Make a note in your diary: the Samsung Galaxy Note hits shops on 3 November. The over-sized Android smart phone is arriving next week, nearly two weeks earlier than expected, along with a bunch of new apps for its S Pen stylus. The Note packs a 5.3-inch high-definition Super AMOLED display. Is it a giant …
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Sony has bought Ericsson’s half of the Sony Ericsson partnership. In a deal worth £918m, the Japanese giant will take sole control of the mobile phone business. Japanese mega-corporation Sony currently owns half the business, and the other half is owned by Swedish telecoms company Ericsson. The two created the joint venture in 2001. Sony gets to keep the phone …
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Uh-oh — Apple has won a patent for unlocking phones with a movement of your finger. That means only one thing for Android, Windows Phone and any phone that unlocks with a touchscreen gesture: fiiiiggghhhhttt! Apple applied for the patent back in June 2009, claiming the exclusive rights to unlocking a touchscreen device by tracing a preset pattern or gesture …
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Angry BlackBerry owners have launched a legal attack over the disastrous failure of BlackBerry phones earlier this month. Class-action lawsuits have been filed in the US and Canada against Research in Motion, the company behind BlackBerry. Millions of BlackBerry owners all around the world were stuck without access to the Internet, online services and BlackBerry Messenger for the best part …
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The Nokia Lumia 800 is “the first real Windows Phone”. Nokia unveiled the new smart phone, previously known as the Sea Ray, in London today. Nokia boss Stephen Elop called the Lumia “the first real Windows Phone”. Which will no doubt be news to HTC and everyone else making Windows Phones. Elop also introduced Kevin Shields. Sadly not the guy …
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Good news and bad news: the Nokia Lumia 800 is out now, but the more affordable Nokia Lumia 710 isn’t hitting shops until next year. The Lumia 800 and 710, Nokia’s first smart phones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone software, were announced today at the Nokia World event in London. The hotly anticipated Lumia 800 is on sale today, to …
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The Nokia Lumia 710 is the first ‘affordable’ Windows Phone from the Finnish phone-flingers. The 710 was unveiled today alongside the Nokia Lumia 800 in the long-awaited launch of Nokia’s Windows Phones. The Lumia 710 joins the Nokia Lumia 800, which Nokia boss Stephen Elop calls “the first real Windows Phone”. The 710 sports a 3.7-inch screen on the front, …
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The Nokia Lumia 800 is the official name of the Sea Ray, the first Nokia Windows Phone. We’ve glimpsed the Sea Ray prototype in the run-up to the launch of Nokia’s Windows Phone smart phones, and we’ll see the Lumia when it’s officially unveiled tomorrow. The fans of Finnish phones at The Nokia Blog spotted the name in the code …
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Put 3 and 3 together and what you do you get? ITV programmes on your Three phone, that’s what. If you’re on Three you won’t need to switch to channel 3 to catch up on The Only Way is Essex, X Factor, Coronation Street and other ITV shows. The 3G phone network has signed a deal for customers to get …
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Rejoice, movie addicts: US online movie service Netflix is coming to the UK. Hopefully, this means LoveFilm, Film4oD and the rest will raise their game. In early 2012 you’ll be able to watch films on demand on your computer, just like our colonial cousins. For a “low monthly price” you simply choose a movie or TV show and start watching …
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