First Tesco, then Argos… now Aldi. The price of tablets is plummeting again as the cheap-as-chips supermarket becomes the latest to sell a budget-friendly tablet this weekend. Aldi will stick the 7-inch Medion Lifetab E7316 on shelves on Sunday for just £80. The LifeTab has a quad-core 1.6GHz processor, with 8GB of storage. It runs …
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The Asus PadFone transforms from a phone to a tablet at the blink of an eye, and a new mini version is coming that gives you a choice of tablet size when you’re out and about. According to Engadget, Asus has invited the press to a launch for the PadFone Mini in Taipei on Wednesday. The PadFone is a phone …
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time to pick the perfect present or you’re on the sofa throughout January. Luckily, Not on the High Street has launched a new app to help gift-challenged chaps find a thoughtful personal gift come Christmas morning. Gift King is a shopping app aimed at blokes to quickly and easily customise your present …
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Spotify is bringing free music to phones and tablets, according to new reports. The streaming music service is expected to announce ad-supported free listening on mobile devices next week. The Wall Street Journal reports the streaming Swedes have inked deals with all three global licensing companies to bring free music to mobile devices as well as laptops and PCs. You …
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Samsung and other manufacturers could follow the Apple iPhone 5S with smart phones that read your fingerprints, according to a company that makes finger-scanning sensors. Reuters reports that Swedish company Fingerprint hopes to sell touch sensors to various phone manufacturers. Fingerprint CEO Johan Carlstrom believes as many as seven or eight phones will boast touch sensors in 2014, predicting Samsung …
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Huddle up: a new Tesco Hudl tablet is coming next year. The wallet-friendly supermarket slate has proved so successful, Tesco is planning a sequel. Tesco’s chief executive Philip Clarke promises “The new model will be an enhanced version,” according to the Guardian. Tesco reveals it’s sold more than 300,000 of its own-brand tablet. The Hudl has been so successful, Tesco …
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Order, order! When it comes to mobile phones, leaks come from all over the place — and now a British judge has joined in the fun, apparently confirming the release of the HTC One 2, successor to the HTC One. Ruling on a patent dispute between Nokia and HTC in which he banned the sale of the HTC One Mini, …
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More Android devices are running the ancient Froyo update than the latest KitKat software, as a disgruntled developer laments the state of Android updates in handy colourful chart form. Jelly Bean is now on half of Android devices, according to the latest figures from Google. Three quarters of Android phones are running Ice Cream Sandwich or later, but some Froyo …
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Want a phone with not one but two screens? The quirky new YotaPhone boasts an e-ink screen as well as the regular screen. We’ve tried it out — here’s everything you need to know about the new phone. Unveiled in Russia today, the YotaPhone’s second screen uses ebook-style e-ink to show photos and more without using up loads of power …
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Sky television comes to Android slates today as the Sky Go Tablet app finally makes it to Google Play. Sky’s catch-up and on-demand app is available for most Android tablets, with a just a couple of exceptions. It’s a separate app from the existing version of Sky Go for Android phones, so there are now two Sky Go apps in …
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