Author: Morgan
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MWC 2012: Samsung Claims Best Smartphone and Best Manufacturer Awards
Despite not unveiling a new flagship smartphone as many had hoped, Korean manufacturer Samsung has cleaned up nicely at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, picking up two awards – Best Smartphone and Best Manufacturer. Initially we thought that Samsung’s excellent Galaxy Nexus would be the phone to pick up the first award, but it was…
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Samsung’s Galaxy Beam Projector Smartphone Gets Priced and Dated
Samsung kicked off 2012’s Mobile World Congress with a big surprise, treating us to a new member of its Galaxy smartphone family. The Galaxy Beam was something of a surprise – a smartphone that featured an inbuilt projector. The intriguing device has now been given a price and a release time by UK retailer Unlocked…
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Raspberry Pi, the £22 Mini Computer, Sells Out in Seconds and Crashes Website
The first batch of Raspberry Pi microcomputers finally went on sale this morning at 6am, and the first batch of 10,000 units sold out within seconds, causing the company’s website to crash. With such a tasty name, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Raspberry Pi is a new version of Android, but it’s in fact…
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Apple Sending Out Invites to iPad Event on March 7th
It’s official: Apple will be launching the iPad 3 next Wednesday on March 7th. The Cupertino Company has begun sending out invites to the tech press this afternoon, inviting hundreds to join them at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The event invite, in typical Apple fashion, contains one simple sentence:…
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Zinio Magazine and Newspaper Reader Coming to BlackBerry PlayBook Next Month
If you’re looking for an app to let you read digital magazines and newspapers on your BlackBerry PlayBook, you might want to sit tight until next month, as that’s when Zinio will be landing on the App World. Zinio is an excellent app that allows you to subscribe to thousands of newspapers and magazines from…
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Orange Launches Free Tap Treats – Free Food for NFC Smartphone Users
Orange UK has teamed up with EAT to raise awareness of NFC technology in smartphones, and to give away some tasty free food. NFC, or Near Field Communications, is a relatively new wireless technology that has been implemented in new smartphones such as the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The technology allows…
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MWC 2012: Huawei Announces Ascend D Quad, Ascend D1 Android Smartphones
Huawei has continually impressed at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The company has already unveiled a brilliant tablet in the MediaPad 10 FHD, and now it has unveiled the Ascend D Quad and Ascend D1 Android smartphones. The ‘D’ in each name stands for Diamond – these phones belong to Huawei’s high-end ‘Diamond Series’ that…