Fancy an extra 1GB of free mobile Internet? How about unlimited UK calls and texts to anyone on Orange or T-Mobile? Sounds great! Are you 24 or older? Bad luck, granddad. Orange’s new U24 deal gives younglings calls, texts and data for free, as long as you’re paying at least £15 per month on contract …
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When the time is right to propose to your significant other, and you decide the way to do it is create a custom boot animation for their Android phone (and you think they’ll say yes and not, “What the hell is wrong with my phone?”), who you gonna call? XDA Developers, that’s who. Android fan robo4130, from Scottsdale, Arizona, took …
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An Apple trademark application filed in Hong Kong for the name Mountain Lion — its latest Mac software — makes three mentions of TVs, which has refuelled speculation that the Californian company could be about to unleash its first gogglebox. The application, spotted by Patently Apple, covers all the kinds of products Apple thinks Mountain Lion is relevant to, from …
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Steve Jobs hated the prototype 7-inch iPad so much he said it was good for nothing “besides surfing the web in the bathroom”, according to an anonymous former Apple employee who worked on the iPad mini project. Speaking to the New York Times, the engineer revealed how Jobs dismissed early versions of the iPad several years ago. While his feelings …
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Having been wildly enjoyed by Android users for a couple of months now, the amazing CNET global app today goes live for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to join in the fun. If your Apple device is running iOS 4 or later you can access the latest tech news, reviews and videos from the UK — or Asia, Australia …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S Advance hands-on 1:54 If you’ve ever looked at the CNET UK Best Phone of 2011 award-winning Samsung Galaxy S2 and thought, “You know what? It’s a third of an inch too big,” then have we got great news for you! It’s the Samsung Galaxy S Advance, which Luke went hands-on with at MWC. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Smart TV at CES 2012 1:19 In the kind of dystopian insanity that would have George Orwell banging his head on his keyboard, Samsung’s newest Smart TVs watch you. In this video from the CES 2012 tech show, we see how the Korean manufacturer’s latest tellies recognise your voice and gestures with a built-in camera …
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Now playing: Watch this: Sony Google TV remote hands-on 1:15 2012 looks like being the year smart TVs lived up to their promise. The lurking threat of Apple on the horizon has made TV makers raise their game and in this video from CES we take a look at Sony’s quirky new remote for its Google TV devices. Hit play …
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We won’t lie: it’s rather thrilling when a big new product is properly broken. Whether it’s a juicy hardware fault like the iPhone 4’s antenna or a major service breakdown like the BlackBerry outage or the PlayStation network palaver, a consumer electronics crisis is meat and drink to CNET UK. Because this is what we’re here for: to tell you …
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Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple, handing the reins of the company he founded to Tim Cook. In a letter to the board, Jobs wrote, “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, …
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