The people who protect your smart phone say an Apple smart wristwatch is three years away — but it could be less than that. Curved glass is required to cover the wrist-worn companion to the iPhone 5 and iPad spotted in Apple patents, and different glass makers are racing get ahead of the curve. Glass manufacturer …
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March, 2013
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4 March
U.S. mobile consumers spent $95B on data in 2012, topping what they spent on voice
Talk about a shift in behavior — or maybe that should be text about a shift. It seemed only a matter of time, but today the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) said that 2012 marked the first time that U.S. wireless data spending topped voice spending. Also, according to the association’s 2013 ICT Market Review & Forecast report, there are more …
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4 March
EE’s 4G comes to 9 more UK towns and cities
EE has flicked the switch and turned on 4G for nine more UK towns and cities. These are Barnsley, Chorley, Coventry, Newport, Preston, Rotherham, Telford, Walsall and Watford. It means there are now 37 towns and cities in the UK where you can access broadband speeds on your mobile device. EE claims it now covers 45 per cent of the …
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4 March
Orange and T
Orange and T-Mobile are bilking customers yet again with a new round of price increases to your monthly bill. The two networks merged under the name EE are hiking prices, but there’s no way to get out of your contract in protest. Orange will charge you 3.3 per cent extra on your contract, unless you joined recently or you have …
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4 March
Huawei will be bigger than Apple and Samsung, exec says
Chinese mobile-maker Huawei is better known for its work on the infrastructure side of things than its generally low-end Android phones. But it has ambitious plans to change all that. Speaking to the Telegraph, chief executive Wan Biao says he thinks the company can topple Apple and Samsung, and be the world’s biggest phone firm. Not only that, he reckons …
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4 March
Locked
HANNOVER, Germany–In today’s James Bond world, smartphones get you instant access to top-secret information. In the real world, security constraints mean mobile phones generally aren’t nearly so clever or convenient. BlackBerry and Secusmart hope to change that through a partnership that at least has won over the German federal government. It has authorized purchases of phones with the BlackBerry 10 …
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4 March
Apple no longer most admired company, but tops UK brand list
Apple could be about to drop off the top spot from Fortune magazine’s prestigious World’s Most Admired Companies list. The list doesn’t come out until later in the week, but according to a blog post by Forbes’ Brad Chase, the company isn’t likely to retain its number one placing. It’s not all bad news for Apple though. It’s just been voted top …
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4 March
Samsung Galaxy S4 teaser video has most irritating kid ever
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is just 10 days away from its big launch, and Samsung’s attempting to wind up the hype machine with a staggeringly embarrassing new teaser trailer posted on its Facebook page. The video, embedded below, all but confirms that the next Galaxy smart phone will indeed be called the Galaxy S4, with the tagline, “Be ready 4 …
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4 March
US judge slashes Samsung’s $1bn Apple payout by 40%
It seems like a long time ago now, but remember when Samsung was ordered to pay Apple $1bn (£660m) in the tech trial of the century? A US judge has ordered that amount be slashed by 40 per cent, and wants a new trial set too, to assess the level of damages, the BBC reports. That’s right, it’s back to …
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4 March
Nokia ‘Catwalk’ phone aims to top Lumia 920
Nokia’s much-rumored “Catwalk” phone apparently purred its way into last week’s Mobile World Congress courtesy of a special invitation-only session. Attending the session was Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin who got a chance to peek at and play with the phone. In a blog out today, Murtazin said that Nokia is gearing up the Catwalk as an enhancement over the Lumia …
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