Sarah Tew/CNET Apple didn’t do much to the iPhone’s camera from the 4S to the 5. Then again, it didn’t really have to. The iPhone 4S has one of the best cameras on a smartphone, and with some improved processing and other enhancements, the iPhone 5 does now, too. But it’s not the only mobile …
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24 September
Apple iPhone 5 ads focus on product, are smug
Apple has posted some new adverts for the iPhone 5. The good news? They’re nowhere near as cringeworthy as the “Genius” ads it tried a couple of months ago. The bad? They are still quite annoying. “Your thumb,” starts the first advert. “It goes from here to here. This bigger screen. It goes from here to here. Now, that’s either …
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24 September
Kindle Paperwhite so popular, new orders will be paper
Now playing: Watch this: Kindle Paperwhite features integrated light and extended… 1:49 If you waited until now to buy Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite, you’ll have to wait a bit longer to actually get it in hand. Amazon said any new orders placed today won’t be shipped until October 22 — three weeks after the original October 1 shipping date. “Due …
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24 September
RIM pushes BlackBerry 10 into the spotlight at BlackBerry Jam
Research In Motion and its next-generation BlackBerry 10 operating system will get another chance to prove their worth at the company’s annual developer conference, kicking off Tuesday in San Jose, Calif. In a move that will surely disappoint analysts, shareholders, and the RIM faithful, we don’t expect the company to show off any new devices at BlackBerry Jam Americas (known …
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24 September
Samsung’s Foxtel and footy promotion
Samsung is giving away three month Foxtel subscriptions with its new smart TVs. The UA75ES9000 is one of the participating models.(Credit: Samsung) As part of a new retail promotion, Samsung is providing a three month subscription to the Foxtel Get Started and Sports Packs for anyone purchasing a selected model of its smart TV range, just in time for the …
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23 September
Mobile phones cause 1/3 of car crash fatalities: Qld Police
New road fatalities statistics show that up to one third of car crashes in Queensland are caused by drivers using mobile phones. This is from an Indian Government campaign, flipping the focus away from drivers and onto those who care about them. We could be seeing similar ads in Australia shortly. (Credit: Advertolog) As reported by the Courier Mail, Queensland …
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21 September
Fund this: Keychain game controller for smartphones and tablets
How many smartphone or tablet games have you abandoned in disgust because your fat fingers couldn’t master the onscreen controls or blocked too much of the action? The solution, of course, is a game controller, one that connects wirelessly and is therefore compatible with most any mobile device. Just one problem: most of the controllers currently in development are on …
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21 September
Samsung wins one in Apple patent
Samsung today won an important ruling against Apple in Germany. The Mannheim Regional Court ruled today that Samsung does not violate a patent Apple holds related to touchscreen functionality in mobile devices. According to the Korea Times, which was first to report on the judgement, the patent in question relates to the way a touchscreen interprets finger inputs. Apple and …
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21 September
Verizon’s fall plans include several new Android phones
In what’s becoming a regular occurrence, Verizon’s year-end roadmap has apparently found its way online, according to Phone Arena, tipping the Big Red’s smartphone plans. It should come as no surprise that there’s a handful of Android on the horizon, including devices from no fewer than six hardware makers. Should the leaked details prove true, Verizon will soon have a …
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21 September
Here’s an iPhone 5 first Apple would be happier without
Some people in Japan found a way around the endless lines for the iPhone 5. They just broke in and took them early. Thieves took about 200 devices from three phone retailer stores in Osaka in the early hours before the launch, according to the Wall Street Journal. Seventy-five iPhone 5s were taken from a couple of KDDI “au” brand …
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