New Samsung Galaxy S 4 to be announced at MWC 2013

While the Galaxy S III is still in its glory days (it has been only four months since its launch), Samsung is already thinking about the next-generation Galaxy S flagship. And it certainly should, now that Apple has officially introduced the new iPhone 5, which will be available starting September 21. According to The Korea Times, an unnamed Samsung official has confirmed that the South Korean company is planning to announce the new handset - referred to as the Galaxy S 4 - at MWC 2013, in February, and launch it in March the latest.

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Another win for Apple: ITC says iPhone, iPad don't violate Samsung patents

. Apple (AAPL) on Friday scored yet another victory over rival Samsung (005930) in the ongoing patent war being fought by the two consumer electronics giants in numerous countries around the world. In this latest development, the International Trade Commission cleared Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices of infringing four Samsung-owned patents, as Samsung had charged last year.

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Mobile Miscellany: week of September 3rd, 2012

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, AT&T revealed grand plans for LTE expansion that'll continue through the end of the year and the Galaxy Reverb for Virgin Mobile officially went up for preorder. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of September 3rd, 2012.





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Google Maps for Android update brings your full location search history to handhelds

While Google Maps may have found itself on the outside looking in on the just-released iOS 6, it's got a fresh update for Android devices that makes sure any locations you've searched are right at your fingertips. Rolling out now in Google Play, it includes results from your search and directions history (whether on your phone or on a PC that you were logged in to) whenever you start a new search, and in the search or directions tab under My Places. The other tweak noted in the changelog is the ability to zoom with just one finger — double tap the map then hold down your finger and slide.

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Windows Phone companion surfaces for Windows 8, could take over syncing duties

It's tough to ignore that the Zune era at Microsoft is quickly winding to a close. That doesn't mean you'll necessarily be out of options for syncing a Windows Phone's contents by the time the Zune desktop app fades away, however. A tip to The Verge has shown a companion app for Windows 8 users that will reportedly load the first time a Windows Phone 8 device syncs up, giving a fully Metro-friendly place to transfer any media. Windows 7 would get its own parallel, just in case some of us aren't willing or able to upgrade our PCs in concert.

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Horn iOS Game App

There are many people who are fond of playing adventure games on their iOS devices. With the rich graphics and compelling storyline, many can't help but get into the game and feel every adventure as if it is happening. Ok, this might be a bit overboard, but there are people who can really sometimes get into it playing such games. A game like Horn may just invoke such an experience for some.
The Horn iOS game app is a 3rd person adventure game where the player becomes Horn, a young blacksmith apprentice who finds out his home turf being overrun by lots of unbelievable, dangerous and sometimes humorous monsters.

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Box Accelerator may triple cloud upload speeds versus its rivals, comes to syncing apps soon (video)

Upstream speeds are frequently the bottlenecks for cloud storage: an entire company might be held back waiting for that last presentation video to go online before the big meeting. Box wants much more parity through Accelerator, a custom infrastructure that should make uploads hum. It uses Amazon's EC2 for help, but the real magic comes through a mix of Box's own network and special prioritization. Accelerator goes beyond just location to factor in the browser, OS and other criteria that could affect a data packet's journey.

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iPhone 5 first impressions

. Apple's iPhone 5 officially becomes available tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. local time, but we were able to get one just a little bit early. If you're following along, you no doubt saw every review and article related to this phone (AAPL), so here's an honest bit of first impressions from someone who kind of likes his iPhones…

To start with, it really is light. Like light. It doesn't feel cheap at all, but between the increase in the device's footprint, and the fact that it's also 20% thinner, it feels like one quality smartphone.





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Motorola RAZR i gets priced in the UK, on contract and SIM-free

Motorola's first Android smartphone to sport an Intel processor, the RAZR i, is set to debut in the UK next month. In fact, that may happen right at the beginning of October – so in case you're after one of these, you'll probably want to know how much you'll need to pony up for the privilege. You're in luck then, for some UK operators have just announced their pricing for the RAZR i, according to Android Central.
Both T-Mobile and Orange will be offering the phone for free on 24-month plans starting at £31 per month.

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Oppo continues its legacy with two new top end Blu-ray players

Regarded as the best of the best when it comes to disc players, Oppo has two new ones that can easily handle any disc you've got. Physical media isn't the only game in town, obviously, so in addition to Netflix, Vudu and local file support like MKV, Oppo has stepped it up even further by adding an HDMI port in front for use as an MHL input. This allows you to leverage the high-end Oppo's processing to do wonders on content stored on your portable or other MHL source. Speaking of video processing, both the new guys use Marvell's Qdeo video processor and are capable of doing both 2D-to-3D conversion as well as up-scaling to 4K.




