Now playing: Watch this: LG Optimus Vu is a phone on steroids. 2:11 Looks like the rumors were true. Verizon’s version of the unlocked LG Optimus Vu, renamed the LG Intuition, will be available online to U.S. customers starting September 6. It will be offered in Verizon retail stores starting September 10 for $199.99 with …
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You can now take Doctor Who on holiday, Top Gear on the Tube and EastEnders anywhere you like. The BBC iPlayer app for iPad and iPhone now downloads new episodes to your device to watch without an Internet connection. That means you can watch BBC programmes when you’re out and about even if you don’t have a 3G iPad, or when …
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You may have missed it, what with Apple winning more than a $1bn from Samsung recently, but there’s actually another huge US patent case ongoing between the two tech giants. And Apple has just added four more devices to its list of the accused, The Verge reports. That brings the list of devices to 22. They run from those launched …
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In light of the much-publicised dispute over handset design patents between Apple and Samsung, many commentators have cast Samsung as the “fast follower”, while Apple is pushing at the frontier of innovation. I would argue that such commentators have things very wrong. Samsung is a major player in technologies that will deliver future telecommunications services. (Credit: Robert Schlesinger/EPA) Samsung is …
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The HTC One XL could be the UK’s first 4G phone. The souped-up 4G version of the HTC One X is set to be the first to fire up Orange and T-Mobile’s fast-approaching next-generation data network. The One XL is the popular quad-core One X with added LTE, the super-fast mobile data technology popularly referred to as 4G. Already on …
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Samsung is launching the 4G-enabled Galaxy S III smartphone on the two Australian telcos — and it’s also offering it outright for AU$899. The 4G version of the Galaxy S III in titanium grey (Credit: Samsung) Testra and Optus have announced the upcoming availability of a 4G long-term evolution (LTE) version of the popular Samsung Galaxy S III phone on …
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The tablet wars are heating up, and just in time for the holidays. With new items from from Samsung, Asus, Lenovo, Dell and others, and new Amazon Kindles and possibly an Apple iPad mini on tap, Google may be taking its Nexus 7 tablet out of Wi-Fi confinement. Paul O’Brien of the tech site MoDaCo started a thread in a post Saturday that …
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It’s been a week of exciting new gadgets, with Berlin’s IFA tech show spilling all of its technology-scented secrets. But not all tech is created equal, so which freshly revealed devices are worthy of your attention? Our team of experts is on hand to pick out IFA’s best bits. Editor Jason Jenkins is up first — he’s been most impressed …
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commentary You can call it the “Nokia comeback story,” take two. That will likely be the theme again as Nokia and Microsoft host an event in New York on Wednesday to unveil the latest Lumia smartphones, now running on Windows Phone 8. Leaks of the purported phones have already appeared, and CNET will be there to cover the official announcement. …
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Six BlackBerry 10 devices are on the way, aimed at the high, middle and entry-level markets, RIM has revealed to Pocket-lint. The site says it’s seen two of the devices that’ll launch along with the new OS in early 2013, though RIM put the kibosh on it taking any snaps. Neither phone is named, but they’re likely the BlackBerry London …
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Nokia is expected to unveil Windows Phone 8-based devices this week that will feature wireless charging. The Lumia 820 and 920 handsets will use inductive charging in which contacts on the device will line up with contacts on a charging pad, sources tell The Verge. Earlier today, Twitter user “Evleaks” posted a photo of what is purportedly one of the …
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A new leaked photo of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone, or the “London,” promises a completely different looking BlackBerry than the world is used to. According to the BlackBerry news site N4BB, a photo of the device (which is designed by Porsche) shows a slender touch-screen phone that is the color “gun metal.” Several apps are shown in the photo, including …
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Bad news for fans of phablets — that’s phones large enough to double as mini tablets — LG’s palm-stretching Optimus Vu looks like it won’t be coming to the UK this side of Christmas. “There are no plans to bring the Optimus Vu to the UK market at the moment,” says Andy Coughlin, LG’s new head of mobile, speaking in …
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O2 customers with a Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc or Xperia Neo aren’t getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Although Sony has sent the update winging its way to unlocked phones, O2 isn’t happy with the update and has decided Ray, Arc and Neo owners will have to do without. Android updates are released by Google to the manufacturers …
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The new iPhone 5 could have new earbuds. Lugholes of the world rejoice! New photos also show the new iPhone assembled and compared to the iPhone 4S and iPhone 3G. Pictures of the alleged bits that will make up the new iPhone have been leaking left, right and centre, and Chinese site Sohu has cobbled those components together to see …
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