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September, 2011

  • 19 September

    Apple stock hits an all

    Apple’s stock has done quite well by new CEO Tim Cook. Josh Lowensohn/CNET Apple shares hit an all-time high today, underscoring the growing hype and anticipation over the company’s next major product. The stock reached a peak of $413.23 before retreating slightly to $411.63–still up nearly 3 percent from the previous day–at the close of …

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  • 19 September

    Samsung spoiler ‘proves’ its Illusion real

    Electronista There were whispers about the upcoming Samsung Illusion for Verizon, but a slip-up last week demonstrates that the phone is most definitely real, according to Electronista. Apparently, it was an ill-timed Flickr image that cut through Samsung and Verizon’s customary smoke and mirrors to reveal an image of an Android handset for Verizon, and confirmation that this is in …

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  • 19 September

    iPhone 5 delayed? iPhone 4S 10m+ on time

    iPhone 5 rumour update number 7,268. The latest entry to this already bulging tome says there are two new iPhones coming, which is nothing new in itself, but the big news is the iPhone 5 is delayed. That’s right, delayed. Which, if true, is going to be very annoying to those of us eager to get our mitts on one. …

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  • 19 September

    iPhone 5 to be targeted by Samsung

    Samsung is sharpening the knives for a carefully timed raid on the iPhone 5. Sources say the Korean company is saving a legal challenge until Apple announces its next-generation smart phone — potentially killing the entire launch of the iPhone 5. Samsung will aim for a total ban on the new iPhone, the Korea Times reports. The two companies are …

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  • 19 September

    BBM goes down, government not to blame

    If you were cursing your BlackBerry last night, take some solace from the fact you weren’t the only one. Research in Motion, owner of BlackBerry, suffered an outage to its instant messenger, email and browsing services, cutting off customers. But stay calm, it was nothing to do with riots. Customers took to Twitter to voice their complaints, as you would. The …

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  • 19 September

    Samsung taps ex

    Samsung Electronics has appointed a former Sprint Nextel executive to help its U.S. mobile arm plan and launch new phones. Samsung tapped Kevin Packingham as its new senior vice president of product innovation, the company said today. Packingham was most recently chief executive of Amerilink Telecom, a small private company created to usher Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei in as a …

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  • 19 September

    Google Nexus Prime by Samsung is ‘blazingly fast’

    The Google Nexus Prime is being shopped around by Samsung to show off the next generation of Android phones. According to an anonymous source, the forthcoming flagship Android smart phone is “blazingly fast” and its Ice Cream Sandwich software is a “major facelift”. Oh, and a Samsung Galaxy S3 is in the works too. The anonymous leaker posted to 4Chan …

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  • 19 September

    LG Optimus Q2 is a 4

    LG is smashing a bottle of champagne against the hull of another smart phone, welcoming the LG Optimus Q2 into its Android armada. Packing a 4-inch display, the Optimus Q2 wants to be a slim slider phone. That’s no mean feat — we’ve found mobiles with sliding Qwerty keyboards such as the HTC Desire Z are much bulkier than their …

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  • 19 September

    Motorola’s next Android tablet gets spied in video

    A new Motorola tablet, spotted in a video obtained by This Is My Next, appears to be both thinner and smaller than the company’s 10.1-inch Xoom. Looking more in line with tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 or HTC Flyer, this unannounced Motorola device looks to be half the thickness of its predecessor. Details are scarce at this …

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  • 19 September

    LG introduces QWERTY Optimus Q2 for Korea

    LG has introduced the latest member of its Optimus family today with the Optimus Q2. Expected to debut in the coming week, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone features midrange to high-end specifications that should bolster LG’s smartphone reputation. Details include a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera on the rear, and a front-facing VGA camera. Digging …

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