Apple granted a multiplayer gaming patent with chat capabilities

Getting away from "i" Gaming (credit: Patently Apple) Apple has been loading up on video game-related patents recently, but so far all of its controller copyrights have made the ideas seem like single-player affairs. This week, however, it was revealed that the Cupertino company was granted a multiplayer gaming patent along with 42 other successful patents...

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Nokia will make a major announcement in Delhi on May 9

Nokia will hold a major announcement in New Delhi on May 9. The Finnish manufacturer sent out invitations calling for a "time to shift gears". Curiously, Nokia's Indian announcement precedes the company’s scheduled Lumia event in London by five days. The latter will likely be the place where the company's next Windows Phone flagship will break cover. There's...

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TCL S606 low-cost WP handset goes on sale in China

A low-cost TCL S606 Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone went quietly on sale in China. The handset is a product of the joint venture between TCL and Alcatel. The TCL S606 packs a modest spec sheet to go with its clean design. It features a single-core 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM. There's 4GB of non-expandable storage on board. A 4" WVGA display, 5MP main camera, and a VGA...

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Samsung doubles down with world's first 4GB LPDDR3 mobile DRAM

Transfer 17GBs per second Samsung is further narrowing the gap between mobile devices and PCs thanks to today's announcement that it will begin producing the world's first 4GB LPDDR3 mobile DRAM. The memory, comparable to that of a desktop computer, not only trumps the company's 2GB LPDDR3 mobile RAM unveiled seven months ago, but reduces the size from 30nm...

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Alleged details on the camera sensor of Sony Honami emerge

Hot on the heels of the leak from a couple of days back, more alleged details on the upcoming Sony Honami flagship emerged. This time around, the rumor mill brings information on the camera tech of the upcoming Sony smartphone flagship. Sony Honami will reportedly pack a Sony 1/1.6" Exmor RS stacked sensor and Cybershot G glass lens. A 1/1.6" sized camera sensor will...

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Facebook makes guinea pigs out of Windows Phone users with new app

Help Facebook make Facebook better Facebook has today made a new version of its app for Windows Phone available, which will give users the opportunity to test new features before they hit the main app. The social network and Microsoft are inviting users to join its Beta program for the new application, which brings several of the features most requested...

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Mother's Day: 7 tech gifts for mom

Find the perfect techy Mother's Day gift for any mom Mother's Day is the the time to show your mom how grateful you are that she's put up with all your crap for so long, but it's not easy to find a good Mother's Day gift. Everyone's mom is different, and while some might be satisfied with a card and brunch, others will want more. After all, she carried...

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Apple rumored to deepen auto integration with iOS 7

Siri Eyes-Free integration could be just the beginning (credit: YouTube) Now that automobiles are finally rolling off the assembly line with Siri's "Eyes-Free" technology introduced with iOS 6, Apple may be eyeing even deeper integration for the next version of its mobile software. 9to5Mac reported Tuesday that Apple is working on new ways to integrate...

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iPhone patent may save your life, prevent drunk phone calls

Message at massage only, guys Apple has won a new patent for a phone which can intelligently detect the best means of contacting someone. Confused? Let us explain. The iPhone would use features such as the GPS and accelerometer to work out where you are and what you're doing, and then react accordingly when someone tries to contact you. For example, you're...

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Can Firefox OS be the new Android?

Can Mozilla rival the might of iOS and Android with its love of HTML5? "It cannot be right that two companies lock down and control their experience … it's the equivalent of two companies controlling every service you use on the internet." So says Dan Appelquist, Open Web Advocate at Telefónica Digital, which intends to pull the rug from under Apple and Android...

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WhatsApp to get vocal with push-to-talk?

That phone icon might have just become a tad more relevant Now that WhatsApp has gone some way to give traditional SMS messaging a good kicking, it might now be setting its sights on a BBM-Voice-rivaling voice chat function. The guys over at 9to5Mac have posted a leaked email said to be sent from WhatsApp to a Hong Kong developer, requesting that the developer...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 on Sprint gets its first OTA update

Samsung's latest flagship smartphone is now available across the globe and the smartphone is now up for grabs in the US after the initial delay. The good news for all the Galaxy S4 consumers on Sprint is that the device is now getting its first OTA update today. The over-the-air update is about 24 MB in size and brings the software version to build L720VPUAMDL....

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Original iPhone becomes 'vintage' on June 11

Ah, how times have changed Look out for the Primrose Hill set rocking a 2G iPhone after June 11, as the first Apple handset is set to be classified 'vintage' as of that date. At least, that's the case in the US according to this leaked internal Apple document - in the rest of the world, the 2G phone simply becomes obsolete. What that means is that Apple...

