HTC has posted a mysterious photo on its official Facebook page, which promises ‘something fast’ is coming this Sunday. The monochrome picture displays the outline of a HTC phone with the number five in the centre. It is accompanied by the caption: "This Sunday you’ll discover something fast." The ‘fast’ teaser seems to confirm that [...]
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Cryptic HTC pic teases ‘something fast’ for MWC
HTC has posted a mysterious photo on its official Facebook page, which promises ‘something fast’ is coming this Sunday. The monochrome picture displays the outline of a HTC phone with the number five in the centre. It is accompanied by the caption: "This Sunday you’ll discover something fast." The ‘fast’ teaser seems to confirm that [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2: 10 things to know
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2: 10 things to know Samsung likes a good refresh and the trend continues as the Galaxy Ace gets a dust down and some energy drinks to transform it into the Galaxy Ace 2. The Galaxy Ace 2 arrives along side the Galaxy Mini 2 (yep, another update on a previous handset) [...]
TechRadar Deals: Today’s deal: Official Apple earphones for £12
The Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic take the acclaimed Apple iPod Earphones and add a control capsule, located on the cable of the right earpiece, that includes a microphone and three buttons. Here’s what you can do with this convenient remote: Adjust the volume by pressing the + and – buttons Control music and [...]
Nokia video teases Pure View camera handset for MWC
Nokia is planning to launch at least one new smartphone with an enhanced ‘Pure View’ camera, according to a teaser video posted by the Finns on Tuesday. The brief 22-second video shows off a host of beautiful snowy photos and suggests that all will be revealed at MWC next Monday. The clip, named Pure View, [...]
Office on iPad photo isn’t real, says Microsoft
A photograph from The Daily newspaper showing a version of Microsoft Office running on the Apple iPad is a fake, Redmond says. In Tuesday’s edition, the iPad-only paper claimed it had gone hands-on with a working prototype, featuring Word, Excel and Powerpoint in one complete application. The report asserted that Microsoft had completed design work [...]
Voting opens for Appys app awards
The annual Appy awards are underway again, with public voting now open to decide the best apps on the market. There are 60 shortlisted apps to be voted upon through 12 categories, making it 20% larger than last year’s inaugural awards, which, like this year, were hosted by The Carphone Warehouse. A number of prominent [...]
Opinion: What does it mean to be a PC?
What is a PC? Sounds like a simple question. And it used to have a simple answer. It’s a computer with an x86-compatible processor and a copy of Microsoft Windows. The only exceptions involved dubious standards of personal hygiene or a diagnosis on the autism spectrum. In either scenario, allowances for running Linux were made. [...]
Microsoft says Google bypassing IE security too
Microsoft says it has discovered evidence that Google is bypassing security settings in Internet Explorer in order to track users’ movements. The controversy comes less than a week after Google, Facebook and other advertising networks was caught circumnavigating users privacy settings on Apple’s Safari and Safari Mobile browser. Microsoft had initially reacted to the news [...]
Sony Xperia U snapped ahead of MWC launch
New pictures of the purported Sony Xperia U handset have emerged ahead of a potential launch at Mobile World Congress next week. The diminutive device is shown next to the recently-unveiled Xperia S and will reportedly arrive toting a 3.5-inch WVGA display and a scaled-back 1GHz processor. According to the snaps, the Android handset, known [...]