UK telecoms watchdog: EE and O2 offer fastest 4G downloads, while Three lags behind

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The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has released a report looking at the performance of 3G and 4G connectivity in the UK across major operators, and has found that while EE and Vodafone deliver higher than average 4G speeds, Three is lagging behind. Released today, the report (PDF) used data from 210,000 indoor and outdoor smartphone tests in five UK cities between March and June this year. The tests, which looked at HTTP download/upload speeds, the time it took to load a standard Web page and network latency, were all carried out by experience Ofcom engineers, rather than self-submitted by users....



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Samsung announces Flow ‘hand-off’ feature for its devices with screens

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At the Samsung Developer conference, the company showcased a new feature for its tablets, smartphones and TVs that makes moving content from device to device a snap. The new Flow feature keeps “everything connected” according to Samsung. With the feature you can move videos from device to device, defer content to watch on another Samsung screen and get notified of important events. Flow will also notify you on your TV when you receive a phone call or text onscreen. Helpful when an important call comes in while you’re watching TV and your phone is on silent. Not so helpful when...



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Samsung announces new Advanced S Pen

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Not happy with just having a boring old stylus for it’s smartphones, Samsung just announced a new S Pen with its own SDK. The new Advanced S Pen has double the sensitivity of the current S Pen, recognizes speed, tilt and rotation and features advanced editing. It will also understand and renders life-like strokes so your handwriting looks like your handwriting. For artists, this could make the Note line a better mobile drawing device. In addition to the hardware, Samsung announced an updated S Pen SDK so developers can support the new features of the stylus. The Advanced S Pen...



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