The Google Nexus 5 costs £295 from Carphone Warehouse — and comes with a free Google Nexus 7 tablet if you buy it on a 4G contract. Everyone’s favourite anachronistically monikered phone shop is offering the 7-inch tablet for free with the new 5-inch phone, but you have to be quick: only the first 1,000 phone …
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The T-Mobile customer growth engine is picking up steam. The carrier added more than a net 1 million new customers in the third quarter, including a net new 648,000 so-called postpaid customers, who tend to have stronger credit history and are willing to pay more each month. It ended the period with more than 45 million customers. “Our momentum is …
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The Google Nexus 5 is a hit — it must be, because Google can’t keep up with demand as delivery dates for the black version slip once again. Order now and your new phone could take up to three weeks to arrive. The Nexus 5 went on sale less than a week ago. The white version leaves Google’s lock-up by …
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An explosion of Nexus 5 leaks has detonated on the Internet, with devices apparently reaching the hands of European bloggers and Android fans — with many rumours pointing to a launch tonight. In an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, one lucky Nexus user posted several hands-on photos and apparently revealed a cool new feature. According to Reddit user ‘throwawaynexus5guy’ …
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HTC is aiming to return to profitability by slashing its operating costs. In a briefing held Tuesday, the Taiwanese company said it expects fourth-quarter revenue in the range of NT$40 billion ($1.4 billion) to NT$45 billion ($1.5 billion), according to Bloomberg. Analysts queried by Bloomberg had forecast an average of NT$52.2 billion ($1.77 billion). HTC executives said that the company …
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The Nexus 5 is on sale now — and it’s already been enough of a hit that Google has burned through stock, delaying the black version for a week for new orders. Fingers crossed we’re not about to see a repeat of the Nexus 4 debacle. The white version of Google’s new flagship phone is still in stock, and if …
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You already know your phone or tablet can take the place of physical books, magazines, newspapers, boarding passes, Starbucks cards, and so on. Now there’s one more printed item getting the virtual treatment: weekly circulars. You know the kind: they used to come in your Sunday paper, back when you got a Sunday paper. I’m talking ads for Best Buy, …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET With Android 4.4 KitKat having launched with the Nexus 5 we are still digging through the new features for developers and users alike. One of the features included in the latest Android OS is the ability to record the screen of your device. This feature is intended for developers who want to spruce up Play Store listings with …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET When Google first launched Android 4.2 Jelly Bean one of the features included in the update was lock screen widgets. With the launch of Android 4.4 KitKat last week, there’s a change to lock screen widgets you need to know about. Users of Android 4.2 and 4.3 know that lock screen widgets were enabled by default on any …
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The Nexus 5 has entered officialdom at last, costing £299 for the 16GB model, and £339 for the 32GB option from Google Play. It’s the biggest Google phone yet, packing a mammoth 4.95-inch display. Currently Google’s Play Store only shows you the black, 16GB Nexus 5 (though this will likely be fixed before long), but you can see the white …
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T-Mobile, more than any other carrier, has faced significant supply issues with the iPhone. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best T-Mobile Deals Available Now Best Internet Providers in Chicago That’s likely why its iPhone sales were far short of its competitors, despite posting strong customer gains. Chief Marketing …
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Put that novel password “12345” aside for a moment. The founders of Knock — an iOS app that launched Tuesday — want to make getting into your computer as easy as rapping your knuckles through the pocket of your jeans. And that’s exactly what their service allows. Using Bluetooth low energy technology to let iPhones communicate with their Mac brethren …
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Apple has signalled that sapphire is the future of the iPhone, signing a $578m deal to open a plant in Arizona with US company GT Advanced Technologies, an expert in artificially producing the harder-than-rock material. Sapphire is currently used in the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the new iPhone 5S, a fiddly bit of kit that’s likely to appear in …
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The Nexus 5 has received a good grade for repairability from the folks at iFixit. Spelunking its way through the innards of the new Nexus, iFixit found most of the teardown trip relatively carefree. The panels are stuck together with plastic clips rather than glue, making the removal much easier. Alas, the bottom of the case did sport some adhesive, …
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Remember when you used to let friends and family borrow a DVD? Streamnation would really like you to start doing that again, but with your digital media. What started off as just a way to store, stream, and share your own original photos and videos is now also a way to view and lend your movie and TV show collections …
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