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Latest iPad 3 Rumours – Retina Display, Quad-Core, March 7th Launch

William Judd — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:10:13 +0000

The iPad 3 has been the subject of constant speculation, almost since the iPad 2 was launched around this time last year. Now, the iPad 3 is expected to be launched very soon and the shouted rumours are reaching fever pitch. Let’s have a look at what we think we know about the most highly [...]

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Galaxy S III may have been revealed on Samsung Mobile site

William Judd — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:59:11 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy SIII may have been inadvertently revealed by Samsung’s mobile site, with a listing for the GT-i9300 appearing with a 1024 x 600 display. The listing was first noticed earlier today and is still accessible now via this link. That’s a fair bit smaller than we’ve been expecting from the flagship Samsung phone, [...]

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LG Prada 3.0 Ships In The UK

William Judd — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:32 +0000

The latest collaboration between LG and Prada has shipped in the UK. The handset, which is called in full ‘The Prada Phone by LG 3.0‘, has undeniably good looks and a reasonably powerful set of internals. It isn’t even that expensive for a fashion phone, coming in at just over £400 unlocked. Inside, you’ll find [...]

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Google Releases Chrome For Android, In Beta Of Course

William Judd — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:27:55 +0000

After three long years of waiting, Google have finally released their flagship Chrome browser for Android. The Chrome team evidently wanted to ensure the full Chrome experience made it down to the mobile version, instead of it just being ‘Chrome Lite’, because three years is a long development cycle for any browser. Now that it’s [...]

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HTC Ville Video Leaks Ahead of MWC

William Judd — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:08:12 +0000

A rather interesting video has appeared on HTC Hub that appears to show one of HTC’s unreleased phones, the HTC Ville, in the wild and being put through its paces. The phone looks a bit like the successful HTC Sensation, but much thinner (less than 8 mm) and with a very cool metal body in [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S III: New Specs + Photo Leak?

William Judd — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:21:14 +0000

I got an interesting email in my inbox yesterday, claiming to be a leak of specifications and a press photo for the Samsung Galaxy S III. The hotly anticipated phone has been subject to constant speculation and rumour; would this leak prove to be reliable, or even interesting enough to post? It definitely satisfied the [...]

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Nokia 900 Series Smartphones Hit Europe Q2?

William Judd — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:32:45 +0000

There have been some recent rumblings that Nokia’s lastest smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 900, may be making its way to European shores in the second quarter of this year. The first indication came via Carphone Warehouse, a UK high-street retailer that specialises in mobiles. They added the Lumia 900 to their ‘Coming Soon’ page of [...]

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Two New Sony Android Handsets Leak

William Judd — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:28:25 +0000

Don’t you just love leaks? Today we’ve got the latest information on Sony’s upcoming product lineup, with the addition of two new handsets to its 2012 offerings. Sony Xperia Nypon The Xperia Nypon is a fairly large phone with a 4” qHD Reality Display (running at 960 x 540). It also comes with a 8 [...]

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Samsung Leaks Galaxy SIII? Not Likely – Here’s Why.

William Judd — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:04:48 +0000

Since it was first spotted yesterday, Samsung’s CES 2012 wrap-up video has attracting a lot of attention – even more attention than Samsung expected, I’d wager. It’s all down to the sighting of a mystery smartphone in part of Samsung’s presentation. The moment occurs at 7 minutes, 11 seconds, in the video below. Go have [...]

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iPhone 4S to be released in Singapore without cameras

Sunny — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:19:05 +0000

This surely comes as a shock to most readers, and I'm sure Singapore-based iPhone lovers are going to just hate this. But this is the rumor on the blogosphere today. The iPhone 4S will be made available in Singapore in the very near future, but with a very big compromise. According to reports, the latest and the greatest yet iPhone, the iPhone 4S, will be stripped down of both the rear and the front-facing cameras and then released in Singapore.

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