Now playing: Watch this: Apple surprises with fourth-gen, full-size iPad 3:14 At today’s Apple event, Apple exec Phil Schiller unveiled the brand-new fourth-generation iPad, and revealed that along with a faster, more powerful A6X processor the updated “iPad 4” will have a new LTE chipset that will work on new networks, including KDDI in Japan …
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Black is the new black for the Samsung Galaxy S3. The smash hit Android smart phone is available in a spooky shade in time for both Jelly Bean and Halloween. The black S3 is on sale now at online retailer Expansys for £410, although there aren’t any in stock yet. Delivery is ‘normally less than five days’, and postage is …
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Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are looking to step up their game when it comes to display quality for their smartphones. Both Korean conglomerates are planning to added full 1080p high-resolution capabilities to their smartphone screens in the first half of next year, according to Korean news Web site MK News. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases …
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Best Buy’s preorder offer on the Lumia 920 didn’t last long. On Sunday, the retail chain first listed the 920 on its Web site for customers who wanted to preorder the Windows Phone 8 handset. But now a search for the Lumia 920 on the Best Buy Web site fails to turn up any results. A direct link to the …
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No doubt Apple’s fresh gadget, the iPad Mini, is a tempting proposition, but starting at $329, it certainly isn’t an impulse buy. To be honest, it’s downright exorbitantly expensive, and that’s not even when stacked up against the Android competition. For instance Apple’s own iPod Touch costs $299 for its base model, which offers twice the storage and can tackle …
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Dan Farber/CBS Just got a third-gen iPad? Apple might be willing to exchange it. In an unexpected move, Apple refreshed its 10-inch iPad today, leaving many third-generation iPad owners groaning at a suddenly subpar device. Apple customers like Roger Cheng have (until now) slept soundly knowing that any Apple product purchased is the “latest and greatest” for at least one …
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Apple executive Phil Schiller trashed the Nexus 7 when showing the iPad Mini. James Martin/CNET Apple is growing concerned over Android tablets’ momentum. How do I know? Today, the company’s senior vice president of marketing, Phil Schiller, spent a fairly unusual amount of time talking about them. During the iPad Mini announcement this morning, Schiller got in quite the zinger …
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The iPad mini, a refreshed iPad and three new Macs are all official at last — but what about those great big numbers Apple is so proud of spewing at every event? Here are the most interesting facts and figures divulged by Apple tonight. First up, Apple says there are 200 million iOS 6 devices out there, with its new operating …
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Well, it’s official. Apple today announced the iPad Mini, a 7.9-inch version of its immensely popular iPad. Available beginning November 2, the $329 device should be a top-seller this holiday season. In fact, it’s a safe bet that the iPad Mini will join products such as the Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD, and Nexus 7 in winning big sales. But, …
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The iPad mini is here, with a 7.9-inch screen, 4G and the same chip and resolution as the old iPad 2. You can find out everything it does have here — but what’s missing? Read on for the list of stuff we’d hoped to see in the newest and smallest iPad. A price to match the Nexus 7 The Google …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPad Mini packs a big punch 1:28 Though it’s typical that the youngest and littlest sibling gets all the attention, he or she isn’t always the favorite member of the family. The same can be said for the iPad Mini. In addition to the competition it faces with non-Apple tablets, the fun-size iPad still has some …
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(Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) Did you like the Humble ebook bundle? StoryBundle did it first, and has returned with a horror ebook bundle with six titles for as little as US$1. The Humble ebook bundle closed out this morning, qualifying as a roaring success. It sold 84,153 bundles, bringing in a total of US$1,201,961.57 — not as much as …
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See you, Ceefax. That digital switchover we’ve been hearing about for years is complete, and so we bid a fond farewell to the world’s very first teletext service. Tune in to BBC Ceefax now and you’ll see an onscreen clock ticking down to the fateful moment tonight, when Olympic champion Dame Mary Peters turns off the last analogue TV signal …
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LG has added long-running arts and entertainment channel Ovation to its list of smart TV programming. Ovation on the LG Smart TV dash. (Credit: LG) Ovation, which has been on Australian pay TV for 15 years now, will be available from the LG smart TV dashboard later this month. It will be available as a subscription channel with a variety …
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Halloween is just over a week away, making this the perfect time to sit down with the kids and read them a spooky story, but not too spooky, of course. Oh, you better believe there are apps for that. I’ve rounded up five Halloween-friendly e-books for young readers, all of them interactive in some way, and all of them able …
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