New phones for the win. The Samsung Galaxy Win, that is — a new quad-core smart phone rocking Android, a big screen and two SIM cards. Winning! Whether we’ll be winners is open to question: the Win hasn’t been officially announced by Samsung but has appeared on a Vietnamese retailer, listing a release date in …
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First! HTC hasn’t thought too hard to name the first Facebook phone, if a new leak is to be believed. A new Android smart phone with Facebook features slapped all over the home screen is set to be unveiled this week, and it’s reported to be called the HTC First. Facebook is reported to be planning new software called Facebook …
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Jumpin’ Jelly Bean! Android Jelly Bean has jumped in numbers to appear on a quarter of Android phones — although that could be down to Google’s new way of compiling the figures. In the latest hit parade measuring the popularity of Android updates, Jelly Bean, the latest version of Google’s software for phones and tablets, has jumped to 25 per …
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S Taaaabbbbb — ain’t no party like an S Tab party! Samsung is reported to be planning to add a sprinkle of the pop magic of the smash hit Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 to its tablet range by adding an S to the Tab name. Samsung’s tablets are known by the name Galaxy Tab, but rumours say forthcoming tablets …
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Mega! Samsung has reportedly turned to 1980s slang to name its next line of mid-sized tablets: successors to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 could be called the Samsung Galaxy Mega range. If Sammobile is correct, the Samsung Mega lineup will kick off with 5.8- and 6.3-inch devices roughly halfway through the year. If you’re not sure about the name, at …
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It seems the Samsung Galaxy S4 has been rooted, and it’s not even out yet. Android tinkerers claim to have worked out how to open up the new smart phone’s software to add new features — but not the quad-core version we’re getting in the UK. Rootin’ tootin’ Android experts at XDA have published the necessary files for rooting the S4, and …
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Facebook is coming for your homescreen. The social network’s new version of Android is rumoured to be called Facebook Home, and will take over your Android phone’s home screen to display updates from your friends. According to 9to5Google, Facebook Home is the name for software that will integrate Facebook features such as Messenger, photos, and contacts into your Android phone. …
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BlackBerry has sold a million BlackBerry Z10 smart phones to turn a surprise profit, but the company still has a lot to do to fight off Android and the iPhone as sales fall and loyal customers drift away. Let’s run the numbers: in the three months up to the start of March, BlackBerry made a profit of £65 million, a …
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4G now covers half the UK population as EE’s super-fast Internet connection arrives in thirteen more towns, taking the total to fifty. 4G EE hits the airwaves today in Bradford, Bingley, Doncaster, Dudley, Harpenden, Leicester, Lichfield, Loughborough, Luton, Reading, Shipley, St Albans and West Bromwich. EE says half of the population now has access to 4G EE, on phones such …
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After building a House of Cards, Netflix is planning to make sense. The streaming service has announced Sense8, a new sci-fi series from the creators of The Matrix and Babylon 5. The new series, to be financed by Netflix and exclusively screened online, is the brainchild of Andy and Lana Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski. There’ll be 10 episodes and it’ll be …
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