November, 2013

• 27 November

  Nokia Lumia 1520 hits Australia 11 December

  

  Nokia’s 1080p 6-inch Lumia 1520 is coming to Australia with the launch date and outright pricing now confirmed. The Lumia 1520 hits Australia 11 December. (Credit: Nokia) Nokia has confirmed its first big-screen device, the Lumia 1520, will be hitting Australia 11 December. The Lumia 1520 was announced at a lavish launch event in Abu …

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• 27 November

  Presto! iBalance magic trick makes smartphones float in midair

  

  There are lots of magic tricks you can perform with your smartphone, usually using some combination of real-world objects (like, say, cards) and an app. For example, with Card2Phone, physical items like coins and cards seem to disappear into an iPhone, then reappear again in the real world. But with iBalance, the phone itself becomes the illusion. This new trick, …

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• 27 November

  Nokia Lumia 525 zhuzhes up 520 with cover swaps, more RAM

  

  Nokia’s given its cheapest, best value Lumia phone a new look and a smidge more power. The Lumia 525 is a gussied-up version of the best-selling Lumia 520, adding new colours to its range of swappable covers — just like classic Nokias — and 1GB of RAM. That doubles the 520’s rather meagre 512MB and should help it cope with …

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• 27 November

  10 top tips for your Sony Xperia Z1

  

  The Xperia Z1 is arguably Sony’s most accomplished smart phone to date, offering incredible power, a pin-sharp HD screen, amazing photographic prowess and an iconic design — all wrapped up in a case which is both water and dust resistant. If you’re one of the many lucky individuals who have picked up this flagship Android phone then you’ll want some …

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• 27 November

  Nokia takes a shot at iPad, touts its own Lumia 2520

  

  It’s Nokia’s turn to fire a potshot at Apple and the iPad. In a Web video ad (which is admittedly pretty cheesy with the British narrator), Nokia whimsically attacks Apple’s hit tablet by going after the lack of keyboard and weak battery life, and touts its own Lumia 2520 as the “right tablet.” Related stories Your Phone Screen Is Gross. …

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• 27 November

  Polar magnet pen suffers health and safety setbacks

  

  Shipping on the Kickstarter-funded, magnet-barrelled Polar Pen has been delayed by Health Canada, which has classified the pen as a “dangerous magnet set”. (Credit: Andrew Gardner) The Polar Pen — a pen-stylus hybrid housed in a barrel of tubular neodymium magnets — blasted past its CA$14,000 Kickstarter funding goal last month, bringing in a whopping CA$817,164. It was due to …

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• 27 November

  Oh look! New Lumia 525 quietly boosts Nokia’s low end

  

  Nokia is boosting its bet on the budget side of the smartphone business. The smartphone maker quietly released the details of the Lumia 525, an upgraded version of its original low-end Lumia 520, which debuted in February during Mobile World Congress. Related stories Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Nokia’s Newest Phone Is …

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• 27 November

  Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini looks hot in orange, pink and purple

  

  Samsung’s wee Galaxy S4 Mini has three spectacular new colours — eye-scalding orange, supernova-hot pink and ecclesiastical purple. The vibrant new S4 Mini is available to buy now at Carphone Warehouse, from free on a £21 per month contract. If you want it in orange, you’ll be waiting a week or so, as it’s due on 9 December, but Carphone …

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• 27 November

  Koss KTX Pro 1 headphones offer spectacular sound for as little as $10

  

  When I first set eyes on the Koss KTX Pro 1 headphones I wasn’t expecting much. The silver plastic on-ear has an all-too-generic look, but as soon as I started listening the sound had my full attention; they were very decent! Most cheap on-ears sound claustrophobic and pinched, but the KTX Pro 1’s sound was big and spacious. The 60-ohm …

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• 27 November

  Now TV 4oD app brings Homeland, Peep Show and more

  

  Now TV, Sky’s £10 set-top box that streams TV to your telly, has added 4oD to its roster of apps. Channel 4’s TV service follows iPlayer and Demand 5 onto the tiny box, as well as live and on-demand telly from Sky channels like Sky Atlantic and Comedy Central. Sky bundles its own selection of shows and channels onto Now …

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