Android Device Manager app finally found in Google Play Store

There's finally an app for that Careless Android device owners will take heart in knowing Google has their back this holiday season and in the foreseeable future thanks to its new Find My Android-style app. An official "Android Device Manager" app is finally available to download in the Google Play store, making it easy to track down a lost phone or tablet,...

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Smarty Ring brings smartphone control to your ring finger

Basically it does everything except take calls Even though smartwatches like the Samsung Galaxy Gear and Pebble are just starting to get into the market it looks like they'll soon be overshadowed by smart rings. Although consumers won't quite be able to channel their inner Green Lanturn and speak to their ring fingers, the Smarty Ring, a project that launched...

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Step aside iBeacon, Qualcomm has low-cost Gimbal Proximity Beacons

Apple's iBeacon has a new contender The iBeacon, Apple's tool for tracking users in stores to personalise their shopping experience, is no longer the only such solution on the market. Semiconductor giant Qualcomm has released a new rival sensor called Gimbal Proximity. At a price of $5 (£3, AU$5), the concept of the sensor is similar to the iBeacon in that...

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EU warns Nokia not to become 'Patent Troll'

Come on Nokia, play fair In a wide-ranging speech in Paris on Monday, the vice president of the European Commission, Joaquín Almunia, reserved a strong warning for Nokia. Following the agreement to the $7.2 billion (£4.38 billion, AU$7.87 billion) sale of its devices business to Microsoft in November, Nokia held onto its portfolio of patents, one of the...

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Voice calls are a bigger 4G headache than data

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 4G is here, bringing superfast data to the palm of our hands, but while we consume more content on our handsets it appears a rather important part of what constitutes a mobile phone has been left behind - voice calls. When making the decision whether or not to make the switch between 3G and 4G, performance of voice calls probably doesn't...

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AT&T looking to reduce smartphone subsidies

AT&T might soon be reducing the subsidies for the devices sold on its network. The wireless operator CEO Randall Stephenson feels that the carrier can no longer afford to fund the maintenance and upgrade cycles of the smartphones it sells. At an investor's conference in NY the AT&T said that the smartphone penetration is at over 75% currently and as it approaches...

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Three bets big: 4G coverage will outdo O2 and Vodafone

Free 4G for all will be fine, apparently Questions have been raised over Three's 4G roll out, as being the UK's smallest of the big four networks people wonder if it'll be able to cope with the superfast service, with unlimited data tariffs and a free upgrade from 3G to 4G. TechRadar spoke to Phil Sheppard, responsible for the 4G technical program at Three,...

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Nokia RM-964 with 5.2" screen now testing

Zauba is at it again – this time the Indian import tracking site leaked a Nokia device with a 5.2" screen and the model number RM-964. The device is once again being imported for testing. Unlike the 4.5" Nokia RM-977, the RM-964 is an expensive device costing INR 34,524 ($563/€410). It's a single-SIM only too, there's no mention of a dual-SIM version. So, it's clearly...

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Huawei Ascend P7 to be the take the ultimate selfie phone?

5MP on the Ascend P6 just wasn't enough News that Huawei is producing the Ascend P7 should be no surprise, with a leaked document showing the successor to the P6 will have a market-leading selling point. Alongside a a raft of budget devices like the Ascend G300 and Ascend G510, the Huawei Ascend P6 has helped gain the Chinese firm the title of 'third largest...

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Nokia readying a smaller Lumia 1520 to crush the Galaxy S4 mini

Is the Lumia 1520 getting a little brother? Nokia looks like it wants to cash in on the launch of the powerful Lumia 1520, with a mystery device codenamed RM-964 being spotted on an site monitoring Indian imports. Nokia Power User spotted the device on Zauba, noting a device with a 5.2-inch screen and a price tag of 34,524 Rupees (around £340/$560/AU$617)....

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Samsung set to bring KitKat joy to Ace 3, S4 mini and more

Samsung to go next after Nexus? Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy Ace 3 may be getting a new year treat with news that their handsets could be upgraded to Android 4.4 KitKat in 2014. A leaked internal document passed to Sam Mobile shows both handsets on a lengthy list of devices apparently due to be tested for the KRT16 update. Both handsets...

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Asus PadFone Mini puts 7in tablet and 4.3in phone hand in hand

And it looks exactly like this (credit: evleaks) Getting in ahead of the CES 2014 chaos, Asus has launched its 7-inch PadFone Mini in Taiwan. The two-in-one device – both phone and tablet – is a cheaper option to the PadFone Infinity and comes running Android 4.3. It's also the very specimen we've seen pop up in recent leaks. And just as the leaks also...

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Dual-SIM Asus Padfone Mini goes official, 7" tablet dock in tow

If the Asus Padfone Infinity 2 was too rich or too big for you, you might have been keeping an eye on the Padfone Mini rumors. Well, they are rumors no more – Asus just unveiled the phone/tablet hybrid in Taiwan. The Asus Padfone Mini is a mid-range device with a 4.3" Super IPS screen with qHD resolution (256ppi) and Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 chipset (4x Cortex-A7...

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