The Covr iPhone case lets you snap photos without drawing attention. Covr They say you can’t observe something without altering things, so the Covr iPhone case makes it possible to snap photos without being too obvious about it, with a much easier one-handed grip than the regular phone. The iPhone case contains a prism lens …
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HTC hopes the M8 will balance the books Andrew Hoyle/CNET Farewell HTC One , we hardly knew ye. In its final months as HTC’s flagship, the excellent One couldn’t reverse a Q4 net loss of T$1.88 billion ($62.06 million) for the Taiwanese company. Between January and March 2014 HTC’s total revenue fell by more than a fifth since the previous …
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The EU is one step closer to ending international roaming charges. Shutterstock Holidaymakers are a flip-flop closer to having more euros in the vacation budget for sun, sand and sangria, as the European Parliament voted Thursday to end international roaming charges by Christmas 2015. “This is what the EU is all about — getting rid of barriers to make life …
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Vodafone is opening 150 new stores like this one in Staines. Martin Good/Shutterstock It’s been a bleak couple of years for the British high street, but no-one seems to have told the mobile phone shop. Mobiles are flying off shelves so fast that UK network Vodafone plans to open 150 new shops in the next year. Vodafone says the new …
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The TomTom Runner Cardio sports watch with GPS and heart rate monitor. TomTom If you have your finger on the pulse of technology, you know smartwatches and fitness trackers are running riot right now — and the new TomTom Runner Cardio GPS sport watch includes GPS and a heart rate monitor to give those other gadgets a run for their …
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The Samsung Gear 2 Neo smartwatch. Andrew Hoyle/CNET It begins… After a South Korean phone network defied Samsung and started selling the Galaxy S5 early, rogue retailers in the US are risking the wrath of Samsung and following suit. Meanwhile, the Samsung Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit have hit shops in the UK. The S5 is due out on …
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Smell the Gluuv HTC The power of glove is a curious thing. If you thought there was something familiar about HTC, Samsung and Toshiba’s April Fools’ jokes but couldn’t put your finger it, it’s because those like-minded japesters handed out the same joke. Usually it’s Samsung and Apple accusing each other of copying each other, but somehow these three all …
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Huawei’s Ascend W1 Windows phone Sarah Tew/CNET The year of the snake was a good for one for Huawei. The Chinese phone builder became the world’s third-biggest phone manufacturer on the back of record sales and flourishing profits in 2013, despite resistance to the company’s expansion in other parts of the world. Reporting its results for 2013, Huawei reveals revenue …
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The Motorola Moto G. Sarah Tew/CNET How do you solve a problem like Motorola? With a cheap and cheerful phone, that’s how. The Motorola Moto G has taken Motorola from nowhere to 6 per cent of British mobile phones sales in just six months, as it’s snapped up by cost-conscious young chaps. The £130 Android smart phone has been embraced …
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You can try the Samsung Galaxy S5 before it goes on sale. Andrew Hoyle/CNET With the Samsung Galaxy S5 just weeks away, the price of the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 has started to drop, saving you as much as £120. But if your heart’s set on the S5, you can get your hands on it today. UK retailer Phones …
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