Tuesday, October 14, 2014

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Sony Xperia Z3 coming to T-Mobile, Z3 Compact available now unlocked

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:54 AM PDT

Sony is taking its US strategy seriously this year and T-Mobile has confirmed that the company's Xperia Z3 flagship will be arriving on its network this month. That follows Verizon's news last week that it would offer the Xperia Z3v (a re-tooled Z2) for $199 on contract starting this week. It is also thought that Sprint will offer the Xperia Z3 too as T-Mobile is certainly not discussing the device as an exclusive.
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Eric Schmidt gets deep about search, ethics, and competition

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 04:16 PM PDT

Before there was Android, Maps, Play Store, Gmail, and all the rest there was Google Search. The search engine defined the company and in many ways still does, it is still comfortably the most widely used search product on mobile, no matter what platform you use. Google Search is a cultural icon, something that love it or loathe it changed the way human beings live their lives.
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HTC One E8 EYE shows up in India

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 03:46 PM PDT

HTC launched the Desire EYE last week, the company's latest high end smartphone that has a camera focused twist, namely a 13MP front facing snapper. That device also came with the EYE Experience software, which the company said would roll out to other smartphone in its range. However, it seems HTC also has plan to deliver other EYE handsets as well.
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Five Year Predictions: Nokia

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 03:18 PM PDT

We are introducing a new series today in the form of Five Year Predictions. Each week we will take a look at a major brand in the mobile space and will see where the company is now, what its short term future looks like, and finally where we think the brand will be in five year's time. We cannot please everyone and get everything right, but we hope this series will give more of an insight into the plans of companies as we enter the next phase of mobile technology. Kicking it all off is Nokia.
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Microsoft debuts Xim cloud photo sharing app

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 01:48 PM PDT

Microsoft has launched a new app over the weekend called Microsoft Xim, which is the company's new web photo sharing system. You may be thinking that Microsoft already uses Nokia/Lumia PhotoBeamer, but that app is still under the Nokia umbrella, this is Redmond's own service.
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UPDATE: Sony SmartWatch 3 on Verizon for $249

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:15 AM PDT

Sony is finally taking the US market seriously. In the past the Japanese giant has rolled out mobile products months after they first launch in other markets. However, the company has already detailed plans for the latest Xperia Z3 to land in the US alongside the rest of the world, while the Verizon exclusive Xperia Z3v is also confirmed for launch this month. We can also add to that list Sony's latest wearable, the SmartWatch 3.
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Sony's Xperia Z3v is actually an Xperia Z2 variant

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:07 AM PDT

Sony and Verizon launched a new device last week in the form the Xperia Z3v, which as the name suggests is a variant of Sony's latest Xperia Z3 flagship. However, after taking a close look at the Z3v and spending some time with the handset we have found that Sony and Verizon have been a bit crafty. Check out our in-depth look at the Xperia Z3v and fine out why we think Sony is being cute with the name of this device (the clue being this is not a Z3 at all).
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ASUS ZenWatch to launch in very limited numbers

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:36 AM PDT

ASUS surprised us at IFA with its ZenWatch wearable. The company's first ever smartwatch had been widely reported to be a budget take on the Android Wear ecosystem, but instead it arrived as a premium device. Sure, it has the same specs we have become used to on Google's platform, but the ZenWatch launched with high end materials and a price tag to match.
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20 million iPhone 6 pre-orders in China

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:46 AM PDT

When reservations for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus reached 2 million in China last week, I suggested that when the devices were made available for pre-order in the country they may get close to matching the figures posted during their earlier initial launch in nine countries. Well, how very wrong I was as the new handsets have been snapped up in unprecedented numbers in China with up to 20 million units being bought.
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