October, 2013

• 8 October

  £2,750 gold HTC One is a priceless prize for MOBO talent

  

  The Oscars have a gold statue, but the MOBOs have something better: a gold HTC One. Valued at £2,750, a limited edition officially-sanctioned 18ct gold HTC One will be handed out to one of music’s hottest new talents this month. The gold phone will be presented to the winner of the Best Newcomer category at …

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• 8 October

  Warner Bros fast tracking TV shows on demand

  

  Warner Bros has announced that it will be making a number of its TV series available via selected video-streaming services just hours after they air in the US. The second season of (Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) The list of shows that Warner Bros will be fast tracking is: Vampire Diaries season 5 Hostages season 1 Supernatural season 9 Hart …

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• 7 October

  HTC’s One Max handset headed to Verizon, suggests leaked image

  

  A big HTC handset, complete with a fingerprint scanner, could be coming to Verizon Wireless, leaked images suggest. An anonymous, purported Verizon employee over the weekend posted images of what he claims is a flagship HTC handset, known as the One Max, coming to Verizon’s network. The poster said the smartphone will feature a large display and come with a …

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• 7 October

  Samsung to unveil Galaxy Round flexible display phone

  

  Now playing: Watch this: First Look at Samsung’s Youm flexible display tech 1:11 Samsung is reportedly set to announce a curved display smartphone known as the Galaxy Round. The new phone could be unveiled later this week, Korean news site Asiae reported Sunday. A Google translation of the story mentions October 10, but it’s unclear whether that’s the date forecast …

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• 7 October

  Nexus 5 specs revealed in leaked manual

  

  A purported repair service manual for the Nexus 5 has leaked online, revealing a number of key specs for the LG-made device. The Nexus 4. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) The manual, which was posted on Scribd, has been written as a support document for service technicians, but also reveals quite of a few details about the phone’s hardware configuration. Apparently, the …

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• 7 October

  HTC One Max tipped for iPhone

  

  The hotly-rumoured HTC One Max could follow in the fingersteps of the Apple iPhone 5S and include a fingerprint scanner. According to leaked photos from China of the One Max, and loose talk from staff of the US network Verizon, the fingerprint scanner sits on the back of the phone below the camera for your index finger, rather than on the …

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• 7 October

  Samsung’s next camera could be eight times brighter

  

  For all of the features and shooting modes in Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones, one area where camera performance particularly falls short is in low-light conditions, even on high-end smartphones like the Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3, and Galaxy S4 Zoom. After having spent time with multiple Galaxy models, I have to say that I rarely find myself using the …

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• 7 October

  Alcatel

  

  Alcatel-Lucent plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent, in a cost-cutting effort to turn around the struggling network equipment maker, according to reports by European newspapers Monday. The company, which counted 72,000 posts among its global workforce in December, plans to cut 15,000 positions while creating 5,000 new jobs, according to Les Echos and Le …

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• 7 October

  LG G Pad 8.3 hits Korean store shelves, North America next

  

  LG is rolling out a new slate in Korea that will be hitting US store shelves soon. Dubbed the LG G Pad 8.3, the tablet comes with an 8.3-inch HD display featuring 272 pixels per inch. The slate has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and 16GB of onboard storage. The G Pad 8.3 comes with an included microSD …

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• 7 October

  Tips and tricks for the Galaxy Note 3

  

  Sarah Tew/CNET The Galaxy Note 3 is one of the biggest smartphones of the year, literally. Not only did Samsung pack in a larger 5.7-inch display and a faster 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, but the company also added a number of new features to help set the device apart from the competition. Along with many of the software enhancements …

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