Richard Trenholm

Sky and HBO teaming up to make next Sopranos or Game of Thrones

Sky is to team up with HBO to make the next Sopranos or Game of Thrones. The British and US broadcasters will jointly fund prospective future hits, as well as locking in HBO shows to Sky Atlantic for another six years. As well as unveiling a new EPG, Sky revealed today it will continue to …

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Free 4G for all says Tesco Mobile, from just £7.50 a month

Tesco Mobile is putting free 4G in your trolley. That’s right, unlike rivals EE, Vodafone and O2, from today the supermarket isn’t charging extra for 4G — prompting experts to predict this is the beginning of the end for 4G fees. Previously Tesco charged £2.50 extra on top of normal contracts to add extra-fast 4G data. But the no-frills network …

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O2 4G kicks off free Premier League goals from The Sun

Goal! Sign up to O2 4G and you can watch every goal scored in the Barclays Premier League, FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, and Rangers matches right on your phone or tablet, all thanks to the super-soaraway Sun. If you go for an O2 4G Refresh contract with either 5GB or 8GB of data from today you get full access …

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Motorola Moto X on sale today at Phones 4U

If you want to get your hands on the Motorola Moto X, today’s the day. Motorola’s flagship phone, brand new to Britain, joins the budget Moto G on shop shelves today.  Phones 4U has an exclusive on the white version of the X for the next three months. The Moto X will be available in black from other outlets, who …

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Samsung Galaxy Glass eyes up Google Glass in September, report says

Samsung has set its sights on Google Glass, with reports suggesting the Korean company is eyeing up its own Galaxy Glass smart glasses ready to be revealed in September. Korea Times reports that Samsung plans to launch the pair of high-tech specs at technology trade show IFA, held every September in Berlin. IFA has over the last three years become …

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Nokia X Android phone won’t play with Google Play says leak

The Nokia X may be Nokia’s first Android phone, but don’t expect to get your apps from Google Play. A new leak suggests the hotly-rumoured phone, also known as the Nokia Normandy, will stock up on a Nokia Store. The rumoured phone is reported to run Android 4.4. KitKat software, but is heavily altered and — if leaked snaps are to …

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Samsung’s first Tizen phone shows off Galaxy style in leaked snap

Is this the phone to tempt you away from Android? Say hello to the first Tizen phone, the Samsung ZEQ9000 — also said to be known as the Zeke — which mixes a hint of Galaxy, a dash of Android and a soupçon of Windows Phone. The leaked snap comes courtesy of Korean site moveplayer.net, complete with a few provisional …

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Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12

The giant 12-inch Samsung Galaxy NotePro is up for order today, with the Galaxy TabPro on its way to these shores too. You can pre-order the NotePro from this link from 28 January, and the first 300 people get a free gamepad worth £90. Which is nice; but what Samsung doesn’t yet say is how much the tablet costs or …

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Vodafone takeover ruled out by US network AT&T

Vodafone won’t be snapped by US rival AT&T any time soon. Despite looking to get in on the 4G mobile broadband action in Europe, the American network says it won’t be plonking down cash for Vodafone in the next six months. Under the auspices of the UK Takeover Code, companies are required to give written notice if they plan to …

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Nokia Normandy Android phone runs KitKat, says gadget shop

Like a tanned trustafarian posting their latest bants-worthy gap yah misadventures on Facebook, the hotly-rumoured Android-powered Nokia Normandy — also said to be known as the Nokia X — has appeared in Vietnam. The phone appears in a listing on Vietnamese gadget shop The Gioididong — which is a fantastic name for a shop, it must be said — but it doesn’t appear …

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