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iPhone 5 hint as Apple secures iPhone5.com
By Rich Trenholm on 18 May 2012, 6:30pm
Apple has secured iPhone5.com, perhaps hinting at the name for the next iPhone. Is Apple jealously guarding the sanctity of the iPhone name, or will the iPhone 5 finally follow the iPhone 4S?
Apple has tied up the web address for the iPhone 5, wresting it from cybersquatters sitting on the domain name. The question is whether it’s pre-empting an announcement of ‘iPhone 5′ as a moniker for the next phone from Apple, or this is just a precautionary measure to protect the iPhone brand.
Apple hasn’t previously been too inclined to stomp on domain squatters, only coming down like a tonne of bricks on iPhone4S.com when it was forwarding readers to porn sites.
Cybersquatting involves buying up a domain name related to a company or product or person that’s nothing to do with you, in the hope of making money from the visitors looking for that company, product or person — and ideally, selling the URL to that company, product or person for big monies.
iPhone5.com was set up in late 2010, shortly after the launch of the iPhone 4.
Last year, tech-fans got all in a tizzy over the prospect of an iPhone 5 — only to be thoroughly wrong-footed by the announcement of the iPhone 4S. Apple has a mischievous streak when it comes to naming products, like when the follow-up to the iPad 2 turned out to be named the new iPad.
So securing the iPhone 5 name doesn’t mean that’s the plan for Apple’s next phone — and we can’t rule out ‘new iPhone’ — but it’s certainly an interesting move from the Californian company.
Will we see an iPhone 5 or a new iPhone this year? What name do you think Apple will plump for? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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By Rich Trenholm on 18 May 2012, 6:30pm
Apple has secured iPhone5.com, perhaps hinting at the name for the next iPhone. Is Apple jealously guarding the sanctity of the iPhone name, or will the iPhone 5 finally follow the iPhone 4S?
Apple has tied up the web address for the iPhone 5, wresting it from cybersquatters sitting on the domain name. The question is whether it’s pre-empting an announcement of ‘iPhone 5′ as a moniker for the next phone from Apple, or this is just a precautionary measure to protect the iPhone brand.
Apple hasn’t previously been too inclined to stomp on domain squatters, only coming down like a tonne of bricks on iPhone4S.com when it was forwarding readers to porn sites.
Cybersquatting involves buying up a domain name related to a company or product or person that’s nothing to do with you, in the hope of making money from the visitors looking for that company, product or person — and ideally, selling the URL to that company, product or person for big monies.
iPhone5.com was set up in late 2010, shortly after the launch of the iPhone 4.
Last year, tech-fans got all in a tizzy over the prospect of an iPhone 5 — only to be thoroughly wrong-footed by the announcement of the iPhone 4S. Apple has a mischievous streak when it comes to naming products, like when the follow-up to the iPad 2 turned out to be named the new iPad.
So securing the iPhone 5 name doesn’t mean that’s the plan for Apple’s next phone — and we can’t rule out ‘new iPhone’ — but it’s certainly an interesting move from the Californian company.
Will we see an iPhone 5 or a new iPhone this year? What name do you think Apple will plump for? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 shipping 9 million phones ahead of launch
By Rich Trenholm on 18 May 2012, 12:12pm
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With still more than a week to go before its official release, over 9 million orders for Samsung Galaxy S3 phones have been made by retailers around the globe.
The Korea Economic Daily reports that those 9 million early-bird orders have piled in from 290 phone networks and retailers in 145 different countries, including all the major networks here in the UK. Phones destined for people all around the world who have already parted with their cash — or at least promised to — by pre-ordering the feverishly-anticipated 4.8-inch sequel to the Galaxy S2.
The S2 hit 10 million sales a couple of months after its release, and it seems the S3 will be even more popular.
Not all of those orders are for exactly the same type of the phone, however. In Japan, the quad-core S3 will be shipped as a dual-core model instead, and here in the UK a 32Gb model with a roomier memory is only available on Vodafone for the first month.
If you haven’t yet got your order in yet and want to secure the best package for your money, let us help with our regularly-updated Samsung Galaxy S3 price comparison guide. Not only will it steer you towards the very best S3 deals from all the networks, you might be surprised to discover that buying the phone outright could be a better deal. And while you’re here, you might as well hit play on the video below to see why we’re so excited about the S3.
I must emphasise at this point just how much the word “pre-order” gets my goat. If you’re placing an order, you’re ordering something. It’s one of those awful words that infests the world of technology, like ‘form factor’ or ‘roll-out’ or phone networks using ‘range’ as a verb.
Ahem. Anyway, if you’re one of the 9 million and you placed your order at the Samsung shop in Westfield, Stratford, you can get your mitts on your S3 on 29 May, a whole night before the rest. For everyone else, the S3 hits doormats and shop shelves on Wednesday 30 May.
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By Rich Trenholm on 18 May 2012, 12:12pm
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With still more than a week to go before its official release, over 9 million orders for Samsung Galaxy S3 phones have been made by retailers around the globe.
The Korea Economic Daily reports that those 9 million early-bird orders have piled in from 290 phone networks and retailers in 145 different countries, including all the major networks here in the UK. Phones destined for people all around the world who have already parted with their cash — or at least promised to — by pre-ordering the feverishly-anticipated 4.8-inch sequel to the Galaxy S2.
The S2 hit 10 million sales a couple of months after its release, and it seems the S3 will be even more popular.
Not all of those orders are for exactly the same type of the phone, however. In Japan, the quad-core S3 will be shipped as a dual-core model instead, and here in the UK a 32Gb model with a roomier memory is only available on Vodafone for the first month.
