No snow has fallen this winter, but you can still have a white Christmas with one of our favourite gadgets: the Google Nexus 7 is now available with a snowy white case. For now, you can only buy the white Nexus 7 with 32GB of memory, which costs £239. The cheaper 16GB model is only available …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has taken notes from 10 million wallets. Samsung has announced it has sold 10 million Note 3 phablets in just 60 days — clearly the new faux-leather styling is a hit. The original Note was a surprise hit in 2011, as phone fans went nuts for the huge screen and S Pen stylus. Both the …
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Budget smart phones are set to rival the iPhone 5S with 64-bit power. Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 410 chipset, sprinkled with extra 4G — just a couple of months after a Qualcomm boss branded 64-bit chips “a gimmick“. The new chip is designed for phones costing less than $150 (about £90), bringing 4G to phones that don’t cost the …
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Phones and tablets have been cleared for takeoff as European watchdogs publish new rules on electronic devices, but airlines are keeping quiet on when we could actually start playing with our gadgets as we take to the skies. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has updated its guidelines, as promised last month. The new rules allow for the use of …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has taken notes from 10 million wallets. Samsung has announced it has sold 10 million Note 3 phablets in just 60 days — clearly the new faux-leather styling is a hit. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases Please, Clear Your Android Phone’s Cookies and Cache Right Now Save Hundreds on Refurbished Samsung …
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You’ll have had to make a trolley dash if you wanted to get your hands on Aldi’s cheap tablet — it’s already sold out. The wallet-friendly supermarket joined Tesco and Argos by selling a tablet over the weekend, but it sold out in less than a day. Aldi put the 7-inch Medion Lifetab E7316 on shelves on Sunday for just £80, but …
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There’s only one thing better than a cosy Christmas jumper, and that’s a Christmas jumper with a phone in it. We can’t guarantee it’ll help you pull a cracker but Asda’s digital Christmas jumper has a hole cut out in the tummy, securing your iPhone or Android phone and showing a video of a roaring fire in the knitted fireplace. …
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Kids love tablets — but with the lure of games and cartoons tugging at their sugar-addled little minds, your new slate might not turn out to be the educational tool you’d hoped. So Amazon is adding new features, which mean distractions are locked away until after the little’uns have done their reading or learning. The FreeTime app on the Amazon …
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Nokia is handing out twenty quid to spend on apps if you buy a new Nokia Lumia phone. Choose from one of four Windows Phone phones in the next month or so to stock up on free apps. You get the £20 to spend when you buy a Nokia Lumia 1520, Lumia 1020, Lumia 625, or Lumia 925, on pay …
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The BBC is launching five new HD channels tomorrow, as Auntie adds more detail to your telly in time for Christmas specials of Sherlock, Doctor Who and much more. The five new high definition channels from the Big British Castle go live on 10 December on Freesat, Freeview, YouView, Sky and Virgin Media, in plenty of time for festive highlights …
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