BlackBerry 10 devices have succeeded in passing the rigorous U.S. Department of Defense security requirements, according to Reuters. The agency approved on Thursday the company’s entire line of devices running on its new operating system, which includes BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones, and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. BlackBerry, Apple, and Samsung have all recently been in …
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2 May
Samsung defends 16GB S4’s mere 8GB of usable storage
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has drawn criticism as phone fans discover the 16GB version of the 5-inch smart phone actually only has around 8GB of useful memory. Samsung has defended its flagship blower, saying you’re getting more features and a higher-res display in return. Nearly half of the S4’s storage space (after a factory reset, our 16GB Galaxy S4 showed 8.49GB of available …
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2 May
HTC Q1 profit plunges 98 percent, despite HTC One launch
The HTC One launched too late to save the Taiwanese company’s first-quarter results. Net profit for the handset maker tumbled to NT$85 million ($2.85 million) from NT$4.5 billion ($152 million) a year ago, a drop of 98 percent. It’s the company’s lowest quarterly profit since 2004. Revenue plunged too, to NT$42.8 billion from NT$67.8 billion, the company confirmed in Thursday’s …
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2 May
Android tablets catch up to iPad, as Windows 8 struggles
Apple’s iron grip on the world of tablets is starting to ease, with Android-powered rivals starting to catch up to the hugely popular iPad. New stats from research firm IDC proclaim that at the end of the first three months of 2013, Apple held 39.6 per cent of the global tablet market, down from 58.1 per cent in the same period …
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2 May
Comeback kid? LG eyes break in U.S. with Optimus G Pro
When LG was developing its first phablet, known globally as the Optimus Vu but in the U.S. as the Intuition, the head of the mobile division, J.S. Park, supposedly obsessed over the slide-top mechanism that covered the charging port, sending back prototype after prototype to his designers. One was too fast, one was too loose, and another was too slow, …
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2 May
Leaked ‘blackbox’ Motorola could be AT&T X Phone
A trio of of images hitting the Internet on Thursday seemingly confirm that a Motorola X Phone is in the works for AT&T. Related stories Motorola X Phone rumors, benchmarks march on Android rumor roundup Should you wait for the mythical Motorola X Phone? The three photos, which come from oft-reliable Twitter source @evleaks, show a smartphone (or smartphones) that …
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2 May
HTC One buyers can score cash by trading in current phone
Those of you who pick up the HTC One smartphone could get cash back if you trade in your current phone. Kicking off Thursday, the offer rewards buyers of the HTC One with as little as $100 or as much as $375 for trading it any one of a number of phones. The trade-in promo page lists the following phones: …
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2 May
Smaller Surface tablets rumoured to be on the way
Australians still can’t buy Surface Pro locally, but Microsoft is tipped to reveal a second generation of tablets this June. Surface may soon come is smaller, more affordable sizes. (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft may have a second generation of smaller and more affordable Surface tablets on the way, with a report in DigiTimes tipping the announcement to be made during the …
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2 May
Are Americans getting tired of texting?
Text messaging in the U.S. is on the decline, according to a survey (PDF) released Thursday by CTIA-The Wireless Association. The numbers of SMS text messages sent and received nationally dropped from 2.3 trillion in 2011 to 2.19 trillion in 2012. While 2.19 trillion may seem like a colossal number and not much less than 2.3 trillion, it is still …
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2 May
The big picture: Projection screen basics
Screen Innovations Black Diamond Zero Edge Screen Innovations TVs are great and all, but if you want really epic entertainment, you need a projector. One-hundred-plus inches of high-definition awesomeness. Projectors, though, are a two-piece system. There’s the projector that gets all the attention, and the lowly screen that actually lets you see an image. There are many choices when it …
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