MetroPCS is getting another chance to offer its customers an Android phone. The Huawei Ascend runs on Android 2.1 and costs an affordable $179 without a contract. It goes on sale today. The Ascend sports a 3.5-inch HVGA display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 16GB card slot, and supports 3G and Wi-Fi. It also has the …
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December, 2010
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13 December
Topfield cuts prices on PVR range
Topfield has announced a price reduction of up to 40 per cent on its personal video recorders (PVRs) in the lead up to Christmas, with the largest saving available on the company’s two Masterpiece models. The Topfield TRF-2460 receives a 40 per cent price drop (Credit: Topfield) The price cut affects the TRF-2460 Masterpiece HD Plus, which is reduced from …
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12 December
Poll: how much do you spend on your mobile?
The cost of having a mobile phone has become an accepted cost of modern life. Like paying for water and electricity, most Australians find money in their budgets each month to pay for their mobile phone service. But are we paying too much, especially those of us on long-term contracts? For as many times as we’ve heard about people being …
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12 December
New Android Market incoming
Google is on the verge of releasing a fresh face for its Android applications market, with screenshots showing that the market is ready for next year’s Honeycomb tablets as well. The new Android Market as intended for tablets. (Credit: Android Police) The new-look Android Market sports a few key improvements to help find what you need and to cut down …
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11 December
Is Wi
Wi-Fi may not be a tree killer after all. Or it might be. In any case, recent headlines about a connection between Wi-Fi signals and an increase in tree sickness were apparently not the place to look for an answer. According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, Dutch researchers have called into question data that prompted the widespread …
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10 December
Best free Android games
Things have come on apace since we last looked at free gaming on Android phones. For a start, a certain avian-based game has come along and surprised everyone by costing absolutely nothing, which is not only a complete bargain, but also provides another legitimate reason to laugh at iPhone users. But, while the bar for free titles has definitely been …
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10 December
Angry Birds tops iPhone and iPad apps of 2010 in iTunes Rewind charts
Apple has revealed that Angry Birds was one of the top-grossing apps of the year in the iTunes Store. The annual iTunes Rewind charts look back at who’s been buying what, as Doctor Who and The Inbetweeners rub shoulders with Mad Men, Eminem and Lady Gaga. The festive Angry Birds Christmas edition means a turkey won’t be the only bird livening …
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10 December
Patent hints at Apple voice control improvements
USPTO, via AppleInsider In patent documents released this week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple reveals plans to improve voice control on its iOS devices using contextually defined commands selected by users. USPTO, via AppleInsider Apple purchased the iOS “personal assistant” app maker Siri earlier this year, suggesting it had plans to beef up the voice control functionality …
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10 December
HTC: 60 million handsets anticipated in 2011?
Taiwan-based news outlet DigiTimes cited “industry sources” Friday in a report that claims cell phone manufacturer HTC will ship 60 million handsets in 2011, triple 2010’s number. It’s unclear as to whether this refers solely to smartphones or whether this also involves yet-to-be-released tablet devices. As one of the biggest hardware manufacturers producing Android phones (from the successful Droid line …
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10 December
iPhone apps for a very zombie Christmas
‘Tis the season to put the smackdown on everybody’s favorite brain-munching undead horde: zombies. Of course, now that AMC’s incredible “The Walking Dead” has ended its first season, you’ll need something to tide you over until the flesh-eaters rise again. Look no further than these three new iOS games: Dead Rising Mobile looks like a PlayStation 1 reject, but it …
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