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Telefonica and eBay Launch First Global App Deal

Telefonica’s O2 customers in the UK will be first to have the eBay app ‘ready to go’ on new smart and feature phones. eBay’s will be put straight into the hands of millions of people, as the online marketplace makes a unique agreement with Telefonica. eBay will work with Telefonica to make its Internet mobile…

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China to control traffic with mobile phones

In an attempt to alleviate congestion, China is rolling out a mobile phone based traffic monitoring platform that enables the government to track where and how 17 million Beijing residents drive. A bit over the top by the government you may think, but last year the Chinese capital experienced a 62 mile, 9 day traffic jam. After…

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BlackBerry claims number one spot

RIM has announced that it’s BlackBerry smartphones were the best-selling handsets of 2010. Blackberry phones held 28.2 per cent of the market, beating other top manufacturers HTC and Apple. Selling more than 500,000 handsets in December 2010, Blackberry took a record 36 per cent of the smartphone market in the UK. Blackberry’s success has been…

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UK gets Samsung Galaxy S II

You can pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S II now, with first stock landing in March. Price and release date for the Samsung Galaxy S II has been revealed by online retailer Clove, however the price is subject to change. Selling both the 16GB and 32GB, UK pricing has been set at £612 and £708 respectively…

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Google planning further Nexus phones?

Google Nexus S2 – hints dropped for device on the horizon Hinting that it will be adding to the Nexus range, as Google brings out the latest version of the Android for smartphones. Both the Google Nexus S and Nexus One have been updated to Android 2.3.3, and as part of that update Google moved…

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Vodafone targeted by burglars

Many of Vodafone’s 3.2m customers were left unable to make phone calls this morning, after a break-in crippled network. The burglars who broke in over night at a Vodafone technical facility caused mass interference to the firm’s network, with voice, text and mobile Internet services all unavailable. It was still unclear this morning exactly how…

New mobile phone handsets galore at MWC 2011
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New mobile phone handsets galore at MWC 2011

HTC have just announced two new handsets and just for good measure, they’ve also thrown a new Android Tablet in there too. The handsets in question are the Desire S and the Wildfire S; these handsets are two of three new handsets to have been released by HTC sporting the ‘S’ at the end of…

Apple Developing a ‘budget’ iPhone 5?
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Apple Developing a ‘budget’ iPhone 5?

Do you have an iPhone? If you do then you’re one of about 50 or 60 million other people around the world. Probably thinking the same as these other people “Why are iPhone’s so expensive?!” Well, that’s because Steve Jobs is a money grabbing, yeah. Anyhow he may not be for much longer, rumour has…

iPad Tops Christmas Lists for Guys, Ladies, Kids and Thieves
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iPad Tops Christmas Lists for Guys, Ladies, Kids and Thieves

It was the festive period’s most-wanted item and based on early unit sales indications, the Apple iPad did not disappoint millions on Christmas morning. The touch-screen device is thought to have sold approximately 6.31 million units between October 1 and December 31, 2010, which is about 2 million above their average quarterly figures. Not bad…