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Google’s latest Pixel update is rolling out to fix some of the worst bugs
Google’s October update for Pixel phones is live – bringing with it a whole bunch of big fixes. This update is for everything from Pixel 7 to Pixel 10, plus the Fold and Tablet. There are no new features this time, just a clutch of fixes that should make everyday use calmer. Display stability gets…
MWC 2008: LG Plans Unlimited Music, Touchscreen, 3G Mobiles
We’re starting to get to the chaff end of the MWC so we’re rather surprised this has surfaced so late… Following its deal with Vodafone in December, UK based all-you-can-eat mobile music company Omniphone has announced it has now signed an agreement with LG to launch dedicated ‘MusicStation Max’ handsets. No formal technical details were…
MWC 2008: AOL Makes Open Mobile Software Platform
Loosen that noose and carefully step down from that wobby chair, this isn’t quite as bad as it seems… Despite the formal announcement of the ‘AOL Open Mobile Platform’, this isn’t gun-in-the-mouth territory because what the hideous multinational has in fact come up with is more of an open SDK (Software Developers’ Kit) which provides…
MWC 2008: Google: 50x More Searches On iPhone
There are two news stories in one here, but we’ll deal with the headline grabber first… Stunning us all this week are quotes from Google’s Mobile Operations Head Vic Gundotra, who told the Financial Times this week at the Mobile World Congress that Apple’s iPhone has made 50x more searches using its service than any…
BlackBerry Z10 officially unveiled as first BB10 handset
Following today’s BlackBerry 10 release date, BlackBerry parent company RIM has officially unveiled the first BB10 OS handset, the BlackBerry Z10. Entering the realms of reality following a raft of recent leaks and rumours, the new BlackBerry Z10 has been formally outed as the flagship BlackBerry 10 handset, playing host to a 4.2-inch touchscreen display…
iPhone 5S release date teased as early July
A potential iPhone 5S or iPhone 6 release date has been leaked as June 20, with the claimed summer arrival coming just days after a potential WWDC 2013 unveiling. According to a leaked internal document from Japanese network KDDI, the service provider will reportedly start taking iPhone 5S pre-orders on June 20 ahead of an…
Android extends smartphone dominance, as iPhone share drops again
Google’s Android operating system has increased its dominance over the smartphone chasing pack, with handsets baring the software racking up nearly 80 per cent of all shipments around the world, in the three months leading up to the end of JuneNew sales data from research firm IDC showed Android accounting for an astonishing 79.3 percent…
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is region locked, sorry European SIMs only
Samsung has region locked its latest Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone, meaning only UK and certain European SIMs will work in the device. Those users who like to travel and simply pop a foreign PAYG SIM into their existing smartphone, won’t be able to do so with the Galaxy Note 3, as Samsung has made…
Apple ‘bet the company’ on iPhone says Phil Schiller
Apple’s global head of marketing Phil Schiller has suggested the tech giant “bet the company” on the iPhone when it launched its first handset back in 2007. Speaking in court as Apple seeks further damages from Samsung over claimed patent infringements and a copying of its intellectual properties, Schiller described the original iPhone as a…
BlackBerry Z50 and Q30 flagships tipped for Q2 2014 launch
The BlackBerry Z50 and the BlackBerry Q30 are tipped to be the two new flagship smartphones launching next year. BlackBerry might not be dead after all, as the Canadian company is reportedly preparing a duo of new flagships to launch from Q2 2014 onwards. The BlackBerry Q30 and BlackBerry Z50 will be the successors of…