Verizon Galaxy Note II allegedly gets pictured

The Galaxy Note II has long been rumored to be in the works Stateside for both AT&T and Verizon, and some images of what looks to be a Verizon version have popped up. The images look legitimate save for the Verizon logo on the home button, which looks a bit like overkill if they indeed turn out to be the real deal. The back sports a less pretentious “Verizon...

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Steve Ballmer suggests Surface tablet will be priced similar to the iPad

Steve Ballmer hinted that Microsoft's yet-to-be-released Surface tablet would most likely fall within the same price range as Apple's iPad. Squashing our collective dreams of a $200 Surface tablet, Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer implied a price more comparable to the iPad than the Kindle Fire in a recent interview with Seattle Times. Ballmer said the “sweet...

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How to quit smoking using your smartphone

Need some help kicking the habit? Turn to your trusty smartphone for a smoke-free life. I started smoking in my early teens. I live in Scotland and when I was young, you could smoke legally from the age of sixteen. Actually that’s not accurate — in Scotland you could smoke at any age because it was only illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age limit....

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Google warns against non-compatible, forked versions of Android

Acer stuck in the middle of the Google Alibaba squabble Google has moved to clarify its position on Android incompatibility, after it was claimed that the mobile giant 'strong-armed' Acer out of launching a device with the Ayliun OS. Acer had planned to launch the S800 CloudMobile in China on the OS developed by the Chinese search giant Alibaba, which Google...

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Samsung mocks iPhone 5 in new Galaxy S3 advert

Is Samsung right to flaunt its superiority over the iPhone 5? Samsung's long-running attempts to ridicule the iPhone and its fans have continued with a new print advert for the Galaxy S3 smartphone. The ad, which began running in newspapers on Sunday, claims that 'it doesn't take a genius' to choose between its flagship handset and the brand new iPhone 5,...

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