The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has been snapped in a series of new leaked photos, which appear to show Samsung’s iPad mini rival being used in the wild. The pictures came to light on Italian site dday.it, and show a tablet with a rounded, silver-tipped design that calls to mind the Galaxy Note 2. …
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Brevity is the soul of… oh, I’ve no time for sayings. Twitter has acquired Vine, an app that lets you shoot and publish six-second looping videos, and has launched its iOS app today. Available to download right this minute, the app is impressively simple to use. Hold your finger on your phone’s screen kicks off filming, and fills up a …
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Regulator Ofcom has given the green light to the UK’s 4G auction plans, kicking off the first round of bidding that will see networks including Vodafone, O2 and EE splashing the cash in order to secure new chunks of spectrum. If you’re imagining a crowded auction chamber with lots of gavel-banging, your fevered imagination is a little wide of the …
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More possible details concerning the Samsung Galaxy S4 are swirling, with fresh rumours pointing towards a mid-April release date, and back-to-basics colour options. The Galaxy S4 is codenamed ‘Altius’ according to Sammobile, which claims to have inside information on Samsung’s much-anticipated blower. A release date of 15 April is touted — a date that’s just about plausible, even if it is …
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LG’s rumoured 5-inch monster smart phone has been made official. The LG Optimus G Pro (rolls off the tongue and into the heart) is a 1080p palm-wrecker powered by a mighty 1.7GHz quad-core processor. The existence of the mammoth mobile was confirmed by Japanese network NTT Docomo, with an April release date for our pals in Japan. Discerning details through …
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Samsung’s gigantic Galaxy Note 8.0 has shown its moon-sized face in a leaked photo, alongside a list of possible specs. Samsung’s head honcho recently confirmed that the plus-size sequel to the Note, Note 2 and Note 10.1 would be making an appearance at Mobile World Congress in February, but now it seems we may have an even earlier glimpse at …
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Now playing: Watch this: Netflix House of Cards preview 2:58 House of Cards, the new TV show based on the classic BBC series of the same name, is two weeks away from landing on streaming service Netflix. Every episode of the series, which stars Kevin Spacey, will be made available online simultaneously, and can only be viewed on Netflix. It’s …
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro — the version of its Surface tablet that runs full Windows 8 — will be on sale in a matter of weeks in the US and Canada. The powerful tablet will cost from $899 — £570 — when it goes on sale on 9 February, but other nations may be left waiting, as the Verge reports that additional countries …
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BlackBerry-maker RIM is getting its ducks in a row ahead of the launch of BlackBerry 10, giving its app store a new lick of paint. Or at least, a new lick of, er, name. From now on, RIM explains, BlackBerry App World will be known simply as BlackBerry World. RIM says the rebranding of its digital shop “reflects a shift …
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A fresh version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini is out in the UK this month, adding NFC technology for those who enjoy slapping their phones together to transfer files. If you’re poised to purchase Samsung’s current S3 Mini, you might want to hold off for a few weeks, as the new edition promises to be almost exactly the same …
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