October, 2012

• 1 October

  4G auction cash should pay for first homes, says Labour

  

  Money raised when the 4G spectrum is flogged to networks should go toward helping young’uns buy their first home, Labour says. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is going to call for the new rules, which could see £3-4bn funnelled into affordable housing and a two-year stamp duty hiatus, the BBC reports. The Nicola Murray Ed Miliband-fronted …

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• 1 October

  iPad mini shipping before Christmas, Barclays report tips

  

  The much-rumoured iPad mini will be shipping before Christmas, according to new rumours that reportedly come via British bank Barclays. An analyst working for the bank expects Taiwanese tech factory Pegatron to construct and ship 3 million miniature iPads, Focus Taiwan reports. The tiny tablets are reckoned to ship in the fourth quarter of 2012, or the three months leading …

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• 1 October

  Advanced Sony Xperia TL landing on AT&T

  

  Just when many may have lost hope in a slick Sony Xperia handset hitting American shores with carrier blessing, Sony outs plans to sell the new Xperia TL on AT&T. The device will feature a big 4.6-inch (1,080×720-pixel) screen, a 13-megapixel camera, Android 4.0, all powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor. While Sony doesn’t say exactly what version of CPU …

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• 1 October

  BlackBerry London specs and BB10 gesture videos leak

  

  The next BlackBerry phones may be many months away yet, but already we’re getting a near-complete picture of what RIM will reveal when BB10 launches next year, as specs and video guides for the next round of BlackBerry gear leaks. BlackBerry London specifications have emerged at rapidberry.net, tipping RIM’s first BlackBerry 10 phone to have a 4.2-inch display with a …

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• 1 October

  Yandex targets Google, Amazon with new Android app store

  

  Google Play will soon have another competitor. Russian search engine Yandex announced today that it will soon launch an “alternative” application marketplace for Android users. Dubbed Yandex.Store, the marketplace will offer nearly 40,000 applications and allow vendors to bundle another app store into their devices. Yandex.Store is also a white-box offering, meaning vendors can place their own branding on top …

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• 1 October

  Happy 87th birthday to the ‘television image’

  

  On 2 October 1925, the first television picture with a greyscale image was successfully transmitted by John Logie Baird. John Logie Baird (Credit: bairdtelevision.com) Baird, a Scotsman living in England, had been experimenting with moving silhouette images since 1924, on a TV set that he had created using an old hatbox, a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few …

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September, 2012

• 30 September

  HP aims for business users with ElitePad 900 Windows 8 tablet

  

  Expect HP’s ElitePad 900 tablet to join several other business-focused mobile devices over the next few months. Intel’s mobile push, along with that of Microsoft and Windows 8, will ensure no shortage of similar products. Whether HP can differentiate its tablet is another question, but from what we’ve seen of the ElitePad 900, we can at least say that it’s …

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• 29 September

  Ask Maggie is back! Which iPhone 5 is right for you?

  

  The iPhone 5 is finally here, but figuring out which carrier version is right for you isn’t as easy it sounds. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I help one reader who plans on taking his iPhone abroad decide which device is best for him. And I offer my opinion on whether to dump AT&T for Verizon’s version of the …

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• 29 September

  Nook GlowLight e

  

  As Amazon gets set to ship out the Kindle Paperwhite, its new e-ink e-reader that features an integrated light, its chief rival appears to be getting a price cut. At least two major retailers — Target (shown above) and Wal-Mart — are now advertising the Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight for $119. That’s $20 less than the original $139 price, …

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• 28 September

  Comparing 4G coverage

  

  Now playing: Watch this: LTE expanding across carriers — and world 2:56 Editors’ note: This chart was originally published December 2, 2010. It has been updated with new information. With the iPhone 5 and all top Android phones utilizing 4G LTE, network speed and robustness have become major selling points for carriers competing to win over customers. Long Term Evolution, …

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