One of the busiest weeks in consumer technology in Australia is under way with manufacturers announcing several new offerings for the local market. It starts with today's launch of the WB250F, the first of six in Samsung's new range of ...
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The Android operating system has been cleared of patent infringement in a case brought by Nokia against Android smartphone maker HTC. Nokia on Friday lost two patent suits it brought against HTC in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany, ...
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Samsung’s imminent Galaxy S4 smartphone will launch in six different models. Samsung has announced that it will unveil the Galaxy S4 smartphone in less than two weeks on 14 March in New York. Now we’ve heard that the flagship ...
The battle for music supremacy in the car has intensified with Amazon announcing a cloud player for Ford in the US. "Ford owners can now wirelessly connect the Amazon MP3 app on their Android smartphone to the SYNC connectivity system to ...
Forget fumbling with cash and credit cards; smartphones have long been seen as a way to make in store purchases faster and easier. But several challenges need to be overcome before the technology takes off. The field of mobile payments ...
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AT&T reported a slight increase in revenue and a smaller net loss for the fourth quarter, helped along largely by smartphone and broadband sales The telecom giant on Thursday reported $32.6 billion in revenue for the three months ended ...
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NEC Casio's forthcoming Medias W Android smartphone has two 4.3-inch touch screens arranged back-to-back on a hinge. The screen on the rear of the handset folds out to lay next to the main one, forming a larger 5.6-inch touch screen, ...
Taiwan's Asustek is in talks with Microsoft about using the company's Windows Phone 8 OS in a smartphone, according to a report. The company, perhaps best known as a manufacturer of laptop and tablet computers, is looking to expand its ...
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Research in Motion announced Wednesday that credit card company Visa has approved RIM's Visa for use in mobile payments made with smartphones or tablets that use a Near Field Communication chip. The system, called Secure Element Manager ...
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Sales of Samsung's two Galaxy S smartphones have topped 100 million since the first version sold in May 2010, Samsung reported via Flickr on Monday. The site indicates that 30 million Galaxy S III devices were sold in five months, and ...
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PowerA today announced that the MOGA Mobile Gaming System for Android 2.3+ is now available in 1,150 AT&T corporate owned retail stores and online at ATT.com/wireless. Gamers, picking up a new Android smartphone, can now purchase a MOGA at ...
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Answering customers’ demands for more high-end Androids and 4G access, Virgin Mobile USA steps in with its familiar “Higher Calling” promise to deliver the ultra-thin and award-winning Samsung Galaxy S II 4G from Samsung ...
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9x9.tv today announced the availability of its YouTube video discovery app for AndroidTM devices on Google PlayTM. 9x9.tv provides viewers with curated video channels in a format that makes it easy for users to flip, find, and play ...
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Zombie-like in its persistence,talk of a cheaper iPhone again shuffled into view this week,with sources as varied as the spotty DigiTimes to the more mainstream Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg claiming Apple will enter the low-price fray ...
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Watch movies in the shower, capture HDR video, or just use it to make phone calls. Sony says it has something for everyone in its new Xperia Z smartphone, the company's flagship handset for 2013. The phone, which was unveiled on Monday at ...
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