Nokia is expected to unveil Windows Phone 8-based devices this week that will feature wireless charging. The Lumia 820 and 920 handsets will use inductive charging in which contacts on the device will line up with contacts on a charging pad, sources tell The Verge. Earlier today, Twitter user “Evleaks” posted a photo of what …
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A new leaked photo of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone, or the “London,” promises a completely different looking BlackBerry than the world is used to. According to the BlackBerry news site N4BB, a photo of the device (which is designed by Porsche) shows a slender touch-screen phone that is the color “gun metal.” Several apps are shown in the photo, including …
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Bad news for fans of phablets — that’s phones large enough to double as mini tablets — LG’s palm-stretching Optimus Vu looks like it won’t be coming to the UK this side of Christmas. “There are no plans to bring the Optimus Vu to the UK market at the moment,” says Andy Coughlin, LG’s new head of mobile, speaking in …
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O2 customers with a Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc or Xperia Neo aren’t getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Although Sony has sent the update winging its way to unlocked phones, O2 isn’t happy with the update and has decided Ray, Arc and Neo owners will have to do without. Android updates are released by Google to the manufacturers …
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The new iPhone 5 could have new earbuds. Lugholes of the world rejoice! New photos also show the new iPhone assembled and compared to the iPhone 4S and iPhone 3G. Pictures of the alleged bits that will make up the new iPhone have been leaking left, right and centre, and Chinese site Sohu has cobbled those components together to see …
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Imagine a smartphone that charges completely in 5 minutes and lasts a full 10 hours before running on empty. Crazy, right? Toting along the charging cord is just another part of life with 4G streaming and a power-hungry screen. Back in January, Motorola’s Droid Razr Maxx offered the first real glimmer of hope for long-life batteries with the 3,300mAh ticker …
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We were expecting two new Kindle Fire tablets to launch at Amazon’s press event on 6 September, one 7-inch and a larger one to take on the iPad. But now word reaches us that both will be 7-inchers. Our colleagues at CNET News report Amazon will reveal a new 7-inch Kindle Fire alongside a slightly revamped version of the original, …
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Could the iPad mini be a mashup of Apple’s older gadgets? The much-rumoured tiny tablet could sport the same processor as the iPad 2, while having the same screen resolution as the iPhone 3GS, according to the man behind Instapaper. Marco Arment, who developed the popular text reader and bookmarking app, claims Instapaper’s logs show it was recently accessed by …
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The Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 leaked in official photos late last week, but now comes hands-on snaps of the 820 ahead of its launch at Nokia World this week. And it’s quite a slim little thing. These pictures come courtesy of Chinese site coolxap, spotted by WMPoweruser. They show the Nokia Lumia 820 in the hand, with a side-on …
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The Nordic region will be the first market in which HBO offers its programming via subscription, without the need to have a pre-existing pay-TV service. HBO Nordic will sell an internet-only video service in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland from mid-October. The monthly fee is said to be around €10. HBO heads towards colder climes (Credit: HBO) The move means …
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