Phil Schiller dismisses rumors of Apple making a cheap iPhone

We have been hearing rumors of Apple working on a cheaper iPhone, something that is backed by both The Wall Street Journal as well as Bloomberg. But it seems that may not be the case after all. In an interview with China's Shanghai Evening News, Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Apple - Phil Schiller - said that “Despite the popularity of...

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Meet the poor (like, broke) man’s Google Glass: the Vuzix M100

When Google first premiered Project Glass last year, it inarguably struck a chord. The augmented reality device is but-yet a prototype, only making it into the hands of developers and a handful of elite “beta testers” (looking at you, Diane Von Furstenburg and co.). Despite the impossible-to-kill hype around this project, Google has more or less been the only pioneer...

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Kogan releases super-cheap dual-SIM Android phone

Hope it fares better than the last Agora smartphone The Kogan Agora smartphone has something of a chequered past, but the Australian technology company seems to have put that behind them, this week announcing a dual-SIM Agora handset running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The phone, which boasts a 5-inch 480 x 800 pixel screen, dual core 1GHz Cortex A9...

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Nokia had a good year afterall, hints at something 'very cool'

One of Nokia's 2012 MVPs (Most Valuable Phones) Nokia had an unexpectedly good quarter at the end of 2012, seemingly surprising itself most of all. Though the company initially had a pessimistic outlook going into the end of the year, the Lumia and Asha smartphone lines outsold expectations. Nokia's mobile broadband service, Nokia Siemens Networks, also...

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Nokia had better than expected year end, hints at something 'very cool' for PureView

One of Nokia's 2012 MVPs (Most Valuable Phones) Nokia had an unexpectedly good quarter at the end of 2012, seemingly surprising itself most of all. Though the company initially had a pessimistic outlook going into the end of the year, the Lumia and Asha smartphone lines outsold expectations. Nokia's mobile broadband service, Nokia Siemens Networks, also...

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Hands on: HP’s ElitePad 900 tablet easily outshines the TouchPad, except on price!

← Previous Next → We go hands on with HP’s ElitePad 900, the first tablet its produced since the HP TouchPad’s short shelf life more than a year ago. HP knows it needs to get back into the tablet world, but after the HP TouchPad disaster (a tablet...

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Qi Wireless will once and for all put an end to power cords

The concept may seem simple, but Qi Wireless may be the biggest wave of technology headed to the mobile world. Setting the standard for wireless charging, we could only hope future gadgets will never require power cords ever again. The fact that we still need to carry USB cords on the go whenever we need to charge electronics is appalling. It’s 2013,...

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Hands on: Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD review

Hands on: Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD review What's the smartphone world missing? Yep that's right, more handsets which come with a stylus – luckily the Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD is here to save the day. Ok so maybe that's not what it's missing, but Alcatel has launched this 5-inch smartphone anyway as it looks to take on the S-Pen wielding Samsung Galaxy Note...

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Samsung unveils the Galaxy S2 Plus – are you confused yet?

Samsung has announced a new smartphone, the Galaxy S2 Plus. Prepare for confusion. Samsung may have left us disappointed after a pretty mellow keynote, but it looks like this isn’t stopping them from throwing out a few more announcements this week. While rumors abound over a Galaxy S4, Samsung decided to relaunch an old favorite: the Galaxy S2 Plus. ...

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Hands on: Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra review

Hands on: Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra review The Alcatel One Touch Ultra is the latest device to claim the title of "world's thinnest smartphone" thanks to its incredibly slender 6.45mm frame. Arriving as the slightly punchier sibling to the One Touch Idol the Idol Ultra features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and an HD 4.7-inch AMOLED display which sports...

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Nokia’s gamble on Windows Phone finally pays off as mobile sales ‘exceed expectations’

Nokia’s fourth-quarter earnings show a return to the black for the struggling company, thanks in large part to the success of its Windows Phone 8 devices. After announcing a “broad strategic partnership” with Microsoft that saw Nokia producing Windows Phone devices exclusively, the Finnish company is finally seeing it bear fruit. On Thursday, Nokia announced...

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Holster-wearers rejoice! Blackberry 10 is actually pretty awesome

← Previous Next → We go hands on with a near-final build of BlackBerry 10 at CES 2013, and what we see is quite amazing. In June 2011, I spent some time with an early version of BlackBerry 10 and commented that things “can only...

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