Grand Theft Auto 5 out in December, Amazon listing hints
Games and GearGTA 5, the newest instalment of Rockstar's crime-filled stick-em-up simulator could be hijacking your console this side of Christmas, a listing on online everything-seller Amazon reportedly hints.
T3 writes that Amazon stuck a December release date on its Grand Theft Auto 5 pre-order page. Any reference to that release date has since been stricken from the record, however, which could suggest that Amazon has asked to remove the details, or that the December listing was an error on Amazon's part. I've contacted Amazon, and I'll let you know if I hear anything back. Continue reading...
HTC Ville C leaked specs reveal cheaper One S with Sense 4.5
Mobile PhonesHTC is going to town on Android as more details emerge of the HTC Ville, now known as the Ville C. Specs of the rumoured Android phone appear to have been leaked, and it will also apparently sport a new version of Sense.
Brief Mobile is showing off a spec sheet for the Ville C, which reveals the phone to be very similar to the HTC One S. We previously got a look at the HTC Ville in a video leaking the phone's skinny looks, and these specs confirm the 4.3-inch AMOLED screen, 1GB of RAM and 8-megapixel camera. Continue reading...
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iPhone 5 tipped to have at least 4-inch screen
Mobile PhonesApple's next iPhone will sport a bigger screen than the iPhone 4S, reports from the Wall Street Journal suggest.
'People familiar with the matter' speaking to the Journal reckon that the Cupertino company has ordered a bunch of displays that measure at least four inches on the diagonal. Continue reading...
Google's Story of Send shows an email's journey
SoftwareEver wondered what happened to an email when you click send? Google takes us on the email journey in The Story of Send, an animated look at how green and efficient the big G is. Along the way it's revealed how 100 Google searches are equivalent to a tablespoon and a half of orange juice, and a DVD is the same as three days of YouTube.
On the Google home page, click The Story of Send. Hit the 'send' button on the screen and watch your missive zip into your Wi-Fi router and down your phone line to the nearest Google data centre, as shown by an interactive HTML5 site with pop-up videos, photos and infographics. Continue reading...
Google plans five Nexus phones and tablets for Jelly Bean
Mobile PhonesGoogle is planning not one but five Nexus phones and tablets, according to new reports. That's a whole line-up of sequels to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and the original Google Nexus One to show off the next generation of Android.
Previously Google has worked with one manufacturer at a time to build a Nexus phone for each new update to the Android operating system. But the next update, Jelly Bean, will appear on a range of five phones and tablets built as many as five partner manufacturers, to be released in the US by the end of November.
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Steve Jobs movie to be penned by Social Network scribe
GadgetsAaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning writer behind Facebook movie The Social Network, will be writing a film about Steve Jobs for Sony Pictures, Slashfilm reports.
Sorkin was previously reported to be 'strongly considering' taking the writing job, which will see the late Jobs' life transformed into a silver-screen biopic. Continue reading...
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Sony Xperia S to get Ice Cream Sandwich late May, early June
Mobile PhonesThe Sony Xperia S should be in line to receive a mouthful of refreshing Ice Cream Sandwich in late May or early June, according to a post from Sony on its support forums, Pocketnow reports.
Writing in response to a previous poster, a member of Sony's support team wrote, "Xperia S is planned to get ICS somewhere around late May/early June." Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy S3 on sale early in London
Mobile PhonesWant to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy S3 early? Order your S3 from the Samsung shop in East London and you can get your hands on it a day before the rest.
The S3 hits shops on 30 May -- two weeks today, phone fans! But you can pick yours up on the evening of 29 May if you get your order in early to the Samsung store in the giant Westfield shopping centre in Stratford. Continue reading...
Samsung and HTC make up nearly 90 per cent of Android sales
Mobile PhonesNearly nine out of ten Android blowers sold in Britain are Samsung or HTC phones, according to the latest sales figures. Android accounts for half of smart phone sales, outpacing Apple -- while BlackBerry stubbornly refuses to go quietly.
Phones running Google's Android software still hold the number one position, with a 50.1 per cent share of the British smart phone market up from 44.6 per cent this time last year, new data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows. Of those Android phones, Samsung and HTC are the dominant force: between them, they account for 86 per cent of sales in the last three months. Continue reading...
Nokia 111 and 113 budget Symbian phones cost just £30
Mobile PhonesNokia has unveiled a brace of new super-cheap phones, the Nokia 111 and Nokia 113, able to browse the Web and boasting impressive battery life.
The two phones come with a small but colourful 1.8-inch display. The software is Nokia's venerable S40 software, which powers Nokia's cheaper phones. Continue reading...
Phone News: Data charges slashed, Galaxy S3 choice 
Willkommen, bienvenue, and 'ello. Welcome to this week's Phone News, fellow travellers -- which kicks off with some great news for tourists, international travellers and Eurotrippers. Click play above to find out more!
