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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2013
As Samsung security vulnerabilities go, this one's relatively minor. Nevertheless, if you're using lock screen security on the Galaxy Note 2, this latest loophole is something you should be ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2013
Glass-backed devices like the Nexus 4 look great. But a glass back, like any design decision, is a compromise. Glass -- even reinforced glass like Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 -- is less durable ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2013
Light on details and heavy on hype, here's the first official teaser trailer for the Samsung Galaxy S4, due to be announced in New York City on Mar. 14. The trailer introduces the young Jeremy M...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 03, 2013
A look back over the past week's Android news from Barcelona
Like CES a month ago, this year’s Mobile World Congress was lighter than usual on major Android announcements. HTC did its ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 01, 2013
Google open-source guru Jean-Baptiste Queru has announced on the Android Building group that the Android 4.2.2 source code will shortly begin pushing to AOSP -- the Android Open-Source Project. The ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 01, 2013
Following in the footsteps of its international cousin, the Sony Xperia T, AT&T's Xperia TL is now being updated to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. In addition to the underlying OS update and...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2013
The stable version of Chrome for Android has received a major upgrade, from version 18 all the way up to 25 -- the version that was in beta until recently. Major changes include significantly impr...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2013
Sole UK 4G LTE carrier EE (Everything Everywhere) has announced that it's switched on 4G coverage in a further nine towns and cities across the country. From today, EE customers in Barnsley, Cho...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2013
The YotaPhone is an example of one of the things we like the most about Android -- crazy hardware implemented in new and interesting ways. Dual-screen smartphones are nothing new -- recall the ill-f...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2013
ZTE, like local rival Huawei, is desperately trying to establish itself as one of the bigger international smartphone players, focusing more and more on high-end "hero" devices. To that en...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 27, 2013
As a global electronics giant, Samsung has presence in every room in the home, most notably the living room -- the company recently claimed to be selling three TVs every second. And as we all know, ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
We're winding down here in Barcelona, as the major announcements draw to a close and we finish up our hands-on coverage of the new devices at Mobile World Congress. In our final MWC podcast, we ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
At the conceptual level, the ASUS Padfone series has always sounded cool, but it's never managed to translate that into mainstream success. Previous Padfones, though technically impressive,...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
Android has a long history of playing host to ridiculously large smartphones. First there was the Dell Streak. Next came the original Samsung Galaxy Note. And now in 2013 we have the ASUS Fonepad, a...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
With devices like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note, Samsung has been an integral part of the push towards bigger screens on smartphones. But traditionally these larger, higher-resolution devices have b...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2013
At CES in January Lenovo unveiled the K900, a high-end, big-screen smartphone aimed at the Chinese market. And at Mobile World Congress this week, the manufacturer gave us a closer look at this...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
We've just wrapped up the first proper day of Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona, Spain, and there's been a lot of Android and Windows Phone developments to go around. From the Optimus ...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
At the LG MWC booth today the manufacturer didn't just launch the Optimus G Pro and L II series, there was also a new mid-range series of 4G LTE smartphones on display -- the Optimus F...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
Samsung gets a lot of stick over the build quality of some of its phones -- a common complaint of devices like the Galaxy S3 and Note 2 are that they're glossy, plasticky and cheap-looking. So i...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 25, 2013
LG announced the Optimus L II series last week, and today we got our first chance to check out the new mid-range handsets at Mobile World Congress. As it was last year, the L series represents LG...
