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by Alex Dobie
Mar 05, 2012
Update: Everything seems to be up and running now.
A little ahead of schedule, the first beta version of MIT's App Inventor for Android landed on the web today at appinventor.mit.edu....
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 05, 2012
As Sony prepares to launch the first of its 2012 smartphones in the UK, one retailer has taken the initiative to offer the earlier Sony Ericsson flagship at a significantly reduced price. Right now ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2012
Rumors of a March launch for the Samsung Galaxy S II's Android 4.0 upgrade have been circulating for a while, but now it seems we may have the first official word on when the update will land. S...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 03, 2012
It's been just days since we wrapped up Mobile World Congress, but we're already seeing the first flagship phone launch of the year. The Sony Xperia S was released unexpectedly at the Sony S...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 02, 2012
The official Twitter app for Android has today received another update, bringing it up to version 3.1.1. The latest iteration includes the usual security enhancements, bug fixes and performance impr...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 02, 2012
Huawei has announced that it'll launch the 4G LTE versions of its Ascend D series and Ascend P1 smartphones in Europe and Asia by the middle of the year. The two smartphones will be joined by a ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 02, 2012
Samsung has sold two million Galaxy Note smartphones since the device's debut last November, according to the latest numbers reported by Forbes. The figure sees Samsung doubling the initial...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 29, 2012
Along with the Padfone and Transformer Pad Infinity, ASUS unveiled the Transformer Pad 300 at Mobile World Congress this week. The Transformer Pad 300 is best described as a budget version of the Tr...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 29, 2012
Huawei isn't just upping its game when it comes to smartphones. The Chinese manufacturer's also launching a new, high-end product in the tablet space -- the Huawei MediaPad 10FHD. With high-...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 28, 2012
The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity sees ASUS building on the Transformer Prime with a higher-resolution screen and a slightly redesigned chassis. Transformer Prime owners will already be familiar wit...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 28, 2012
A long-standing player in the Japanese smartphone world, Panasonic has recently announced its first smartphone for Western markets, dubbed the "Eluga". With a thin and light frame, a qHD O...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 28, 2012
Following on from the Eluga, Panasonic will launch its first high-end smartphone for Western comsumers, the Eluga Power. This device takes the design language of the original Eluga, and builds on it...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 28, 2012
ASUS' Padfone is one of the most unusual devices we've seen at MWC so far -- a phone, which transforms into a tablet, which in turn transforms into a laptop, with pen input that can also be ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2012
The Galaxy Note 10.1 sees Samsung bringing the "S Pen" technology developed for the original Note to a 10.1-inch Android 4.0 tablet. The Note 10.1 isn't the only tablet boasting stylus...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2012
Having teased it for over a year, today ASUS publicly unveiled the Padfone in its final form, at its Mobile World Congress press conference in Barcelona. In addition to the much-hyped phone-within-a...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2012
Sony today announced the Xperia P and Xperia U -- two new additions to its Xperia NXT range, which bring the aesthetics of its 2012 flagship to mid and entry-level smartphones. Both devices feature ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2012
We're live in Barcelona for Sony's 2012 Mobile World Congress press conference. We're expecting to see more mid-range devices from the manufacturer, as well as more Xperia S, and maybe a...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2012
We're live at Huawei's Ascend D series announcement, where the manufacturer's just taken the lid off its first quad-core smartphone, the Ascend D quad. The device sees Huawei challeng...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2012
Chrome Beta for Android has received a mystery update over in the Android Market, updating the mobile version of Google's browser to version 0.16. There's nothing in the changelog to indicat...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2012
If that pink Galaxy S II was just too pedestrian for you, then good news! You'll soon be able to exchange your hard-earned cash for the exclusive Bobbi Brown version of the phone, which ...





















































