Gold, graphite iPhone 5S shell reportedly appears in a billion videos (OK only three)

Pile of iPhones or iFakes? It was reported yesterday that the iPhone 5S shells made not one, not two, but three video appearances in dazzling gold (or champagne) and graphite shells from different websites. Not that we haven't seen enough leaks of the iPhone 5S but here are few more tidbits to keep you going until it actually releases. The first video...

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BBM for Android, iPhone is 'here,' BlackBerry claims prematurely

The heat is getting to someone at BlackBerry (credit: CrackBerry.com) The launch of BBM for Android and iPhone seems imminent, as BlackBerry briefly flipped the switch on the app's landing page today. "BBM for Android and iPhone is here," declared the premature landing page, which was first spotted by the dedicated BlackBerry blog CrackBerry. Not quite...

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Apple reportedly launches retail iPhone trade-in program, US only for now

Here's the iPhone 4S for an iPhone 5 please Despite having an online recycling store for your Apple devices, rumors of Apple creating a retail trade-in program for its iPhones may have been confirmed. CNBC claims that Apple is launching its trade-in program today at retail stores nationwide, with no word on a worldwide release just yet. Officially called...

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Huawei gives Honor 3 the lumberjack treatment, teases set-top box

The Honor 3 looks good and performs well outdoors Huawei today unveiled the Honor 3, the third generation of Honor devices, and it's both a slight upgrade and an important departure. Specs-wise there's nothing surprising here: the Honor 3 comes packing a 4.7-inch 720p LCD display, Huawei's own 1.5GHz quad-core K3V2 processor, 13- and 1-megapixel cameras,...

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Alcatel One Touch Idol S and Idol Mini go official

Alcatel has extended its collection of smartphones with the introduction of One Touch Idol S and One Touch Idol Mini. Both the devices come with a compact design along with a slim profile. The Idol S is the slimmer of the two with its profile measuring just 7.4mm, while the Idol Mini is also very slender at 7.9mm. The highlights of the Alcatel Idol S include a 4.7-inch...

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Facebook responds to data use concerns with more policy updates

Turning your data into cash money Once again caught with its hand in the privacy cookie jar, a cash settlement over Sponsored Stories prompts Facebook to again make revisions to the social network's data use policies. Facebook proposed new updates Thursday to two of its legal documents governing how the website collects and uses member data, and is giving...

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LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom launches across Europe

Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 Zoom back in June and unleashed its 3G version worldwide in July. It's just now though Samsung is releasing the LTE-capable version of the S4 Zoom. The LTE Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is completely identical with the already available version but as you probably guessed adds support for 4G networks. The gadget will be available on various EU...

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Thanks for ruining my life, iPhone 5

An accurate portrayal of the author's ire My main beef with the iPhone 5's headphone jack placement can be summed up in two words: finger penis. But we'll come back to that. There's one thing you really need to be able to do with a phone and that is hold it. Doesn't matter how many wireless peripherals or voice-activated virtual assistants the thing...

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Huawei outs waterproof Honor 3 in China

Huawei has launched the Huawei Honor 3 on the Chinese market. The successor of the popular Honor 2 features a 4.7" 720p IPS in-cell display and runs on the Huawei's homebrewed K3V2E chipset with a quad-core 1.5GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. The rest of the specs of the Honor 3 include a 13MP camera with Sony lens, a LED flash, 8GB expandable internal storage, and a 2150...

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Video: iOS vs Android, the ultimate battle

Truly terrifying It's a rivalry almost as old as time itself - well ok maybe not, but the Android versus iOS debate is one which causes temperatures to rise and profanity to spout from the mouths of even the most innocent of five year olds. We've booted up the TechRadar Street Fighter engine (patent pending) to see who comes out on top when we pit Google's...

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Archos unveils its IFA lineup early: Android phones and tablets galore

Archos unveiled its IFA lineup a few days early – the new additions include many tablets and smartphones, all powered by pure, unskinned Android. The company is introducing a new line, Oxygen. The Archos 50 Oxygen features a FullHD screen, 13MP front-facing camera and 5MP secondary camera, quad-core 1.5GHz processor running Android 4.2 and 16GB of storage. The new...

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Archos splurge sees arrival of four new tablets and a smartphone

Lots going on, but is any of it any good? Archos is still going although it's not the household name it once was, but perhaps a new portfolio of products will help it claw back some customers. First up is the Platinum tablet range with the pick of the bunch being the Archos 97b Platinum HD which features a quad-core processor, aluminium body, full HD display...

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Bye bye Ballmer, hello high-speed data

The Ballmerbot has been deactivated If you had to describe larger-than-life Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, he of the Monkey Dance and "Developers! Developers! Developers!", in a single word it wouldn't be "retiring" - but he is, in news that we suspect surprised him as much as it surprised the rest of us. The official date hasn't been announced yet, but Steve...

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Cheaper Galaxy Note III with LCD and 8MP cam is in the works

The latest rumors coming from Korea suggest Samsung is trying to lower the cost of the Galaxy Note III phablet for the emerging markets by replacing some internals with cheaper components. To achieve a price cut, the Galaxy Note III will lose the Super AMOLED screen in favor of a regular LCD unit plus the camera will be downgraded to an 8MP one. Thanks to those sacrifices,...

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Three makes it free to use your phone abroad in 7 countries

Go to the beach, surf the web, pay for NOTHING Three has announced that from today it's abolishing international roaming charges for its customers in seven countries - the first UK network to do so. The service, which it's ingeniously called "feel at home", is available to Three customers travelling to the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Italy, Austria,...

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BlackBerry Q10 cited to be commercial failure by retailers

Phones with QWERTY keyboards have always been the strong suite of BlackBerry. Which is why when the company revamped their product portfolio with BB10 and the Z10, they decided to not forgo QWERTY phones altogether and launched the Q10 (and consequently the Q5). Well, it seems that strategy isn't working out so well. According to The Wall Street Journal,...

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