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March, 2011

  • 29 March

    Rumor: Google to launch Nexus tablet this year?

    Google and LG are reportedly working on a Nexus tablet that could reach consumers later this year. According to information picked up by Russian blog site Mobile-Review (Google English Translation), Google is looking to create an Android Nexus tablet following in the footsetps of its Nexus One and Nexus S smartphones. Though LG is said …

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  • 29 March

    Nokia T7 leaked, hopefully neither a tablet, nor a Terminator

    Fire up the rumour mill: it’s time to make speculation bread! A new Nokia device has been leaked in Ovi Publisher Tools — a piece of software for app developers on Nokia’s Ovi Store. The new device is called the T7-00, or more likely the T7 at launch. From the leak, spotted by unwiredview.com, it’s possible to glean that the …

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  • 29 March

    Cellular South to offer HTC Merge in April with Amazon app store preinstalled

    Cellular South announced today that it will be among the first carriers in the United States to offer the HTC Merge. Officially introduced back in late February, the Merge is HTC’s first dual-mode CDMA/GSM handset to run Android. Even without a full review, there’s a lot to like about the Merge. It features HTC’s Sense UI with Android 2.2, a …

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  • 29 March

    London Underground to install Wi

    Wi-Fi is going underground as half of the London Tube network gets a wireless Internet connection in time for the Olympics. You’ll be able to use your smart phone, tablet or laptop on London Underground stations by June 2012, although trains will stay offline for now. The service will kick off with London Underground opening the existing Wi-Fi for staff …

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  • 29 March

    LG Optimus Big leaked image reveals whopping 4.3

    An image of the LG Optimus Big has leaked, along with some specs. As befits its charmingly blunt name, this smart phone is a whopper, sporting a 4.3-inch touchscreen. That’s it above, making the 3.5-inch display on the old iPhone 3GS feel all inadequate.  The Optimus Big Boy will also have a 1GHz single-core processor, Korean site XportsNews reports, rather than …

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  • 29 March

    Freeview: how digital TV works

    Digital television has been broadcasting in Australia for 10 years, but until now no-one has needed to swap over despite the service offering better quality audio and vision. Now that the digital switch-over is in effect people will need to get themselves new equipment or risk losing free-to-air altogether. While it was re-branded as “Freeview” in 2009, most people still …

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  • 28 March

    The 411: Family plans and headphones while driving

    Should you switch to the Verizon iPhone to save money? Maybe not. Josh Miller/CNET Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers …

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  • 28 March

    Sprint to fight AT&T’s bid for T

    When AT&T announced its plans to acquire T-Mobile for $39 billion last week, Sprint was quick to criticize the deal, saying that it would dramatically alter the structure of the communications industry and affect innovation–a sentiment that was echoed by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse during CTIA 2011. In case its position wasn’t clear, the carrier issued an official statement today …

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  • 28 March

    Max and the Magic Marker (hands

    Remember the children’s classic “Harold and the Purple Crayon”? Imagine, if you will, that Harold had an older brother: Max, an equally artistic scamp with a Conan O’Brien haircut–and a magic marker. So the stage is set for Max and the Magic Marker ($1.99 for iPhone/iPod, $4.99 for iPad), an inventive, entertaining iOS port of the eponymous PC/Wii game. MMM …

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  • 27 March

    Qik video calls, video mail for iPhone

    Smartphone video sharing app, Qik, today updated its iOS offering to include a range of new communication tools such as video calls to other Qik users and the ability to leave video mail for contacts who are offline. Qik Connect Plus now includes video calling and live streaming to Facebook. (Screenshot by CBSi) Qik Connect Plus builds on the standard …

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