The EU has slashed the cost of using your phone abroad -- in Europe at least -- by imposing new limits on the cost of calls and data. Great -- let's all hop on a ferry and take our phones somewhere foreign.
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Android 5.0 Jelly Bean news: Release date, features and more
Mobile PhonesToday, it's a very rare Android owner graced with the latest version of the OS: Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Most mobile Droids are still chowing down on the Gingerbread flavour of Google's mobile software.
Earlier this year it emerged that a fractional 1.6 per cent of Android hardware is packing ICS -- which is a whole lot of Droid heads who can't use Face Unlock, enjoy full device encryption and download Google's Chrome for Android browser. Boo! Continue reading...
HTC Desire C confirmed, budget Beats and Ice Cream Sandwich
Mobile PhonesRemember the HTC Desire C leaked yesterday? It's just been made official, and it'll put Ice Cream Sandwich in your pocket for £170.
The 3.5-inch Desire C runs the latest Android 4.0 software, known as Ice Cream Sandwich -- which is kind of a big deal, especially at this price. Continue reading...
Sony VAIO S Series gets Ivy Bridge, E Series grows bigger
LaptopsSony has updated its S Series range of laptops to include the latest Intel Ivy Bridge processors and sleek designs for media fun on the move. Sony's E Series will also be getting two new screen sizes.
The previous iteration of the S Series was designed to be slim and portable while still packing in enough power to tackle any task you could throw at it. The same principles are kept in this new refresh, but they've been upgraded in some key areas for 2012. Continue reading...
LG Optimus 4X HD coming to the UK soon
Mobile PhonesThe LG Optimus 4X HD will soon be arriving in UK stores, bringing with it a 4.7-inch screen, quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and a bunch of software extras.
We first saw the 4X back in February for Barcelona's Mobile World Congress but since then it seems to have disappeared off the radar. It's reared its face again today though as LG has confirmed that it will be hitting our shelves very soon. It's going to be launching "in Western Europe" in June although exactly when it's going to be in good old Blighty hasn't been confirmed yet. Continue reading...
O2 UK rolling out fastest current flavour of 3G
Mobile PhonesMobile network O2 UK has started rolling out the current fastest variant of 3G. Don't get too excited yet: this isn't the 4G speed hike we've all been waiting for -- it's an incremental improvement while operators jockey for position ahead of the 4G spectrum auctions.
DC-HSPA, which stands for dual-cell high speed packet access, could see typical mobile data download speeds doubling. The variant of DC-HSPA O2 is rolling out has a theoretical maximum of 42Mbps. That's double the topline speed currently supported by the more widespread HSPA+ flavour of 3G, albeit real world speeds are likely to be far more modest than that. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy S3 battery performs well in early tests
Mobile PhonesAn early release of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has had its battery put to the test and the results aren't at all bad, putting to bed our fears about the power-sapping quad-core chip. For now, at least.
The folks over at GSM Arena have got their hands on the new superphone and have given its battery the once-over. It managed to give over 10 hours of talk-time which easily beats the 8.5 hours achieved by its predecessor the Galaxy S2 and is streaks ahead of the 7 hours 40 minutes the iPhone 4S managed. Continue reading...
AMD A Series 'Trinity' processors: what you need to know
LaptopsProcessor manufacturer AMD has shown off its latest set of chips that will soon be finding their way into all manner of laptops. The A Series chips -- or Trinity, as they like to be known -- are designed to offer better built-in graphics performance while keeping power usage low.
If that sounds like a familiar concept, it's because it's basically the same objective Intel has for its new line of recently announced Ivy Bridge processors. AMD's Trinity will be going head-to-head with Intel's Ivy Bridge to see which can deliver the best performance while not eating through so much power as to drain your laptop battery in five minutes flat. Continue reading...
O2 Travel £2 data deal in time for new Euro roaming rules
Mobile PhonesJust days after the EU passed new rules limiting the cost of data roaming, the first price cuts have touched down. O2 Travel is a new tariff for holidaymakers and travellers costing just £2 per day.
O2 Travel is a bolt-on, O2's name for an extra allowance that you buy on top of your existing contract. When you jet off on your holibobs, you can get 25MB of data for £2 a day. Continue reading...
BlackBerry 10: Gestures, smart keyboard, photo time-shifting 
Mobile PhonesNo, this is not a jailbroken iPhone -- you're actually looking at the future of the BlackBerry. RIM has been giving a sneak peek at some of the flagship features in the next generation of its OS, BlackBerry 10 (BB10), at a media briefing in London today.
The hardware shown above is a developer-only handset, so all eyes on the software its running, which is a pre-release version of BB10 that will be powering a new wave of touchscreen-centric BlackBerrys, due later this year. Click through the photos in the gallery to see the highlights. Continue reading...
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