Samsung’s not giving up on Windows Phone, with a new mobile boasting Full HD resolution showing up in a Bluetooth certification document, spotted by Samsung fan blog Sammy Today. As well as the desirable 1,920×1,080-pixel screen, the phone uses Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser — so it must be a Windows Phone, because you can’t get …
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Zapp, a new mobile payments system, has signed up HSBC, Santander, First Direct, Nationwide and others — so more than a third of UK current account holders will be able to use it to pay directly from their accounts without cash or card. It works by generating a unique code for each transaction, and will be integrated into banks’ own …
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Come with me if you want to live… The Sony Xperia T2 Ultra is a new Android phablet coming to the UK, along with the new mid-range Xperia E1 also announced today. The E1 is a mid-range 4-inch Android smart phone with a 233ppi screen, running a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor. It boasts 512MB of RAM and 4GB of …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 will come in metal and plastic, with the shinier version carrying a premium of around £120, according to a new leak. Quoting an anonymous company “insider”, Samsung fan blog SamMobile has confidently predicted a heap of specs and launch details for the Korean company’s 2014 flagship blower. A metal version, which may have its own new …
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LONDON — Motorola is bringing its flagship Android phone to Europe. The Moto X will go on sale in the UK, France and Germany on February 1 for £380 or 399 euros, SIM-free, the company announced Tuesday. Previously available only in the US, Canada and Latin America, the Moto X follows the low-cost Moto G to Europe. It will be …
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Just a quick heads-up on a deal for the freshly-announced-for-the-UK Moto X — high-street phone flogger Phones 4u is bunging in a free wireless speaker when you preorder Motorola’s high-end handset. Its deals are competitive too, if your heart’s set on this classy slice of Android hardware. £390 will bag you a SIM-free Moto X, with £10 off if you …
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Come with me if you want to live. The Sony Xperia T2 Ultra is a new Android phablet coming to the UK, along with the new mid-range Xperia E1 also announced today. The E1 is a mid-range 4-inch Android smartphone with a 233ppi screen, running a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor. It boasts 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage …
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Sony’s rewarding early adopters of its new Xperia Z1 Compact phone with a free SmartWatch 2, its latest connected wristwatch. Preorder the Z1 Compact direct from the Japanese company’s website for £449 SIM-free and the techie timepiece is thrown in for nothing. The Z1 Compact is Sony’s most promising phone in some time, and one of the very few mobiles …
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Here be dragons. The first trailer for season 4 of Game of Thrones has appeared on YouTube, giving our first glimpse of the bloodsoaked misery to come. Hooray! Such is the anticipation surrounding the series, the video has been watched more than 2 million times since it went live last night. Watch all 103 seconds here: My main impression is …
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LG’s bendy new G Flex smart phone has gone on pre-order here in the UK — but you’ll have to bend over backwards to get one. Mobile retailer Expansys has put the curvaceous new blower up for sale for a staggering £690. It’s no less mind-bending on contract. Carphone Warehouse has it on deals from £52 per month, and that …
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