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US Consumers Value Cars and Smartphones

by Super User

A very interesting article has been posted by Warranty Week, about the market for product protection plans (aka extended warranties) in the USA. Despite the urgings of so-called watchdogs, the adoption of these insurance …

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Huawei Looks to Embedded Touch

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Embedded touch panel solutions are being investigated by Huawei, for smartphones to be released next year, say industry sources. Huawei currently uses embedded touch in its Ascend P7 smartphones; the sources indicated that it …

Apple to Replace Sub-Par iPhone Batteries

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A number of iPhone 5 smartphones have been found to have underperforming batteries. These units, sold between September 2012 and January 2013, have a shorter battery life than intended. Customers in Europe, the USA …

Lenovo Phones Reach Czech Republic

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Lenovo smartphones are now being distributed in the Czech Republic by AT Computers and SWS.

4G Arrives on Asus’ Padfone Series

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The PF451CL is a 4.5″ addition to Asus’ Padfone line-up – a range of smartphones that can dock into a larger chassis to power a tablet. In the case of the PF451CL (aka Padfone …

Blackberry Classic to Arrive in Mid-December

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Blackberry CEO John Chen let the release date of the Blackberry Classic (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) slip during a talk in China last month. Speaking at the MIT Enterprise Forum in Hong …

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Wearables Will be Big at IFA

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Archos will show new Android and Windows Phone mobile devices in hall 12, at stand 103. The 50B Platinum (£100 ($165)) is an Android 4.4 smartphone with a quad-core processor and IPS panel. The …

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Rugged Mobiles Expand at Tech Data

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The rugged line-up of phones offered by Tech Data has been expanded with products from RugGear Europe. Feature phones, smartphones and tablets for the B2B and B2C channels are now being offered in Germany …

HTC’s ‘Selfie Phone’ Responds to Voice Commands

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While smartphones’ front-facing cameras have often been outclassed by those on the rear, recent months have seen a change in this trend. The latest smartphone to pack a powerful front camera is the HTC …

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Huawei Doubles High-End Shipments

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Huawei has said that it shipped 16.8 million smartphones worldwide in Q3 this year, a 26% YoY increase. Around four million of these were mid- to high-end devices, shipments of which doubled compared to …

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Prestigio’s Phones Differ in Size, Price

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The Prestigio Multiphones 5453 and 5504 Duo are new smartphones that are similar in all aspects, aside from size and price. The 5453 is 4.5″ while the 5504 is 5″. Both have 1.3GHz quad-core …

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First Tizen Phone to Arrive in India

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Samsung will launch its Tizen-powered smartphone in India before the end of the year. The news comes from an interview with Tarun Malik, director of Samsung