Samsung is expecting to report a massive 73 per cent jump in profits for the last quarter of 2011, thanks largely to record smart phone sales, the BBC reports. The South Korean tech monster reckons it racked up operating profits of £2.9bn in the last three months of last year, spurred on by the success …
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A white version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be arriving soon, satisfying our lust for pearlescent versions of existing gadgets. The winter-hued Nexus will be arriving in two weeks, according to Expansys, though other online retailers such as Clove and MobileFun are giving dates of 6 February. Expect to splash out about £500 for the privilege of nabbing the …
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Apple could be plotting to squeeze Thunderbolt ports into upcoming mobile gadgets such as the iPhone 5 or iPad 3. Patently Apple spied an Apple patent that hints at that very eventuality. The patent, which is one of three new Thunderbolt patent applications from the Cupertino tech giant, details how a connection could be established with mobile devices. “A connection …
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HTC could be mere weeks away from unveiling the HTC Edge, along with other quad-core mobiles, according to a report from Digitimes. The Taiwanese phone maker could be gearing up to show off the new phones at Mobile World Congress, a massive mobile trade show in Barcelona that kicks off on 27 February. The report cites an analyst from investment …
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0.6 per cent of Android devices are running Ice Cream Sandwich, while the older version 2.3 Gingerbread now owns 55 per cent of the Android pie. Is that good news for the latest version of Android, or not? Let’s take a look. The figures come from the Android developer site, which collects data by monitoring Android devices that access the …
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The Samsung Galaxy S will not be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, with the South Korean tech giant killing any hopes of the Super AMOLED smart phone receiving the latest version of Android, or a rumoured ‘value pack‘ that delivers new features. Samsung has said hardware specifications of older Galaxy devices meant they wouldn’t be updated. We’ve spoken to Samsung, …
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We thought this might be the case, and now we know for sure — the Samsung Galaxy Ace won’t be updated to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The brilliant budget blower will not be feeling the cool caress of the latest, greatest version of Android, Samsung confirmed to us in a statement. The statement, which also confirms that the …
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Samsung’s got yet another mobile to add to its Galaxy stable in the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus, a follow-up to the budget-friendly Galaxy Ace that came out in 2011, if you can remember that far back. The inventively named Ace Plus ditches the iPhone 4-style design, instead opting for a curved back and silver surround that looks much like the …
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BlackBerry maker RIM has been forced to delay its next smart phones, as company profits plunge, our sister site CNET News reports. RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis has confirmed that smart phones running BB10, the latest version of the BlackBerry operating system, won’t be arriving until late next year, giving Android, Apple and Windows Phone devices even more time in the …
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Press shots of the new LG Prada smart phone (also known as the Prada Phone 3.0, the Prada K2 or the P940) have leaked, ahead of the phone’s official unveiling this evening. Ogle them by pointing your eyes up ever so slightly. The images, acquired by PocketNow, show a mobile that looks disappointingly like every other smart phone in the …
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