EE has bumped up the data in your 4G deals — but only for 4G dongles, not 4G phones. Each mobile broadband deal has had its data allowance increased by around 60 per cent, with no change in the monthly price, but the controversial phone plans remain unchanged. The starting 2GB allowance for your mobile …
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Nexus 4 getting wireless charging accessories ‘soon’
Wires — they’re a right pain in the proverbial, aren’t they? Wi-Fi has freed the Internet from the tyranny of cables, but the fact we still have to tie our phones to the wall to juice them up remains a shocking liberty. Which is why Google promises wireless charging accessories for the Google Nexus 4 “as soon as possible”. Google …
Read More »Google Nexus 4 has secret 4G, teardown reveals
The Google Nexus 4 is a powerful phone with a great screen — but it has even more up its sleeve. A teardown by iFixit reveals that LG’s Nexus phone contains an LTE chip — the gubbins required to get 4G super-fast web connection speeds on your phone. Unfortunately, it’s turned off. That’s because the Qualcomm chipset that powers the …
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Wi-Fi is coming to a bunch more Tube stations this year, and Virgin Media has revealed how much you’ll have to pay to surf the Web when the current run of free connection ends. Yesterday Virgin Media and EE anounced they’d teamed up to give free Web access on London Underground to anyone on EE, Orange or T-Mobile. Virgin Media …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S4 to have bendy screen, 13
Rumours are swirling that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be packed with more nips, tucks and improved features than Pete Burns and Lindsay Lohan’s joint birthday party. Could the S4 boast a bendy 1080p screen, a 13-megapixel camera, or even an eight-core processor? The hotly anticipated S4 will be the sequel to the Samsung Galaxy S3. The S3 sports a 4.8-inch …
Read More »JBL OnBeat Micro is first Lightning dock for iPhone 5 and iPad
Lightning has struck — the JBL OnBeat Micro is the first speaker dock that fits the new generation of iPhone, iPad, iPad mini and iPod. JBL dropped by CNET Towers to not only show us the OnBeat in action but also give an insight into how Lightning works, and what it’s like working with Apple. The latest models of Apple …
Read More »White Nexus 4 up for pre
It’ll be all white on the night: the Google Nexus 4 is up for pre-order now in white — if you’re a TalkTalk customer, that is. The pearly white Nexus 4 is available to order with a phone contract, and is expected to arrive on 13 December. Plans start at £30, but you do have to get TalkTalk broadband too — …
Read More »BlackBerry 10 will kill the laptop in 3
BlackBerry 10 is a portable brain that plugs into any computer — so you won’t need a laptop. That’s according to eternally optimistic BlackBerry boss Thorsten Heins, who reckons the humble laptop will be obsolete in three years. “Whenever you enter an office, you don’t have your laptop with you, you have your mobile computer power exactly here,” says Heins, …
Read More »EE 4G SIM deals start, some customers still facing problems
EE has kicked off its SIM-only deals — but some customers are already talking about quitting the UK’s first 4G network. A month after launch, EE is now supplying SIM cards to put in your LTE phone, no matter where you bought it. But some customers are stuck without any service as they’re unable to activate their SIM. Other customers …
Read More »Google Play Music deal brings 5 million new tracks to Android
Google Play Music has pressed play on a deal that brings Lady Gaga, Rihanna and 5 million more new songs to your Android phone’s music store. Google has done a deal with European licensing and publishing groups to add more than 5.5 million tracks, including meat-decked GaGa and good girl gone bad RiRi. The deal folds the UK and American …
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