No room for more devices? No problem! I love my Harmony 650 universal remote, but it has one major flaw. As the first line of The Bad from our review says, it can only control up to five different devices. I hit that limit last year when I wanted to add a Roku to my …
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Lovefilm is fighting back against Netflix with its own new TV shows to rival Netflix’s House of Cards and Arrested Development, including a sideways look at the news from The Onion. Netflix produced the Kevin Spacey-starring political thriller and the new series of cult comedy Arrested Development, so they’re not on telly — you have to subscribe to the online …
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Not only is it launching its own network, but Phones 4U is planning to sell its own phones. The mobile phone retailer is joining forces with ZTE to make phones later this year. Speaking to an internal magazine for ZTE employees (spotted by CCS Insight analyst Ben Woods), Phones 4U bosses let slip the plan. When asked if Phones 4U …
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BlackBerry is extending a bit of a thank you to BlackBerry 10 developers who have created apps for its platform. In a blog post, BlackBerry announced today that it will hand out 12,000 limited edition BlackBerry Z10 units to developers. Unlike the black versions of the Z10 shown off last week, the limited edition models will come in red. The …
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Fame — I’m gonna live forever! Prepare to dance in the streets with the Samsung Galaxy Fame and Samsung Galaxy Young, two new phones with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on board. The Fame and Young are pocket-sized Android blowers officially unveiled today, with specs that suggest they’ll be pretty easy on the wallet. The 3.27-inch Galaxy Young runs a 1GHz …
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It’s a rollercoaster ride of emotion. The Google Nexus 4‘s promised delivery time has yo-yo-ed again — but this time it’s good news for phone fans. The popular Nexus 4 went on sale last week for the first time in ages, but yesterday it seemed the old stock problems were back as delivery times went up to a maximum of …
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Sprint Nextel played the field a bit before committing to a merger with SoftBank, according to a merger proxy document filed by Sprint this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier had discussions with at least four companies, though the specific names weren’t revealed. The wheeling and dealing underscores the trend toward industry consolidation, spurred …
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BlackBerry (the company formerly known as Research In Motion) is reportedly seeing solid demand for its Z10 smartphone and analysts appear to be cautiously optimistic about sales. Whether cautiously optimistic saves the company remains to be seen. Generally speaking, Wall Street analysts seem to be betting that sales of the Z10 will be strong enough to support an upgrade cycle …
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Ahead of a press event this month, ailing smartphone maker HTC says it will be offering a “new sound and camera experience” for smartphones this year. Yesterday on HTC’s official blog, the company ran a teaser that possibly relates to the rumored M7 flagship smartphone. The infographic, titled “A Brief History of Photography,” pokes fun not only at today’s quick-and-easy …
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