Huawei has announced that it will bring its 6.1-inch Ascend Mate to the Australian market. The large-screen smartphone will be on sale from 20 April for just AU$429. (Credit: Huawei) The Android handset sports an HD IPS+ screen, a Huawei-made 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a giant 4050mAh battery — larger than that of Samsung’s Note …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S phone evolution 4:15 At last, Samsung has introduced the world to the Galaxy S4 smartphone, holding its 5-inch toy aloft like a little electronic Simba. While the South Korean tech giant’s latest effort is shaping up to be a dynamite little mobile, however, it didn’t emerge from Samsung’s forge fully formed. Related stories: …
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All of the different iterations of Android. CNET The America Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission today asking the agency to investigate the four major mobile carriers’ security practices in regards to smartphones. The civil liberties group claims that AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint are not doing enough to protect users’ private and personal data …
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NEW YORK — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt enthusiastically supports what Facebook has done on the Google Android OS with its new suite of apps called Home. Related stories The good and bad of Facebook Home Facebook Chat Heads arriving today on iOS Google’s Schmidt teases Motorola phones Speaking at All Things D’s Dive into Mobile conference here Tuesday, Schmidt …
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WhatsApp is bigger than Twitter, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum boasted today. Koum, speaking at AllThingsD’s mobile conference today, wouldn’t talk about specific figures when it comes to usage, but he confirmed that the mobile messaging service topped Twitter’s usage. Twitter declared in December that it had exceeded 200 million monthly users. WhatsApp boasts an average of 8 billion inbound messages …
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Can I get a witness? The Guardian and 4G network EE have teamed up to create GuardianWitness, a new outlet for citizen journalists to send in their on-the-spot pictures and videos. GuardianWitness is a user-generated content platform, which allows you to submit your eyewitness pictures, videos and text to The Guardian from anywhere in the world online or through apps …
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Google has snapped up Behavio, the fledgling company behind Funf, the Android “open sensing” framework that aimed to provide better access to, and use of information from, smartphones using Google’s mobile OS. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Behavio‘s most notable achievement is the Funf framework, which gathers vast amounts of data about people and their location by …
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T-Mobile apparently just confirmed an April 24 availability date for the HTC One smartphone. Rather than through a formal press release, the carrier confirmed when HTC’s hot flagship handset will grace its shelves via a short and sweet Twitter update. According to T-Mobile watcher TmoNews, the wireless company tweeted the info tidbit through its T-Mobile USA account. The announcement specifically …
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Welcome Home. The first Facebook Home features hit your iPhone or iPad today, as Facebook Home comes home to British Android phones. If you want Facebook to take over your Android phone, tying your Facebook friends, messages and other app features tightly together with your mobile, you can get Facebook Home from Google Play today. And the iOS app putting …
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NEW YORK — Microsoft sees no need to build its own smartphone to help kick-start sales of devices running its Windows Phone operating system, a company executive said today. Terry Myerson, a vice president at Microsoft working on the Windows Phone team, told All Things D reporter Ina Fried at the Dive into Mobile conference here this morning, that the …
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The Apple Maps fiasco may have died down, but Google still wants its mapping program to be default on iOS, said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt, speaking today during an AllThingsD mobile conference, declined to say why Apple decided to go with its own mapping system rather than working with Google as it had in the past. But he said …
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Sneaking under the radar this week are two new feature handsets available on Verizon Wireless. Known as the LG Revere 2 and Cosmos 3, the devices are available for free under a two-year contract. Without one, however, they cost $199.99 and $189.99, respectively. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Best Laptop for 2022: …
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Android rival Firefox Mobile OS hits phones in two months — but we won’t see it here for a while. Firefox-maker Mozilla has revealed plans to launch the mobile software in five countries in June, but we’re not one of them. Firefox OS will be available on phones in Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela in June. 11 more countries …
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Oxygenated operator O2 has a new offering that splits your contract into two tariffs, making it possible to get a mid-plan upgrade for a little less cash than usual. The network’s wizard wheeze, which is dubbed O2 Refresh, sees you picking a set monthly fee for your minutes, texts and data, and then adding a separate monthly amount to pay …
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MetroPCS is asking its stockholders to give the thumbs-up to the latest buyout bid from T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom. Following months of talks with MetroPCS, Deutsche Telekom finally sweetened its buyout offer Thursday, prompting the board of MetroPCS to amend its terms for the proposed merger. Amid some concerns over the deal, Deutsche Telekom reduced the amount of debt …
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