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LG LTE2 packs 2GB RAM, wireless charging

With far less fanfare than Samsung’s Galaxy S III launch last week, LG has unveiled its latest flagship Android smartphone, offering a larger battery, 2GB of RAM and wireless charging. The new LG LTE2 on a wireless charger pad (right). (Credit: LG) Going by the name LTE2, the new LG superphone is bursting at the …

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Nokia PureView 808 not coming to Australia

Nokia Australia has confirmed that it will not release the company’s 41-megapixel camera phone in Australia, focusing on Windows Phone handsets for the Australian market, instead. The PureView 808 packs a 41-megapixel camera, but will not come to Oz. (Credit: Nokia) “We’re not bringing the PureView 808 to Australia; our smartphone focus is on Nokia with Windows Phone, which we …

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Lenovo breaks ground on $800M mobile devices facility

Continuing its push into the mobile devices market, Chinese PC maker Lenovo broke ground Monday on a new base in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that will focus on research, production and sales of mobile devices. Lenovo, which in late 2011 became the world’s second-largest PC maker, issued a statement that the 5 billion yuan ($800 million) facility could …

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AT&T’s HTC One X goes on sale today

You first saw it over the winter as a Mobile World Congress unveiling, but until now, you couldn’t get your hands on it in the U.S. Related stories Samsung Galaxy S III vs. HTC One X vs. iPhone 4S li> CNET review: HTC One X That changes today, as the HTC One X smartphone goes on sale via AT&T. It’s …

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AT&T’s next business: Securing your home

NEW ORLEANS–AT&T will finally make good on its promise to let consumers remotely control every facet of their home — from the thermostat to the door locks — through any smartphone, PC, or tablet. A day before the CTIA Wireless conference kicks off, AT&T said it would enter the home security and automation business in a big way. The company …

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Comparing the Galaxy S family

If you were following yesterday’s unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S III and wondered how this new phone differed from the Samsung Galaxy S II, hit play on the video below and wonder no more. In it I explain the top-five things that separate the two phones from each other. For those who prefer reading, the main points are below: …

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Samsung Galaxy S3 news round

The new Galaxy S3 is finally here, putting a satisfying end to all the speculation and leaked photos that have been circulating for months on end. We were very excited to finally lay our eyes on the new phone and have tried to cover its launch as extensively as possible. To help you find out what you need to know, …

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CTIA 2012: A later date spells change

CNET is headed to New Orleans next week, home to CTIA 2012, the annual springtime congregation of cell phone makers, wireless carriers, and all manner of players in the cell phone industry. This year, two factors signal change. First, the show is later in the calendar than ever before, presumably moved back to give phone manufacturers and others time to …

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Next iPhone to get 4

Now the Samsung Galaxy S3 has arrived, we have to look elsewhere for super smart phone excitement. With perfect timing arrives some rather detailed rumours and mock-ups of the next iPhone, which is said to be longer, thinner and sporting a new dock connector. iLounge reckons the new iPhone — or iPhone 5, but we thought it would be called …

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