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Apple's New Map App Looks Catastrophic

Apple's newest map app in iOS 6, which the company replaced from the default Google Maps, has been getting a lot of flak lately. Fox News calls the TomTom-developed Maps application an “unsightly blemish on what is otherwise a beautiful OS,” adding that although it performs gorgeously, the software “takes multiple giant leaps backwards compared to Google Maps.”. For one, it has an inefficient search function. Try searching for a Chinese restaurant located a few hundred feet away and it would yield a result thousands of miles away.

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Leica V-Lux 4 superzoom hands-on

Yep, one more Leica camera to tell you about from this year's Photokina show floor. It's the V-Lux 4 - a big new superzoom addition to the company's line. Though its got a similar name to the V-Lux 40, the camera's body is a good deal larger - closer in size and shape to a small DSLR, but still reasonably lightweight. As with the smaller model, the V-Lux 4 features an all black design, with a bright red Leica logo on the front - in this case, just next to the curving textured handle. Also on top is a pop-out flash that you trigger with a devoted button.





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American Airlines to hand out Galaxy Note 'tablets' to 17,000 flight attendants (video)

Things aren't all Champagne and caviar over at American Airlines, not that you'd know it from the company's latest press release. The Dallas-based air carrier just shared a plan to outfit all of its flight attendants with Samsung Galaxy Notes beginning later this year. The rollout will continue through the middle of 2013, at which point each of the airline's 17,000 cabin crew members will have their very own "tablet," which they'll use to manage flight manifests, track premium passenger meal preferences and monitor weather and gate information in real-time, on WiFi-equipped flights.

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ISS will livestream Google Earth-style images starting 2013

. In can either be incredibly exciting or deeply creepy news, soon you'll be able to fire up a browser and take an overhead look at your own house–live. This amazing functionality has been in the works for a while, but finally got an release estimate today.  By Spring 2013 everyone will be able to watch feeds from one of two high-definition cameras installed on the International Space Station through the internet. One camera will remain fixed and the other will swivel around, so unlike Google Maps, it you won't be able to choose exactly where you want to view.

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Nokia Lumia Flame to replace the Lumia 710?

Now that we have come down to earth from the high at Nokia's press event in New York last week, it is time to go through numerous rumors concerning Nokia's range of Lumia devices. It seems that the Nokia Lumia Flame – at least according to The Verge, will see the Lumia 710 through the exit door as its replacement. Obviously in an effort to keep up with the times, the Lumia Flame will come with a Windows Phone 8 operating system, complete with a 4" display as well as a rumored chipset that is similar to the one found in the Nokia Zeal, which would mean a 1GHz dual-core processor as well as 512MB RAM.

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2013 Mazda CX-9 unveiled ahead of Aussie debut

Mazda is slowly but surely wiping its smiley Nagare design language from the faces of its automobiles, and it appears that the seven-passenger CX-9 is the next to get the bolder Kodo-influenced treatment. The 2013 CX-9 you see here will officially bow at the Australian International Motor Show in mid-October, but Mazda has released a few preliminary images and details regarding the big CUV's refresh. Now, as much as we like the design of the new CX-5 crossover and Mazda6 sedan, we aren't quite sure if we love the way the new Kodo lines flow onto the CX-9's larger body.

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T-Mobile taps former Global Crossing chief as new CEO

. T-Mobile on Wednesday announced that former Global Crossing CEO John Legere would take over as its new chief executive. René Obermann, the CEO of T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom, said that Legere's chief responsibilities would be “expanding network coverage and initiating LTE service” over the next year. T-Mobile, which has long languished as America's number-four wireless carrier, is preparing to launch its LTE network in 2013 and is jockeying with Sprint (S) to become the go-to carrier for users who want unlimited data plans.

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Hands-on with ZTE Engage and Alcatel Authority for Cricket

With September's spate of big smartphone reveals now safely out of the way, it's time for the smaller carriers to trot out their new mobile wares. And here at Pepcom's event in New York City, Cricket's showing off two newly announced phones - both from OEMs that haven't quite achieved household name recognition. The powerfully named devices - ZTE Engage and Alcatel Authority - are actually rather modest in the spec department. ZTE's handset sport a 4-inch WVGA display, an 8-megapixel rear camera and runs a vanilla version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich atop a single-core CPU clocked at 1.4GHz.










