The astronomic growth in the mobile arena has been due in large part to the increasing popularity of smartphones, new data from Ericsson reveals. The communications technology company on Monday released mobile phone sales data for the third quarter, and revealed that smartphones accounted for 55 percent of all worldwide handset sales during the period, …
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Breaking up is hard to do, and even harder if you’re BlackBerry, it seems. Reuters reports the troubled smart phone maker rejected a takeover offer this week as it didn’t want to sell only parts of its business and break up the company. Tech heavyweights like Microsoft, Apple, Google and Lenovo are all rumoured to want a piece of BlackBerry, …
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Cellular provider Republic Wireless, best known for offering $19-per-month service with low-end Android handsets, recently announced plans to carry the Motorola Moto X, a decidedly high-end handset (and a widely loved one at that). Although the $19 plan is no more, you can operate the Moto for as little as $5 per month, or as much as $40. Additional options …
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That’s right, seven. If you haven’t heard of Kazam, it’s a new entrant into the smart phone arena. It was started by some ex-HTC execs just a few months ago, and has promised to bring affordable Android goodies to the masses. And now it’s announced its first tranche of handsets. The jewel in Kazam’s crown is the Thunder Q5. It’s …
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The Moto G may have been given an early public showing in the UK. Eagle-eyed observers on Monday discovered that the Amazon UK site had listed the Moto G on preorder and available for delivery on November 14. The listing, which has since been removed, didn’t mention the Moto G by name, but does show the model number that’s believed …
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If you don’t have an LTE connection now, chances are you will by 2019. And so will nearly everyone else. That’s according to the latest Mobility Report from Ericsson, which found that 85 percent of all mobile subscriptions in North America will be tied to an LTE network by 2019. The region will end the year with roughly 20 percent …
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Rural Britons will soon be able to upload and download up hill and down dale as EE plants the seeds of 4G broadband for Internet notspots, connecting country-folk in Cumbria. Rural Cumbria in the North of England is the first countryside area to see 4G connect country-folk with no access to fixed-line broadband. EE reckons more than 2,000 residents and …
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Apple has two Airs in its family, and they’re both closer in spirit than ever before. The 2013 MacBook Air is less expensive than 2012’s, and has a better battery life. The new iPad Air is smaller, lighter, and has a processor that’s inching closer to the potential of a laptop. Here’s the funny thing: the iPad Air starts at …
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Flipboard, the social magazine app for iOS and Android, is extending its feelers further into mobile commerce with a new catalogs category. The update, released Monday, allows companies and individual users to create specialized buying guides out of items found within Flipboard and on the Web. The guides can then be deposited into custom magazines with price tags and product …
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The successor to the HTC One could arrive at all four of the big wireless service providers in early 2014, according to recent chatter. Related stories Alleged images of the HTC M8 get leaked, show metal body Amp up your HTC One’s sound with an $8,000 phone trumpet HTC vows to cut costs to revive profits A pair of tweets …
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Nokia’s former head honcho Stephen Elop is one of the frontrunners to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft. And if he does, he’ll bring Microsoft’s Office suite of programs to rival smart phones and tablets, insiders say. Usually, Microsoft keeps its programs exclusive to its own mobile and desktop operating systems in order to drive demand. So this would be …
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The BBC has announced the exact time the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will be broadcast. We already knew the special (titled Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor) would air on 23 November — two weeks yesterday — but now the BBC has set the exact time. And to get your time travelling juices flowing, the beeb has released two …
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The Champions League is coming to BT Sport. The relative newcomer announced it snaffled the rights in a deal thought to be worth £900 million. The deal marks the end of two decades of the Champions League being shown live on terrestrial TV. The three-year deal will start from 2015. Sky and ITV currently share the rights to the league. …
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Apparently one of the more annoying inconveniences of the PS3 will be sticking around for another generation. A Sony representative confirmed to CNET that the PS4 cannot receive infrared (IR) remote control commands, which means it won’t work with a traditional universal remote such as the Logitech Harmony 650. We were also unable to find an IR receptor on our …
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Mimoco, known for its adorable licensed-character USB sticks, has taken to Kickstarter with a new character-based gadget: a 5200mAh backup smartphone battery. (Credit: Mimoco) Smartphone batteries, as most of you will be aware, aren’t the most capacious things. The iPhone 5s only has a 1570mAh battery, the Samsung Galaxy S4 sports 2600mAh, the new Nexus 5 is packing 2300mAh and …
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