus-phone will feature the same size screen as the iPhone 4, a very similar camera module (suggesting that the phone won’t be any thinner) …
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The HP TouchPad has briefly appeared again, available to buy from PC World. It looks like the desirable yet abandoned tablet has already sold out since popping up earlier today, but there’s no harm in heading over to the PC World website and checking. The page currently states that reservations are not possible, which makes us think it’s sold out …
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Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen, someone once said, so it’s only fitting that English rugger enthusiasts pining for the imminent Rugby World Cup in New Zealand be treated to a gentleman’s mobile. Enter the Alcatel One Touch 602 England Rugby edition. The OT-602 dives into the scrum with a 2.4-inch resistive touchscreen and a 2-megapixel camera, then …
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HP is offering compensation to customers who bought the HP TouchPad tablet and Pre 3 smart phone before the company decided to abandon both gadgets. In a cheery post on its website titled, ‘HP webOS devices — At HP we always think about you!’ the organisation has outlined its plans to sneak a few quid back into the pockets of …
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Apple’s legal fracas with Samsung has reached Japan, with the iPhone maker asking a Japanese court to ban a slew of Samsung gadgets. The lawsuit was filed in the Tokyo District Court, and requests that Samsung’s Galaxy S, Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 be banned from sale in Japan, according to Reuters, which cites “sources close to the …
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