Amazon’s newly rebadged film streaming service launches tomorrow in the UK. Amazon Prime Instant Video was previously known as Lovefilm Instant, until Amazon renamed it recently. Day one sees the premier of Alpha House, a political comedy starring John Goodman. Alpha House is the first fully commissioned series from Amazon Studios, in a bid to …
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24 February
Lumus smartglasses to get EyeSight gesture recognition
BARCELONA, Spain — One of the difficulties with wearable computing is that it can be hard to control devices that don’t have a handy keyboard or touch screen attached. And that’s how gesture control company EyeSight Mobile won a place in Lumus’ smartglasses. With the technology a person can hold out a finger to tap on icons or swipe away …
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24 February
Sony Xperia Z2 coming to all major UK networks
Sony has announced a range of new devices at Mobile World Congress. Chief among them is the Xperia Z2, which is the follow-up to the flagship Xperia Z1. And now we know which UK networks it’ll be available on. Vodafone, EE, Three, and O2 have all confirmed they’ll stock the Xperia Z2. That’s all of the major networks, so it’ll …
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24 February
What mattered at Mobile World Congress day 1: Samsung’s hero phone, Nokia goes Android, Blackphone flouts the NSA
BARCELONA, Spain — On the first full official day of Mobile World Congress, some of the industry’s biggest names brought out their largest guns. While today marked CNET’s second day of coverage, it feels like the fifth — that’s just how much news this venue has generated in 48 hours. We wrapped up yesterday’s wave of news already, and it’s …
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24 February
Samsung Galaxy S5 images leak ahead of Monday event
Update (11:00a.m. PT): The Galaxy S5 has officially launched. Check out CNET’s complete coverage (including hands-on video and photos.) Samsung will be unveiling the Galaxy S5 at a press event later on Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and to whet our appetites, one Twitter account is showing off some images. A Twitter account going by the name @SaudiAndroid …
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24 February
BlackBerry CEO confirms Foxconn
BARCELONA, Spain–BlackBerry CEO John Chen confirmed two new phones were on their way this year. The first, codenamed “Jakarta,” but known as the BlackBerry Z3 will launch first in Indonesia in April before moving to other markets. It will retail for less than $200. The second phone, the BlackBerry Q20 (which Chen dubbed “BlackBerry Classic” because of its keyboard) is …
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24 February
Intel LTE poised to join upcoming Galaxy S5 family
BARCELONA, Spain — At least one device in Samsung’s Galaxy S5 family of smartphones could ship with Intel inside. The Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker is close to signing a deal with Samsung to provide LTE chips for one of the variations of the Galaxy S5 that will hit the market in the coming months, an Intel spokesman told CNET. Hermann …
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24 February
Why the Android
BARCELONA, Spain — You would think that Nokia’s first Android smartphone would make for the start of a tense relationship with soon-to-be parent Microsoft. Well, you’d be wrong. The Nokia X, alongside its brothers the Nokia X+ and the larger Nokia XL, may turn out to be a boon to both companies. The Android phones can be held up as …
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24 February
Galaxy S5: Hardly Samsung’s be all and end all
BARCELONA, Spain — The Galaxy S5 may be Samsung’s flashiest device of the year, but it won’t be the only important one. The Korean electronics giant on Monday unveiled its newest flagship phone with all — or at least most — of the bells and whistles that consumers have come to expect. The device, with a fingerprint scanner and heart …
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24 February
Galaxy S5 unveiled with fingerprint sensor, bigger screen
It isn’t everything the rumors promised, but Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S5 smartphone on Monday, touting faster data connections, a bigger display, an improved camera, and a built-in fingerprint sensor. The phone has a 5.1-inch display HD screen and a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera with a bunch of bells and whistles that are supposed to improve the experience of taking and …
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