November, 2013

• 6 November

  AT&T adds 14 more cities to its LTE network

  

  AT&T has expanded its 4G LTE coverage to 14 more markets. Announced Wednesday, the cities included in the latest surge are: Fairbanks metro area, Alaska Galesburg, Ill. Macomb, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Des Moines, Iowa Madisonville, Ky. Maysville, Ky. Cumberland, Md. St. Cloud, Minn. St. Joseph, Mo. Roanoke Rapids, N.C. Gettysburg, Pa. Big Spring, Texas Winchester, …

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• 6 November

  BlackBerry boss talks Android and abandoning phones

  

  BlackBerry’s new boss has spoken out about his plans to save the troubled company, calling questions about BlackBerry abandoning handsets “ridiculous” and stalling talk of a switch to Android. Speaking to CrackBerry, John Chen identifies a “need to preserve the reason why BlackBerry is around,” and when asked about Android cautioned “jumping to anything is inappropriate.” “My job is really …

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• 6 November

  Look out, Google Glass: Samsung eyeing wearable technology

  

  Samsung reportedly is gearing up for the wearable technology market. Speaking at the company’s Analyst Day, Samsung Vice Chairman and CEO Kwon Oh-hyun said Wednesday that his company has been dedicating significant resources to several technologies, including “wearables,” according to the Wall Street Journal, which was in attendance at the event. The slide to accompany his comment showed the Galaxy …

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• 6 November

  Samsung to confirm KitKat plans ‘in due course’

  

  Samsung has said that it will confirm its rollout plans for the latest version of Android “in due course”. When asked about its plans to get the brand-new Android 4.4 KitKat onto popular mobiles such as the Galaxy S4 and Note 3, a Samsung spokesperson told CNET UK, “Samsung UK will announce rollout plans for Android 4.4 in due course.” …

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• 6 November

  HTC working on cheaper phones, cutting company costs

  

  HTC is cutting its operating costs by almost a quarter in order to stave off bad results, but its new One max smartphone isn’t capturing buyers’ interest. The HTC One. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) HTC has had a tough year: first, facing supply problems for the HTC One and then lacklustre demand for the HTC One mini and HTC One max. …

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• 6 November

  Samsung Galaxy Round heralds foldable screens by 2016

  

  Samsung plans foldable screens in the next three years, the Samsung Galaxy Round just the first in a new generation of flexing phones. Presenting a roadmap of future plans to industry experts, Samsung revealed that ‘curved’ screens, like the one on the front of the Round, will give way to ‘bended’ screens next year. Then ‘foldable’ displays will come along …

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• 6 November

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  Now playing: Watch this: The Nexus 5 is finally here! 6:04 T-Mobile could offer the LG Nexus 5 across all sales channels as soon as November 20, reports TmoNews. Related stories: Check out our full Nexus 5 review The 7 best smartphones. Period. Nexus 5 ship time slips to 3 to 4 weeks Pricing details are still up in the …

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• 6 November

  ‘So excited’ Microsoft jumps gun on Lumia 1520 preorders

  

  The official Microsoft Web page taking preorders for Nokia’s Lumia 1520 phone went live Wednesday and then suddenly disappeared. The page — which now says “this product is currently unavailable” — had listed the 1520 at $199 with the usual two-year agreement, or $549 without a contract. Carried by AT&T, the phone would be available in black, white, yellow, or …

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• 6 November

  New Livescribe pen goes iPhone and iPad only

  

  The latest iteration of the Livescribe smartpen has had its built-in audio recording removed and now only works across iPhones and iPads running iOS 7. (Credit: Livescribe) The Livescribe series has always been able to record both handwritten notes and audio. Using a combination of special notepaper and a camera in the pen, your notes — or sketches, scrawls, mathematical …

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• 6 November

  Galaxy Note 3 is a ‘fonblet’ not a phablet, says Samsung

  

  That giant phone you love? Would you feel differently about it if you knew it was supposed to be called a ‘fonblet’? I thought so. This slide from a Samsung presentation to investors claims that its Galaxy Note series of massive mobiles should be referred to as ‘fonblets’, rather than the generally accepted ‘phablet’. Phablet is an utterly awful portmanteau, …

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