July, 2013

• 11 July

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  T-Mobile CEO John Legere hopes his competition starts chanting one of his oft-used catchphrases: “Oh s***.” Legere turned up the heat on his campaign against what he deemed the industry status quo, this time targeting the requirement to wait two years before upgrading to a new smartphone. Through the new Jump program, customers can upgrade …

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• 11 July

  Nokia’s ‘reinvent zoom’ event: Join us at 8 a.m. PT Thursday (live blog)

  

  Nokia is hosting a major event Thursday in New York City to take the wraps off a new Lumia flagship smartphone that promises to “reinvent zoom.” The event, which will likely introduce the already-hyped Lumia 1020, will kick off at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET. CNET’s Brian Bennett, Sarah Tew, Roger Cheng, and I will be there to cover the …

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• 11 July

  Verizon signs on to advisory group for Ubuntu mobile OS

  

  Verizon Wireless has joined the Carrier Advisory Group for the Ubuntu mobile operating system, a runner in the race to be the No. 3 mobile OS behind Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Ubuntu developer Canonical announced Verizon’s move in a blog post Thursday. Related stories The elusive third great mobile OS Ubuntu Touch beats Firefox OS to win best of …

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• 11 July

  Path, Flipboard are coming to the Lumia 1020

  

  At the “Zoom Reinvented” event Thursday, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced that Flipboard, Path, Vine, and Hipstamatic are coming to the Lumia 1020, the first Windows Phone 8 device to get these apps. Yelp and Foursquare are also updating their apps to utilize the Lumia’s impressive 41-megapixel camera to help users take and share better photos. All of the apps …

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• 11 July

  Kyocera Hydro Edge splashes onto Sprint on July 19

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Dive in with the Kyocera Hydro Edge 0:40 Sprint announced today that it will be offering the waterproof Kyocera Hydro Edge on July 19 for $19.99, after users sign a two-year agreement and send in a mail-in-rebate. Related stories These are rugged times, here are the best rugged phones for them Microsoft’s Surface Duo could start …

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• 11 July

  Windows Phone tweaks back Lumia 1020’s 41MP camera

  

  Now playing: Watch this: The Lumia 1020 makes stunning photos a priority 3:14 Nokia Lumia 1020 debuts Hands on Nokia’s new Lumia 1020 Lumia 1020’s 41-megapixel camera, explained Path, Flipboard are coming to the Lumia 1020 Nokia’s new Lumia 1020 may be a Windows 8 phone, but Microsoft’s OS division had to do some shuffling before the phone’s enormous 41-megapixel …

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• 11 July

  Nokia Lumia 1020 ‘EOS’ specs leaked before launch

  

  On the day the Nokia Lumia 1020 is set to take a bow, Nokia’s 41-megapixel PureView camera phone has seen its secrets exposed. Days after the first pictures taken by the 1020 snuck onto Flickr, sources talking to UnleashThePhones say the 1020’s specs include a dual-core processor and HD screen. The camera-focused phone is reported to be packing a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon …

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• 11 July

  Free broadband and TV for three months with TalkTalk deal

  

  What’s better than stuff? Free stuff! TalkTalk is offering three months of free YouView TV and broadband with a new deal called The Big Free. The gratis deal gives you three months of free television on an Internet-tastic YouView TV set-top box, as well as unlimited Internet use, whether you’re a new or existing customer. Update: I’ve checked with TalkTalk …

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• 11 July

  Sky Sports, BT Sport live Premier League fixtures listed

  

  Trying to decide between Sky and BT for your footballing action? Check out the list of which 2013/14 Premier League games will be screened live by Sky Sports and BT Sport channels this year. Between August and December, Sky Sports will show 43 games, while BT Sport will screen 12, all of which kick off at 12.45 on Saturday afternoon …

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• 10 July

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  T-Mobile’s motorcycle-riding spokeswoman now has a little company. The carrier on Wednesday unveiled new ads that feature former “Saturday Night Live” actor Bill Hader. The spots, available on YouTube, all tout T-Mobile’s new program, dubbed Jump,that allows no-contract users to upgrade their phones anytime they want,whether it’s day 181 of their plan or day 572. Related stories: T-Mobile announces Jump …

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