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Apple and Samsung to do battle again this November as court sets date

Hi-ho, hi-ho it's back to court we go Apple and Samsung will be off to court once again come November 12 as the tussle over the level of damages the Korean firm is due to pay the Cupertino-based company continues. Last summer saw a long, drawn out legal battle between the two manufacturing giants, with Apple claiming a number of Samsung smartphones had infringed...

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Impossibly slender Huawei P6 could be world's thinnest smartphone

That's some diet (credit: Tenaa.com.cn) It's a title which changes hands every few months and the next handset in line to be crowned the "world's thinnest smartphone" could well be the Huawei P6-UO6. The Huawei P6 hasn't been officially announced yet but apparently it's already appeared at China's equivalent of the FCC, revealing specs and a couple of...

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Kantar: WP on the rise in th US, BB down, Android ahead of iOS

Android and iOS are slugging it out for the top spot in the US smartphone market, but the OS that showed the biggest year over year growth for the first quarter was Windows Phone, according to the latest report from Kantar. Microsoft’s mobile OS gained 1.9 percentage points for a market share of 5.6% at the end of March. This solidifies Windows Phone’s third place position,...

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US variants of Galaxy S4 ship with locked bootloaders

CyanogenMod developed Steve Kondik has confirmed in his post on Google+ that the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with a locked bootloader. As you may know, an unlocked or unlockable bootloader is imperative if you want to run a custom ROM on a device. Without that you are stuck with whatever software that comes pre-installed on your...

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4G promises mobile shopping boost

Ready to buy more on the phone More than a third of consumers reckon they are likely to buy more items by phone when they begin using 4G technology, according to a new survey. The eCustomerServiceIndex (eCSI) survey of 2,000 people, carried out in April by eDigitalResearch and IMRG, the online retail industry association, found that 39% of smartphone owners...

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A 16GB HTC One will hit the store shelves in its homeland this week

A word has arrived that HTC One with 16GB of built-in memory will make it to its home market this week. All three major wireless service providers in Taiwan will offer the smartphone with the new, lower storage capacity. The largest carrier in Taiwan, Chunghwa Telecom will begin selling the handset on May 1st. The remaining two carriers, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone...

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BlackBerry CEO expects to sell 'tens of millions' of the keyboard-toting Q10

Heins expects to sell "tens of millions" of Q10 handsets BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is not tempering his estimations when it comes to the keyboard-toting Q10 handset, telling Bloomberg he expects the new phone to sell "tens of millions" of units. If true, this would see the Q10 outselling the touchscreen-only BlackBerry Z10 multiple times over. In the...

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EE's 4G bandwagon rumbles on, hits 12 more towns today

One can now enjoy 4G at one's castle in Windsor Aylesbury, Berkhamsted, Billericay, Blackpool, Brentwood, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Lytham St Annes, Marlow, Pontefract, Thame and Windsor. Not just a killer road-trip itinerary, but also the 12 latest towns in the UK to get 4G courtesy of EE. Another 18 towns and cities to come by the end of June - check...

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HTC One's front-facing speakers coming to budget 608t handset?

Are front-facing speakers to be HTC's new calling card? Beyond its sleek aluminium chassis and its UltraPixel camera tech, perhaps the most lauded feature on the HTC One handset was its front-facing dual speakers. Now, it seems, the Taiwanese company is hell bent on spreading this obvious-yet-innovative design feature to more smartphones, following the leak...

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New Rumors and photo add to Galaxy Note 3 mystique

Is this the Galaxy Note 3 next to the Galaxy S4? (credit: news.mydrivers.com) The size of Samsung's rumored Galaxy Note 3 has been a subject of much debate, and those keeping score can add a new column to their charts: 5.99 inches. Previously the two most popular guesses for the Galaxy Note 3's screen size were 5.9 inches and 6.3 inches, but the latest...

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Sony Xperia SP hits Orange and T-Mobile on PAYG for just £249.99

The Xperia SP could be a great option for those on a budget The mid-range Sony Xperia SP has arrived on the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK with a pretty attractive pay-as-you-go price point. The somewhat scaled back version of flagship Sony Xperia Z is available for just £249.99 from the networks, both of whom have stock of the device. The affordable...

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BlackBerry Q10 review

BlackBerry Q10 review The BlackBerry Z10 arrived in a whirlwind of frenzied marketing at the beginning of the year, but that new phone smell is starting to wear off so here's the second new instalment from the company formerly known as RIM - the BlackBerry Q10. While the Z10 saw BlackBerry tread new water in the mobile market with its first fully touchscreen device,...

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