Sky and Vodafone are considering offering mobile-broadband-TV bundles, partnering up to fight the onrushing might of BT, according to a report in the Sunday Times (paywall link). The two companies are scared of BT’s growing pulling power now that it has serious football TV rights as well as an upcoming mobile venture with EE, the …
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20 January
AT&T jumps on early upgrade bandwagon, but only for existing customers
AT&T is hopping on the early upgrade bandwagon too, but there’s a catch. The Dallas telecommunications provider said on Monday that customers who were on a two-year agreement on or before Jan. 18 are eligible to move to AT&T Next, which would allow them to upgrade to a new phone. The customers, however, aren’t able to move to AT&T Next …
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20 January
BBC iWonder helps you learn on phone or tablet as you watch TV
The BBC is bringing the First World War to the second screen. iWonder is a new series of interactive guides for your phone or tablet, packed with bonus information on the TV shows you’re watching, starting with the BBC’s World War One season. Explained in a BBC blog post, iWonder is a series of interactive guides for your computer, phone …
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19 January
Mystery Sony mobile shows up on forum, has 5.2
Mobile World Congress is just over a month away, and here’s one Sony handset we could see announced at the show. I say “could” because this thing is still shrouded in mystery. It looks quite a lot like the Xperia Z1, so it could be another spinoff, or just a prototype that’ll never see the light of day. It showed …
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19 January
Apple poaches medical tech experts, fuels iWatch rumours
Here are some more rumours to chuck on the iWatch rumour pyre. Apple’s wrist-based device could have a health focus, if its poaching of some experts in the tech health field are anything to go by. The Cupertino company recently hired Nancy Dougherty from a start-up called Sano Intelligence, and Ravi Narasimhan from medical devices company Vital Connect, 9to5Mac reports. …
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19 January
Verizon cuts upgrade wait from six months to 30 days
In the latest tit-for-tat in the escalating jockeying between carriers, Verizon has modified its Edge payment and early upgrade plan. Until now, customers had to wait six months to upgrade. Now they can do it after 30 days. A Verizon Wireless store in Arlington, Texas. Verizon Wireless The move comes shortly after rival T-Mobile announced at the Consumer Electronics Show …
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19 January
Panasonic to launch rugged 5
Panasonic only pulled out of the smart phone market a few months ago, after its Android-powered Eluga smart phones (pictured) failed to catch on. But now a new rumour says it might jump straight back in and start making smart phones again. According to Japanese site Asahi, the company is set to launch a rugged 5-inch smartie at Mobile World …
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18 January
Interviewy app makes transcribing interviews a doddle
If you’ve ever had to trawl through hours of an interview you’ve recorded, looking for that juicy quote or relevant piece of information, you’ll know what a pain it is. Which is why this app is such a great idea. It’s called Interviewy, and it makes it far easier to go through audio recordings and find the bits you’re interested …
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17 January
HTC Tiara leaks: mid
HTC will keep on making Windows Phone 8 handsets, but there are signs it’s losing its faith in Microsoft’s mobile OS. The struggling Taiwanese company has killed off a planned flagship, codenamed the Zenith, but is going ahead with a mid-range affair known as the Tiara, Unwired View reports. It’ll be one of the first mobiles to run Windows Phone …
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17 January
Tim Cook dodges iPhone 6 questions, promises ‘great things’
Tim Cook has shrugged off questions about a bigger, badder iPhone. The Apple boss promised “great things” but wouldn’t confirm or deny rumours of a larger screen for the hotly-anticipated iPhone 6. As reported by Bloomberg, Cook was asked about a larger iPhone when he turned up in Beijing to launch the iPhone on China Mobile, the biggest mobile network …
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