When Nokia first unveiled its Nokia Lumia 520 this past February, the Windows Phone proved that Nokia could achieve new lows. Related stories Read all about the Nokia Lumia 520 Nokia Lumia 720: Fully reviewed Nokia’s confusing Lumia family tree That’s only when it comes to price, though, not features. As CNET UK discovered while …
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Why is satellite TV provider Dish Network prepared to take on an enormous amount of debt and a potential bidding war with Japanese company SoftBank for Sprint Nextel? It’s all about the spectrum. Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen is known for being bold and taking risks. But no one in the wireless industry ever thought that he’d be gutsy enough …
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The device will begin shipping to the early-access “Glass Explorers” within the next few days. Glass Explorers will get their units any day now. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Google has made the interesting decision to not wait until enough products are in supply to meet the demand of its Explorer community, but to begin shipping in waves immediately. A letter obtained …
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The high-end Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has no marketing budget and no flashy retail stores. And yet it is one of the most successful handset makers in the coveted Chinese mobile market. Speaking here today at the All Things D conference, president and co-founder of the 3-year-old company, Bin Lin explained how the company has grown so rapidly from its …
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In the latest twist on the Sprint-Clearwire saga, Verizon Wireless apparently has entered the picture as a suitor for Clearwire’s spectrum. Verizon Wireless has offered to pay as much as $1.5 billion to acquire spectrum leases from networking company Clearwire, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cites people said to be familiar with the matter. The move would give …
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If you were hoping to watch last weekend’s Coachella concert on your iDevice, you just missed your chance: although the event was streamed live on YouTube for free, the iOS YouTube app doesn’t support live streaming. It does now. (Cruel timing, Google!) YouTube 1.3 for iOS, released today, adds a handful of new features and fixes, not the least of …
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Nokia could at long last migrate the gigantic lens from its 808 PureView Symbian smartphone over to a more modern smartphone design. Related stories Successor to Nokia Lumia 920 reportedly in the works Pictures of possible early Nokia Lumia 950 leaked Nokia Lumia 520 review: One of the best budget phones around According to the latest Nokia smartphone rumor, obtained …
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Facebook Home has landed on US phones, and now you can try it out for yourself — no matter what Android phone you have. Whether you want Facebook to take over your whole phone or just fancy fun Chat Heads popping up all over the shop, read on for how to try it out right now. Facebook Home is a …
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Shortly after at least two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line today, reportedly killing at least two people and injuring dozens, cell phone service in the heart of the city was severely disrupted. An Associated Press report initially claimed, citing an anonymous law enforcement official, that “cellphone service has been shut down in the Boston area to prevent …
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Dish founder Charlie Ergen is clearly a massive “Seinfeld” fan. Ergen wasn’t shy about providing a shout-out to Jerry Seinfeld’s classic situation comedy in discussing Dish’s proposed $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel. In fact, Ergen compared his strategy to an episode of Seinfeld: 28 minutes filled with a lot of scenes that don’t make sense, and a final two …
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Telcos and the NSW government have worked together to upgrade mobile reception across Sydney’s City Circle tunnel line. (Cityrail Millennium Train image by Jason Antony, CC BY 2.5) Sydney commuters who are used to reception blackspots when travelling the City Circle tunnel line will find themselves pleasantly surprised, according to AAP. The NSW government has worked with Telstra, Optus and …
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A new ad for Facebook Home stars the social network’s previously camera-shy founder Mark Zuckerberg. But it’s not a stilted, dry talk about the merits of Home. Or rather it is, but one employee zones out, using the home screen replacement to see what his mates are up to. And they’re having way more fun, racing quad bikes, playing racketball, …
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Despite countless reviews and articles proclaiming plasma TVs as having better picture quality, and costing less money, LCDs continue to dominate sales charts. So the question is, why did you, or will you, choose LCD (or LED LCD) over plasma? Despite what some say, the predominance of LCDs sales over plasma sales isn’t quite as simple as it first appears. …
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Roku has over 750 official channels, but YouTube is still missing. Sarah Tew/CNET One of the biggest shortcomings of the otherwise excellent Roku 3 is its lack of an official YouTube channel, although savvy users can get around that limitation with a variety of workarounds, including the “private” VideoBuzz channel. Or at least used to be able to. Related stories …
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Microsoft is reportedly exploring the idea of joining what promises to be a crowded smartwatch market. The tech titan has asked suppliers in Asia to ship components for a potential touch-enabled watch device, executives at the suppliers told The Wall Street Journal. One executive told the Journal that he had met with Microsoft’s research and development team in Redmond, Wash., …
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