Your choice of 4G provider just got three times more complicated — 10 months after EE launched 4G in the UK (and years after the US, Korea and other more enlightened countries), O2 and Vodafone today launch their super-fast mobile data services. 4G is finally here — but when I say here, I don’t mean …
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29 August
Flickr for iOS lets you apply filters before you snap the photo
An update to Flickr for iOS released Thursday lets people try out filters before they take a photo. Filters, popularized by apps like Facebook’s Instagram, give a different style or look to a photo, and Flickr has been playing catch-up with its mobile apps. The new version of the app lets people try the effects in advance with live filters, …
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29 August
So, how’s your 2013 Nexus 7 holding up?
CNET’s Nexus 7 test unit had no problems finding and connecting to GPS satellites. Eric Franklin/CNET The new Nexus 7 is the best Android tablet yet and surpasses the iPad Mini in performance, screen clarity, and, at $229 undercuts, Apple’s mini slate by a full $100. However, as with many consumer electronics products, Google’s latest has experienced its fair share …
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29 August
AT&T to go nationwide with prepaid Aio Wireless service
AT&T is pushing more aggressively into the no-contract market, announcing Thursday that it’s taking its prepaid network, Aio Wireless, nationwide in mid-September. The wireless service was first launched in May to customers in Florida, Texas, and Atlanta. Aio has three plans to choose from, and they all include unlimited talk, text, and data. The service costs $40 to $70 a …
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29 August
Screenshots leak of the Galaxy Gear companion app
Samsung is expected to lift the veil on its Galaxy Gear smart watch on 4 September at an event in Berlin. (Credit: @evleaks) Just in case there were still any doubts about the device’s existence, the usually reliable Evleaks has screenshots from the companion app that will pair with the Gear. The screenshots reveal some expected features, like the fact …
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29 August
How to find out what’s using all the space on your iOS device
In an ideal world, Apple would have designed its iPhones, iPods, and iPads with memory-expansion slots. But in this world, you’re stuck with whatever fixed amount of storage you purchased. So what happens when you go to download a movie or install a big game like Madden NFL 25 and your iDevice tells you don’t have enough space available? You’re …
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29 August
Samsung Galaxy S5 may feature metal body
Samsung could give in to cries for metal housing in its next-generation Galaxy S smartphone. More Samsung rumors: Samsung Galaxy S5 could pack 16-megapixel OIS shooter Samsung Galaxy phones to get BlackBerry Messenger ‘soon’ Samsung Galaxy Gear specs emerge ahead of IFA debut With the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ready to make its formal debut at IFA next week, the …
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29 August
Tablet sales take a hit from lack of sizzle
There’s nothing like a hot new device to goose tablet sales. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case lately. That lack of sizzle has given market researcher IDC no choice but to rein in its forecast for tablet sales for 2013 and the years that follow. IDC said Thursday that it now expects this year’s worldwide tablet shipments to reach 227.4 …
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29 August
BlackBerry Q10 sales abysmal, says report
Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the Blackberry Q10 4:16 BlackBerry’s Q10 smartphone was supposed to bring the old days of BlackBerry’s physical keyboard into today’s touch-screen-obsessed world. But according to a new report, few people actually cared. The BlackBerry Q10 has experienced abysmal sales since its time on store shelves, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people who …
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29 August
HTC plans its own Android rival OS
HTC wants to take Android down a peg or two, and thinks a rival mobile operating system aimed at China is the way to do it. China is seen as one of the biggest potential markets for smart phone manufacturers, so HTC wants to develop new software specifically for Chinese phone fans that ties into Chinese services like the enormously …
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