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iPhone 4S price cut £120 by Vodafone

Let the iPhone 4S price war commence! Vodafone has responded to O2’s cheaper deals by chopping up to £120 off the price of Apple’s new smart phone. Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, 3 and Tesco Mobile all sell the iPhone 4S — check out our guide to the best 4S deals. Vodafone originally announced its prices at around the same time …

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iPhone 4S on sale in UK, Siri has problems

The iPhone 4S is on sale today, but with one Siri-ous drawback — UK folk trying out voice-controlled service Siri can’t look up local stuff. Siri is a voice-control feature that lets you ask the 4S questions, such as, “Do I need an umbrella today?” Siri is designed to be a bit cleverer than most voice control — which handles …

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iPhone 4S UK price confirmed, on sale today

The iPhone 4S is on sale now. Prices for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models have been confirmed and they’re available to pre-order from Apple and other retailers today, ahead of its official release date of 14 October. The new iPhone 4S starts at £499 for the 16GB version. It’ll cost you £599 for the 32GB model, and the new …

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iPhone 4S cheapest deal so far confirmed by O2

O2 has confirmed its deals for the iPhone 4S, rounding out the list of major UK networks carrying Apple’s new smart phone. 3, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone have all unveiled their tariff — check out our handy comparison of the best iPhone 4S deals. And the good news is we have a new winner when it comes to getting your …

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iPhone 4S cheapest price yet from Tesco Mobile

Grab a wonky-wheeled trolley and ready your Clubcard keyring: Tesco Mobile has announced its prices for the new iPhone 4S. And they’re proper cheap. The no-frills pricing begins at £25 per month. You can choose from 12- or 24-month contracts, all of which come with 5,000 texts, 1GB of Internet data and free unlimited access to BT Openzone Wi-Fi. Up-front …

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Angry Birds pecks through half a billion downloads

The Angry Birds games have reached half a billion total downloads since its original launch in 2009, its developer Rovio proudly boasted today. The figure — that’s 500,000,000 if you’re impressed by zeroes — includes all games featuring the frustrated fliers: the original Angry Birds game, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio. Across all the many mobile and web …

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iPhone 4S real

Cool as she is, the iPhone 4S’ new personal assistant Siri hasn’t been able to tell me in a meaningful way which iPhone 4S offers the fastest data speeds. In the end, I resorted to the usual do-it-yourself approach: a real-world test. And the results were interesting. Prior to the testing, I expected some big differences between the iPhone 4 …

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RIM management has to go before it’s too late

Research in Motion shares are now trading below book value and the previous argument for not tossing co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie to the curb revolved around disruption. Here’s what Balsillie said June 16 on RIM’s fiscal first-quarter earnings conference call: Mike and I would like to address some of the concerns that have been expressed in the media …

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U.S. Cellular’s PCD Wrangler will take a beating

U.S. Cellular has just announced the PCD Wrangler, which isn’t as exciting as its name makes it out to be. This basic clamshell phone won’t wow anyone with its features and design–it only has a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD card, a speakerphone, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and not much else. But it does have one important thing …

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