The Kensington KeyFolio for iPad shows that a tablet can get real work done. Stephen Shankland/CNET With Microsoft Office coming to the iPad, I decided it’s time to offer an updated assessment of that controversial topic: can tablets be as good at content creation as they are for content consumption? Tablets get a bad rap …
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The BlackBerry Bold will continue its production run. CNET Long live the BlackBerry Bold! BlackBerry CEO John Chen confirmed on a conference call on Friday that the company would continue its production run of the BlackBerry 7-powered Bold smartphone. Chen said the company had signed a deal with manufacturer Wistron to continue building the phones. “I’m pleased to formally announce …
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Luke Weataway/CNET The Galaxy S5 is now available to pre-order in the UK — but expect to splash out plenty of cash if you want to own Samsung’s heart-rate-monitor-sporting flagship. As of this morning, UK retailers will let you pay for the S5, ahead of its official release on 11 April. High-street phone shop Phones 4U says the S5 will …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the company’s press conference at CES 2014. James Martin/CNET T-Mobile is changing the way it offers discounts to customers whose companies have discounts for individual bills, the carrier announced Friday. The carrier is dumping its current discounts plan, starting April 1. The plan took a percentage — set by a customer’s company and T-Mobile — …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen speaking at an event at Mobile World Congress in late February. Brian Bennett/CNET BlackBerry continues to struggle in getting customers to adopt its newer BlackBerry 10 platform. The embattled smartphone maker posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $423 million, or 80 cents a share, swinging from a profit of 98 million, or 19 cents a share, …
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European Commission The European Union’s highest court, the EU Court of Justice, ruled on Thursday that Internet service providers could reasonably be required to block piracy sites if those pages are found to be violating copyrights. The ruling is by no means a definitive decision on how ISPs across the European Union should handle piracy sites. The court essentially agreed …
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Sarah Tew/CNET Now that Microsoft Office is out on the iPad, it just underlines what the iPad has become: a laptop replacement for many people. You don’t need a keyboard for your iPad. But, if you’re planning on an iPad being a place where you get a lot of writing done, having one can come in very handy. Yes, you …
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Apple The iPhone 6 will arrive as early as September in two screen sizes, according to Japan’s largest business daily. The next-generation iPhone 6 “will likely be offered in 4.7- and 5.5-inch versions,” Nikkei reported in its Friday edition. The current iPhone 5S has a 4-inch screen. The displays will be made in Japan by Sharp at its Kameyama factory …
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Now playing: Watch this: Use gestures on the HTC One M8 1:40 The HTC One M8 looks remarkably similar to its predecessor, the HTC One. While the design hasn’t changed much, new features and improved specs have us coming back for more. The company’s latest flagship device is equipped with a bigger screen, better internal hardware, a new “duo camera,” …
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The LG G2 Mini measures 5.10 inches tall, 2.6 inches wide, and 0.39 inch thick. It also weighs in at a manageable 4.27 ounces, and feels noticeably more comfortable handling with one hand compared to the G2. Sarah Tew/CNET LG will begin selling its G2 Mini, a smaller and less capable sibling to LG Electronics flagship G2 , starting in …
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Sony’s new flagship packs 4K video into a classy waterproof chassis Andrew Hoyle/CNET Sony can’t meet demand for its new 4K-shooting flagship phone, with the Xperia Z2 ‘s general sale date being pushed back into May in the UK and Europe. The Japanese company says it’s “working tirelessly to maximise stock levels” of the new waterproof smartphone, but one online …
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Softbank CEO and Sprint chairman Masayoshi Son rallies competitive carriers to take on AT&T and Verizon at the Competitive Carrier Association conference in San Antonio. Marguerite Reardon/CNET SAN ANTONIO — Softbank CEO and chairman of Sprint Masayoshi Son said without a big merger in the US market AT&T and Verizon will choke off the rest of the industry. “We need …
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Samsung’s current Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch tablet. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung’s next 10-inch Galaxy Tab tablet may have been outted by new FCC filings. Posted on Thursday, one series of files hosted by the Federal Communications Commission reveal a tablet with the model number SM-T805. The files themselves don’t spill too many beans. But that same model number surfaced on a …
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The MozStumbler app, now at version 0.17, gathers data on the location of Wi-Fi networks and cell phone base stations so devices can figure out where they are without relying as much on GPS. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Mozilla has an immensely challenging goal: making it easier for people to avoid getting stuck in the technology domains of tech giants …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 Android smart phone. Andrew Hoyle/CNET The Samsung Galaxy S5 is on sale now in South Korea, two weeks early — much to Samsung’s surprise. The S5 is set to go on sale around the world on 11 April, hitting shop shelves in 150 countries before the month is out. But the wait is too long for …
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