Richard Trenholm

BlackBerry Messenger saves your battery in BB10 screenshots

This is what the next generation of BlackBerry Messenger will look like. Screenshots of the popular free messaging service have emerged showing how it’ll work in BlackBerry 10. BlackBerry 10 is the next version of the software that powers BlackBerry phones. Included with the updated software is a new-look BlackBerry Messenger, designed to help your …

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Amazon Kindle Fire 2 coming as soon as next month

The Amazon Kindle Fire 2 is just weeks away. Word on the street says the second Amazon Kindle Fire will be revealed next month — but will we see it in the UK? A credible source has told our US colleagues at CNET.com that the next generation of Amazon’s popular Android tablet will be unveiled on 31 July, even earlier …

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Doctor Who sonic screwdriver remote control for Time Lord TV

Remote controls are cool. Especially Doctor Who remote controls shaped like your favourite time traveller’s sonic screwdriver. Yes, you’ll soon be able to use Time Lord technology to turn on your telly. Licensing.biz reports that a planned new remote control is based on the current green-glowing sonic screwdriver as wielded by the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith. You’ll control …

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Apple wins ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10 .1

Apple has won a ban on a Samsung Galaxy tablet in the latest round of legal sniping between the two companies. A judge has ruled that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10 .1 may infringe patents related to the iPad, and while the case is decided has ordered the Tab pulled from US shop shelves. Apple is aggressively pursuing legal action …

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BlackBerry L series, N series offer choice of touch or keys

Feast your eyes on the first phones to be powered by BlackBerry 10, the next generation of BlackBerry software. BlackBerry builder Research in Motion seems to have ditched the trademark keyboard for the first BB10 phone, but hedged its bets with a second phone that keeps the popular clicky keys. N4BB has got its mitts on a leaked document purportedly …

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Samsung Galaxy S3 to sell 10 million by end of July

Samsung reckons it will sell 10 million Samsung Galaxy S3 phones by the end of July, as US phone fans prepare to get their hands on the phone setting fire to tills around the world. Reuters reports that Samsung boss JK Shin has predicted the big 10 mil by the end of next month after the quad-core 4.8-inch Android behemoth …

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Google Nexus 7 tablet details and photo leak

The Google Nexus 7 tablet and Android Jelly Bean are just two days away, and we’re hearing even more detail about what to expect from the 7-inch slate. Gizmodo has uncovered a training document that outlines the details of the Nexus tablet. Bolted together by Asus, the tablet sports a 7-inch, 1,280×800 touchscreen. Under that is a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra …

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BlackBerry ditches physical keyboard for first BB10 phone

BlackBerry 10 is ditching the signature keyboard for the next generation of phones. When the new BlackBerry software arrives, it’ll be on a touchscreen phone — a forward-looking move, but one that could alienate BlackBerry’s best customers. BlackBerry 10 is the next generation of software for BlackBerry phones, with features that drag the venerable emailers into the smart phone revolution. …

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Google TV hits UK in the Sony NSZ

The first Google TV box is here. The Sony NSZ-GS7 Internet Media Player with Google TV is on sale today, ready to turn any television into an Android-powered Internet powerhouse. Google TV is the software that allows your TV to run Android apps. It comes in this small Internet Media Player box, which plugs into your TV and gives you …

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Sony Vaio E Series 11 charges your phone even when it’s off

Getting to 11 series is quite the achievement. M*A*S*H did it, and — inexplicably — so has comedy-free sitcom My Family. Friends managed just 10 series, which is empirical proof that Friends is officially not as good as My Family or Sony laptops, which hits its own series 11 with the latest Sony Vaio E Series. Actually, the 11 just …

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