We’re always hearing about rip-off Britain, but according to new numbercrunching of prices, our green and pleasant land is actually one of the cheapest places in Europe to buy an Apple iPhone. MobileUnlocked has ranked the world’s nations by the price you have to pay for a 5S in each country. An iPhone 5S costs £549 …
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Sainsbury’s is ditching online sales of DVDs, books and games for digital downloads across the board. But with no high-definition video on offer, Sainsbury’s must be off its trolley taking on Tesco’s Blinkbox. Sainsbury’s will now only sell and rent digital downloads for films, music and books, with actual physical media and products limited to stores. The supermarket can still …
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Virgin Media has unveiled special prices for the Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C if you’re already a friend of Richard Branson — but before you fling your TiVo remote aside and race to buy one, be warned they still ain’t exactly cheap. The new iPhones hit Virgin this Friday. Customers who get their broadband and telly piped in through …
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Carphone Warehouse is investigating claims that its £50 Android tablet was produced without coughing up the right licensing fees to Google. Mobile Magazine quotes industry sources claiming the supplier of the Avoca 7 tablet failed to pay for a license to include support for Google apps and the Google Play online store. A Carphone Warehouse spokesperson told CNET, “Our Avoca …
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Nokia shareholders have approved the sale of the Finnish company’s mobile phone division to Microsoft. Meeting today at an extraordinary general meeting in Helsinki, 99.7 per cent of shareholders gave the green light to the €5.44bn (£4.5bn) sale, according to the Financial Times. After flogging the mobile phone part of the business and licensing its related patents to Microsoft, Nokia …
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The Android 4.3 update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has begun, finally bringing new features from the Note 3 and Galaxy S4 — but UK phone fans will have to be patient as Samsung tries to avoid a repeat of the S3 update fiasco. Samsung UK is playing it coy over the prospect of British phableteers updating their Note, telling …
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New channels are go! Sky Go adds 14 new channels today, streaming South Park, Geordie Shore, Red Dwarf and more from Comedy Central, MTV, Dave, and others to Sky customers on their tablet and phone when they’re away from their dish. That brings the total number of channels you can watch while you’re out and about to a possible 57 …
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The Android 4.3 update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is reported to be imminent, finally bringing new features from the Note 3 to the Note 2. SamMobile claims to have got its mitts on Android 4.3 test firmware version N7100XXUEMK4, which it claims to be one of the last trial versions before the official release. The leaked software update brings features …
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Three is the magic number — that’s according to new insider reports suggesting Samsung has a smart phone with a three-sided screen planned to appear as soon as next year. Bloomberg reports that two people familiar with the plan have confided the new device will take advantage of an upgraded version of Samsung’s Youm screen technology. A Youm curved screen …
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BBM is coming to the iPod touch. Reports say that in the next day, you’ll be able to download and install the app and start chatting to your BlackBerry Messenger buddies on both the iPod touch and the Wi-Fi-only iPad tablets. The update will happen in the next 24 hours, a spokesperson for BlackBerry told SlashGear. That means you can …
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