If you’ve been craving a gigantic phone — or a 7-inch Android tablet that lets you make the odd call, as long as you don’t mind looking silly — Three has a whole bunch of new offers for the mighty Asus Fonepad. You can plop down £179 for the outsized slate and then pay Three …
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August, 2013
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2 August
Why the Moto X is a Google moon shot
For the most part, the Moto X is just another smartphone. In fact, it’s been dubbed a midrange phone that won’t excite hardcore Android fans. But it’s not meant to appeal to the minority. It’s designed to attract the masses like an Apple device, with fit and finish (such as customizing the look with custom hues and patterns) and a …
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2 August
Using the Facebook Cover Feed lock screen for Android
Facebook Home was released for Android phones in April as a way for Facebook users to transform their phones into a Facebook-centric device. One of the features that stood out was Cover Feed, which turned the lock screen into a convenient and attractive way to browse your Facebook News Feed. With the latest Facebook for Android update, you can now …
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2 August
Fund this: iBlazr adds synced flashbulb to your smartphone
Modern smartphones have pretty decent cameras, but their Achilles’ heels continue to be low-light environments. Their tiny built-in LEDs tend to wash out subjects and add horrific red-eye. Kickstarter project iBlazr adds a synchronized four-LED flash to Android phones and iPhones, meaning your nighttime selfies, heavily backlit group shots, and other close-up photos should look a lot better. And if …
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2 August
Six games that will look great on your Nexus 7
With its full-HD screen, upgraded processor, and Open GL ES 3.0 support, the new Nexus 7 tablet is a beast when it comes to running games, specifically those with rich graphics. It handles lens flares, shadows, and other shader effects with ease, and its blacks and colors show up significantly deeper than those on the previous Nexus 7. With these …
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2 August
Why you should wait for the new Kindle Fire HD
CNET’s Eric Franklin recently reviewed Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet and had some pretty nice things to say about it. “Pound for pound, the Nexus 7 is the best small tablet you can buy,” he said in his intro while reiterating that point in his bottom line: “Thanks to its stellar performance and affordable price, the Nexus 7 is the …
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2 August
Stop Android 4.3 from always scanning for Wi
Jason Cipriani/CNET Android 4.3 didn’t bring many user-facing features to the latest iteration of Jelly Bean. There’s the new dial-pad autocomplete that was long over due, and some under the hood improvements like Bluetooth Low Energy. There’s another feature you may be surprised to hear about. Starting with Android 4.3 your device will continuously search for Wi-Fi networks, providing better …
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2 August
Galaxy Note 3 and ‘Gear’ watch tipped for 4 September again
Samsung’s two most-anticipated gadgets will debut in mere weeks, according to fresh — and entirely believable — reports. Both the Galaxy Note 3 and the Samsung ‘Gear’ smart watch will enter officialdom in early September, according to Korean site asiae.co.kr. The original report isn’t in English, but even through the fog of Google Translate it’s possible to discern the fourth …
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2 August
Why your next 4G phone should have FDD
Samsung’s not one to shy away from releasing zillions of different versions of essentially the same phone, but its two latest models are intriguing in one specific way. The Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini are getting ‘TDD/FDD Dual Mode LTE’ versions, the company has announced. What the what? LTE is the formal name for 4G, meaning Long Term Evolution. But …
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2 August
BlackBerry Porsche P’9982 for rich folk in leaked photo
Porsche is back in the driving seat with BlackBerry once again, the pair hitting the road with a new phone rumoured to be called the P’9982. Yes, they’re still doing the stoopid apostrophe thing. Appearing in leaked photos, the alleged new phone appears to be essentially a BlackBerry Z10, wrapped in what appears to be leather and aluminium. It appears …
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