Android Jelly Bean devices double in January

Jelly Bean is on twice as many Android devices now than it was two months ago. The Jelly Bean build of Google's Android platform is finally making its way to devices. According to Google's Android Developers Dashboard, versions 4.1 and 4.2 now account for 13% of Android-powered devices. This figure is up from 6.7% in December of last year, a doubling of...

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ZTE Blade 3 unveiled as mid-range smartphone on a budget

The rule of 3 - something about being cheap we think The ZTE Blade 3 has been officially announced by the Chinese firm and promises big value and a big screen experience. ZTE is best known as a budget smartphone manufacturer, and while it's trying to shift that reputation with flagship products such as the Grand S there's no question where the Blade 3 sits...

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Jailbroken iPad files hint at Apple's streaming music service

The 'radio buy' icon resembles the radio button from past iTunes versions (credit: 9to5Mac) Because there aren't enough streaming music services already, rumors about Apple's own contender have been flying for months. 9to5Mac reported late on Monday that it had discovered some files deep within the bowels of an iOS 6.1-running iPad that hint at the existence...

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Channel 4 releases 4oD app for Android, pair no longer 'Undateable'

4oD makes a belated appearance on Android Channel 4's 4oD catch-up app has finally been released for Android smartphones and tablets long after its launch on Apple's iOS platform. The free, on-demand service brings access to the last 30 days of programming from Channel 4, More 4 and E4, which includes The Undateables, Peep Show, Utopia and Embarrassing Fat...

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Jelly Bean coming to BlackBerry Android runtime sometime down the road

BlackBerry flavored Jelly Bean? What good is a tool like Android runtime if it's not even up to date? Thankfully, BlackBerry announced on Tuesday at the BlackBerry Jam Europe event in Amsterdam that the Android runtime environment will eventually be updated to Android 4.1: Jelly Bean. Android runtime allows developers to re-package Android apps for use...

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HTC readying new sound and camera experience in 2013

In a nice little infographic it created earlier today, HTC is promising to bring "a new sound and camera experience in 2013". All eyes are naturally turning to the upcoming M7 1080p flagship. This aligns nicely with yesterday's rumors of the M7 featuring a new type of stacked image sensor with what HTC calls ultrapixels. This means the senor will have three layers of...

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Nokia to bring out a Lumia device with 41-megapixel sensor

Nokia's 41-megapixel sensor, which was showcased for the first time at MWC 2012, bought a whole new dimension to the cameraphone game. After its recent success with the 808 PureView, Nokia will be bringing its class-leading 41-megapixel sensor to its Lumia lineup. New reports from The Guardian back up previous rumors that the 41-megapixel Lumia device will be dubbed...

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Samsung Galaxy Frame and Galaxy Young launched with UK in sight

Frame and Young? Sound more like accountants than hot smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy Frame and Samsung Galaxy Young have been announced in South Korea and the budget devices will be heading to the UK. It was initially thought that the Galaxy Frame would be unveiled at MWC 2013 in Barcelona, but Samsung clearly couldn't wait until then. Design wise, both...

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Best iPhone 5 case: 15 to choose from

Protect your iPhone 5 with one of these cases So you bought an iPhone 5. That's a valuable piece of tech in your back pocket, especially if you plumped for maximum capacity. Now imagine dropping it. Apple's new baby stands up to knocks fairly well, but even a scuff or a scratch on a half-grand device is going to grate. Isn't it time you put an iPhone case...

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Samssung Galaxy S II Plus now available in Finland for €378

The Samsung Galaxy S II is soon to be replaced by the recently announced Galaxy S II Plus model. The new mid-range smartphone is based on a different (and as we found out way more efficient) chipset and has a new finish, but offers similar performance and overall experience to its predecessor. The good news is that the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean smartphone is already...

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HTC M7 popping up all over the shop(s)

Here, there and everywhere We can't go a day, or even an hour, without some sort of HTC M7 related news at the moment, with the flagship smartphone now apparently showing up on retailer's databases. According to Pocket-Lint, it has been handed an image showing the inventory for UK retailer Carphone Warehouse where the HTC M7 is listed in both black and silver...

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BlackBerry OS 10 devs can get a special edition red Z10

BlackBerry knows how important a rich app store is and it has been hard at work courting developers to bring their apps to BlackBerry World. The latest treat it offers is a special, limited edition of the BlackBerry Z10 – with a cool red paint job. The BlackBerry Z10 units for regular users are either Black or White, but if you submit a BlackBerry 10 OS app by the end...

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HTC's promise of a 'new sound and camera experience' is the M7

Things that make you go Mmmmm... 7 The much anticipated HTC M7 has been brought into sharper focus by a small hint on HTC's website, promising big image quality. The Taiwanese firm has just launched an infographic on "The Brief History of Photography", and while that may sound pretty innocuous, things take a teasing turn towards the end. The final section,...

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Samsung announces Galaxy Young and Galaxy Fame

Samsung has announced two new Android smartphones aimed at the lower end of the smartphone market. Called the Galaxy Young and the Galaxy Fame, neither of these phones are going to set benchmark tests on fire but then again, they aren't meant to. The Galaxy Young has a 3.27-inch, 480 x 320 resolution LCD, 1GHz processor, 768MB of RAM, 4GB internal memory...

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