The iPhone 5 may prove so popular that many people may willing to upgrade early and pay full price for the device, the chief executive of AT&T said. Randall Stephenson, speaking today during an analyst conference, said anecdotally that the carrier is seeing “a lot” of people show willingness to buy the new Apple devices …
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A man convicted for making and selling illegal subscription TV decoders has been given an 18 month suspended sentence and an AU$15,000 fine. The Downing Centre Local Courts. (Downing Centre, Castlereagh Street image by J Bar, GNU v1.3) Sydney man Narender Narwal has been convicted for the theft and illegal on-sale of subscription TV after appearing in the Downing Centre …
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Sony has unveiled the slimmest and cheapest version of the PS3 yet, but is it a solid replacement for a Blu-ray player? The new-look PS3. (Credit: Sony) Sony has released the third version of the PlayStation 3 console, something that we’re calling the PlayStation Cubed, but that Sony is just calling the plain old PS3. It’s significantly thinner and, even …
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On one side, there’s 4K: four times the resolution of your current TV. LG, Sony, JVC, and others have all announced or shown upcoming 4K displays. On the other, there’s OLED: Organic Light-Emitting Diode. Significantly better picture quality than your current TV, plus lower energy consumption, and even thinner cabinets. So what’s more exciting? With 4K, there are many potential …
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The iPhone 5 is shaping up to be a performance monster, if early benchmark results are to be believed — the phone’s first score indicates it packs more than twice the processing power of its predecessor, our sister site CNET News reports. The Geekbench test result surfaced earlier this week and pegs the iPhone 5’s new A6 processor as posting a …
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CBS Interactive CNET’s Scott Stein has the iPhone 5, and you probably have a few questions. Join Scott and I for a 30 minute Google+ Hangout, starting tonight at 6:30 pm Pacific. The Hangout will be accessible though CNET’s Google+ page, where you can also submit your questions. I repeat, the Hangout is closed for comments, so submit your questions …
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Even though the title of the “slimmest” phone changes hands almost every other week, ZTE has claimed the superlative (for now) with its ZTE Grand Era U985. Unveiled recently at a tech expo in China, the phone is a quad-core device with a 0.31-inch profile. Related Stories Canada Bans Huawei and ZTE Equipment From Its Telecom Networks Biden signs law …
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Update: This story was originally published 09/12/2012 and updated on 9/18/2012 to reflect our full iPhone 5 review, and on 10/2/2012 to add more Lumia 920 launch details. We will update the story again after we review the Nokia Lumia 920. This holiday season, smartphone shoppers have a tough decision to make. The Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, and …
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CNET is among the first to publish a full and detailed review of the new Apple iPhone, awarding Apple’s efforts with an Editor’s Choice award. (Credit: Apple) US reviewer Scott Stein has completed testing, and the review awards the iPhone 5 an Editor’s Choice award, scoring it four out of five stars. “The iPhone 5 is the iPhone we’ve wanted …
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Samsung has responded to rumours that the Galaxy S4 will see the light early next year, denying that a follow-up to its super-popular quad-core smart phone is on the way, CNET Asia reports. Samsung fought the tide of speculation on its Samsungtomorrow Twitter account, with a Korean-language tweet that Google Translate decodes as “some media reported speculation that the Galaxy S3 …
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After months of rumors, endless “leaked” images, and tons of analyst reports, Apple finally introduced its latest smartphone, the iPhone 5 last week. In addition to its new look, it also received some hardware and feature updates. To see what changed and what stayed the same, CNET put together this handy comparison chart that stacks up the device with its …
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HTC has taken to Facebook and Twitter to begin teasing a new product less than 24 hours before its debut. To tease its followers, HTC paired the above image with the phrase “When beautiful hardware meets stunning software.” Looks great, right, but what is it? At last check, it could be one of a number of devices, including an Android …
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While the tech-loving world weighs up Apple’s latest iPhone, today we have a glimpse of a phone we’re not expecting until next year — BlackBerry’s new touchscreen super-phone. Is this the new BlackBerry 10 London handset? (Credit: blackberryitalia.it) There isn’t any official information about this phone yet, but it certainly looks like the touchscreen phone we’ve been expecting after seeing …
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Now playing: Watch this: Motorola Razr i hands-on 1:47 Motorola’s latest smart phone is the Motorola Razr i — an Android-powered mobile that packs a stonkingly speedy Intel processor. Unlike most mobiles, which run on ARM’s chips, the Razr i plays host to an Intel-made processor that’s clocked at a wince-inducing 2GHz. Compare that to the monstrously fast 1.4GHz Samsung …
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After a week of using the iPhone 5, I’ve posted my review of Apple’s new phone on CNET. Which brings me to wondering: how much can a familiar-looking device that we’ve seemingly known about for months be capable of surprising anyone, much less a tech editor? For me, the iPhone 5 surprised in the following ways. The weightShaving about an …
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