Now playing: Watch this: Sony’s supercharged, waterproof flagship Xperia Z1 smartphone 2:29 Despite not wanting to place much emphasis on the U.S. market, Sony could continue its relationship with T-Mobile. According to a recent leak from @evleaks, T-Mobile is expected to announce the upcoming availability of the Sony Xperia Z1. Related stories: Sony Xperia Z1 …
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I’ve had a love affair with high-tech watches for as long as I can remember. I still recall with fondness my beloved Casio Marlin W-300, which I cherished as a tot. I’ve also proudly worn some truly laughable devices out in public, much to my friends’ annoyance and eventual entertainment. Remember the Pimp series from Tokyo Flash? On second thought, …
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Now playing: Watch this: The HTC One rainbow 0:51 Counting the elusive and highly exclusive HTC One plated in 18-karat gold, the smartphone maker has created six shades of its sleek, sophisticated, and marquee Android phone. There’s the white (OK, silver) shade, plus buttoned-up black, and not one, but two types of blue. Select global markets can get their hands …
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What if, what if, what if? Let’s put our speculation’ hats on for a second and ask: what if Apple bought eBay? That’s the question posed by Apple’s former boss — who reckons it would change online shopping forever. John Sculley, who ran Apple for a decade while Steve Jobs was off doing other things, reckons the iPhone and iPad …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 could be just a couple of months away, as new reports suggest the sequel to the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be rushed out to fight falling sales. Korean site Naver — founded by ex-Samsung staffers, incidentally — reports that the S5 will be revealed in January to gloss over a slump in sales of the S4. …
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A press release stating that Samsung had agreed to acquire Fingerprint Cards is “incorrect,” the Swedish maker of fingerprint ID sensors said Friday. “The previous press release was not sent by Fingerprint Cards AB. Trading in the share has been suspended,” Fingerprint Cards said in a statement. “What has happened will be reported to the police and to the Swedish …
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The Apple iWatch could be a remote control for your home as well as your iPhone. Where the Samsung Galaxy Gear and other smart watches are second screens for your phone, the hotly-rumoured iWatch could go further than that, acting as a second screen for your house. Industry analyst Brian White of Cantor Fitzgerald claims an Apple supplier told him …
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The mixture of new software and hardware improvements is enough to make apps running on the iPhone 5S more crash-prone than those on other iPhone models. Apps running on the iPhone 5S crash twice as often as those available on the iPhone 5 or iPhone 5C, data from mobile app analytics company Crittercism shows. The information, which was presented to …
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I was going to write a story on two watches: the Samsung Galaxy Gear, and the Pebble watch. They represent opposite ends of the wearable spectrum: Big Tech, and indie power. Each is making a bid for your wrist, but in a very different way: budget vs. high-end, locked down to several devices vs. open to iOS and Android. Then, …
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Sony’s attempt to reassert itself in the smartphone market will start outside the US. Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai told reporters on Friday that his company’s smartphone-related resources will be dedicated to Europe and Japan. According to Reuters, which was in attendance at the talk, Sony’s smartphone division has no big plans for the US and China. Related stories New PS5 …
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If binary heteronormativity and perpetuating stereotyping is kinda your thang, you can tie your identity to the HTC One in blue and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini in pink. If on the other hand you just like certain colours regardless of any societally-assigned notion of gender, you can buy either phone in any colour you darn well please, and more …
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The Samsung Galaxy S5 could be just a couple of months away, as a new report suggests that the sequel to the Galaxy S4 will be rushed out following a recent slowdown in sales. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases Please, Clear Your Android Phone’s Cookies and Cache Right Now Korean site Naver — founded by ex-Samsung …
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Now playing: Watch this: LG’s ultra thin, super fast G2 3:37 The LG G2 smartphone will be making its way to Sprint, and now the carrier’s customers can preorder the handset. As expected, LG and Sprint started offering preorders on the Android 4.2-based handset on Friday. New Sprint customers who want to pick up the smartphone will pay $99.99 with …
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The Google Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat are less than a week away, according to new rumours. These say that the new phone and next Android update will explode onto the scene together on 15 October — next Tuesday. That date comes from whispers around the campfire at Google Launchpad, a fortnight-long event run by the Big G for …
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Phone fans prefer the iPhone rather than Android when it comes to smaller screens, despite the cost. Sales of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and HTC One Mini are reportedly so disappointing manufacturers could rethink their plans for 4-inch phones. DigiTimes describes sales of the S4 Mini as “bleak”, while HTC has been forced to slash the price of the …
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