Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 UK pre-orders kick off

Samsung opened the pre-order books for the Galaxy Note 12.2 Pro in the United Kingdom. The top-end Android tablet is priced at £649 ($1076; €788) for a Wi-Fi version with octa-core Exynos chipset at Samsung’s official online store. The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 is available in black or white, and is scheduled to ship next week, on February 4. Samsung will ship...

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Chrome apps to masquerade as iOS and Android apps

Chrome Apps will be converted directly to iOS and Android apps (credit: Chromium) Google has revealed that Chrome Apps will soon appear in the iOS App Store and Android Google Play marketplace, masquerading as native smartphone apps. The initiative to get Chrome Apps on mobile platforms began today, with a developer preview based on Apache Cordova. ...

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo specs out a 5-inch 'just okay' smartphone

Isn't it grand MWC 2014 is nearly upon us but Samsung couldn't wait to show off its heavily spoiled midrange phone, the Galaxy Grand Neo. As we previously reported, the Galaxy Grand Neo was officially outed as a 5.01-inch smartphone featuring a 480 x 800 display resolution. Packed inside the nearly square–looking handset lies a 1.2GHz quad-core processor,...

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Samsung is reportedly working on 2K and 4K smartphone screens

Will the Galaxy S5 be Samsung's first 2K smartphone? Samsung has reportedly confirmed that it's working on smartphone displays not just in the 2K range, but all the way up to 4K resolution. This news comes out of the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's Semiconductor and Display Technology Roadmap Seminar 2014, as reported by Korea's media.daum.net....

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Apple patent reveals magnetic iPhone camera lenses, detachable back

For serious iPhoneography (credit: Patently Apple) Apple has patented and even created some strange, never to be seen things in the past. Its latest creation? Swappable and clip-on lenses for the iPhone camera. According to Patently Apple, the US Patent and Trademark Office just published 31 new patents filed by the smartphone maker. Out of this pile one...

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Moto X to land in the UK on Jan. 30th

Despite being a few months old and not having the most boastworthy specs on the market, the Moto X still commands high demand where it is available: which is only in the Americas. However, the Google-owned hardware manufacturer announced that their customizable flagship would be available in select European nations, including the UK, beginning February 1st. Well it seems...

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Sony Xperia E1 now available on pre-order in Germany and UK

Sony Xperia E1 was announced two weeks ago along with the Xperia T2 Ultra phablet. Sony detailed everything we need to know about the Xperia E1, but its pricing and availability. Even though there was no official info, a UK retailer's listing suggested the Xperia E1 will be hitting the shelves this March, while a German retailer spilled the beans on the price - €139...

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Samsung shipped one in three smartphones during 2013

Samsung shipments increased 40 per cent year-on-year New figures from mobile analyst Juniper Research suggest that Samsung shipped over 300 million smartphones in 2013, over 30 per cent of all shipments. The figure represents a 40 per cent year-on-year-increase from 2012, despite a fall in quarterly shipments in the fourth quarter. The news comes against...

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Intel's Jarvis will be faster than Siri because it works offline

Intel's Jarvis reference design - not a looker Intel's funny wireless earpiece, known as Jarvis, will process your voice commands on device instead of using the internet and causing you to wait long, tedious seconds for your results. The problem with most voice recognition services is that they have to outsource the actual work of figuring out what you've...

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Rose Gold Galaxy Note 3 now available on Verizon

Samsung unveiled a Red Gold edition of its flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 3 a while ago and it went on sale in China and Korea recently. The new hue also made it to the US as a Verizon exclusive and now, the latest option can be picked up from the carrier's website. However, for now you only have the option to pre-order the new version before Verizon starts shipping...

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo goes official, costs €260

We already knew everything about the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo a.k.a Grand Lite, thanks to a leaked internal document. However, now we've moved a big step forward to actually handling the device as Samsung has officially announced it. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo sports a 5-inch display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The smartphone will be powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core...

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BlackBerry is down but not out as it releases a new software update

BlackBerry 10.2.1 is here, but can it breathe new life into the fruity phones? BlackBerry's smartphone business may be dying a slow death, but the Canadian company isn't ready to bow out just yet, as it's continuing to support its customers with a new software update, bringing the BlackBerry 10 OS up to version 10.2.1. The update is rolling out to customers...

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BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 update goes official, available now

BlackBerry has just announced the latest 10.2.1 update for its BlackBerry OS. It brings lots of new features, and is compatible with all BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The rollout has already started so you can update your device right now. BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 Here is the complete official change log: Customize Pinch Gesture to Filter BlackBerry Hub – BlackBerry...

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Tizen-powered Samsung SM-Z9005 live photo surfaces

The famous tipster @evleaks has delivered another interesting spy shot. This time it's a blurry live picture of Samsung's first Tizen device - the SM-Z9005, codenamed Redwood. We already got a glimpse of the SM-Z9005 Redwood specs - a dual-core Krait processor, 1GB of RAM, a 720p display and LTE connectivity. It's unclear if this is the final hardware though. Reportedly...

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Moto X review

Moto X review Ratings in depth We are currently putting the UK version of the Motorola Moto X through its paces, and we will be updating this review with our findings very soon. The Moto X is the first handset to come out of the collaboration between Motorola and Google, although...

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SA: Samsung lead smartphone charge in 2013 with 320M sales

A report by Strategy Analytics has it that global smartphone shipments reached a record 990 million units in 2013. This comes slightly short of the 1 billion estimated by IDC, but that kind of difference is negligible when dealing with estimates. SA saw annual growth of 41% over 2012. In Q4 alone the increase is the slightly lower 32% - 290.2 million this year over...

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The Lumia 1820 - Nokia's best phone yet with ultra-powerful innards?

The Lumia 1820 looks set to be the most powerful Windows Phone 8 handset yet. (credit: Qxerro) It looks like the Nokia Lumia 1820 could be a mighty powerful flagship phone - and we won't have to wait long to get our eyes on it. FIrst up, reports believe that the 1820 will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, which is reason enough to get excited...

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Apple iPhone 5c sales fall short of expectations, Tim Cook admits

Apple put out its Q1 report and investors instantly spotted that the iPhone 5c, which replaced the iPhone 5, hasn’t been selling as well as expected. CEO Tim Cook is optimistic about Apple's performance with the iPhone 5s and 5c combo, but acknowledges "the mix was something very different than we thought." The iPhone 5c captured a smaller market than the previous...

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Samsung Zeq 900 leaked as firm's first Tizen smartphone

Is this Samsung's first Tizen phone? (credit: MovePlayer) Samsung's first Tizen smartphone has appeared in a leaked photo, going by the name Zeq 9000 - but that's set to change. The image was leaked by South Korean website MovePlayer, which revealed that the Zeq 9000 will apparently have a 4.8-inch HD display and a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor....

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Nokia X specs appear again to reinforce budget credentials

It's an Android Lumia 520 then The Nokia X Android smartphone is gaining more momentum every day, and we've now got another set of specs to attach to the handset. Perennial mobile leaker @evleaks is at the centre of things again, posting up specs supposed linked to the Finnish firm's much rumoured Normandy device. The tweet reads: "Nokia X: 2 x 1GHz Snapdragon,...

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