If you haven’t yet got your order in yet and want to secure the best package for your money, let us help with our regularly-updated Samsung Galaxy S3 price comparison guide. Not only will it steer you towards the very best S3 deals from all the networks, you might be surprised to discover that buying the phone outright could be a better deal. And while you’re here, you might as well hit play on the video below to see why we’re so excited about the S3.
I must emphasise at this point just how much the word “pre-order” gets my goat. If you’re placing an order, you’re ordering something. It’s one of those awful words that infests the world of technology, like ‘form factor’ or ‘roll-out’ or phone networks using ‘range’ as a verb.
Ahem. Anyway, if you’re one of the 9 million and you placed your order at the Samsung shop in Westfield, Stratford, you can get your mitts on your S3 on 29 May, a whole night before the rest. For everyone else, the S3 hits doormats and shop shelves on Wednesday 30 May.
Does one of the happy 9 million S3s have your name on it? Have you ordered, or are you heading out on launch day? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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HTC Desire C tested with first benchmarks
By Rich Trenholm on 17 May 2012, 3:31pm
More details have emerged on the HTC Desire C, the forthcoming budget Ice Cream Sandwich phone. It’s been tested and benchmarked to see if a low-specced affordable phone can cope with the demands of up-to-date Android.
Inside the Desire C is a 600MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Adreno 200 graphics chip. It’s possibly the lowest-specced phone to run Ice Cream Sandwich, even leading us to wonder whether it could properly handle ICS at all.
One reason we’re interested in the new Desire’s performance is its similarity, on paper, to last year’s HTC Wildfire S. They both pack a 600MHz processor and 512MB of RAM, so it’s an opportunity to see whether newer really is better, all else being roughly equal.
GSM Dome evaluated the Desire C using the AnTuTu and Quadrant benchmark apps, which test graphics performance, processor speeds and more. The phone managed a Quadrant score of 1,452 and an AnTuTu total of 1,929 — beating the Wildfire S’ score of 1,522. The Wildfire S performs better at graphics, but overall it seems the Desire C has a lot going for it, especially if it’s as cheap as we hope.
Some previous lower-specced HTC phones, including the HTC Explorer, featured specially adapted cut-down versions of the HTC Sense interface. To take the strain off a less powerful processor, the adapted version of Sense dispensed with the flashy animations and other non-essential, power-hungry features.
Of course, processor strain won’t be a problem for HTC’s current superstars, the quad-core HTC One X, dual-core HTC One S and HTC One V.
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By Rich Trenholm on 17 May 2012, 3:31pm
More details have emerged on the HTC Desire C, the forthcoming budget Ice Cream Sandwich phone. It’s been tested and benchmarked to see if a low-specced affordable phone can cope with the demands of up-to-date Android.
Inside the Desire C is a 600MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Adreno 200 graphics chip. It’s possibly the lowest-specced phone to run Ice Cream Sandwich, even leading us to wonder whether it could properly handle ICS at all.
One reason we’re interested in the new Desire’s performance is its similarity, on paper, to last year’s HTC Wildfire S. They both pack a 600MHz processor and 512MB of RAM, so it’s an opportunity to see whether newer really is better, all else being roughly equal.
GSM Dome evaluated the Desire C using the AnTuTu and Quadrant benchmark apps, which test graphics performance, processor speeds and more. The phone managed a Quadrant score of 1,452 and an AnTuTu total of 1,929 — beating the Wildfire S’ score of 1,522. The Wildfire S performs better at graphics, but overall it seems the Desire C has a lot going for it, especially if it’s as cheap as we hope.
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Pink Samsung Galaxy Note at Carphone Warehouse in June
By Luke Westaway on 17 May 2012, 3:10pm
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Jubilee season is set to get a shade rosier — a pink version of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be on sale in the UK in June, available to buy from Carphone Warehouse.
The Inquirer spotted the phone flogger’s ‘coming soon’ page, which pips the pink Note as coming out next month. I can’t be sure how long that page has been lurking there, so I’ve contacted Carphone Warehouse for more information and I’ll let you know if I hear anything. For now, you can use the listing page to register for updates.
Expect specifications for this colourful edition of Samsung’s enormo-phone to stay the same — the only new feature here is the colourful casing. If you’ve been holding off on buying the Note because it looks a bit too businesslike (and let’s face it, it does have a stylus), now could be the time to splash out.
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But the Note is proving popular, hinting that big screens are big business. At the end of March Samsung boasted it had shipped 5 million Notes, and with other enormous devices such as the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3 doing the rounds, it looks like pocket-stretching mobiles are all the rage.
That’ll give Apple something to think about as it bakes its new iPhone — recent rumours point to a display at least 4 inches across, a step up from the 3.5-inch display that’s adorned every Apple phone so far.
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By Luke Westaway on 17 May 2012, 3:10pm
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Jubilee season is set to get a shade rosier — a pink version of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be on sale in the UK in June, available to buy from Carphone Warehouse.
The Inquirer spotted the phone flogger’s ‘coming soon’ page, which pips the pink Note as coming out next month. I can’t be sure how long that page has been lurking there, so I’ve contacted Carphone Warehouse for more information and I’ll let you know if I hear anything. For now, you can use the listing page to register for updates.
Expect specifications for this colourful edition of Samsung’s enormo-phone to stay the same — the only new feature here is the colourful casing. If you’ve been holding off on buying the Note because it looks a bit too businesslike (and let’s face it, it does have a stylus), now could be the time to splash out.
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That’ll give Apple something to think about as it bakes its new iPhone — recent rumours point to a display at least 4 inches across, a step up from the 3.5-inch display that’s adorned every Apple phone so far.
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