The holidays proved to be a boon for the tablet market. Worldwide shipments of the iPad, Kindle, Galaxy Note, and other tablets grew to 76.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. That’s 62.4 percent growth over the previous quarter. For the full year of 2013, tablet shipments totaled 217.1 million, up from 144.2 million …
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29 January
LG G Pro 2 shows off chrome accents, rear buttons in leaked photo
Earlier this week LG confirmed that the G Pro 2 will make its debut in February. Presumably launching at Mobile World Congress in late February, there’s little else to know about the smartphone…officially. Related stories: LG to unveil G Pro 2 smartphone in February LG Optimus G Pro 2 could debut at MWC, report says T-Mobile adds curvy LG G …
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29 January
Meet Lenovo: The overnight hardware colossus
Yang Yuanqing may not yet be a household name outside of China, but within the space of a week, he has closed a couple of multibillion deals to turn Lenovo into one of the technology world’s most important hardware companies. Not that Lenovo was a shrinking violet until now. The company already was the world’s biggest personal computer maker after …
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29 January
HTC: Android 4.4 will come to HTC One, but a little late
You’ll have to wait a little bit longer for that KitKat goodness to come to the HTC One. In a letter to customers posted on its site, HTC Americas President Jason Mackenzie said that the company would be a week or two late in delivering Android 4.4, known as KitKat, to the HTC One. Related stories When Does My Phone …
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29 January
Apple’s iPhone ‘shortfall’? Blame Verizon, AT&T
A decline in smartphone sales at Verizon Wireless and AT&T is the primary culprit for iPhone sales that some on Wall Street have deemed disappointing. That’s according to Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt, who calculated that 80 percent of the shortfall could be attributed to the two larger carriers, which sell the iPhone. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? …
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29 January
Lenovo/Motorola could be third biggest smartphone vendor
With Lenovo buying Motorola from Google, it instantly became the number three smartphone vendor globally. Lenovo’s Vibe X smartphone. (Credit: Lenovo) At least, that’s according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics. On its blog the company notes that taken together, Lenovo and Motorola have a 6 per cent global market share when it comes to smartphones — based on the firm’s …
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29 January
Five ways Lenovo could outdo Google in remaking Motorola
Let’s face it, Motorola’s freshest crop of smartphones is pretty impressive, but still misses the mark. Even with Google’s vast financial resources and software know-how, Moto devices haven’t exactly sold like hotcakes. Now that Google has decided to hand off Motorola Mobility into the eager palms of Chinese hardware giant Lenovo, Moto could enjoy a much-needed course correction. I know …
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29 January
Motorola Moto X on sale today at Phones 4U
If you want to get your hands on the Motorola Moto X, today’s the day. Motorola’s flagship phone, brand new to Britain, joins the budget Moto G on shop shelves today. Phones 4U has an exclusive on the white version of the X for the next three months. The Moto X will be available in black from other outlets, who …
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29 January
Stop Netflix from automatically playing the next episode
Jason Cipriani/CNET Back in August 2012, Netflix announced a new feature called Post-Play. The thought behind the feature was to make it easier for those of us who binge on a steady stream of episodes from the same TV series. With Post-Play, Netflix will automatically begin playing the next episode, without requiring any interaction from the user. Every two episodes …
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28 January
Nokia Android phone specs point to low
Nokia likely will aim its much-rumored Android phone at budget-conscious consumers, at least based on its reported specs. In a tweet posted Tuesday, leaker @evleaks revealed the alleged, major features for the Nokia X, which goes by the codename Normandy. Assuming the information is accurate, and @evleaks usually is reliable, the phone will offer a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a …
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