Whenever Steve Jobs is on stage, he can’t help himself. “We’ve activated another 20 trillion iPhones,” he spits from above his polo-neck. “iPhone is the most popular smart phone in the galaxy. IN ANY GALAXY.” We’re sure he’s right, but once in a while it’s refreshing to see a different view. This video shows the …
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HTC made waves with its new ChaCha, Wildfire S and Desire S smart phones yesterday at Mobile World Congress, but which operators will be selling them in the UK? So far Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange have all confirmed plans to carry the new Android devices when they launch here. As for release dates, Orange says it’ll have all three phones …
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Motorola’s Xoom Motorola Consumers who buy Motorola’s new Xoom tablet when it hits stores today will have to send their tablets back to Motorola if they want to upgrade to 4G LTE, according to Verizon Wireless. Support information posted on Verizon’s site details the steps a Xoom owner must go through to make the leap from the current 3G connectivity …
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Amazon may be plotting a way around Apple’s new rules on subscriptions and in-app purchases for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. With reports suggesting the new rules could cost Amazon up to $160m a year, a move to the mobile Web could be the answer. Amazon was expected to be one of the hardest hit by Apple’s new rules, …
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The Samsung Galaxy S II reboots one of our favourite smart phones right up the jacksie, adding a dual-core processor and squaring the case’s corners. The Galaxy S is a fun and powerful phone, but its successor looks to improve on some of our least favourite galactic features. The iPhone-wannabe case design has been smartened up, for example, with some …
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HTC Arrive Sprint As if the tweets didn’t already give it away, Sprint made it official and introduced its first Windows Phone 7 handset today, the HTC Arrive. Dropping its original moniker of HTC 7 Pro, the Arrive will go on sale March 20 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The smartphone offers all …
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Last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I sat in press conference after press conference wanting to pull my hair out in utter frustration, because even though I had 100 percent signal strength on my wireless air card, I could barely load a Web page. My 3G Sprint air card, which under normal circumstances provides me with …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S II smart phone and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet have been hogging the headlines this week at Mobile World Congress, and for good reason. With somewhat less fanfare, however, the company has also taken the wrappers off another Android-based device, the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 Smart Player. It’s a direct competitor to Apple’s iPod touch, with a …
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The Acer Iconia Smart is apparently “100 per cent smart phone. 100 per cent tablet”. That’s what we call giving it 200 per cent for effort. But how can it be both? A whopping 4.8-inch display with an ultra-widescreen 21:9 aspect ratio, that’s how. The Android device, which has a curved metallic design and a slimline 64.5mm width, has four …
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A new iPhone app from Hipmunk aims to make it easier to find and book your next flight on the go. Hipmunk Known for its travel search site, the Hipmunk crew just launched its first app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch crowd. Letting you find and compare all the available flights to your destination, the free app aims …
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