Brooke Crothers screen capture/Microsoft Microsoft’s Surface Mini, a smaller version of the company’s Surface Pro tablet, has once again surfaced. Only this time, Microsoft has done the leaking. Long-time Microsoft-tracker Paul Thurrott published a tweet on Friday, saying that “there are Surface Mini references all over the Surface Pro 3 User Guide.” CNET subsequently accessed …
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Gee, Nokia, what could you be hinting at? Nokia Microsoft could debut its successor to Nokia’s X smartphone as soon as next week, or so we might infer from Nokia’s Conversations blog, still active after the acquisition. Related Links Nokia X review Leaked ‘Android’ Nokia X2 specs hint at Microsoft’s phone future Why the Android-powered Nokia X is great for …
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CNET Update sums up the top stories, yo: Now playing: Watch this: iWatch may sport different styles 2:51 In this episode of Update: Learn about the latest reports on Apple’s smartwatch. The Wall Street Journal says multiple designs are in the works for October. Get ready for a new type of BlackBerry phone. The Passport arrives in September. See if …
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John Moore/Getty Images Two US senators want more spectrum made available for Wi-Fi services, and they’ve introduced legislation that would free up underutilized high-frequency spectrum for such uses. On Friday, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) announced the Wi-Fi Innovation Act, which would expand the amount of bandwidth available for unlicensed Wi-Fi use. The legislation proposes making 75 …
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In addition to the 3D display, the Evo 3D has dual 5-megapixel cameras on back to capture 3D photos and video. Sarah Tew/CNET Related stories Amazon launch teaser? It’s CEO’s favorite childhood book Amazon app store library nearly triples Listen to Amazon Prime Music on your mobile Amazon’s Fire Phone isn’t just the e-tailer’s first attempt at cracking the rock-hard …
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CNET Update has a few new faces: Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile’s new twist: Free music streaming, iPhone test-drives 2:53 In this tech-news roundup: T-Mobile turns to music apps and iPhone test-drives to attract new customers. Learn how the wireless carrier won’t count music streaming against monthly data limits. Skip the networking side of LinkedIn with a new spin-off app …
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James Martin/CNET Amazon’s long-rumored Fire Phone finally debuted yesterday, brimming with features of all kinds. Not surprisingly, easy access to Amazon’s existing services is a centerpiece of the handset, but CEO Jeff Bezos eagerly highlighted other features like 3D effects and a camera with image stabilization. Yet while Amazon is new to the smartphone game, are the Fire Phone ‘s …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Sales are still shrinking at phone maker BlackBerry, but cost-cutting measures buoyed the company’s earnings for its fiscal first quarter, the company said Thursday. BlackBerry, which has been trying to reinvent itself under new leader John Chen, reported a narrower loss than analysts had expected for the quarter, largely attributed to pruning of expenses. But sales continued to …
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The Century City Los Angeles Microsoft Store’s Surface Pro 3 display. Note the MacBook Air comparisons. Brooke Crothers/CNET Surface Pro 3 sales will finally launch on Friday. But should Microsoft be marketing it as a MacBook Air replacement? Consumers who preordered the Core i5 model (starting at $999) can pick it up at Microsoft stores on Friday. (The entry-level Core …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the Amazon Fire Phone. James Martin/CNET Amber Corbin of Broken Bow, Neb., is a loyal Amazon Prime customer who has been a fan of the company’s devices since the very first Kindle e-reader in 2007. She’s bought hundreds of e-books, raves about Prime’s two-day shipping, and owns several versions of the Kindle Fire tablet. …
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Vodafone After a “transmission network failure” knocked out services on Vodafone’s network in Australia yesterday, the telco is compensating its customers with a free weekend of data. Regardless of whether they were affected by the outage, all Vodafone customers have been invited to “use as much data as they like” within Australia this weekend, starting midnight (AEST) Friday, June 20 …
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CNET Despite new regulations that require network providers to notify customers when they have reached their monthly data limit, the number of customers complaining about excess data charges is on the rise. That’s according to new data from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, which has released statistics on the complaints it has received this year. According to the TIO, complaints are …
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The top one is harder to steal? CNET There is a popular view, supported by statistics, that thieves steal iPhones because they are the coolest phones that fetch the most money on resale. Indeed, last year, the New York Police Department announced that iPhones were involved in 14 percent of all the crime in the city. However, a report released …
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A concept design of BlackBerry’s upcoming Passport smartphone, code-named Windermere.CrackBerry.com BlackBerry’s newest smartphone is set to launch in September at a special event in London, the company’s CEO John Chen said Thursday. Chen leaked news of the new device during the company’s fiscal first quarter 2015 conference call. The new device, called the Passport, has been rumored for several months …
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The iPhone 5S already has a kill switch. Apple Microsoft and Google have signed an agreement with the New York Attorney General to add a “kill switch” to the next versions of Windows Phone and Android. Eric Schneiderman, the attorney general, released a report Thursday as part of his offices’s “Secure Our Smartphones” initiative. That report, which detailed the importance …
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