BARCELONA–Bill Ford, bitten by the Silicon Valley bug, has dreams of a fast-moving Detroit at the heart of a radical overhaul of personal transportation. As the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company and great grandson of the company founder Henry Ford, he’s got deep roots in a century-old industry. Ford predicts a future, though, in …
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It turns out when Nokia said the Lumia 800 would launch in Australia in “early March”, it meant that magical leap year day between February and March. Nokia’s Lumia 800: coming to a Vodafone store near you. (Credit: Nokia) Vodafone Australia announced via Twitter today that the Nokia Lumia 800 would launch on its network on Wednesday, 29 February. It …
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When he’s not flying around in a jumbo jet or singing with soul musicians, President Barack Obama can be found curled up on the couch enjoying a 3D movie with his family. And 40 of his closest minders. He doesn’t watch movies in the sound-bar-centric home theater we might be used to, but a plush, dedicated “family theater” inside the …
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In response to complaints and a class action lawsuit over failing TVs caused by bum capacitors, Samsung has promised to provide benefits to owners of a select group of its TVs. The benefits include extension of a warranty for 18 months after March 2, 2012, a “free service visit” to determine if your TV has the issue, and refunds for …
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Perhaps it’s because it has a chin like the old HTC Hero, or maybe it’s because the phone has a smaller 3.7-inch screen. Whatever the reason, the new HTC One V didn’t launch at Mobile World Congress with splashy plans to land on a U.S. carrier. The HTC One V is the third announced handset to run ICS, but unlike …
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BARCELONA, Spain–In the run up to Mobile World Congress, Nokia has barely hinted as to what it would bring to the show. A Windows Phone device is an obvious guess, of course, but that leaves us to wonder just how many handsets the company will unveil and whether it will stop at Microsoft’s OS. On Thursday, we learned a bit …
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These patent wars have been interesting to us tech watchers so far, but this is the first time they’ll actually impact on people using the products. Apple has been forced to disable its push email notifications in Germany. Anyone using its iCloud or MobileMe services will have to collect email, contacts and calendar updates manually, or set their device to …
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HTC finally has an answer to Apple’s AirPlay. The latest incarnation of the HTC Media Link is a small box that allows you to stream music, photos and videos straight to a TV from an HTC phone using a three-finger swipe. Media Link will also support full mirroring, allowing you to stream whatever is being displayed on your phone to …
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More Sony phone news — the Xperia Ion will come to the UK this summer, Sony announced during its press conference at Mobile World Congress. And not only that, T-Mobile is the first network to announce it’ll take one of Sony’s freshly unveiled handsets, the Xperia U, this spring. Expect to see a lot more Sony handsets around in time …
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At Mobile World Congress today, Sony unveiled two new Android handsets to complement its Xperia smartphone line. The Xperia P and Xperia U both run dual-core CPUs and sport the snazzy design found on the Xperia S. The devices are expected to ship this week in Spain; they’ll also feature NFC chips and strong multimedia capabilities. Now playing: Watch this: …
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