Images of LG’s curved G Flex have leaked, along with hints it may launch next month. (Credit: Images obtained by CNET) CNET obtained the images, which are renderings rather than actual photography of the device. Sources familiar with the phone’s launch plans confirmed to CNET that the G Flex would launch in November. Samsung has …
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14 October
Google augmented
Ingress, an augmented-reality Android game from Google’s Niantic Labs unit in which players try to conquer territory in the real world, will come to iOS in 2014. Arriving on the scene a year ago, the closed-beta software Ingress has been gradually updated with bug fixes and new features. One thing that hasn’t changed is the absence of an iPhone version, …
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14 October
Windows Phone 8 update adds support for phablets, quad
Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 8 update gives the ailing operating system another chance against Apple and Google, with support for larger screens and faster CPUs. (Credit: Microsoft) Windows Phone 8 is in line for an update, adding support for 5- to 7-inch “phablet”-sized smartphone displays, newer and faster processors and a swathe of minor design tweaks. The latest Windows Phone …
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14 October
BlackBerry to customers: ‘You can continue to count on us’
BlackBerry on Monday launched a new ad campaign to reassure its jittery customers that it’s here to stay. The Canadian smartphone maker, which has been struggling in recent months and recently reached a deal to go private, published an open letter to its customers and partners on social media and in 30 newspapers in nine countries, seeking to reassure them …
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14 October
Nexus 5 spied yet again, in even more leaked snaps
The long-rumoured Nexus 5 has been spotted yet again, in even more leaked pictures that show off Google’s next flagship phone. The new images of the world’s leakiest mobile surfaced on the Google+ page of one Anton Kuznetsov, though Kuznetsov comments that the photos are not his. They may have originated here, at European social network vk.com. The snaps don’t tell us …
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14 October
Google Nexus 5 photos, video leak
A Russian website has leaked new photos of the Google Nexus 5, as well as a video of what appears to be an early prototype of the phone running the new Android OS. (Credit: VK) We don’t know when the Google Nexus 5 is landing — reports suggest this month, maybe even this week — but we’ve certainly plenty of …
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14 October
Humax new Freeview +HD box out 18 October, for £180
Fans of free telly rejoice — Humax has a new Freeview HD box, that’ll be on sale later this week. The HDR-2000T plugs into your TV and handles high-definition Freeview from over 50 channels, and also packs on-demand programmes from iPlayer and YouTube via Humax’s TV Portal service. Perhaps best of all, the box lets you record shows to its …
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14 October
HDMI 2.0 upgrade path: Where do the manufacturers stand?
Currently, there are over two dozen Ultra HD “4K” big-screen displays available or imminently available. The problem is, only one TV and two projectors are fully compatible with the upcoming HDMI 2.0 standard. So we asked all the companies making 4K TVs, what’s their planned path for upgradability to the new standard? In case you missed it, here’s a bit …
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13 October
HP gets serious about Android and Chrome
The largest Windows PC maker has gotten the Google religion. Hewlett-Packard’s CEO and top PC executive came out swinging this week. And they both took swipes at the traditional Windows-Intel (Wintel) PC. “Wintel-based devices are being aggressively displaced by ARM-based PCs and mobile devices running competing operating systems,” CEO Meg Whitman said this week at a company event, referring to …
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13 October
LG’s G Flex images emerge, phone to launch next month
LG’s curved smartphone, the G Flex, get its glamor shots in. CNET has obtained renderings of the G Flex, which people familiar with the phone’s launch plans confirmed would be launching some time next month. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Best Laptop for 2022: The 15 Laptops We Recommend Best TV Deals …
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