Rory Reid

White iPhone 4 available worldwide from 28 April, world celebrates

Those of you gagging for the near-mythical white iPhone 4 should gag no more. Apple’s delivered the news every ivory-fiending fanboy’s been waiting for — the milky mobile will be available in 28 countries worldwide, including the UK, from Thursday 28 April. Hey, that’s tomorrow! Apple chose to reveal this news at exactly the same …

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Nokia sheds 7,000 jobs as Symbian support shunted to Accenture

It’s a sad day to be a Nokia employee. The Finnish phone-maker will shed 7,000 jobs following the news in February that the company would be severing ties with its tried and no-longer-trusted Symbian operating system in favour of Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Not all the jobs will be lost. Some 3,000 employees are expected to be transferred to consulting and …

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Apple says iPhone isn’t tracking you, just the cell towers it’s using. What?

Apple has at last responded to allegations it has been capturing iPhone location data without users’ consent. In a statement released today, the company said the iPhone is not tracking or logging your location, but rather the location of nearby mobile transmission towers. Wait. What? “The location data that researchers are seeing on the iPhone is not the past or …

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Apple and Google respond to phone tracking furore

Google and, if the Internet is to be believed, Apple have responded to the smart phone tracking furore, defending themselves against claims of secret Big Brothering. The Internet was awash last week with angry smart phone owners seething at the news their beloved iPhone and Android devices are capable of logging their locations without consent and transmitting it back to …

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HTC Evo 3D pointed right at Europe

3D-loving phone botherers looking for a handset that isn’t the LG Optimus 3D are in for a treat — HTC’s French division recently issued a tweet, spotted by Engadget, confirming le nouveau Evo 3D est arrivé en France tout de suite. This means the rest of Europe is likely to get a pointy-pointy 3D slice of the action as well. …

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ZTE Racer cheap Android phone spied on 3

3’s just unveiled an Android smart phone that costs a paltry £110. Great news for people who need a replacement handset because they’ve consumed one too many shandies at last night’s company party (if anyone’s found any rogue mobiles, please return them to Crave Towers — a handsome reward awaits you). The ZTE Racer offers a raft of cool features …

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Windows Phone 7 gets IE9, Twitter, multitasking, Kinect companionship

Windows Phone 7 has played second fiddle to iOS, Android and BlackBerry OS since it hit the streets in October last year. Microsoft is about to augment its mobile OS, however, with a glut of new features designed to help Windows Phone 7 handsets compete with the iPhones and HTC Desire HDs of this world. Speaking at Mobile World Congress …

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Native Union Moshi Moshi 04 makes your phone look less mobile

Most if us have ditched our landlines for mobiles by now, but as convenient and as affordable as our BlackBerrys, iPhones and Android handsets might be, they’ll always be a tad too fiddly for a proper extended natter while you’re milling around the house — until now. The Moshi Moshi 04 (MM04) is a standalone handset that connects to your …

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Dell Venue smart phone and Streak 7 tablet break cover

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a smart phone or tablet PC fan — Dell’s got your back in 2011. The company used its press conference at CES 2011 to show off the new Streak 7 tablet and Venue smart phone, both of which run the Android 2.2 operating system. The Streak 7 is probably the more interesting of the two. …

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LG Cinema 3D and Active 3D TVs ready to slap you upside the head

LG’s serious about the 3D telly business. In 2011, a whopping 40 per cent of its TVs will be 3D ready, and we’ve got details on all the models you’ll need to know about. Top of the company’s agenda is its Cinema 3D range, so-called because it delivers third-dimension visuals in the same way as your local 3D picturehouse — …

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