Abysmal news for you lovers of super-fast mobile data — Britain won’t be getting a 4G network until 2015, according to plans from telecoms watchdog Ofcom. In its draft annual plan for 2012/2013, Ofcom gave the Old Yeller treatment to any hopes we had of cruising on 4G networks next year. The report reckons roll-out …
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16 October
iPad Mini: What we expect
A mock-up of a potential iPad Mini. 9to5Mac Editors’ note, October 16, 2012: Updated after the release of Apple’s October 23 invite. There have been rumors of a smaller, 7-inch iPad since…well, since there was an iPad. The iPad Mini, as it’s being called lately, initially seemed to some like a silly idea: why would you need a smaller iPad? …
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16 October
Best Buy’s Insignia Flex tablet to get mid
Best Buy has priced a homegrown Android tablet to take on offerings from Apple and Samsung. The Insignia Flex, which the electronics retail giant revealed on Facebook last week, will sell for between $239 and $259 when it hits the market on November 11, according to a Reuters report. The tablet will feature a 9.7-inch screen and be powered by …
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16 October
Amazon’s Bezos: Patent suits ‘might start to stifle innovation’
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is growing concerned with the patent lawsuits simmering across the mobile industry. Speaking to U.K. news outlet Metro in an interview published today, Bezos said that he’s worried that the patent lawsuits “might start to stifle innovation.” He also that suggested governments around the world consider intervening in the suits to protect consumers. “Governments may need …
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16 October
Galaxy Note II coming to Sprint October 25, stylus in tow
Sprint has doubled down on Samsung’s big Galaxy Note 2 bet. The carrier has just confirmed that the advanced, 5.5-inch screen Android device will hit its stores shortly. Expected to cost $299.99 when it launches on October 25, both Samsung and Sprint hope the Galaxy Note 2 will offer plenty of catnip for Android users and possibly prove irresistible for …
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16 October
Asus unveils wacky PadFone 2 hybrid device
If you thought the Galaxy Note 2 pushes design boundaries, take a gander at the new PadFone 2 from Asus. A thinner version of the first PadFone, this device also morphs from tablet and smartphone on the fly. Now chances are the Asus PadFone 2 will never hit American shores since the original PadFone didn’t either. Perhaps that’s why Asus, …
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16 October
Asus PadFone 2 is a quad
Asus has crafted a second version of its tablet-converting PadFone, and it’s jam-packed with juicy hardware. The inventively titled PadFone 2 boasts a 4.7-inch display with a 720p resolution, as well as a honking great quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. As if that wasn’t enough terrifying power, it has a 13-megapixel camera on board too. The PadFone 2’s headline …
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16 October
Microsoft Surface team stirs up some Reddit buzz
Shortly after announcing pricing for its upcoming Surface tablet, the Microsoft device’s engineering team took to Reddit today to hold a virtual Q&A with the site’s users. It was an unusual marketing move by Microsoft, but sending some of its top technical people to interact with the Reddit community offered a rare opportunity for free publicity in a forum where …
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16 October
4 million still use 2G phones as 4G prepares to launch in UK
It’s fair to say our appetite for exciting new technology is insatiable here at CNET UK, but occasionally we get so far ahead of ourselves we forget what’s going on in the here and now. Take 4G, for example — we’ve had our eyes firmly fixated on this spot on the tech horizon for so long now, we never for …
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16 October
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini UK price and release date revealed
Now playing: Watch this: CNET News Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini launch 1:44 The itty-bitty new Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini goes on sale on 2 November. Phones4U is welcoming pre-orders on phone contracts, while online phone shop Clove is quoting a price of £250. Phone4U is offering phone contracts for the 4-inch S3 Mini with Vodafone, Orange and O2 starting at …
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