Now playing: Watch this: Features missing from iPhone 5 3:07 At long last, the iPhone 5 is here, and now the dissection begins. Of course, whether it truly lives up to expectations won’t matter to millions of people with older iPhones (and other smartphones) who’ve been waiting to upgrade to the next iPhone no matter …
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Pierre Perron, UK managing director of Sony Mobile and Catherine Cherry, marketing director, were both feeling bullish about Sony’s future prospects when I sat down with them at IFA after the launch of Sony’s new flagship Xperia T phone. The mobile maker used to be run separately from the rest of Sony as a joint venture with Ericsson, but last …
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Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 this morning, with a larger, 4-inch display, 4G radios compatible with Australian networks and a smaller docking port dubbed Lightning. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Apple expects to have the new iPhone in store on 21 September. At a launch event in San Francisco, Apple’s Phil Schiller revealed the updated handset, pointing out that while the handset’s …
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Nokia has promised that its existing Lumia phones will be getting fresh updates, including creepy gif-maker Cinemagraph, and Bluetooth file transfer. Ahead of the iPhone 5 debut, Nokia is earnestly reminding customers on its official blog that the Lumia 900, 800 and 710 smart phones will continue to receive fresh software, albeit not the Windows Phone 8 upgrade that Lumia …
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The new iPhone 5 could be in shops sooner than we thought — it seems the phone networks already have unique new SIM cards stockpiled. The new iPhone 5 is set to ditch micro-SIM cards for the even smaller nano-SIM. And Vodafone has given us a glimpse of the nano-SIM card in a blog post — which it then hastily …
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Samsung believes its Galaxy S3 is on its way to more than 30 million in global sales by year’s end, according to a report from the Yonhap News Agency. Samsung’s IT and mobile unit chief Shin Jong-kyun announced the forecast to reporters today at the company’s offices in Seoul. This tidbit comes on the heels of news that Samsung sold …
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Much has been said about Apple’s new Lightning connector and the US$35 adapter that you’ll need to make your old 30-pin accessories work — including that it’s an “awful” thing. The Lightning to 30-pin adapter (Screenshot by CNET) Ignoring claims of the “Apple tax” regarding the relatively high cost of the adapter, and whether the Lightning technology is really even …
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Android 4.1 may be heading to Samsung’s Galaxy S3 as early as next month. Samsung has confirmed the Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S3 as soon as October, according to a story from CNET UK. The company reportedly told CNET UK directly that “the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system will be available on the Galaxy S3 from October.” …
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The iPhone 5 goes on sale next Friday, with pre-orders starting in just two days time. Apple took the stage at its annual phone-a-thon conference to lift the lid on its latest blower, which features a 4-inch display, a new processor and a thinner, lighter design. If you’re wondering when you can get your mitts on one, wonder no more! …
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On a busy day for Apple products, Bose decided to quietly announce the next generation of its portable wireless speakers, the SoundLink Bluetooth Mobile Speaker II, and the SoundLink Air system, its first-ever Apple Airplay-enabled product. The original SoundLink Wireless Mobile came out last year and received an Editors’ Choice Award from CNET. Bose says the new Mobile Speaker II, …
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