T-Mobile is increasing the price of its monthly contracts by 3.7 per cent, blaming “rising costs” for the hike and stating that customers can’t use the jump as a chance to opt out of their contracts early. The increase in charges will take effect from 9 May. In a statement sent to CNET UK, the …
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Apple has spoken out regarding claims that the new iPad’s battery displays charge inaccurately, saying that far from being a bug, everything is proceeding according to plan. The criticisms stemmed from reports that Apple’s new tablet continues to top up after the battery icon shows it having 100 per cent charge. Sounds devious, but Apple says this quirk is deliberate, …
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HTC is shutting down its HTCSense.com backup services, telling members that it will be deleting their stored contacts, messages, call history and geotagged photos (HTC calls these Footprints) after 30 April. In a notice on its website, the company says HTCSense.com is “undergoing a renovation”. As such, it will be knocking these backup services on the head to pave the …
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Temple Run, the popular iOS time-waster, has arrived on Android at last, bringing ape-evading, tree-leaping antics to those who prefer smart phones powered by Google’s adorable green robot. The game is free, and can be downloaded from Google Play, which is the new name for the good old Android Market. Like all the best mobile games, Temple Run features a simple premise …
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The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection box-set is due out in the UK on September 10, with Amazon.co.uk listing the mammoth collection at a Gringotts-busting £195. Potter fans looking for a wizard wheeze should pay attention to the noises their lungs make as they lug this epic box-set from their doorstep to the living room. The Wizard’s Collection comprises a whopping …
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The Angry Birds Space official Twitter account says the spacefaring-sequel has been downloaded an astronomical 10 million times, in less than three days. As well as demonstrating that enthusiasm for the raging avians and their bacon-flavoured baddies is definitely not on the wane, those figures make Angry Birds Space more than three times as popular as the new iPad, which Apple was only too chuffed …
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A Phones 4u branch in London’s Oxford Street has plastered a massive teaser for a Samsung product all over the front of its shop, hyping a mystery gadget to be unveiled on Friday. Could it possibly be for the Galaxy S3? The poster, sent into Eurodroid, portrays some tempting theatrical curtains with the Samsung logo concealed behind, and the promise …
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Vodafone’s Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S2 isn’t ready yet, with the red-tinted network saying the software upgrade is still being tested. In a statement sent to CNET UK, the chaps at Vodafone said, “The Android 4.0 upgrade for Galaxy S2 smart phones running on the Vodafone UK network is currently under test to make sure that …
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Samsung Mobile’s vice president for design has struck back at claims the company “slavishly copies” the look of Apple’s gadgets, saying that his designs are “original from the beginning”. In a report from Reuters, Lee Minhyouk says of the copycat accusations, “I’ve made thousands of sketches and hundreds of prototype products. Does that mean I was putting on a mock show …
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More bad news for BlackBerry-maker RIM — reports suggest that the iPhone outsold BlackBerrys last year in Canada, RIM’s home nation. According to statistics compiled by Bloomberg and IDC, Apple flogged 2.85 million phones in Canada in 2011, compared to 2.08 million BlackBerry devices, putting Apple’s shiny blowers ahead by a cool half-million. 2011 will have been the first year …
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