Sony Xperia SP up for pre-order in the UK, with 4G available through EE

A cheaper alternative to the flagship Xperia Z High street retailer Phones 4U has made the mid-range, yet highly impressive Sony Xperia SP handset available for pre-order in the UK, with a shipping date of May 3. The more affordable iteration of the flagship Sony Xperia Z was unveiled last month with a 4.6-inch, 720p display, a 1.7GHz dual-core processor,...

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Motorola likens next generation phones to Goldilocks, size will be 'just right'

Motorola wants to prove it's not bigger is better, but better is better It may seem like we've been anticipating the Motorola X, the first collaborative smartphone from Google and Motorola's partnership, for a while, but reports of the phone arriving later this year bode well for the new power duo. Though it's believed to carry the next version of the Android...

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Facebook did think about building an operating system to call Home

Facebook's new Home on Android could have been a competitor Facebook floated the idea of building a brand new mobile operating system for its new Home platform, a senior company engineer revealed on Tuesday. The social network considered three ways to introduce Home; a custom-built OS, a forked version of Android as many had expected, or the recently-launched...

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LG lifts our curiosity with word of May 1 press event

Looking for media love in New York City Got any May Day plans? LG does. The company has sent out press invites to a shindig in New York City scheduled for May 1. Ah, the Big Apple in spring, is there anything better? The invite is light on details, asking attendees only to "Share the Genius" and "Capture the Spotlight in True Brilliance." A microphone...

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Eric Schmidt touts 'phenomenal' new Motorola gadgets on the way

Google chairman chats up Motorola, Samsung Google's chairman is at it again, chatting up the next wave of "impressive" gadgets on the way from the search giant - without really divulging much in the way of details. AllThingsD reported Tuesday that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a stop at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in New York City, where he...

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Jelly Bean for Sony Xperia S and Samsung Galaxy Note arrives in May

Sony didn't keep its promise to deliver the Xperia S Jelly Bean update by the end of March and understandably angered quite a few users. According to a leaked update roadmap for the French carrier SFR, the Xperia S update will finally launch in May. Sony Xperia S launched in February 2012 running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, got the Ice Cream Sandwich later on and...

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Facebook Home goes global in Google Play today

Facebook Home: hometime Facebook Home is coming to Google Play around the world later today, which means that anyone with a compatible handset will be able to download and install the Facebook-flavoured Android overlay. You'll need an HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Note 2 or HTC One to be able to make use of the free download. If that...

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Android was meant for cameras not phones, says Rubin

Get back in that phone, Android The team behind Android originally made the OS for a range of smart digital cameras rather than mobile phones. And it wasn't the iPhone that had Android quaking in its boots - it was Symbian. That's according to Android founder Andy Rubin, speaking at a forum in Tokyo. "The exact same platform, the exact same operating...

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Microsoft: We have no plans to make a Surface Phone

TechRadar's reckons this is what a Surface Phone might look like While there's been talk of Microsoft considering a Surface Phone for some time, the chief of Windows Phone has stated that it's not currently in the pipeline. At least not right now. Speaking at the second day of Dive Into Mobile in New York, head of Windows Phone Terry Myerson dismissed rumours...

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How to unlock your phone

It's legal and pretty easy Unlocking a phone can be a pain. We've all been there - your phone's locked to a network and you want to use it on a different one, or maybe just get it unlocked to increase the resale value. Whatever the reason, with there being several different methods, different procedures on different phones and different policies on each...

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Analysts estimate Sony sold 4.6 million Xperia Z phones in 40 days

The Sony Xperia Z got the jump on other 1080p flagships and it’s paying off handsomely. The water-resistant phone was announced and went on sale before its chief competition and analysts are estimating Sony has sold 4.6 million units sold in 40 days. The HTC One experienced delays and its launched got pushed back, while the LG Optimus G Pro launched this month and...

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BlackBerry Q10 release date: when can I get it?

If you want it, come and get it The BlackBerry Q10 is the second handset to come running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, but it's the first to offer a physical QWERTY keyboard alongside it. The Q10 won't have the same appeal as the flagship Z10, but there are still people out there who swear by a physical keyboard on their smartphone, so we've searched...

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Next Apple iPhone will reportedly feature a 12MP camera

The anticipated next iPhone, although itself still not fully emigrated from rumorland, is expected to feature an improved camera sensor compared to the one found on the current Apple flagship. The iPhone 5 features an 8MP camera sensor with an f/2.4 aperture, hybrid IR filter, and backside illumination. A source working for Wonderful Saigon Electrics, the manufacturer...

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Samsung accused of foul play as HTC One negative comments investigated

Troll lol lol lol lol Samsung seems to be in hot water again, this time over negative comments which appeared on HTC One reviews by people apparently paid to write them by the Korean firm. Only last week did police raid Samsung's Seoul offices after LG accused the firm of stealing its OLED secrets and now the Galaxy S4 maker is being investigated by Taiwanese...

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