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Down with upgrade fees

In the cell phone world, upgrade fees are the root of all evil. Well, maybe not all evil, but they’re responsible for a big portion of it. Apparently, though, carriers don’t agree. Consider that on Friday, AT&T confirmed that it was doubling its upgrade fee from $18 to $36. So now, any AT&T customer who decides to upgrade to a …

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Google testing ‘next

Google is feeling lucky: the search giant has built a “next generation personal communication device”. What could it be? A new phone? A new tablet? Or something else entirely? Exactly what this Google gadget is remains shrouded in mystery, but prototypes exist and are set to be tested in the US. It’s Google’s first foray into hardware, having previously specialised …

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