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October, 2011
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21 October
Samsung overtakes Apple as top smartphone seller
This bodes well for the Galaxy Nexus: Samsung now sells more smart phones than any other company in the world, reports The Wall Street Journal. That’s right, it’s bigger than both Apple and Nokia. Apple overtook Nokia in the summer, and holding off Samsung until now, but Samsung then sold more than 20 million smart phones in the three months …
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21 October
Nokia Sabre Windows Phone looks sharp in leaked snap
A photo that purportedly shows one of Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone blowers has popped up online, as well as a few tentative specs for the make-or-break mobile. That phone in the blurry photo on the right is the Sabre, according to Pocketnow. Running Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, the site’s sources reckon it’s packing a powerful 1.4GHz processor with a …
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21 October
Weak third
For once, Apple’s iPhone wasn’t a major catalyst for customer growth at AT&T or Verizon Wireless. This week, both carriers reported mildly disappointing wireless subscriber growth in the third quarter. Both also blamed the lack of a new iPhone (the iPhone 4S launched after the end of the reporting period) for the weakness. That AT&T’s and Verizon’s wireless fates were …
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21 October
Pogoplug Mobile adds backup, storage, streaming to Android, iOS devices
Cloud Engines’ new Pogoplug Mobile is a small box that plugs into your home router and streams your media libraries to your Android or iOS device. That may sound familiar to anyone already familiar with the Pogoplug line of products, but the Mobile adds one key feature to the mix: it automatically backs up photos and videos captured with your …
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21 October
Facebook Messenger now on BlackBerry in new blow to BBM
Another BlackBerry blow: Facebook Messenger has arrived on BlackBerry, posing a serious challenge to the popular but recently troubled BlackBerry Messenger. Facebook Messenger lets you send messages to friends and family on Facebook, regardless of what kind of phone or computer they’re using. The only cost is the cost of connecting to the Internet, so if you’re on Wi-Fi or …
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21 October
Verizon’s iPhone 4S vs. Android? (Ask Maggie)
It was only a few years ago when Verizon Wireless customers complained they didn’t have enough choices when it came to cool new phones. Now it looks Verizon is the place to be for the latest and greatest in smartphones. But what’s an average smartphone consumer to do? It seems like every week, Verizon is adding a new “flagship” device …
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21 October
Samsung Galaxy Note priced and dated… again
Right. Okay. What happened was, Samsung announced the Galaxy Note was arriving on 17 November in the UK — but now, an online retailer has announced it’ll actually be on sale a couple of weeks before that. Online retailer Clove claims the Galaxy Note is actually due on 1 November, it announced via its Twitter feed yesterday. Not only that, …
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21 October
Steve Jobs declared ‘thermonuclear war’ on ‘stolen’ Android
Apple supremo Steve Jobs was willing to commit billions of dollars to destroying Android, vowing “thermonuclear war” against the iPhone rival. A new biography of the Apple founder, who died this month, reveals his feelings about Google and Bill Gates, who he felt stole his company’s ideas. Jobs died on 5 October, aged 56. He and many friends, colleagues and …
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21 October
Android Movies opens to the UK
Good news for Android users: Google has opened Android Movies in the UK, so you can rent films as easily as downloading an app. About a thousand movies are now up for download over 3G or Wi-Fi, reports The Inquirer. Prices start at £2.49, with newer films like Senna and Green Lantern costing £3.49. To get your fill of the …
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