The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has taken notes from 10 million wallets. Samsung has announced it has sold 10 million Note 3 phablets in just 60 days — clearly the new faux-leather styling is a hit. The original Note was a surprise hit in 2011, as phone fans went nuts for the huge screen and …
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December, 2013
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10 December
Aldi £80 tablet sells out in a day
You’ll have had to make a trolley dash if you wanted to get your hands on Aldi’s cheap tablet — it’s already sold out. The wallet-friendly supermarket joined Tesco and Argos by selling a tablet over the weekend, but it sold out in less than a day. Aldi put the 7-inch Medion Lifetab E7316 on shelves on Sunday for just £80, but …
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10 December
Sprint CEO: 2014 is our comeback year
NEW YORK — Sprint CEO Dan Hesse believes that 2013 was Sprint’s rebuilding year, but he sees the company making a turn around by mid-2014. Speaking at an investor conference in New York on Tuesday, Hesse told an audience of analysts and investors that it has been personally painful for him to watch the company lose customers as it rips …
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10 December
Sprint ramps up 3G, adds Spark LTE network in Chicago
Sprint’s data network in Chicago has gotten a boost, the company announced on Tuesday. As part of its “rip and replace” initiative, Sprint removed old equipment on cell towers around Chicago and replaced it with new and improved technology that will deliver a more reliable 3G service in the city. The effort was part of a year-long initiative to improve …
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10 December
Ubuntu Touch OS wins its first smartphone partner
PARIS — Ubuntu Touch has its first customer, CNET has learned. Canonical has just signed its first deal to supply a smartphone with its mobile operating system, Canonical founder and product strategy leader Mark Shuttleworth revealed in an interview here at the LeWeb conference. He wouldn’t say which company has agreed to use the Linux-based OS, but said it will …
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10 December
AT&T chief: We can’t keep doing big subsidies on phones
AT&T’s top executive says the era of big subsidies for devices is coming to an end, as wireless operators can no longer afford to fund a constant smartphone upgrade cycle. Speaking at an investor conference in New York City on Tuesday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that with smartphone penetration at over 75 percent and soon reaching 90 percent, wireless …
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10 December
PKparis unveils world’s smallest Android flash drive
For weeks now I’ve been sorely tempted to buy the Republic Wireless Moto X, but there’s one thing preventing me from pulling the trigger: the 16GB of unexpandable storage. That’s just not enough for the amount of apps, music, and video I want to carry. Thankfully, because the Moto X supports USB OTG, it’s a fairly simple matter to plug …
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10 December
$20 Android keyboard arrives in US
Looking for a low-cost keyboard for your Android tablet? One has just landed in North America. Previously available abroad, the LuxePad A110 is a wired keyboard made by the folks at Taiwan-based Genius. The $20 keyboard connects to your tablet via its Micro-USB port and offers dedicated keys for locking the screen, playing music, controlling the volume, and handling other …
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10 December
Nokia reportedly making Android phone codenamed Normandy
Before Nokia’s phone business is owned in full by Microsoft, it may be able to squeeze out an Android smartphone. The Finnish phone maker has been working on a low-cost Android smartphone that’s codenamed Normandy, according to the Verge. This is device is said to use a “forked” variant of Android that is different from what Google uses. A press …
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10 December
Shocker! Yahoo whiz kid likes Snapchat
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