UK Judge reveals details on the HTC One successor’s launch date

In today’s ruling on the patent case between Nokia and HTC, the UK high court judge Richard Arnold revealed details on the HTC One successor’s launch date. The Taiwanese company’s next flagship is said to launch in the UK in February or March 2014. The timeframe is included into the judge’s decision which allowed HTC to continue selling its flagship smartphone in...

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ZTE Grand S II might be real, receives network license in China

Big and skinny (credit: tenaa.com.cn) It looks like ZTE is gearing up to launch a successor to its extremely thin 5-inch Grand S handset. A new phone labeled the Grand SII was recently cleared by the Telecom Equipment Certification Center, the Chinese equivalent of the FCC. According to the network license the Grand S successor will come with an even...

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Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire headline HBO's Google Play UK invasion

Google Play: Now with added Lannister The days of Brit-based Android owners casting an envious eye at the iTunes Store may be coming to an end after Google agreed a deal to bring content from leading US cable network HBO to the Play store. The deal brings hit big-budget shows like Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Game of Thrones, Girls and Veep to the Play...

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Sky+ app adds remote On Demand downloads, neatly prepped for when you get home

No more waiting for on demand downloads The Sky+ app for iOS and Android got a little more useful on Tuesday with users now able to remotely instruct their living room set-top box to download On Demand content. The feature, rolled out on both platforms today, means users will be able to download the content during the day and then dive in to their favourite...

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Apple takes a big step closer to wireless charging in iPhones

RIP wires Like many of its competitors, Apple has been chasing the wireless charging train for a while - and it looks like it just made a significant step closer to jumping on board. A patent for wireless charging was among a bunch of properties just won by Apple, as reported by Patently Apple. The technology described in the patent uses a near-field magnetic...

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Nokia wins patent suit against HTC, about to ban One mini in UK

HTC just can't catch a break these days. The company has been in rough financial shape for a while now, despite churning out stellar products like the HTC One. One of the company's biggest threats is Nokia, which coincidentally has one of the biggest patent portfolios in the mobile space. The Finish company has won a patent lawsuit against HTC where Justice Arnold of...

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HTC posts $522 million in revenue for November

HTC has issued its financial report for November stating a revenue of $522 million (NT$15.47 billion). That's up 3.2% from the results posted in October, but a decrease 27.1% year-over-year. According to analysts, HTC's reported financials meet market expectations with the Taiwanese looking forward to ship about 5.2 million smartphones in Q4 of 2013. However,...

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HTC One Mini gets banned in the UK as Nokia wins patent fight

But there's still time to appeal HTC is truly feeling the burn of the patent war right now, as a judge has ruled that the HTC One Mini infringes some Nokia-owned patents and has banned the device from being sold in the UK. HTC will not be allowed to sell the Mini any more starting from December 6, and has agreed to cease imports of the device to the UK for...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite set to debut at MWC 2014?

The Galaxy Note 3 might be getting a friend. Samsung loves to milk a product for all it's worth, just look at all the Samsung Galaxy S4 spin-offs like the Galaxy S4 Mini, Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S4 Zoom for proof of that. With the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 being the latest big thing from the Korean company it's seemed like it would only be a matter of time...

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Mobile users to be protected from shock bills and price hikes

Phone charges could get fairer. Having your mobile stolen can be a distressing experience and it's all the worse if the thief then racks up a massive bill that you're left to pay. But the days of unexpected phone bills could soon be in the past, as EE, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone have made an agreement with the government to cap the amount that customers...

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Oppo R1 teased, promied to reinvent night shots

Oppo has teased an upcoming smartphone called R1 that will focus on the night shots. We've tried to translate the comments that go along with the teaser and it says something like this: "Next-generation R1 OPPO smartphone for night shots. New revolutionary sensor for great night shooting, new PI engine to preserve the real colors of the pictures. Glass body, excellent...

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Motorola to offer Moto X on sale again on Wednesday and Monday

Motorola had embarked on a noble plan to offer the unlocked version of the Moto X for $349.99 through their MotoMaker website on Cyber Monday. While the plan was good, Motorola was unable to execute it. The day the phone went on sale, the site was unable to handle the stress of all the people trying to make concurrent orders, leading to basically no...

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