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by Alex Dobie
Jun 14, 2012
Dummy cases, hand-delivered prototypes and two designs that never saw the light of day.
The secrecy surrounding the Galaxy S III was crucial in building anticipation ahead of the device's la...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 14, 2012
Broadcaster's Euro 2012 and Olympic live streams will be available over 3G on phones and tablets
The BBC has traditionally been big on Android, and mobile content in general -- back in 20...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 14, 2012
The Sony Tablet S was one of the first Honeycomb tablets to be upgraded to the latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. And now its clamshell-shaped sibling, the Tablet P, has received its own...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 13, 2012
HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou has reaffirmed the company's commitment to focus on higher-end devices in 2012, saying it wouldn't "destroy" its brand image by releasing "cheap...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 13, 2012
HTC has released a brand new version of its OpenSense SDK (software development kit), featuring the new APIs that were announced at Mobile World Congress a few months back. These new programmi...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 13, 2012
If you're after a nicely balanced mid-to-high-end smartphone running the latest version of Android, you could do a lot worse than the Huawei Ascend P1. As we noted in our recent review of the de...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 13, 2012
Hot on the heels of the Xperia Miro, which emerged on Facebook last night, Sony Mobile has announced the Xperia Tipo, a new entry-level smartphone running Android 4.0 on a 3.2-inch screen. Like the ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
Sony's countdown timer has reached zero (a good week or so ahead of the original date), and the manufacturer has announced its new mid-range, social-focused smartphone, and the Xperia Miro.
Unv...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
The latest update to the Carphone Warehouse's "coming soon" page brings news of the UK launch window for two new Android phones from Sony and Samsung. The Galaxy Beam, Sammy's pico...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
On account of the EU's recent decision to impose price caps on mobile roaming, European operators have been forced to change price plans to abide by the new Europe-wide rules. Vodafone UK is the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
Sony Mobie's countdown clock for its new Xperia smartphone has counted down more than eight days in the past 24 hours. The clock, launched yesterday on the manufacturer's Facebook page,...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
Samsung's latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, has received its first official firmware update, bringing the phone up to firmware version LF2. Right now we're seeing that the unlocked UK...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 11, 2012
If you've just blown £500 or so on a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S III (or committed to a new 24-month contract to get a subsidized model), you'll want to do everything you can to pr...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 11, 2012
We has broad details of the Optimus 4X HD's European launch from LG Korea a few days back, but today brings confirmation that the device is launching right now in Germany. Other European territo...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 11, 2012
Sony's got a new Xperia smartphone on the horizon, and it's willing to bring its announcement date forward in exchange for a few "likes" on Facebook. At present, all will be reveal...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 10, 2012
LG has announced that it's in the process of launching its new international flagship, the Optimus 4X HD, in major European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 09, 2012
The past week in international Android Central coverage has been dominated by two highly-anticipated new devices -- Samsung's Galaxy S III and Orange's new Intel-powered San Diego. We publis...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2012
We haven't seen much of the Sony Xperia Neo L since it was first announced for the Chinese market back in March. But now the tiny ICS-powered handset has emerged in the flesh on Taiwanese site&n...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2012
With Android flagships from HTC and Samsung already on store shelves around the world, there's been a lot of interest in what Motorola's up to. Today we have some early hints of what may be ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2012
Rumors of a special Korea-only version of the Galaxy S III stem back to a report from The Korea Times just over a month ago. Since then, things have been pretty quiet -- international markets h...
