Asha way to do it. Nokia reckons its budget Asha phones can defeat the wealth of cheap Android phones, and committing to Windows Phone instead of switching to Android. Discussing Nokia’s disappointing performance during the last three months of last year, Nokia boss Stephen Elop revealed how Nokia plans to take on Android in the …
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The new Star Wars film has reportedly found a director. JJ Abrams is here to rescue the series by taking charge of Star Wars: Episode VII, but can the same man captain both Star Wars and Star Trek? TheWrap reports that after successfully rehabilitating Star Trek, JJ Abrams appears to have beaten other contenders to the Star Wars gig, including Ben …
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Recession? What recession? Days after Apple announced record numbers, Samsung also announced massive profits thanks to the Samsung Galaxy S3 and its smart phone chums — but warns the smart phone bonanza could be coming to an end. Samsung reveals that in the last three months of 2012 it made £4.2bn in profit, up a whopping 76 per cent over …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is edging closer, and the latest hint at the power of this hotly anticipated smart phone behemoth has surfaced. Performance tests for what appears to be the S4 have been unearthed online, revealing the phone’s speed at processing tasks, and running the latest Android 4.2.1 software. The numbers appeared on AnTuTu, a database of processor benchmark …
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Apple has promised to fix Apple Maps, the app that’s so bad at its job it’s had police warning against it. Top Apple chap Tim Cook promises, “We will continue making improvements until it lives up to our incredibly high expectations.” “We’ve made a number of improvements to Maps”, said Cook in answer to a question from an analyst while …
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Siri was born in the military and was supposed to be built into Android phones. Yes, things could have been very different for the voice-activated question-answering app built into the iPhone had Apple not bought the company. Siri’s secret military background is revealed in a fascinating Huffington Post article. Like Johnny 5, the SRI project became Siri, escaping into the …
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Next season’s fullback-nutmegging, net-bursting, ball-boy-booting Premier League highlights will be shown online by The Sun and The Times in a £20m deal signed by News International. The newspaper group News International, which owns 39 per cent of Premier League broadcaster BSkyB, will show online clips of all 380 games. News International’s online clips kick off next season at the websites …
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The Doctor is back in the house this Easter. Doctor Who returns to our screens on Saturday 30 March, in the lead-up to the programme’s historic 50th anniversary this year. The TARDIS returns on the bank holiday weekend, so we can watch the Doctor’s latest adventure while stuffing our faces with Easter eggs and not worrying about work. There are …
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Think 4G is too expensive? EE has responded to criticism of high prices and meagre data by adding cheaper prices and more data to your iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE or other 4G phone. A new £31 monthly deal launches on 31 January. This new 24-month contract gets you unlimited UK calls and texts, and 500MB of mobile data. …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is official. The worst-kept secret in the world of oversized technology has been confirmed to take the stage next month, while the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be revealed “soon”. Samsung boss JK Shin spilled the beans on the heavily rumoured octo-Note to Korean newsmeisters News1 and iNews 24, but remained noncommittal about the S4. The …
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