August, 2012

• 6 August

  HTC working on phablet of its own, rumors suggest

  

  HTC is ready to take on the Samsung Galaxy Note with a phone/tablet hybrid device of its own, according to recent reports. A DigiTimes source advises that the HTC device features a 5-inch display with a 1,794×1,080-pixel resolution and is slated to arrive in September or October. That means the full resolution of the device …

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• 6 August

  Samsung invite hints at Galaxy Note 10.1 coming 15 August

  

  Samsung has sent out invites to our American cousins for an event on 15 August — that’s a week on Wednesday. And what’s this scrawled on the invite? Looks like a tablet to me. It couldn’t be the Galaxy Note 10.1 could it? I think it could very well be. The event takes place in New York. There’s no word …

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• 6 August

  Samsung launches Galaxy Note 10.1; 4G LTE version later this year

  

  After a long wait, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 is finally launching. The device, which was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year, comes with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The most notable advancement over its predecessor, however, is the device’s screen, which measures 10.1 inches. The original Samsung Galaxy Note comes …

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• 6 August

  Congressman introduces new bill for cell

  

  Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a democrat from Ohio, introduced a federal bill today that would put warning labels on cell phones and create a national research program to study cell phone radiation levels. H.R. 6358, named the Cell Phone Right to Know Act, would also require the Environmental Protection Agency to update the standards for specific absorption rate, or SAR, the …

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• 6 August

  New iPhone nano

  

  nowhereelse.fr Translated by Google, tech lifestyle Web site nowhereelse.fr (via 9to5Mac) has posted photos of what appears to be the soon to be released iPhone’s nano-SIM card tray. The photos come from China where many of the iPhone’s parts are manufactured and assembled. As you can see in the photos, the nano-SIM tray knocks a little off the micro SIM …

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• 6 August

  AT&T: Get your shared data plans August 23

  

  A few weeks ago, AT&T announced its intentions to follow Verizon with a new model of selling customers a pool of mobile data they can access across multiple devices. Today, AT&T stamps a date on the launch. Related stories AT&T unveils shared data plans AT&T vs Verizon: Which has the better shared data plan Verizon’s Share Everything plan a raw …

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• 6 August

  iOS could get Bluetooth file sharing

  

  The killing of the YouTube app isn’t the only reported change in the latest beta version of iOS 6. According to 9to5Mac, Apple also has altered the privacy settings by adding support for Bluetooth sharing. The blog doesn’t elaborate on what you’d be able to do with the feature, but the included screenshot indicates that it will be used for …

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• 6 August

  Train your Android phone to act automatically with Tasker

  

  Every day, we repeat the same routine tasks: turning on Wi-Fi at work, decreasing the brightness in the evening, enabling silent mode at night, and so on. By now, you probably perform these actions subconsciously, but what if you could “train” your phone to automatically complete these tasks, so you don’t have to? Tasker, a $6.49 app for Android, lets …

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• 6 August

  Samsung claims 2005 fashion phone influenced Apple’s design

  

  The latest in the ongoing patent court case: Samsung has claimed a 2005 fashion phone influenced Apple’s design, The Verge reports. Samsung has brought out an email from Steve Jobs to design supremo Jony Ive, including a link to the handset, and the phrase, “This may be our answer”. The Samsung SGH-E910 was made in 2005 in conjunction with Bang & …

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• 6 August

  Nokia Lumia 900 gets its own pink nail polish

  

  Nokia has unveiled its latest plan to nail the smart phone market: nail varnish. Hot pink nail polish, to be precise, that matches the new pink Nokia Lumia 900. If you’re currently staring at your half-chewed nails and thinking OMG, some Lumia lustre is just what I need, then head to Dallas, Denver or Los Angeles, where Nicki Minaj’s nail stylist …

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