The next Apple iPhone could be announced on 6 June. That’ll be D-Day for the iPhone 5 if Apple is revealed to be behind a mysterious meeting this summer. Apple traditionally announces new iPhones at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference: the iPhone 3G in 2008, 3GS in 2009 and iPhone 4 in 2010. WWDC takes …
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Nokia is making Windows Phone 7 smart phones, as we found out yesterday, but it doesn’t have any to show off in public yet. In private? A different story, possibly. A leaked photo appears to show the first evidence of what we can expect Finnish phones running Microsoft’s software to look like. We know what you’re thinking: someone has just …
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LG’s eagerly anticipated Optimus 2X smart phone will set you back £499.99 if you want to buy it SIM-free, according to online store Expansys. The site, however, has just added the option to get a free one if you sign up to a Vodafone contract. The Optimus 2X now has a predicted release date of 21 March, reports Omio, dispelling …
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Still doubting that Apple will ever release its white iPhone 4? That means you’re calling Phil Schiller a barefaced liar. Apple’s SVP for worldwide product marketing has taken the unusual step (by his company’s standards) of confirming the device’s imminent launch on Twitter. In a reply to a question about how people can get their hands on a white iPhone, …
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What does 4G look like? We can’t say for sure, but we do know what the inside of a 4G phone looks like. The glorious vandals at gadget repair site iFixit have torn apart the Samsung Galaxy S 4G for a closer look at a 4G phone. Sadly, 4G in Britain hasn’t progressed beyond isolated trials yet, but let’s take …
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RIM’s BlackBerry roadmap is leakier than the Mary Rose right now. Late last month, its plans for 2011 were splashed across the Web, and now there are specific leaks for what appear to be the BlackBerry Torch II, the BlackBerry Storm 3 and the BlackBerry Bold Touch. Taking them in order, then… The Torch II appears to have been confirmed …
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You can get an iPhone 4 for free on an operator contract, but if you prefer to pay as you go, Apple’s shiny smart phone will set you back nearly £600. Amid ongoing speculation about a cheaper ‘iPhone nano‘, Apple’s chief operating officer (and current Steve Jobs substitute) Tim Cook has told an analyst that the company has plans to …
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Think you’ve got an eye for a bargain? How about an Apple iPad for less than £50? With the iPad 2 just weeks away, T-Mobile has teamed up with discount site Groupon to offer Apple’s original tablet for £49 — if you don’t mind staying up late. All you have to do is sign up for Groupon’s daily email offering …
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Sony Ericsson is pulling out all the stops to ensure there are some exclusive games available this year for its new Xperia Play PlayStation phone. The Android-based handset is already slated to get PSOne games and ports of popular iPhone titles, but more could be on the cards. ‘A source close to Sony Ericsson’, quoted by Pocket Gamer, claims exclusive …
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The headline act of We7‘s new free Android app is that it lets you download up to 5 hours of audio from your custom-built radio station, to keep you going when you’re offline. It’s a bit like Last.fm, in that you can’t choose the exact tracks you want, only an artist or genre, but the downloading is an impressive feature, …
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Still hanging on for a white iPhone 4? We salute your courage, strength and indefatigability. We just think you’re a bit barmy, given the lengthy delay in Apple putting the device on sale. Here’s some good news though: an industry analyst reckons it will finally be available early in April. Ming-Chi Kuo from Concord Securities is the man with the …
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Our favourite feature of this week’s iPhone update, iOS 4.3, is the personal hotspot. It lets you share your iPhone’s 3G data connection over Wi-Fi with your other gadgets. That means, for example, you can tether your Wi-Fi-only iPad to your iPhone to get connected. But how much is this little treat going to cost you? That’s where we come …
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Nokia has failed to launch a new phone at Mobile World Congress for the second year running. The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer has offered up more details on its adoption of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 software, but there’s no sign of new devices based on Nokia’s Symbian or MeeGo operating systems. MWC is the biggest blow-out of the mobile blower …
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Apple allows streaming music apps on to its App Store for iPhone and iPad, but digital music stores are given short shrift. That’s the reason you won’t find an Amazon MP3 store app for iPhone, unlike Android and BlackBerry. UK store 7digital has found another way on to iOS devices though: a new HTML5 mobile Web version. We’ve been trying …
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More than 7.5 million people are using social-location app Foursquare to check in to real-world places to earn badges and mayorships, but now the app has been updated to version 3.0 on iPhone and Android. The major new feature is recommendations. “For years we’ve wanted to build a recommendation engine for the real world by turning all the check-ins and …
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