You may have already pre-ordered the T-Mobile BlackBerry Q10, but today TMO officially announced the device will hit its stores on June 5. T-Mobile also disclosed the physical-keyboarded handset will cost an initial payment of $99.99. Running BlackBerry’s latest software, BlackBerry 10, the Q10 sports the renowned QWERTY made famous on the BlackBerry Bold. The …
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29 May
Apple’s Tim Cook disses phablets and Google Glass
Apple boss Tim Cook criticised big-screen phones and Google’s Glass gadget in an interview last night at the AllThingsD conference, explaining why Apple hasn’t made a 5-inch phone and giving a taste of his thinking on wearable tech. “A large screen today comes with a lot of tradeoffs,” the CEO said. “Customers clearly are looking at size, but they’re also …
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29 May
FCC tips Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 with support for AT&T
AT&T may soon offer a 4G LTE variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, if recent FCC documents are to be believed. Related stories: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 review The beautiful and capable screen of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (video) The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is a smooth, functional number (pictures) Engadget spied the 8.0-inch SGH-I467 tablet wandering the …
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29 May
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini set for 20 June London launch
Samsung is set to unveil a little brother to its powerhouse Galaxy S4 at a glitzy event in London next month. Invites went out today for an event on 20 June called ‘Samsung Premiere 2013 Galaxy & Ativ’, after the Galaxy S4 Mini was spotted on Samsung’s UK website over the weekend. The Wall Street Journal claims to have confirmed …
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29 May
Clearwire disparages advisory firm that panned Sprint deal
Clearwire is taking Glass Lewis to task as the proxy advisory firm continues to contest Sprint’s acquisition bid, just days before a shareholder vote on the deal. On Tuesday, Glass Lewis painted Clearwire a bit like a desperate damsel batting its eyelashes at white knight Sprint in its latest report on the offer. But Clearwire says the advisory firm doesn’t …
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29 May
Verizon issues major software update to Samsung Galaxy S3
Verizon Wireless has a rather massive software update ready to issue for the Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. Related stories Samsung Galaxy S3 review Redditor says Galaxy S3 caught fire, burned his finger How to root your Samsung Galaxy S3 Expected to roll out over the next few days, the 129MB file delivers handy features such as multiscreen and multiwindow. Other …
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29 May
Sonos 4.1 update improves Spotify, playlist support
Now that Logitech’s Squeezebox is out of the picture, Sonos is one of the best streaming devices you can buy, but it hasn’t been without its niggles. One of the previous criticisms of the Sonos software was that playlist support was limited and couldn’t incorporate songs from Spotify; the newest software update promises to remedy this. Related stories: Sonos Play …
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28 May
iOS 7 concept video shows how Apple could copy Android
A new fan-made concept video deftly illustrates how Apple could pinch more stuff from Android in its upcoming mobile operating system iOS 7. While it isn’t as black-and-white as recent rumours suggest the new OS might be, it is very flat, in common with Android and Windows Phone, and eschews icons that look like physical objects (what people who like …
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28 May
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 and Tab 3 10.1 set for June too
More Samsung news! As we steel ourselves for Samsung’s big London event on 20 June, it seems the Galaxy Ace 3, Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 and Galaxy Mega could join the Galaxy S4 Mini in being unveiled next month. The Galaxy Ace 3 and Tab 3 10.1 are reported to make their debut in June — although the first leaked …
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28 May
HTC One Google Edition to be offered in very limited quantities, report says
The HTC One ‘Google Edition’ smartphone will be sold in very limited quantities when it surfaces later this summer, or so the always-gabby “people familiar with the matter” have told Pocket Lint. Related stories: HTC One Google edition: It’s real and coming in summer HTC One ‘Google Edition’ in the works — report Android rumor roundup That means that if …
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