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7 November
Panasonic’s massive 4K tablet said to arrive in US in January
Panasonic’s 20-inch 4K tablet, which shown off at CES in January, could be landing the US at the beginning of next year. Panasonic’s Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 will go on sale in the US in January for a whopping $6,000, according to Engadget. The Japanese company had already announced that the ultra HD slate would be available in Europe in November. …
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7 November
EE launches big business petabyte data deal for £8m
EE has unveiled its latest 4G deals: including a petabyte of data for £8m. Guess we’ll have to update our 4G price comparison… Just kidding: these are serious business deals for serious business people, as EE touts the advantages of 4G for big companies. EE has created super bundles netting a firm 50TB, 100TB, 200TB, 500TB or 1PB of data. …
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7 November
Alleged images of the HTC M8 get leaked, show metal body
HTC could be working on a new handset code-named M8, according to recently leaked images. TechRadar published on Thursday photos first uncovered on Taiwan-based site ePrice showing what the leaker says is the case for the HTC M8. The images show a design that’s similar to that of the HTC One. However, unlike the HTC One, the M8’s metal body …
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7 November
Google tests ART foundation in KitKat for faster Android apps
Android 4.4, aka KitKat, comes with an experimental technology called ART designed to speed up Android apps. ART is a replacement for Dalvik, the “runtime” software that has the job of executing Android apps. Dalvik is a virtual machine — essentially a software version of a computer that lets Android apps run on a variety of hardware — that’s closely …
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7 November
Samsung demos foldable smartphones
At its recent Analyst Day held in Korea, Samsung showed attendees a range of prototype folding smartphones. The Galaxy Round may be the first step on the way to folding phones. (Credit: Samsung) Reporters weren’t allowed in, and analysts were banned from taking photos, so we don’t have any images to show. However, The Wall Street Journal has some first-person …
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7 November
Samsung to launch 64
A day after Samsung waxed eloquent about its 64-bit chip plans, a report out of Asia claims that high-end 64-bit smartphones are due from the company next year. The electronics giant will launch flagship smartphones with 64-bit CPUs (central processing units) in 2014, Taipei-based Digitimes reported Thursday, citing sources. The phones will also sport WQHD (2,560×1,440 resolution) displays and 16-megapixel …
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7 November
Samsung’s Isocell camera tech set for Galaxy S5, says report
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 handset could launch with a 16-megapixel camera featuring the firm’s Isocell technology. During Samsung’s Analyst Day on Wednesday, the company showed a slide indicating that a 16-megapixel Isocell sensor will be coming to the company’s smartphones for 2014-2015. That news came after Samsung confirmed that its flagship handsets would feature a 16-megapixel camera. Related stories Best Samsung …
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7 November
Some KitKat features exclusive to Nexus 5
There are a couple of cool features of Android 4.4 KitKat that you won’t see unless you have the Google Nexus 5 smartphone. (Credit: Google) It would make sense that Android 4.4 KitKat runs excellently on the Google Nexus 5 smartphone — after all, the Nexus phone hardware and vanilla Android software are designed to go together. But there are …
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7 November
Best Buy offers exclusive blue Samsung Galaxy S4
Best Buy on Thursday announced the upcoming availability of a Blue Arctic version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Exclusive to the retailer in US markets, the blue smartphone will be offered across Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint networks. Pricing is not mentioned in the press release, but we expect it to cost $199 with two-year service agreements, the same as …
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