Hanging on to find out when a hot handset is coming to T-Mobile here in the UK? The operator has just revealed when it’ll start selling four new smart phones: the HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy Ace. According to updates to the network’s Coming Soon page (as spotted …
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We’ve been wary of writing about the question of the current situation in Japan’s effect on iOS devices, because frankly, whether a bunch of westerners have to wait a while to get their iPad 2s is hardly the priority right now, when thousands of people are still missing, hundreds of thousands are displaced, and there’s an ongoing nuclear emergency at …
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The iPad 2 may be the ultimate device for parents who feel guilty for spending too much time at work. Not only can they now use the FaceTime video-chat feature to talk to their children on a tablet-sized screen, but a new app called Nursery Rhymes with StoryTime will let them remotely read bedtime stories to their kids too. Yes, you can …
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Innovative iPad newspaper app The Daily will be crossing the Atlantic soon, making its UK debut in the first half of this year. Jon Miller, the digital boss at its publisher News Corporation, revealed the news at a media conference, just as the company prepares to start charging for the app in the US. Miller said The Daily will come …
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Samsung is making no secret of its plans to launch an 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab tablet at the CTIA show in Orlando next week. Having flagged up its intentions with a press invite to its Samsung Mobile Unpacked event at the show, it has now published a YouTube video to further heighten anticipation. In truth, the video doesn’t tell you much about …
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Intel may be about to throw its weight behind Android for tablets, despite already being buddied up with Microsoft for Windows devices, and having its own MeeGo OS. The first Android slates with Intel inside could make their public debut as soon as next month, too. Taiwanese news site DigiTimes has the story, claiming that Intel is working with six …
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Apple didn’t end up putting its retina display in the iPad 2, despite speculation before the device was unveiled. The new tablet’s screen matches the original iPad, which has been portrayed as a disappointment in some reviews of the iPad 2, comparing it to the more impressive iPhone 4. DisplayMate president Dr Raymond Soneira begs to differ. He’s published the …
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Amazon’s new Appstore for Android is due to launch imminently, but its US home page briefly went live yesterday, giving a glimpse at some of the games and apps that will be available. Screenshots snapped before it was taken down reveal some price cuts compared to Google’s own Android Market. German site Androidnews gets the plaudits for enterprisingly tapping ‘http://www.amazon.com/apps’ …
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A US patent filing may shed light on Nokia’s plans to build a new tablet. The company was ahead of the curve with its N800 and N8100 Internet Tablets back in the day, and may be seeking to get back in the game. The patent filing includes diagrams of a tablet device that appears to be to the Nokia N8 what Apple’s iPad is to the …
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The costs of calling someone on their mobile phone are set to fall considerably over the next four years, thanks to a new ruling by the UK’s telecoms regulator Ofcom on the amount operators can charge one another for incoming calls. This is all to do with ‘mobile termination rates’, which are the key reason it remains expensive to call …
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