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Land Rover considering sub-Evoque range

Word from an Automotive News Europe report is that Land Rover may build a sub-Evoque compact SUV. According to the report, Design Director Gerry McGovern told ANE, "Certainly, I think we can go smaller," continuing, "In a world focusing on sustainability you could argue that smaller and lighter is the way to go.". While that is far from confirmation of any upcoming product, it does point to the fact that Land Rover is aware of not only environmental concerns, but to the prevalence of increasingly compact luxury CUVs like the Audi Q1, and BMW X1.
It also hints to awareness regarding price.

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Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot Geoffrey Wellum DFC Pays ‘Heartfelt Tribute’ To Bomber Command Memorial in YouTube Video Interview

Battle of Britain Sunday 2012 at the Royal Air Force Club, 128 PiccadillyBattle of Britain Sunday 2012 YouTube videoThe 72nd anniversary of The Battle of Britain was marked this Sunday 16th September 2012 by an annual service at Westminster Abbey and St. Clement Danes, as well as others throughout the world.

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iPad mini now pegged for October launch [Rumor]

For those who have been diligently following Apple rumors, you guys are probably familiar with the rumor that suggests that the iPhone 5 (or whatever it will be called) will be seeing a launch in September. Earlier rumors had pegged the iPad mini for a launch alongside the new iPhone, although it wasn't too long ago that it was speculated that perhaps the iPad mini will be getting a launch event of its own. If a smaller iPad is something you're interested in, then perhaps rumors of an October launch might be of interest to you.

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Apple: No plans for an iPhone 5 dock

We're not sure how many of you guys actually use docks with your iPhone when charging, or you just lie them flat on the table, but for those who do use docks and you're wondering if Apple might be making one themselves for the iPhone 5, well you might be disappointed. In an email apparently sent by Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of Marketing, he stated that there were no plans to introduce a dock for the iPhone 5. Apparently people who want to dock their iPhones already do so via third-party devices like speaker docks or clock systems.

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Roku's official iOS and Android remote apps add 'Play on Roku' to stream music and pics

Along with price and release date details of its new Streaming Stick plus the launch of Vudu, Roku is announcing upgrades for its mobile remote control apps. Hinted at earlier this year when software updates went out to its newer boxes preparing them for future upgrades, the updates for its official app on Android and iOS bring a new "Play on Roku" feature. While it's not quite as feature-filled as AirPlay or DLNA streaming, it will allow owners to present images (JPG or PNG) and DRM-free music files (MP3 or M4A) right through their home theater with the press of a button.

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LG adds voice control to its washing machine management smartphone app

LG isn't standing still and letting its arch rival, Samsung, do all the work in the field of smartphone-controlled home appliances. LG already has an app which lets you control its washing machines with your device. Sadly though, as with Samsung's software, this is only available in the both companies' home market of South Korea. Today LG announced that it's taking its app one step further, by building voice control into it. So not only will you be able to control your LG Tromm washing machine with your phone, you'll even be able to (literally) tell it what to do. Granted, you'll be speaking into your handset, and not at the machine.

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Samsung: Galaxy S IV March 2013 rumors are not true

We doubt this will significantly dampen rumors of a Samsung Galaxy S IV announcement in March of next year, but any optimists who were expecting an official confirmation six months in advance won't be getting one. Our grasp of Korean isn't the best, but here's a tweet from the company's official Korean account indicating rumors of a Galaxy S successor simply aren't true. Of course, with the kinds of sales the line has seen to date it seems like a reasonable assumption that Samsung will keep cranking them out as long as the courts will let it for the foreseeable future, so it's certainly more a question of when, than if.

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Samsung works on 13-megapixel camera sensors for mobile devices

South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has just revealed that they intend to make a splash in the camera sensor market for mobile devices by developing a 13-megapixel camera sensor that has been identified to be the S5K3L2 in terms of its model number. Right now, the sensor remains under development, where the final product is touted to support a maximum resolution of 4208x3120 pixels while boasting back-side illumination (BSI) that enables you to capture better photos in low light conditions compared to non-BSI camera sensors.

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Marvel vs. Capcom Origins Release Date Revealed

The release date for Marvel vs. Capcom Origins title has finally been revealed. The game will hit PlayStation Network on September 25th in North America and Europe for $14.99x14.99 Euro and Xbox LIVE Arcade on September 26th for 1200 Microsoft Points.

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