With one small feature, iOS 7 might introduce the biggest change in iOS gaming since the App Store. There’s something I’ve wished for on both the iPhone and iPad for years: a true, universal, dedicated game controller. iOS 7 has granted my wish: indeed, one of the small but very significant additions to the next …
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13 June
iOS 7: What about the iPad?
Livestream There was a missing device at Apple’s 2013 WWDC keynote, and it’s one of the company’s most popular product lines. iPad, where were you? iOS 7, a product of Jony Ive, Apple’s design mastermind, took the stage at WWDC — but the iPhone 5 was the featured runway model. Apple’s Web site shows app after app on the iPhone …
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13 June
Samsung Galaxy S4 shrugs off drops and dunks in test video
I expected the Samsung Galaxy S4 to be as delicate as a fresh-baked pastry — it’s really thin, it has a huge screen and hundreds of pounds worth of high-tech components. Surely you’d have to take care of it like a new-born puppy, swaddling it in a case and never letting it out of your sight? Apparently not, according to …
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13 June
HTC One Mini leaks in pictures, set for August release
It was only this morning that we highlighted the latest rumours of a mini version of the HTC One — and now there are leaked pictures to prove it. If it is real, the HTC Mini joins the Samsung Galaxy S4’s S4 Mini in a new trend of sawn-off spin-offs. The existence of the One Mini — and the name, …
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13 June
Samsung Galaxy S5 could be first metal Galaxy phone
Like rebellious teenagers in bedrooms across the world, it seems Samsung could be about to go through a metal phase. Reports suggest the Samsung Galaxy S5 — follow-up to the smash hit Galaxy S4 — could boast the first aluminium body in the Galaxy line-up. Android Geeks reports the as-yet-unreleased S5 will be encased in an aluminium unibody like the iPhone and HTC …
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13 June
Here comes Google’s next
Google may get its second-generation small tablet into consumers’ hands before Apple does. Market researcher IHS told CNET that Japan Display Inc. and AUO are expected to make the display for the next-gen Nexus 7, while Quanta will make the tablet itself. “As far as I know, JDI and AUO didn’t start to supply this panel to Quanta yet. However, …
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13 June
HTC One Mini pictured next to HTC One in leaked photos
The hotly rumoured mini version of the HTC One must be the worst-kept secret of all time. New leaked photos show the heavily-tipped HTC One Mini side-by-side with the full-sized HTC One. Showing off the two phones in a leaked photo, Engadget claims the One Mini is the same device as the M4, another name doing the rounds of the rumour mill. …
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13 June
‘Kill switch’ sought as answer to phone theft epidemic
NEW YORK — Megan Boken was on her phone checking in with her family as she got into her car when the line went silent. The 23-year-old former volleyball star was back at her alma mater, St. Louis University, as part of an alumni-student game. A popular and likeable person, her parents assumed she ran into an old friend and …
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13 June
HTC Butterfly S smartphone images leaked online
HTC’s Butterfly S seems to be spreading its wings courtesy of a few images and other details posted online by VR-Zone. A follow-up to HTC’s current Butterfly, aka Droid DNA, the upcoming S edition will sprout a pair of front-facing speakers, according to VR-Zone. The audio will also get some oomph from HTC’s new BoomSound technology, which keeps distortion low …
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13 June
Sony Xperia Z Ultra phablet teased in saucy French invite
Ooh la la! What ees zees, my leetle chickens? Could it be une grande phablette? This cheeky little invite has been sent to French Android blog FrAndroid, and it looks very much like a gigantic Sony Xperia Z. Bonnet de douche! “Sony Mobile has a big surprise for you,” the invite winks saucily, “Don’t forget to mark your calendars!” The …
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