BlackBerry is seeking to seduce Android apps onto BlackBerry phones, with reports suggesting the struggling smart phone company is sounding out the developers behind apps made for the rival Google Play store. Good e-reader reports that several developers attending the recent CES technology trade show in Las Vegas confided they have been approached by BlackBerry …
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The Motorola Moto G now has a Google Play Edition. The budget smart phone now comes with stock Android software just like Google’s own Nexus 5, only cheaper. The one drawback is that it’s not available in the UK. The Moto G Google Play Edition, available now from the Android online store in certain countries, features pure, unadulterated Android 4.4 software, shorn …
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It’s almost like they want us to see it. More pictures of the rumoured Nokia Normandy have leaked online, giving a glimpse of Nokia’s plans for an Android smart phone. The latest snap purporting to be the Normandy comes courtesy of Vizileaks, showing what appears to be the Lumia 720 bowing down before the rumoured phone. In this and previous leaked …
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You’re probably going to break, lose or have your phone stolen — and you’ll still wind up paying for it while you’re stuck with an inferior phone. That’s the pessimistic message of new figures revealed today. A survey of 1,185 Britons on pay-monthly contracts by gadget insurance firm Protect Your Bubble found that the average phone goes south in 15 months …
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KitKat is on track to hit the HTC One in a matter of weeks, but HTC has admitted that older phones like the One X and One X+ won’t get to enjoy the latest Android 4.4 software. “We are working with local carriers to begin the roll-out of Android 4.4 for the HTC One from the end of January,” says HTC …
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It’s official: the Motorola Moto G is updating to Android 4.4.2 KitKat in the UK, complete with clever power use and photo-editing whistles and bells. Update: Fill your boots: The update has now started! Your Moto G should already notify you that the update is available, but if not make sure you have a decent Wi-Fi or data connection, head to …
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The humble text message is in decline, with twice as many instant messages as texts set to be sent this year. Experts say WhatsApp and the like contributed to the number of texts sent falling for the first time in 2013, a trend that’s likely to continue into the new year. Making its technology predictions for 2014, analysts at Deloitte …
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It’s the 13th today, and we have some news about the Nokia Lumia 1320: lucky for some, it’s on its way to the UK. The 1320 is a 4G phone, so it’s set to be a big-screened super-fast option that shouldn’t break the bank. Nokia and the networks are yet to confirm prices or a release date yet, but it’s …
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Android 4.4.2 KitKat has landed on the Motorola Moto G in the UK. Your wallet-friendly Moto G is even better value for money as it updates to the latest Android software from today. “Our KitKat family is expanding!” says Motorola. “When we launched Moto G to the UK market in November 2013, we committed to delivering Android, KitKat, to devices by …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is almost ready to update to KitKat. Lucky Note owners in Europe are the first to enjoy Android 4.4.2 KitKat, so fingers crossed the update is coming to our shores soon. At the time of writing, it appears the update has shown up in the Kies software of Note owners in Poland. I contacted Samsung to find …
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