A new book is set to take a bite out of Apple, exposing the practices at the core of the iPhone and iPad outfit. Inside Apple: The Secrets Behind the Past and Future Success of Steve Jobs’s Iconic Brand promises unprecedented access to the world’s biggest technology company. The officially-sanctioned exposé is written by Fortune …
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Here’s the first decent look at the forthcoming Sony Xperia U. Also known as the ST25i and codenamed Kumquat during development, the Xperia U is one of Sony’s first phones since taking control of the Sony Ericsson brand. Xperia Blog has a leaked photo of the Xperia U, which looks a lot like the Sony Xperia S — complete with …
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BlackBerry is back in action, with new phones, software and tablets planned for 2012. With a new boss in place, will BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion follow our advice and reverse its disastrous 2011? Boy Genius Report reckons it’s cracked RIM’s plans for the year, known as a roadmap by people who love giving things stupid made-up marketing names and …
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BlackBerry bosses Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out in a shake-up to revitalise the ailing brand. The two chiefs of Research in Motion, the Canadian outfit that makes BlackBerry smart phones, are making way for a new head honcho after a tough year for the company. Laziridis and Balsillie will be replaced by current Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins, …
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Look alive, bargain-hunters: HP is to make one last batch of HP TouchPad tablets. The discontinued webOS tablet sparked a buying frenzy when the price was slashed by 70 per cent, so HP is launching one final production run. HP revealed the news in a blog post this week, although it has since clarified the extra units will only be …
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It’ll be all white on the Note. The Samsung Galaxy Note oversized smart phone — or undersized tablet, whichever you prefer — is now available in white. The Note packs a medium-sized screen somewhere between phone and tablet. Pop down to John Lewis to see if the white Note hits the right notes. The Galaxy Note hit shop shelves back …
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Sony Ericsson has revealed it had a disastrous winter and a truly terrible 2011. The company has posted net losses of £173m for the final quarter of 2011 and £206m for the whole year. But just how do you lose £206m? IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo told us the results “show how fierce the smart phone competition is”, with Sony Ericsson …
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Good news if you’re planning to buy an Asus Transformer Prime: none of the Primes on sale in this country suffer from the Wi-Fi bug plaguing the transforming tablet. The Wi-Fi problem has delayed the Transformer Prime actually reaching customers, with limited stock coming to the UK also slowing things down. But more units are on the way, and Asus …
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Apple is keen on recycling. We’re not talking about the iPhone 4S looking exactly like the iPhone 4 — chortle — we’re talking about the new Reuse and Recycling scheme. You can trade in an old iPhone, iPad, Mac or iPod — or any old mobile, Windows laptop or desktop made by another manufacturer — for cash. Cold hard cash, …
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When you’ve forked out 500 notes on your iPhone, you want to keep that baby looking pristine — so Nissan has invented an iPhone case that heals itself. The Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case is made from the self-healing Scratch Shield paint found on Nissan’s latest cars. In as little as an hour after suffering a scratch or scrape, your …
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