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Casio unveils new G

Last year, Casio G-Shock dipped a toe into the smartwatch arena with two Bluetooth models, the GB-5600AA and GB-6900AA ($199), that communicated with your smartphone and offered some limited notification features when an e-mail or call came in. The new GB-6900B, modeled after the “classic” G-Shock DW-6900, and the larger GB-X6900B, up the Bluetooth ante a bit, with a version …

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T-Mobile returned to subscriber growth for the first time in more than two years. The company revealed Wednesday that it added a net 1.1 million customers in the second quarter, with 688,000 (685,000 coming from phone customers) coming from its post-paid, or customers with a higher credit rating score that pay at the end of each month. That’s the highest …

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Samsung’s Galaxy Mega phone to launch in Korea

The new Galaxy Mega smartphone will soon make its debut in Samsung’s home base of South Korea. Offering a 6.3-inch display, the new Mega will roll out this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. The phone is expected to cost almost 1,000,000 won ($895) without a contract and will be available across three Korean carriers — SK Telecom, KT, …

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Mobile weather

Apple’s stock Weather app is so lame. I mean, all it does is report the local temperature and forecast. Bo-ring! That’s why third-party app developers continue to find new and interesting ways to sling weather data. There’s Dark Sky, which specializes in next-hour forecasts; Climate Clock, which combines weather data with an actual clock; and The Weather Channel, which offers …

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LG confirms Australian availability for G2 smartphone

Launched overnight in New York, LG’s new flagship G2 will arrive in Australia in Q4 this year — believed to be around November, according to an LG press release. The LG G2. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) This is a marked change in strategy for LG, which has had previous flagship “superphones” such as the Optimus G launching considerably later in Australia …

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Top Motorola engineer defends Moto X specs (Q&A)

Iqbal Arshad, one of Motorola’s top engineers, has become a little defensive since the launch of the much-anticipated Moto X last week, as some have criticized the device for not being innovative enough. The smartphone, which is the flagship device of the newly reinvigorated Motorola, is among the first devices to be introduced to the market since Motorola was acquired …

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