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Apple offering ‘last compatible version’ of iOS apps for older hardware

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As reported on Engadget. By Matt Brian With iOS 7 arriving tomorrow, Apple is extending some love to the owners of older iOS devices that have been left behind. New compatibility features, first spotted onReddit, will now kick into action if you attempt to download an app that is not supported by your current firmware. Instead, the company now asks if you’d like to install the last compatible version, which, for some apps, can be over a year…

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Samsung says its next-gen smartphones will have 64-bit processors too

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent Samsung’s mobile business head JK Shin has said that the company’s next smartphones will feature a 64-bit CPU, according to the Korea Times. The remarks follows Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5s, the first handset with the 64-bit, billion transistor A7 processor and 64-bit OS 7. Saying that Samsung is aware of Apple’s ambitions in China, the exec added that a device with such a chip would come “not in the shortest time,” but…

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Alleged iPhone 5S render shows new home button / ‘Touch ID sensor’

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler We’re just a few hours away from Apple’s big iPhone press conference, andNowhereelse.fr has just posted this render (from a “very reliable” source) that claims to show the iPhone 5S. The most notable change shown is of course, the home button, seemingly minus the usual squarish target and called the “Touch ID sensor”. That is expected, considering repeated rumors (check out our roundup) including an apparent confirmation tonight from the Wall Street Journal, that Apple’s…

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EE’s ‘Swap’ brings another option for chronic phone-changers

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent If you’re the type to regard your six month-old handset like a relic from the stone age (and believe us, we are), then you’ve now got another option with EE’s Swap program. UK customers can now trade in their smartphones six months or later into their 18 or 24 month plans starting at £49. That appears to be EE’s attempt to catch up to plans like O2’s Refresh and JUMP from Phones 4u,…

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Leaked Verizon doc prices Galaxy Note 3 at $699 retail, $299 with contract, $599 if you bundle the watch

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As reported on Engadget. By James Trew ​ AT&T and T-Mobile customers already know what they will have to cough up if they want to squeeze Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 into their pockets. Verizon customers, however, are currently in the dark — despite big red encouraging you commit in advance all the same. A reportedly leaked document received by AndroidSPIN pegs the phone at $699 sans-contract, or $299 if you sign on the dotted line for a two-year fling. Verizon seems keen to…

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Samsung Reveals The Galaxy Note 3, The Slimmer And Lighter Evolution Of The Phablet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Samsung’s big Unpacked Episode 2 event is underway, and as expected, the company has used the venue to announce the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone. The Note is the original phablet, and the new version continues the tradition of big screen gadgets best-suited for big-handed people. The new Galaxy Note 3 features a design with extremely slimmer bezels and sharper angles on its rounded edges, marking a slight departure from Galaxy…

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Panasonic officially quits the consumer smartphone business, president says mobile performance was ‘unacceptable’

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith As reported in the Nikkei, Panasonic will today pull out of smartphone market in Japan, and change to outsourced production (offering its brand to other manufacturers) in emerging markets like India. Company president, Kazuhiro Tsuga, has set strict guidelines to turnaround the company, threatening any division that missed a 5 percent operating margin goal within three years. The mobile arm is forecast to lose more than 1.1 billion yen ($11 million)…

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Research, no motion: How the BlackBerry CEOs lost an empire

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As reported on The Verge. By Jesse Hicks Research In Motion, whose BlackBerry phones pioneered wireless email, no longer holds the commanding heights in the smartphone market. With Android, iOS, and even Windows Phone gaining market share, the Waterloo, Ontario, company finds itself in a battle for relevancy. The past year has been especially hard on the once-innovative RIM, but it may be at a turning point. Or the beginning of the end. Last April, Mike…

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Pressy: the one-button Android controller so cool it was Kickstarted in under a day

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala If Kickstarter had a 24-hour funders club, Pebble and the Bolex Camera would be welcoming Pressy today. In under a day, the multifunction Android controller has more than doubled its $40,000 goal (raising $108,435 from 4,889 backers as of this writing) and with 45 days left to go, the numbers keep climbing. Perhaps its simplicity is what’s making it such a hit. Pressy plugs into any Android device’s headphone port (Gingerbread and above), and…

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Samsung Exec Confirms Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Aimed At Younger, Hip Buyers Coming Sept. 4

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch is poised to be the next big news in wearable tech, and it’s also rapidly becoming one of the worst kept secrets of the tech world. Today, Samsung Executive Vice President of Mobile Lee Young-hee told The Korea Times that the Galaxy Gear would indeed be unveiled in Berlin on Sept. 4 two days ahead of the IFA conference opening, and that the new smartwatch would be…

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