Two new HTC phones — the Desire P and Desire Q — have been unearthed in leaked snaps, hinting the company has two mid-to-low-end smart phones on the boil. The Desire P looks set to be a 4.3-inch device with a dual-core 1GHz processor, Beats audio and a microSD card slot. An 8-megapixel camera is …
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26 March
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T-Mobile’s seismic shift in how it sells phones and service may be too much for some consumers to process. In moving away from the old — and arguably more comfortable — business model of subsidized phones and two-year contracts, T-Mobile is hoping to shake up the industry and grab a bit of the limelight in the process. But oftentimes, different …
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26 March
BlackBerry Z10 fails to sell like hot cakes, US survey says
The BlackBerry Z10 has failed to make any kind of a splash in the US, according to a survey of mobile retailers by Goldman Sachs. BlackBerry was pinning much of its hopes on the new phone and a poor reception in its biggest market could be utterly disastrous. Analysts at Goldman and Citigroup — keen to find out how many …
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26 March
BBC Two HD launches today, Freeview HD reaches 3.5 million
BBC Two HD launched today, bringing high-definition versions of Auntie’s second-best programmes to millions of high-def homes. BBC 2 shows to be broadcast in extra-crisp detail include The Great British Bake Off, Later… with Jools Holland, and, of course, Top Gear. Previously, BBC HD showed highlights of BBC shows from across the Beeb board. But BBC Two HD is just …
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25 March
White BlackBerry Z10 on sale at Telstra
Optus may have been the first to sell the Z10, but Telstra has the exclusive on the white version. White BlackBerry. (Screenshot by CNET) The BlackBerry Z10 has definitely arrived, with the new handset now on both Telstra and Optus. Telstra’s top tier plan has the Z10 for zero handset cost on AU$130 a month, with unlimited talk and text, …
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25 March
Google taps ‘white spaces’ for broadband in South Africa
In an effort to show the potential of the unused frequencies in the broadcast TV spectrum, Google has launched a trial program that will tap the so-called white spaces to provide wireless broadband to schools in South Africa. The Web giant announced today it will use the unused spectrum to provide Internet access to 10 schools in the Cape Town …
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25 March
Samsung Galaxy S4 eight
Only a handful of new Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phones could boast eight-core power when it goes on sale this month. And the UK’s phones will be among a reported 70 per cent of the first S4s to be quad-core instead. It was revealed this week that the S4 will be quad-core in the UK and not eight-core as anticipated. …
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25 March
Wireless charging still has strings attached
As obviously useful as wireless charging is, it suffers from a Tower of Babel problem with incompatible standards and competing interests keeping it from truly going mainstream. But the industry may yet be inching toward some level of sanity. AT&T is seeking from its handset vendors a commitment to one standard of wireless charging, CNET has learned. Related stories Wireless …
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25 March
HTC One on sale in the UK next week
The HTC One is hitting the UK next week! HTC said we wouldn’t see the flagship handset until the end of March or beginning of April, due to a shortage of parts, and now has announced it’ll be with us in just a few days, our colleagues at CNET News have learned. It hasn’t given an exact date, so keep …
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25 March
Google+ updates mobile apps with photo filters, location sharing
Google released a big update for its Google+ apps for iOS and Android today, bringing a wealth of new features around photos, location sharing, and the product’s overall readability. The photo features come from Google’s acquisition of Snapseed, the company said. According to a blog post, they include basic edits like rotating and cropping photos; Instagram-like filters for the iPhone …
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