January, 2013

• 3 January

  Nexus 4 reportedly heads to T

  

  T-Mobile USA’s retail stores are set to carry the hard-to-find Nexus 4, according to TmoNews. The Nexus 4, initially sold unlocked as well as with T-Mobile, had been hit with supply issues as consumers gravitated toward this latest marquee smartphone from Google. Related stories Best Home Security Cameras of 2022 Here’s How to Turn Your …

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• 3 January

  Samsung still rules U.S. mobile market

  

  Samsung continues to reign over the rest of the mobile-phone industry in the U.S., according to the latest stats from ComScore. Looking at the three months ending with November, Samsung won 26.9 percent of all mobile subscribers in the U.S., a 1.2 point gain from the prior three-month period. Apple took home second place with 18.5 percent of the market, …

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• 3 January

  Aluminum Nokia Lumia looming, ‘sources’ say

  

  Call it the Nokia aLuminum. Related stories Nokia Lumia 920 review Inside Nokia’s fight for survival 10-inch Nokia tablet on its way If “sources” are correct, the next Lumia we could see land on shelves will be made not of the typical polycarbonate that’s composed every Lumia since its inception, but of aluminum. The report comes from The Verge, citing …

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• 3 January

  Toshiba’s refocussing camera sensor coming to phones in 2013

  

  Have you ever snapped what you thought was an award-winning photo, only to find you’ve focussed on the wrong part? Annoying, isn’t it. Well Toshiba could have the answer. The company has unveiled a camera sensor that lets you change focus after you’ve taken the picture, Engadget reports. So in the image above, you can see the focus shifts from …

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• 3 January

  Huawei Ascend P1 lands in U.S. for $450 at Amazon

  

  Huawei’s Ascend P1 smartphone has finally landed in the U.S. The device, which made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show last year and cleared regulatory hurdles all the way back in May, is available starting today on Amazon for $449. At that price, consumers will get it unlocked and be able to run it on AT&T or T-Mobile networks. …

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• 3 January

  Pocket Filmmaker: lighting

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: Lighting 3:08 Welcome back to CNET Australia‘s guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges of some of Australia’s biggest …

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• 3 January

  BlackBerry Curve 9315 budget phone coming to T

  

  All eyes may be on RIM and its long-delayed BlackBerry 10 devices but that hasn’t stopped the company from announcing that its budget handset is coming to another U.S. carrier. Slated for T-Mobile and expected to cost an affordable $49.99 (after mail-in rebate), the BlackBerry Curve 9315 will ship nationwide by January 23. This date places the BlackBerry Curve 9315’s …

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• 3 January

  B&N: Nook device sales shrink over the holidays

  

  There weren’t as many Nooks under the Christmas tree this year as Barnes & Noble had been hoping for. The company this morning didn’t mince words about holiday sales for its line of tablets and e-readers. “Nook device sales got off to a good start over the Black Friday period, but then fell short of expectations for the balance of …

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• 3 January

  Samsung Evolution Kit coming soon to supercharge your TV

  

  Samsung’s smart TV Evolution Kit will soon allow you to upgrade the processor and software of certain 2012 Samsung tellyboxes, bringing them kicking and screaming into cutting-edge 2013. Originally announced at least year’s CES, the Evolution Kit is simply a small box that slots into the back of your TV. It might not sound like much, but like Danger Mouse, …

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• 3 January

  Samsung unveils its TV upgrade kit

  

  The promised Smart Evolution Kit for select Samsung 2012 TVs has finally been shown off in the US. The Smart Evolution Kit will completely update the Smart TV experience of select 2012 Samsung TVs to 2013’s interface and processing power. (Credit: Samsung) Back in April 2012, Samsung announced that a select number of its 2012 Smart TV range would be …

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