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Netflix app for Windows Phone hits UK and Ireland
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Netflix has released an updated version of its App for Windows Phone, with the new version adding support for users in Latin America, Ireland and the UK. The app has been available for members in the US and Canada since November 2010. An official announcement by the company said the expanded support will allow Netflix members to enjoy TV shows and movies anywhere Netflix is available on a broader selection of smartphones. Useful if you find yourself holidaying in a Netflix-enabled territory...
Nokia Lumia 900 available in the UK on pre-order
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You may have seen the Nokia Lumia 900 at CES 2012 in January or a bit closer to home at MWC in February, but you could be holding one in your hands later this month when Phones4u ships the first pre-ordered handsets to its customers. “Order today for delivery by 27/04,” the page on the Phones4u website states, with an exclusive white version of the Nokia Lumia 900 available for pre-order. Buyers have the option of purchasing the Nokia Lumia 900 from Phones4u with two different O2...
Motorola MOTOLUXE looks all white at Tesco
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The Motorola MOTOLUXE handset has turned a little pale, with Tesco now selling a white version of the Android device both online and in-store from today. Announced back in January and already available in black on T-Mobile and Vodafone, the ice white version of the Motorola MOTOLUXE is now available free from £20 a month at Tesco. In our review we felt the MOTOLUXE married style and affordability with its 4-inch WVGA screen and £230 price tag. Specs for the Android 2.3 powered...
Foxconn factory video shows Apple iPad 3 production
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
Journalist Rob Schmitz recently visited the Foxconn factory in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and thanks to the video he shot you too can now take a walk down the production line making Apple iPad 3 tablet PCs. Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz is only the second reporter ever to gain access to visit the factory floor at Foxconn, which is the largest supplier of Apple branded technology. A recent investigation into working conditions at three Foxconn factories found that all...
Nokia issues profits warning as smartphone sales halve
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Nokia has warned investors that “earnings, margins and device sales” in its Devices & Services division will be lower than expected when its first quarter trading results are announced next week. Nokia issued the profit warning and also revealed that it expects little improvement in the second quarter, with shares falling on the news. Net sales for the Devices & Services division were estimated at €4.2bn, compared to €7.087bn in the same period of 2011 and...
US Department of Justice sues publishers and Apple over e-book price
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Apple and book publishers Macmillan and Penguin are being sued by the US Department of Justice for colluding over the prices of e-books. The DoJ accuses the three companies of “conspiring to end e-book retailers' freedom to compete on price”. Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon and Schuster were also originally included in the lawsuit but have already settled. "As a result of this alleged conspiracy, we believe that consumers paid millions of dollars more for some...
HTC One V Video: Hands-on
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
Here's our quick hands-on video with the HTC One V, HTC's entry level One series handset rocking a single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch WVGA display, 5-megapixel camera and trademark HTC build quality. The One V also runs Android 4.0 and packs 4GB of internal memory as well as a full-sized SIM card slot. What makes the One V really special is the micro SD card expandability, giving owners a potential 36GB of memory - 4GB more than the One X's 32GB. While we've...
Lenovo IdeaTab S2: Hands-on pictures
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
If you thought only Megatron could start a fight with a Transformer then think again because the Lenovo IdeaTab S2 is clearly gunning for the Asus Transformer series of tablet PCs. Comparisons between the Asus Transformer and Transformer Prime and the Lenovo IdeaTab S2 are bound to happen, thanks to the keyboard docks that allow them to function like a regular laptop. Lenovo's new IdeaTab S2, as you can see when we got our hands on it in these pictures, is a 10-inch tablet with a dock and a...
£100 smartphone: Huawei G300 hands-on
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We got our hands on Huawei’s Ascend G300 Android handset and the £100 device has some great features. Huawei said it wants the Ascend G300 to “deliver across the board” and ranks it at the company’s upper entry level, which - as you’ve probably guessed - means there’ll also be a more budget handset on the way soon. The device’s USP is its hardware, according to Huawei, as the £100 phone includes a 1GHz processor, 5MP camera and flash and a...
GoTab tablet PCs: Hands-on pictures
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
Gadget Show Live 2012 - that slice of geek Nirvana in Birmingham’s NEC - gives us the opportunity to get hands on with a ton of kit, including these GoTab tablet PCs from Yarvik. The screens on the GoTab devices come in two variants: 16x9 and 4x3, although if the manufacturers had their way you wouldn’t get a 16x9 option as they believe a truly premium tablet is 4x3. On the plus side they offer a large number of ports, including Mini HDMI 720p out, Mini USB, 3.5mm jack for earphones,...
Nokia offers software update or handset exchange to fix Lumia 900 connection issue
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
A software problem is causing some Nokia Lumia 900 phones to lose their data connection and Nokia has announced that a fix will be available from Monday 16 April. The Nokia Lumia 900 went on sale in the US this weekend. Users can apply the software update to solve the issue or they can trade in their current Lumia 900 for an updated handset. The issue had been raised by users on Nokia’s support forums. “We identified a software issue. In short, a memory management issue was...
More Microsoft Office Mobile apps come to Symbian Belle smartphones
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
Nokia’s relationship with Microsoft continues to reap benefits, with the mobile phone maker announcing that users can now download the Microsoft Office Mobile app onto smartphones running Symbian Belle. “Until now you could only get the full Microsoft Office Mobile app on Windows Phone, but not anymore,” said the Nokia Conversations blog. “We are happy to announce that the Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro and Nokia C6-01 will also...
RIM to encrypt apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 10
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
Research In Motion plans to encrypt apps for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in an attempt to cut the number of pirated applications. “Starting with our next release of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS, we’re introducing a feature that will encrypt apps so they can only be run by the user who purchased the app,” Alec Saunders, RIM's vice president of developer relations, said on the company’s development blog. Earlier comments made by Saunders on Twitter seemed to suggest...
LG prepares D1L phone as a Samsung Galaxy S3 killer
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
LG is targeting Samsung with a new handset - codenamed the LG D1L - that will go head to head with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3. According to the specs reported on ddaily.co.kr, the LG D1L will include a 4.7-inch HD display (720 x 1280), a dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 1.5GHz processor and be the first LG handset to run the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. That would give LG’s handset a slightly bigger screen than the Samsung Galaxy S3, which is expected to be between 4.5-4.65-inches if...
iPhone 5 rumours: bigger screen, more memory, modified chip
1 month ago | POSTED IN News
You can keep your Easter egg hunts and scoffing more chocolate than is advisable - here at Recombu we’re hungry for news about the Apple iPhone 5 and we didn’t have to search long to bag some cracking bits of gossip. First up, analyst Brian White from Topeka Capital Markets has just finished a tour of technology factories in China and Taiwan and was pretty excited about what he saw. “In our view, this will be the most significant iPhone upgrade with a four-inch screen and a...
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