Stephen Elop, head of Nokia’s devices and services business, unveiled one flagship phone and two budget phones at Microsoft’s Build conference this week. James Martin/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — A Windows Phone device isn’t going to topple Apple’s iPhone 5 or Samsung’s Galaxy S5 anytime soon, and that’s just fine for Microsoft. While Microsoft believes in …
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Apple and Samsung are battling over patents. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif.–Judge Lucy Koh late Thursday denied Apple’s request to talk about how it uses several of the patents at issue in an infringement suit against Samsung. Apple filed a motion Thursday asking a court here to let it present previously banned evidence and testimony. At issue is whether Apple itself …
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Verizon subscribers can now preorder Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone. Available at Verizon’s Web site, the S5 actually retails for $250 with the standard two-year agreement. But Verizon is sweetening the deal with a $50 mail-in rebate debit card. Verizon subscribers who don’t want to be locked into a contract can instead pay the full $600 for …
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Apple Apple may have bought a company that spent more than a decade improving speech-recognition technologies. Apple last year quietly acquired Novauris Technologies, a UK-based firm that was founded in 2002 and worked on speech-recognition that was both server-based and device-based, TechCrunch reported on Thursday. Neither Apple nor Novauris announced the deal, but TechCrunch said it called the Novauris offices …
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Andrew Hoyle/CNET The Samsung Gear 2 , Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit are up for pre-order on Amazon, giving fans of Samsung’s wrist-centric gadgets the chance to splash the cash ahead of the new devices’ debut. Tech site Androidcentral spied the listings, which include a range of colour choices. The South Korean tech giant’s latest wearable tech isn’t exactly …
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Intel shows off two identical tablets targeted at device makers. One runs Android (left), and the other Windows. If Windows-Android hybrids won’t fly, maybe clones will? Intel Hopes remain dim for Windows-Android hybrids. But, wait, there’s always cloning. At a company conference in China this week, Intel showed two identical tablet designs aimed at device makers. The only difference? Software. …
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Sony’s Xperia Z1 Andrew Hoyle/CNET Sony is now selling an unlocked version of its Xperia Z1 LTE smartphone in the US to the tune of $620. Up for sale on the Sony Store Web site, the phone shows up in black and purple, though only the black model is currently available. The purple edition is back-ordered with an expected ship …
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Out with the old, in with the new. Cyanogen Cyanogen, the company founded to promote the popular Android ROM CyanogenMod, released a new logo this week that its says represents the concept of choice. Looking at the logo, however, I can help but think it somewhat resembles the evil OmniCorp logo in RoboCop. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of things …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple/Screenshot by CNET Mac and iOS software developers, mark your calendars: Apple’s next Worldwide Developers Conference will take place the first week in June. Apple on Thursday announced that WWDC 2014 has been scheduled for June 2 to 6 and will take place …
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Google Glass Google Soon, Google could hold the trademark to the word “Glass.” In an attempt to curb any copycatting of its computer-enabled eyeglass, the tech giant has been working to trademark the term “Glass” when written in Google’s stylized marketing logo font, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google Glass logo Google While the US Patent and Trademark Office …
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Seguramente te ha pasado al menos una vez: un descuido tonto y terminas dándole un chapuzón a tu teléfono. Cada quien tendrá su propio remedio para secar un dispositivo mojado; desde meterlo en un recipiente con arroz, hasta introducirlo en el microondas (que terminará de arruinar el smartphone). Aunque no hay manera segura de reparar un teléfono mojado, puedes aumentar …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 isn’t on sale quiet yet, but fresh rumors of an even more premium version emerge. Andrew Hoyle/CNET In another pass at a rumor that simply refuses to die, newly discovered benchmarks allege that Samsung is prepping a bigger, more powerful Samsung Galaxy S5 . Related stories Samsung Galaxy F super-phone could have curved screen Metal Galaxy …
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And so the Apple v. Samsung legal wrangling continues. In a California patent case, Apple filed a motion late Thursday asking the court to let it present previously banned evidence and testimony. At issue is whether Apple itself uses the patents it has accused Samsung of copying. Samsung’s attorneys, during their opening arguments Tuesday, said Apple doesn’t use them. But …
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The dream of taking any mobile device to any wireless carrier may soon become a reality. The wireless market is going through a massive technological shift right now, one that will eventually make it possible to take your smartphone from one network and use it another. The switch to 4G LTE technology and the use of more spectrum bands to …
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A year after the New South Wales government announced a plan to upgrade mobile coverage in Sydney’s inner-city rail tunnels, Optus has announced that its customers will now be able to stay connected underground from Redfern to Bondi Junction. (Cityrail Millennium Train image by Jason Antony, CC BY 2.5) The telco switched on network coverage for the Eastern Suburbs line …
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