January, 2013

• 10 January

  Nexus 7 dock to go on sale this month for $39.99

  

  Nexus 7 owners will soon be able to pick up an Asus-made dock for their Asus-made tablet. Citing a “reliable source,” The Verge says that Asus will offer the dock in the U.S. within the next two weeks at a price tag of $39.99. Though the Nexus 7 is branded and sold under Google’s name, …

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• 10 January

  4G for free as Expansys offers free month’s data

  

  The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so open wide and take an exploratory bite of tasty mobile data pudding with a free trial of 4G. Expansys is offering a month of 4G data on EE so you can see just how fast it really is without laying out a penny. Buy any data-guzzling tablet or dongle from …

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• 10 January

  Kogan Agora is a £120 Android phone with two SIM cards

  

  Take a trip with Agora the explorer. The Kogan Agora is a new Android phone that costs just £119, with two SIM card slots to save you money when travelling. The Agora has a large 5-inch touchscreen, continuing the trend for large screens. The resolution is a blocky 480×800 pixels though, giving it 186 pixels per inch of detail — …

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• 10 January

  Samsung unveils Galaxy S2 Plus with a shot of Android 4.1

  

  A new Galaxy S2 phone is coming to town, though it isn’t much different than its predecessor. Announced today by Samsung, the Galaxy S2 Plus builds upon the S2 by including Android 4.1.2, aka Jelly Bean. Initially outfitted with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the original S2 received an update to Android 4.0 last June and is finally due up for Android …

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• 10 January

  New Arrested Development on Netflix in May, you choose order

  

  Family is the most important thing, but new episodes of Arrested Development are a close second. The long-awaited and hotly anticipated return of the Bluth family takes place on Netflix in May. Come on! The 14 new episodes of the cult series will all appear on Netflix at the same time. Word on the street is that they’ll debut on …

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• 10 January

  HMV extends massive sale to raise cash, stay afloat

  

  His Master’s Voice is singing a sad, sad song — the dog-tricking disc-flogger is selling off a huge amount of stock on the cheap, reportedly to raise quick money for creditors. Extending its ‘big sale’ for at least another month means a whole basement of bargains, but is the retailer in real trouble? Go to HMV.com today and you’ll see …

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• 9 January

  Google removes Maps redirect for Windows Phone

  

  As it said it would, Google has removed a redirect that prevented Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps via the mobile version of Internet Explorer and that instead sent them to Google.com. The redirect generated headlines last week, with various news outlets suggesting that it was not about poor functionality on the part of mobile IE (as Google maintained) …

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• 9 January

  Samsung announces 8

  

  Four cores just not cutting your smartphone mustard? Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa processor brings all the cores to the yard. A quad-core wafer. (Credit: AMD) Although, yes, the new processor designed for tablets and smartphones has eight whole cores, they don’t necessarily all run simultaneously. Instead, the processor is divided up into two lots of four cores: an ARM Cortex-A15 …

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• 9 January

  iPhone 5S could be made of plastic for cheaper price

  

  The next iPhone could be fantastic plastic, as new reports suggest a budget iPhone will arrive this year with a cheaper casing. The Wall Street Journal reports that a budget iPhone will launch this year, with a new design that cuts the cost. “People briefed on the matter” reckon Apple has plans for a cheaper iPhone made of polycarbonate instead of …

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• 9 January

  Landlines, you’re out! T

  

  T-Mobile has finally made the big leagues. The wireless carrier has has signed a deal with Major League Baseball to beef up certain stadiums with its own brand of wireless technology. Coming up to bat will be a new wireless “on-field communication system” connecting managers in the dugouts with their coaches in the bullpen. The carrier will replace the old-fashioned …

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