Tag: Phones
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Apple Says: We’ll Never Make Cheap Phones
Ever the faithful servant of the financially affluent, the hardworking middle class and the socially mobile businessman, Apple has today announced their dedication to their current theme of outlandishly expensive tech – when Apple’s VP of iPhone marketing Greg Joswiak spoke out on the subject at the Code/Mobile tech conference held this week. Joswiak, or…
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Octo-Core Alcatel Phone Coming At Just £250
Alcatel’s Idol X+ Image Credit: TechRadar Alcatel. A name synonymous with the aftermath of losing a more expensive mobile for most, and definitely not one associated with incredibly fast, mid range smartphones with eight core processors. Until now. Alcatel, or Alcatel Onetouch if we’re going to be picky, are pioneering a new range of smartphones…
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Carl Zeiss VR Headset Unveiled
You may not have heard of Carl Zeiss before today, and that’s okay, you needn’t feel like you’re missing something massive. Carl Zeiss is a successful optics company which specializes in optical devices for used by the general public, as well as high end products for use in more specialized industries which require optics, such…
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Budget Android One Phones Going Global
Google’s new Android One range is designed to be deployed across the world, representing a light, easily affordable smartphone with which members of developing communities or countries can get involved in the high tech world of Android at an affordable price. The first wave of these Android One devices, packaged with a light easily…
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Lumia Phones To Drop Nokia Branding
The Nokia Lumia brand has been the flagship for Windows Phone for a good while now, but since Microsoft has taken control of Nokia’s phone side of their business, things are soon to change with regards to what branding appears on devices and in advertising. Apparently, all ‘Nokia’ branding will disappear from the next generation…
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UK Police Want Phones Locked Pre Sale
Mobile phone security is becoming ever more important as more and more personal information is becoming stored on personal devices. Additionally, as online services such as Google consolidate accounts under one password, the chance of losing personal data is increasing, especially if a phone is lost or stolen. Recently, the UK Metropolitan Police in London…
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Apple May Switch Headphone Jack With Lightning
Future Apple headphones could have Apple’s unique Lightning module instead of the traditional 3.5mm jack, a WWDC session has revealed. Robert Walsh detailed the inclusion of Lightning at the session, titled “Designing Accessories for iOS and OSX”. This connector, usually found on Apple products, would enable the headphones to plug in via the Lightning port…
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Vodafone Drops Eavesdropping Bombshell to Customers
In a recently released 40,000 word document on customer privacy, transparency with regards to governments and other general personal information security, Vodafone have confirmed that some of the countries in which they operate are at liberty to eavesdrop on phone calls without notifying Vodafone. In other words, governments, secret police agencies or any other organisations…
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The Future of Mobile Tech: Here’s what your smartphone will look like in the future
Each year, new smartphone releases continue to amaze us with their revolutionary features. As manufacturers aim to outdo their rivals with the “next big thing”, it’s a great time to be a consumer and experience mobile devices that push tech boundaries to new limits. A glance into the prototypes and demos of today are great…
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Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is a stylus-free phablet with a 5.25-inch screen
Samsung is well known in the large smartphone market thanks to its Galaxy Note line of “Phablets”, but the company has another line in big screen handsets in the form of the Galaxy Grand range. Today Samsung has expanded on its range by announcing the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 which will bring a massive 5.25-inch…
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Google Play reaches 25 Million downloads and offers discounts to celebrate
Google will be celebrating this week as the Google Play store has reached over 25 billion apps downloaded, and to thank us users for this whopping amount of downloads Google is going to throw a few discounts our way! Google is planning a week’s worth of massive discounts on applications from some of the biggest developers…
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O2 Problem Affecting U.K Network For a Second Day – Get Your Calls & Texts Back by Turning Off 3G
Many O2 customers including some of our Gadget Helpline Blog team have been experiencing lack of service with making calls and sending and receiving of texts rendered impossible for lengthy periods. The problem is believed to have started yesterday around midday and it seems for a number of network subscribers it’s continuing into today. England,…