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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iPhone 5S may celebrate its independence in July

Summertime, and the iPhone 5S may be coming (credit: Nowhereelse.fr) As we draw nearer to the start of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, reports of what the Cupertino company is bringing to the table have been escalating. It just so happens that rumors about the iPhone 5S have been plentiful these past few weeks, with many sources...

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iPhone 5S rumored to feature 2MP front camera, dual-shot support

The much anticipated next gen Apple iPhone (be it 5S or 6) continues to make the rounds in the rumor mill. According to the latest gossip it will feature an improved 2 megapixel front-facing camera. The report comes from iOSDoc and says the next iPhone will come out with iOS 7 on board and the smartphone will have the ability to record full HD videos (shocker,...

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S4 'Samsung Style' Gangnam rip off is awful and brilliant in equal measure

Okay, maybe tipping the scales to the awful side Samsung India is getting a lot of flack today for a largely ill-advised aging-pop-culture-phenomenon marketing-tie-in video-thing advertising the Samsung Galaxy S4 through the medium of Gangnam Style. Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh belts his way through a Gangnam Style parody heavy on the S4 specs in front...

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Love Tetris? Then check out these iPhone and iPad block-stacking games

The original Tetris is still one of a kind, but some of these alternatives are just as addictive From the moment Tetris escaped its original home, an obscure Elektronika 60 in Moscow's Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, it became something of a phenomenon. There can be few games as immediately recognisable, addictive and enduring as the block-stacking classic. ...

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Google Now arrives on iPhone and iPad

Now you see it Google has just updated its Search app for iOS, which finally makes Google Now available for both iPhone and iPad. The app is almost identical across both iOS devices, while following the style seen on Android when it debuted last June. For those not in the know, Google Now pulls info from all of Google's services to provide you with information...

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LTE-enabled LG Optimus F5 now available

LG announced the Optimus F5 back in February, prior to the MWC in Barcelona. We were promised the Optimus F5 by the end of Q2 and here it is arriving right on schedule. The first country to get the LG Optimus F5 is France. The handsets should be available through all major carriers and retailers in the next couple of days. The pricing is yet to be announced. LG...

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Alleged specs and info leaks about Sony Honami and Togari

Sony is rumored to be working on two new flagships for the second half of the year. They are codenamed Honami and Togari and will likely have version numbers of C670X (Honami) and likely C680X for Togari. How we're hearing some new information about the two handsets coming mostly from Chinese sources. According to an alleged Xperia-tester who went on Baidu, Togari...

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Beginning of the end for SMS as Whatsapp and co take over

Not such a happy birthday now The trusty old text message has been eclipsed by instant-messaging through chat apps like Whatsapp for the first time. The statisticians over at Informa say that app-based IM-ing saw over 19 billion messages sent per day in 2012, while we managed only 17.6 billion texts per day between us. This isn't exactly stellar news...

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O2 joins forces with BT in preparation for its 4G rollout

Can O2's 4G really be the best? BT has put its weight behind O2's 4G rollout as the two firms put pen to paper and sign a ten year deal. O2 came out poorly from the 4G spectrum auction at the beginning of the year, gaining the least amount of the valuable frequencies so its new partnership with BT will come as welcome relief. The deal will see BT build...

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Key Lime Pie may be on the back burner as Android 4.3 surfaces

Android ready to spill yet more beans Google may not be prepping Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie for its annual IO conference next month with fresh reports suggesting Android 4.3 may be on the way instead. The folks over at Android Police have apparently spotted some server logs which point towards Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 devices running an updated version of Jelly...

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Huawei P6-U06 leaked, claims the thinnest smartphone title

Huawei is known for building thin smartphones and it looks like the company has done it again. The specifications and images of Huawei P6-U06 have been leaked online and if the info is indeed legit the device might be the world's thinnest smartphone. Huawei P6-U06 has already got the stamp of approval from the Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center...

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Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, with new S4-like design

Samsung announced a brand new 7" Android tablet, dubbed Galaxy Tab 3 7.0. It brings the now familiar S4 styling (just like its 8" cousin) and comes in Wi-Fi and 3G versions, with the 3G one being fully voice call capable. It even adds a proximity sensor, you know, if you want to put up the tablet up to your head. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 is also noticeably more compact...

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HTC President pleased with the Galaxy S4 reviews

A majority of the Samsung Galaxy S4 reviews hit the internet this past week (although ours was out a month ago because that's just how we roll) and although Samsung should be generally pleased with the response the phone has received it seems HTC even more pleased. Talking to Business Insider, HTC North America President Mike Woodward said “It's really...

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