Samsung plans foldable screens in the next three years, the Samsung Galaxy Round just the first in a new generation of flexing phones. Presenting a roadmap of future plans to industry experts, Samsung revealed that ‘curved’ screens, like the one on the front of the Round, will give way to ‘bended’ screens next year. Then …
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Advent Vega Note 7 with Tegra 4 is ‘world’s fastest’ for £180
Ready for some fightin’ words? The new Advent Vega Note 7, powered by the might of a Tegra 4 processor, claims to be “the world’s fastest 7-inch Android tablet” — and it costs just £180. The Vega Note 7 claims dizzying speed thanks to the Nvidia Tegra 4 processor contained within. Inside the tablet is a 72-core Geforce GPU and …
Read More »Google Nexus 5 in black delayed for a week for new orders
The Nexus 5 is on sale now — and it’s already been enough of a hit that Google has burned through stock, delaying the black version for a week for new orders. Fingers crossed we’re not about to see a repeat of the Nexus 4 debacle. The white version of Google’s new flagship phone is still in stock, and if …
Read More »Nokia plans 8
Nokia has just unveiled its first tablet — the 10-inch Nokia Lumia 2520 — and reports say a smaller Windows tablet is in the works too, to take on the Google Nexus 7 and Apple iPad mini. According to reliable tipster EvLeaks, the as-yet-unconfirmed 8-inch Lumia tablet is codenamed ‘Illusionist’, perhaps because it’s intended to give the illusion someone actually …
Read More »Google Nexus 5 delivery up to three weeks for new orders
The Google Nexus 5 is a hit — it must be, because Google can’t keep up with demand as delivery dates for the black version slip once again. Order now and your new phone could take up to three weeks to arrive. The Nexus 5 went on sale less than a week ago. The white version leaves Google’s lock-up by …
Read More »New YouView box is free on TalkTalk, but doesn’t record
BBC TalkTalk has launched a new, smaller YouView box with its latest TV, broadband and phone deal costing £7.50 per month. Both BT and TalkTalk give away online-connected YouView set-top TV boxes with their broadband deals. The new TalkTalk Essentials deal comes with the second generation of YouView box, worth £149 instead of the larger original box’s hefty £300 price …
Read More »Nexus 5 comes with free Nexus 7 at Carphone Warehouse
The Google Nexus 5 costs £295 from Carphone Warehouse — and comes with a free Google Nexus 7 tablet if you buy it on a 4G contract. Everyone’s favourite anachronistically monikered phone shop is offering the 7-inch tablet for free with the new 5-inch phone, but you have to be quick: only the first 1,000 phone fans to snag a Nexus …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S3 is Gear
The latest Android 4.4 KitKat update is here — and the much-loved Samsung Galaxy S3 is finally updating to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The S3 has been left behind by Android updates — it’s been stuck on Android 4.1 — but now skips over 4.2 to 4.3. It joins the rarefied ranks of Android devices boasting features such as souped-up …
Read More »EE switches on ‘world’s fastest’ LTE
EE is switching on the “fastest 4G mobile network in the world,” right here in the UK. The country’s first super-fast LTE-Advanced system will hit data speeds of up to 300Mbps for businesses in London’s hipster heartland from today, before throwing open its airwaves to the rest of us next year. The super-super-fast network covers London’s Tech City, also known …
Read More »iPad Air torn open reveals smaller battery, same battery life
The iPad Air is slimmer than a supermodel with food poisoning, which means Apple has to fit an awful lot of technology into not an awful lot of space. Let’s take a look inside to find out more about the new chip, smaller battery and other technology in the slimline tablet. The intrepid gadget-probers at iFixit cracked the back of …
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