After updating to iOS 8, some people are reporting problems with Wi-Fi, battery life and performance. Apple Apple’s iOS 8 appears to be dogging certain users with buggy Wi-Fi and poor battery life, among other glitches. As noted by blog site Tech 2 on Monday, some users chiming in on Apple’s support forum are reporting …
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The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Apple The iPhone 6 is so far more popular than its bigger sibling, according to the latest mobile data. The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus officially hit the retail market Friday across several regions, including the US, UK, Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, France, and Germany. Apple revealed …
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Matt Elliott/CNET iOS 8 introduces a host of new features, and somewhere down on the list are grayscale mode and the ability to create a completely blank, icon-free home screen. Either of these features seems better suited for pranking a friend than useful in its own right, but what you do with this information is beyond our control. We report, …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha is coming to AT&T. Andrew Hoyle/CNET AT&T has the exclusive rights in the US to start selling the Samsung Galaxy Alpha at the end of the week. The carrier announced on Monday that the Alpha will be available both online and at its retail stores on Friday, September 26. Available in a choice of three colors — …
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2010’s Google Nexus One, the first Nexus device and the last to be built by HTC. CNET HTC is set to make the Google Nexus 9 tablet, its first Nexus device since the Nexus One, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has chosen HTC as the manufacturer to build the new Nexus, with HTC’s …
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Friday’s line for the iPhone 6 outside Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan stretched for blocks. Sarah Tew/CNET It happened again: Apple broke another record, and Wall Street shrugged as expectations were met. Apple said Monday it sold over 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices during the first weekend of sales, about 1 million more units sold …
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Apple Did you preorder a T-Mobile iPhone 6 or 6 Plus from Apple? I did. Read on for my tale of woe, or skip ahead to “Options for Activation,” below, if you just want help getting service. No more two-year phone contracts. Not now, not ever. That was my thinking when I splurged on the no-contract iPhone 6 from T-Mobile. …
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The iPhone 6 Plus on top of the Nintendo 3DS XL. This would be a cool idea for a controller case. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple’s iPhones have been great game devices for years. In fact, iPhones are the gadgets that helped reinvent mobile gaming and steer it away from the domain of companies like Nintendo and Sony. But here’s the truth: …
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A “bargain” at just $2 million. Falcon How does a wealthy capitalist and iPhone fan celebrate the recent Alibaba IPO, which raised $25 billion to become the most successful initial public offering in US history? By dropping $2 million on a new luxury iPhone 6 with a huge diamond-encircled topaz on its backside, of course. Falcon Luxury, the same outfit …
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Hundreds of people waited in line at the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco to buy the phone Friday. James Martin/CNET Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have broken yet another record. The company said Monday that its first weekend sales topped 10 million devices. It didn’t break out sales between the two models, though the iPhone 6 Plus …
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The iPhone 6 Plus with Display Zoom enabled. Jason Cipriani/CNET The first time you set up your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, you’re asked if you want to use standard or zoomed view. The standard view uses the layout Apple intended for each respective device, while zoomed provides for larger icons, text and buttons. The zoom levels may seem random, …
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Immersion is adding a layer of feeling to Homeland’s ads. Showtime Smartphones are quickly becoming the primary outlet for many viewers wanting to catch a clip on YouTube or a video stream on Netflix, but it’s hard to pack a lot of excitement on a tiny screen. With that in mind, Immersion — a company that works to add more …
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Now playing: Watch this: Interview with Owen Paterson, Godzilla production designer 3:59 Owen Paterson is the Australian-born production designer who’s worked on films as diverse as “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”, “The Matrix”, and “V for Vendetta”. More recently, he oversaw the design and feel for Gareth Edward’s “Godzilla”, which is about to get a home entertainment …
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Optus has officially launched its LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation network using its allotted 2300MHz spectrum. The service is live in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide, with Canberra joining “within weeks”. Optus uses Time Division LTE (TD-LTE), meaning that the upload and download data are carried on the same frequency, but at different times. For its TD-LTE Carrier Aggregation (TD-LTE CA) this …
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The iPhone 6 Plus had a rough time with the drop test. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET As of this writing, millions of people are likely already fretting over their new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, picking out all manner of clunky cases to protect their new investment. But at least a handful of folks out there are torturing …
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