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News about Phones
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PB Tech reveals weekend bargains ahead of Xiaomi store opening
Xiaomi will officially launch in New Zealand on 10 November, through a dedicated Mi Store in Auckland's Sylvia Park shopping centre.
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Canada recalls Galaxy Note7, says over 70 cases reported in the US
Canada has recalled over 21,900 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after receiving a report of the overheating of the battery of one phone.
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Here's how secret voice commands could hijack your smarthphone
Researchers have found something new to worry about on the internet. It turns out that a muffled voice hidden in an innocuous YouTube video could issue commands to a nearby smartphone without you even knowing it.
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How Intel knocked itself out of the smartphone chip market
Intel's Atom smartphone chip cancellations pull the curtain back on an ugly past in which the company shot itself in the foot with bad timing and ill-advised executive decisions.
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Disruptive Intelligent Systems to smash $US1 trillion mark by 2019
The deployment of billions of advanced systems across major industries over the next five years will be critical to enabling the vision around intelligent systems.
Features about Phones
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Phablet vs. mini-tablet: The big choice between two smallish devices
Take a look at smartphone and tablet releases over time and you'll find a trend: Smartphones are getting bigger, while tablets are getting smaller.
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The iPhone's sapphire future comes into focus
This may be anathema for someone in the business of writing about tech to say, but I'm not all that interested in iPhone rumors. Shipping products are what grab my attention, not unicorns and phantasms. The minute Tim Cook holds up the new device is the minute it's worthwhile to start examining features and specs, and all the speculation ahead of time is usually just the noise separating one Apple press event from the next.
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Smartphone buying guide 2013: Find the phone that's right for you
Few tools of modern technology have become as prevalent as the cell phone, which allows you to be in touch from almost anywhere, almost all the time. And you can do more than just talk: Today's phones let you send and receive email and text messages, surf the Web, and play music and videos. Sifting through the sea of service plans and handsets can be difficult, but we'll walk you through what you need to know to get the phone and the service plan that are right for you.
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The Microsoft-Nokia deal: Fail plus fail equals more fail
"We must indeed all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall hang separately." Benjamin Franklin reportedly said this during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But this quote can also be used to explain the Microsoft-Nokia deal, which cedes Nokia's smartphone business to Redmond for a tad over $7 billion.
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Don't call it a phablet: Hands on with LG's new super-powerful G2 smartphone
With its plus-sized screen, LG's just-announced G2 Android smartphone approaches the nebulous phablet territory, but it definitely looks and feels like a phone.
