Samsung Galaxy Star and Galaxy Pocket Neo are down with the kids
The Samsung handset parade continues as the Korean firm launches another two phones, apparently targeted at a younger audience.There's not a lot to choose between the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo and...
View ArticleUpdated: Samsung Galaxy S4 release date and price: When can I get it?
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is official and while it may be more of an incremental upgrade from the Galaxy S3 instead of a total revolution, it's still a tempting proposition.In terms of the Samsung Galaxy...
View ArticleUpdated: Facebook Home for Android news and rumors
Facebook looks set to unveil a new enhanced widget for Android in an event later today. The Facebook announcement is set for 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, 6pm BST and 7pm CEST. Various reports suggest that during...
View ArticleUPDATED: Apple lifts 10-month block from Microsoft SkyDrive app updates
For the first time since last June, updates for Microsoft's cloud storage app SkyDrive are no longer blocked for iOS users.The battle over Microsoft's app has seen Apple stopping updates on the App...
View ArticleNokia Catwalk to strut its stuff on May 15?
An anonymous tipster who goes by the sobriquet South has revealed that Nokia is set to reveal the Nokia Catwalk on May 15. South, who could have chosen a cooler moniker, let's face it, didn't have much...
View ArticleFacebook Home's new Cover Feed replaces Android's lock and home screens
The long-rumored "Facebook Phone" has taken the form of Facebook Home - not a phone at all, but "a family of apps" that will be deeply integrated with the Android OS.Facebook Home is a custom Android...
View ArticleApple's curved iPhone patent comes to life in photos, but is it real?
If history repeats itself, this year Apple will probably release something along the lines of an iPhone 5S - but it's unlikely to resemble the prototype of a curved handset making the rounds online.GSM...
View ArticleUpdated: HTC First announced, coming to the UK with EE
The first phone to come with Facebook Home built in is coming to the UK, with EE set to range the HTC First in the UK. It sports a 4.3-inch display, dual-core processor, runs Android Jelly Bean and...
View ArticleUpdated: HTC First release date, price, specs and features
Meet the HTC First, the closest thing we'll get to a Facebook Phone, as it has Facebook Home preloaded. Facebook Home is the eponymous social network's new deeply integrated Android overlay which...
View ArticleBlip: Most time on smartphones spent playing games
If you're in the office now, look around you. The people you see looking at their smartphones are probably playing Temple Run.This according to apps analytics firm Flurry which has posted some...
View ArticleWhy Facebook snubbed Apple and iOS with Facebook Home
Facebook brought a recently rumored Android overlay to life today, the Facebook Home, along with the first handset to carry it, the appropriately named HTC First. Rather than making its own handset or...
View ArticleGary Marshall: Facebook Home: Android's worst nightmare?
Damn, that Mark Zuckerberg is smart. Facebook could have forked Android and tried to get manufacturers on board, but that would have been an enormous job - and a risky one too, because as Windows...
View ArticleBlackBerry Q10 hits Carphone Warehouse pre-order with £600 price tag
Carphone Warehouse has opened its BlackBerry Q10 pre-orders today, and if you want the QWERTY-toting BlackBerry Q10 without a contract deal, it'll set you back an eye-watering £600.That's a whole lot...
View ArticleWeek in Tech: Facebook shows it knows the power of apps over hardware
Technology is like fashion: by the time an exciting new range hits the shops, the industry's eyes are already on the next big thing. This week, the next big things are coming from the biggest names in...
View ArticleBlackBerry R-series caught on camera
A sneaky picture of a new BlackBerry device has surfaced online, giving us a peek at what is seems to be a Curve-like model for BB10.Popping up over at BlackBerryOS, the poster claims that this model...
View ArticleSamsung to earn the ire of everyone with profit estimates
It seems nothing can stop the freight train known as Samsung, which gave a glimpse into its record-breaking first quarter with an expected US$45.9 billion in sales.Samsung released its quarterly...
View ArticleMicrosoft tells Android users: 'Forget Facebook Home, get Windows Phone'
Microsoft has applauded Facebook's efforts to bring the 'people first' experience Android is "sadly lacking", with its Facebook Home UI, but said Windows Phone has been offering that for two years....
View ArticleiMessages encrypted so well it even thwarts law enforcement
Blue ice meth isn't the only problem for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, as Apple's blue iMessages service is the latest concoction that is thwarting the law enforcement agency's ability to spy on...
View ArticleApple device sales projected to shut out Windows for the first time
Apple has always had a leg-up in the "cool factor" over Microsoft, but its devices may also finally outsell Windows hardware in 2013, according to a market research group this week.Devices such as the...
View ArticleFacebook Home can be disabled on HTC First, stock Android sits beneath
The new Facebook Home-optimised HTC First runs a stock version of Android Jelly Bean, which can be accessed simply by turning off the social network's new, custom UI, reports on Friday revealed.The...
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