Poor results has meant that Logitech is moving away from remotes, as well as speaker docks and console gaming peripherals. The Harmony Touch. (Credit: CNET) Once the darling of the home theatre set, Harmony’s range of universal remotes has proven less than profitable for Logitech, with the latest quarterly earnings causing the company to announce …
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28 January
Getting your settings right for the big game
New TV? Old TV? New gear? Old gear? Are you sure all your settings are correct? Even if you’re not planning on watching the big game, it’s worth taking a moment to ensure you’re getting the most out of your TV and assorted A/V gear. Think of it like getting the oil changed on your car, or a visit to …
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25 January
Apple, Samsung get knocked down a peg
Apple isn’t the only one feeling the heat despite a blow-out quarter; Samsung is seemingly getting punished for its success too. Both companies have been posting explosive growth in recent quarters and generating the bulk of the mobile industry’s profits. While Apple’s net income was relatively flatin its fiscal first quarter, its sales still grew 18 percent. And Samsung last …
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25 January
Huawei leapfrogs Sony, enters global smart phone top three
Chinese phone maker Huawei is officially the ‘new HTC’ — a formerly obscure manufacturer catapulted into the big leagues by making great value Android mobiles. New figures from industry analyst IDC show Huawei sold more phones in the last quarter of 2012 — the most important part of the year — than anyone bar Samsung and Apple. In doing so, …
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25 January
RIM girds for big Super Bowl ad
RIM really needs to makes waves, and good ones at that. The company hopes a splashy Super Bowl spot will do the trick. The long-awaited launch of BlackBerry 10 software, along with the heavily anticipated phones meant to run it, is less than a week away. That hasn’t stopped RIM from pushing for more buzz, though. It just distributed communication …
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25 January
Nokia backs Asha to attack Android in budget battle
Asha way to do it. Nokia reckons its budget Asha phones can defeat the wealth of cheap Android phones, and committing to Windows Phone instead of switching to Android. Discussing Nokia’s disappointing performance during the last three months of last year, Nokia boss Stephen Elop revealed how Nokia plans to take on Android in the middle and lower-priced parts of …
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25 January
Samsung Galaxy S4 benchmarks hint at processor performance
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is edging closer, and the latest hint at the power of this hotly anticipated smart phone behemoth has surfaced. Performance tests for what appears to be the S4 have been unearthed online, revealing the phone’s speed at processing tasks, and running the latest Android 4.2.1 software. The numbers appeared on AnTuTu, a database of processor benchmark …
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25 January
Nokia to launch flagship smartphone on Verizon this year
Nokia is readying a flagship smartphone for Verizon Wireless, a new report claims. Verizon is planning to carry the Lumia handset later this year, The Verge is reporting today, citing people who claim to have knowledge of the company’s plans. That device, codenamed Laser, will “be a variant” of Nokia’s Lumia 920, but it’s not clear what sort of features …
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25 January
Samsung reigns with 30% of Q4 smartphone shipments
Samsung was the clear leader in the smartphone market last quarter, according to new data from Juniper Research. The research firm today reported that Samsung shipped 63 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, accounting for 30 percent of all shipments worldwide during the period. Apple came in second with 47.8 million sold. Most companies report shipments into the retail channel. …
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25 January
Samsung Galaxy S3 drives huge profit, but phone boom is over
Recession? What recession? Days after Apple announced record numbers, Samsung also announced massive profits thanks to the Samsung Galaxy S3 and its smart phone chums — but warns the smart phone bonanza could be coming to an end. Samsung reveals that in the last three months of 2012 it made £4.2bn in profit, up a whopping 76 per cent over …
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