Smart phones ain’t so pricey these days — Huawei has lifted the lid on two new mobiles that are unlikely to break the bank, as well as a spangly new Android tablet. The Huawei Ascend Y210 is the cheapest of the lot, with a starting price on TalkTalk of £5 per month. For that you …
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30 May
Galaxy S4 Mini gives Samsung’s flagship a smaller sibling
Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 Mini on Thursday, delivering a smaller, lower-end cousin of its hot-selling high-end Android phone with a 4.3-inch screen. The Korean electronics giant has been steadily pushing smartphone sizes larger, but not everyone is ready for a the 5-inch screen of a Galaxy S4. And the new model will ensure Samsung a place in the market …
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30 May
Are you suffering from smartphone fatigue? (Poll)
There are days when it’s so challenging to be a technology writer, I can only imagine what it’s like to be a technology consumer. For example, and I’m just ballparking here, there are some 37,000 smartphones you can buy today. Whoops, hang on, just got a press release from HTC; make that 37,001. Oh, and here comes Android 4.3 — …
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30 May
Huawei Ascend P6 looks exactly like iPhone 5, due 18 June
The first official image of Huawei’s super-slim new Ascend P6 smart phone has been released by the company — and it’s a dead ringer for the iPhone 5, right down to the thin white band breaking up the brushed metal surround. Due to be launched at a swanky London event on 18 June, the Huawei Ascend P6 is set to …
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30 May
Clearwire delays Sprint takeover vote for review of Dish offer
Clearwire has decided to delay its shareholder vote on Sprint’s takeover proposal in order to review Dish Network’s surprise revised offer. The wireless broadband provider had initially scheduled a special shareholders meeting for Friday to hold a vote on the proposal, but the company announced Thursday it had rescheduled the meeting for June 13. While the company said it has …
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30 May
YouView in 400,000 homes, gets new channels, Android app
YouView is now in 400,000 homes, with a fistful of new channels about to arrive. The online-tastic set-top box is about to get new standard and high-definition channels delivered via your Internet connection alongside the channels coming in your aerial — and there’s an Android app coming in the next few weeks too. Those 400,000 viewers are now watching 2.2m …
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29 May
Google adds color labels to its Calendar app for Android
For those extra-organized people, Google has updated its Calendar app for Android to add color labels and a new date and time tool. Related stories Please, Clear Your Android Phone’s Cookies and Cache Right Now Best Samsung Phone for 2022 Best Android Tablet for 2022 The color labels palette lets users customize events or calendar listings with a choice of …
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29 May
Sprint
SoftBank’s $20 billion merger with Sprint is just fine for a U.S. committee that monitors national security issues between companies. Sprint announced Wednesday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) has cleared its proposed merger with Japan’s SoftBank, saying that there are no national security issues that would make it unacceptable to the government. The companies have …
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29 May
Galaxy S4 Mini leaked benchmarks reveal punchy processor
The Galaxy S4 Mini could not be more leaked if a Samsung flunky just left it in a pub. After hands-on photos, sample images from the camera, and details of when and where it’ll be launched, benchmarks have popped up online apparently confirming its specs. The screenshots of AnTuTu benchmarks, grabbed by German blog AllAboutSamsung, reveal the S4‘s little brother …
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29 May
Both bigger and smaller HTC Ones are on the way, source says
Both bigger and smaller versions of the HTC One will launch soon, someone familiar with the matter has told Pocket-lint. The specs for the bigger blower will stay the same, but the screen will be larger than the current One’s 4.7 inches. Exactly how much larger isn’t clear, but it’ll be somewhere between 5 and 6 inches. The smaller version, meanwhile, will be …
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