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Nokia looking to the future, doesn’t rule out Android

Ah, new year’s resolutions. As we head into 2013 it’s time to think about making changes where things aren’t working, and as Nokia struggles with eye-watering losses on Windows Phone, does a new interview hint at Android in the future?  Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Nokia boss Stephen Elop discussed the war between Windows …

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Dish counters Sprint, makes $5B offer for Clearwire

Dish Network made an unsolicited bid to buy Clearwire for $5.15 billion, upping the ante for Sprint Nextel, which entered into an agreement last month to purchase the 50 percent of the wireless broadband provider it does not already own. Dish is offering $3.30 per share for all outstanding shares in Clearwire, about 11 percent more than Sprint’s offer, and …

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India tax officials raid Nokia facility

A Nokia facility in Chennai, India, was raided earlier today by country tax authorities. According to Reuters, which was first to report on the incident, Nokia confirmed to the news service that a raid was conducted on an office in the southern India city and that the company is cooperating with the probe, but declined to provide further details. An …

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TCL working on local content for Google TV

TCL is working with partners including Quickflix to provide Australian content for its launch of MoVo with Google TV. TCL’s Movo box with Google TV being demonstrated at CES 2013. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) TCL has recently increased its push into the Australian market, and the company hopes to create new partnerships with video content owners as it prepares to …

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Time

When we haven’t been tinkering with our RaspBerry Pi computers or foaming at the mouth trying to buy a bargain-priced Nexus 4 from Google, we’ve spent 2012 in the cinema, feeding our geeky sides with a slew of movies that feature awe-inspiring gadgetry, push cinema forward using new technology or employ existing techniques to devastating effect. This year 3D has …

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LG OLED TV hits Australia in March for $12K

As we predicted late last year, OLED and Ultra HD have been a strong opening focus at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013, with LG using its press conference (the first of the show) to reaffirm its commitment to the TV technologies. LG North America’s president and CEO Wayne Park on-stage at CES 2013. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET Australia) OLED had …

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Smartphone shipments to hit 1 billion this year, says report

The smartphone industry will ship more than 1 billion units before the year is over, according to a preview of a Deloitte report due out next week. And that number could actually come closer to 2 billion, at least based on Deloitte’s definition of a smartphone. Most analysts and industry watchers consider a smartphone a device that runs a specific …

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HTC slumps to record low as M7 and Sense 5.0 leak

HTC has slumped to its lowest profit in all its time making Android smart phones — could the impending M7 turn things around? As rumours swirl about the forthcoming M7 — and new Sense 5.0 software that comes with it — HTC is hitting new lows. Having made £21.5m profit in the past three months, the results for the final …

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ZTE P945 has 5.7

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2‘s 5.5-inch frame may have looked gargantuan when it first lumbered its way onto the tech scene, but it’s now being dwarfed by many a rumoured mobile — the latest ZTE P945, for example. Spied by Unwired View (through binoculars, as it tears strips out of skyscrapers, I imagine), this smart phone has a 5.7-inch screen. …

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