Richard Trenholm

Apple iWatch concept imagines the 5S and 5C of smart watches

What if Apple isn’t working on one iWatch, but two? After introducing two iPhones in the shape of the 5S and colourful 5C, new concept designs envision whether Apple could do the same with its hotly-rumoured smart watch. Concept artist Martin Hajek is the go-to guy for visualising cool products that don’t exist yet, from …

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HTC Desire 601 now on O2 4G in desirable red for £240

Red is the colour of desire, so it’s fitting that the 4G HTC Desire 601 now comes with a lick of red lipstick, only on O2. The kiss-coloured Android smart phone is a 4.5-inch blower that lets you connect to high-speed 4G without emptying your wallet at an equal pace. It’ll set you back £240, or it’s free if you …

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EE, Vodafone channeling 4G and 3G to the Channel Tunnel

Ooh là là! You’ll soon be able to do some last-minute brushing-up on your français on board the Eurostar as EE and Vodafone bring 4G and 3G to the Channel Tunnel. By this summer, EE promises high-speed data on the high-speed train — an improvement which would have made the last fifteen minutes of Mission: Impossible very different. The trip …

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Motorola Moto G with KitKat update coming to Vodafone

The wallet-friendly Motorola Moto G is coming to Vodafone with the hotly-anticipated Android 4.4.2 KitKat update on board — but can any contract compete with the Moto G’s £130 price? Vodafone told CNET today that the cheap-as-chips phone will boast cutting-edge KitKat when it goes on sale, but hasn’t given a release date.   Unlocked Moto G phones are due to …

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Doctor Who leads iPlayer’s biggest day ever

BBC iPlayer had its biggest day ever on New Year’s Day, with Doctor Who and Eastenders leading nearly 11 million TV and radio shows enjoyed — more than a third more than New Year’s Day last year. Doctor Who Christmas episode The Time of the Doctor, in which Matt Smith regenerated into new Time Lord Peter Capaldi, had the most …

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BlackBerry commits to keyboards for future phones

BlackBerry may have ditched Alicia Keys, but keys are very much part of the company’s future. The new boss of the struggling manufacturer has confirmed BlackBerry phones will predominantly boast physical keyboards. “I personally love the keyboards,” interim CEO John Chen said in an interview yesterday with Bloomberg. In the past year, former boss Thorsten Heins attempted to usher BlackBerry …

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EE hits 2m 4G customers, rivals have ‘a lot of catching up to do’

Two million phone fans have signed up to EE 4G, doubling the network’s 4G customers in just four months — leaving rivals O2, Three and Vodafone with “a lot of catching up to do.” EE was the first network in Britain to launch a 4G LTE service, back in October 2012. It took ten months to get that first million …

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8 out of 10 regret buying a 3D TV, survey says

As films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Frozen, and Gravity battle for the box office in 3D, more than three quarters of 3D TV owners regret buying their 3D televisions, according to a new survey. Having bought a 3D television in order to feast their eyes on the latest technology, 79 per cent of 3D TV owners surveyed …

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite set for 720p screen, leak shows

As we polish off the last of the Quality Street and stretch out the leftovers to one final turkey sandwich, our thoughts inevitably turn to slimming down a bit. Samsung is making the same new year’s resolution with the rumoured ‘Lite’ version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 — which will apparently sport a 720p screen. A device called the …

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Snapchat update to close loophole after mass hack

Hacked photo-sharing app Snapchat is updating its app to close a loophole that saw millions of Snapchatters’ details leaked online — but is it too little too late? In a public statement, Snapchat says the update will tighten restrictions and allow you to opt out of the Find Friends feature, which sees the app gobble up phone numbers of your friends and …

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