HTC and O2 are buddying up to release a phone that will be sold sans charger, Pocket-lint reports. The phone will be launched as part of a pilot scheme designed to tackle the number of unused chargers — currently estimated at around 100 million — thought to be in circulation in the UK. O2 cites …
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After offering to sell the iPhone first and for AU$100 cheaper than Apple, electronics retailer Kogan is now expecting a four-week delay on shipping Apple’s new smartphone. Kogan expects to ship iPhone 5 stock from October 22. (Credit: CNET) As spotted by PC World, the Kogan blog post advertising the iPhone is now flooding with complaints from angry customers, who …
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Samsung Galaxy S3 owners are subject to a vulnerability that can actually be fixed with an over-the-air update. Samsung today said that users can install a security update over the air that will safeguard them from a vulnerability that could allow someone to remotely delete all of their personal data from the handset. Security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar discovered the flaw …
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The iPhone 4S had one of our favourite phone cameras of last year, providing shots that would give even some dedicated compact digital cameras a run for their money. Apple claims the iPhone 5’s snapper has even better tech, so let’s pit it against its closest smart phone rivals — the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S3 — …
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Virgin Media could be getting in on the 4G action. Richard Branson’s favourite phone network is in talks with EE about a possible 4G service, potentially launching significantly earlier than rivals Three, O2 and Vodafone and bagging phones like the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE. “4G will play an important part in meeting the growing demand for wireless …
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Now playing: Watch this: CNET News Sky+ 2TB 1:33 Sky is adding a seven-day Catch Up section to its on-demand service, giving Sky+ customers a place to access the week’s telly from ITV Player and Demand 5, as well as a tonne of Sky programming. Click play on the video above for all the info. If it sounds like a …
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On 19 September — two days before the iPhone 5 is out — we’ll wave goodbye to iOS 5, and with it some trusty pre-installed chums such as YouTube and Google Maps, which will be replaced with Apple’s own software in iOS 6. Google’s counter-strike against this blatant attempt by Apple to further distance itself from its main mobile competitor …
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Input specialists Nuance Communications, the team behind Dragon Naturally Speaking and Dragon Dictation, are looking into the future and seeing the world speaking to their computers. The company recently released a video showcasing a concept called Dragon ID, where people protect and access sensitive data, like their bank accounts, using only the sound of their voice. But can you trust …
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It only went on sale yesterday, but the iPhone 5 has already sold about as many as the 4S managed in its first month. That’s according to digital analytics company ComScore, CNET reports. So it seems the whole Maps debacle hasn’t had much impact on demand. ComScore is a little quiet on exact numbers, but it seems the iPhone 5 …
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Last year when it launched its Nook Tablet, Barnes & Noble strongly hinted that it was looking to add a video service to the device that would allow users to buy and rent movies and television shows. Well, it took a little longer than expected, but today the company has announced that it’s launching Nook Video this fall in the …
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Huawei has form when it comes to cobbling together ultra-cheap Android mobiles, and now the author of the budget-buoying Ascend G300 is making another wallet-friendly blower. Enter the Ascend Y201, strutting into the spotlight from stage right. This affordable gadget has a 3.5-inch display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In other words, it has everything you …
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A number of Samsung smartphones have been found to be vulnerable to a remote factory reset, according to details surfacing today. The hack, which was detailed at a recent Ekoparty security conference, shows that the Galaxy S3 is susceptible to the simple reset. As Slashgear tells us, the process can be enabled in multiple ways, including NFC, QR code, or …
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If you’re lucky enough to have bagged an iPhone 5 and are wondering how to squeeze your current SIM card or micro-SIM into that teeny-tiny slot, then you’ll need artistic precision and the slicey dicey skills you picked up in biology class, as well as a head for geometry. I took this exam, passed with flying colours and will show …
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It may have only gone on sale last Friday, but Apple announced today that over 5 million people worldwide shelled out for an iPhone 5 during its first three on sale. At the weekend we reported that the iPhone 5 sold as well in its first two days as the iPhone 4S did in its first month on shelves Stateside. …
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