Samsung seems determined to have every single screen size covered by its all-encompassing Galaxy range — its latest creation is the Galaxy Pocket, a tiny 2.8-inch mobile running Android version 2.3 Gingerbread. For your money you’ll get a 2-megapixel camera sitting on the rear, while the Pocket is powered by an 832MHz processor. There’s a measly …
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March, 2012
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6 March
Mass Effect: Infiltrator, hands
Hungry for Mass Effect? Buy the console game. As far the simultaneously-released iOS game for iPhone and iPad goes, I’d recommend downloading Dead Space instead. So, maybe it’s a tiny bit unfair to compare a $60 console game to a $6.99 iOS game, but when the name “Mass Effect” is slapped on a download, there is some expectation of a …
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6 March
iPad 3 improved camera is most wished
iPad 3 fans want an improved camera, better battery life and 4G. New figures suggest that potential buyers of the next Apple tablet — which is announced tomorrow — want an improvement on the basics. It seems potential buyers aren’t worried about looking like a bit of a plank by holding up a camera the size of a Beano annual. …
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6 March
Verizon rivals to FCC: Halt review of cable spectrum deal
T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel have asked the Federal Communications Commission to suspend its review of Verizon Wireless’s purchase of wireless spectrum from cable operators. The wireless operators want Verizon to disclose more information about the marketing deals it struck with cable operators as part of its $3.6 billion deal with these companies hashed out late last year. The companies …
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6 March
ACCC set to approve Foxtel, Austar merger: report
According to a report in The Australian (subscription required), the acquisition of Austar by Foxtel is set to be approved today by the competition commission, the ACCC. This is one of the last major hurdles to the long courtship between the two pay TV operators. After the ACCC’s initial go ahead has been given, the details of the merger will …
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6 March
Toshiba ZL2 glasses
Toshiba’s ZL2 glasses-free 3D is going on sale on Monday — yours for the wallet-combusting cost of £7,000. That’s right folks, from 12 March you’ll be able to walk into the John Lewis on London’s Oxford Street and throw down seven grand to acquire this hoity-toity telly. It’ll be available from Harrods from the 16th. The telly itself measures a …
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6 March
Samsung Smart Touch Remote and keyboard (hands
Samsung has unveiled its new flagship control peripherals–the Smart Touch Remote and optional Smart Wireless Keyboard–at an event in New York today. The new remote will ship with the company’s Smart Interaction televisions, the ES7500 and ES8000 LED and E8000 plasma. The keyboard is an optional accessory ($99). Now playing: Watch this: Talk to the TV remote 2:25 Last year, …
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6 March
Samsung’s home theater line gets pricing, available now
Samsung showed most of its home theater line at CES 2012, but the company finally got official with pricing at a media event in New York this morning. While the products weren’t new, they’re now officially available, with pricing (estimated selling price) breaking down as follows: Samsung 2012 home theater products (photos) +5 more See all photos Blu-ray players Samsung …
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6 March
Samsung 2012 TVs get pricing and release dates (hands
Updated March 7 with more information and new videos. Just two months ago at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung–along with all of its competitors–talked up its new line of of 2012 TVs. As is always the case at CES, the new product info was long on hype and short on details. That changed today, when Samsung began …
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5 March
Orange Tahiti budget Android is a totally tropical tablet
Now playing: Watch this: Orange Tahiti hands-on 1:28 Orange is the first British phone network to offer its own tablet. The Orange Tahiti is a budget Android Honeycomb tablet that comes with an Orange contract, for free with an Orange San Francisco 2 phone and two-year contract. It’s a 7-inch tablet, putting it in competition with the Samsung Galaxy Tab …
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