Apple's big bang: iPhone 6, ANOTHER iPhone 6 Plus and WATCH OUT [ Tue Sep 16 2014]

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Brit telcos warn Scots that voting Yes could lead to HEFTY bills

BT and Co: Independence vote likely to mean 'increased costs'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/brit_isps_warn_scots_that_independence_from_the_union_could_lead_to_hefty_network_bills/



Shades of Mannesmann: Vodafone should buy T-Mobile US

Biting the bullet would let Blighty-based biz flip the bird at AT&T

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T-Mobile US goes gaga for Wi-Fi calling, AT&T to launch in 2015

If Apple wants it, so shall it be

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/12/tmobile_att_wifi_calling/



Apple Watch will CONQUER smartwatch world – analysts

After Applelocalypse, other wristputers will get stuck in

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/11/apple_set_to_take_over_the_smartwatch_market/





*** Reviews ***



Get your Indian Landfill Android One handsets - they're only SIXTY QUID

Cheap and deafening mobes for the subcontinental masses

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/google_android_one_on_sale_indian_manufacturers/



Phones 4u website DIES as wounded mobe retailer struggles to stay above

water

Founder blames 'ruthless network partners' for implosion

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/phones_4u_website_goes_offline_as_retailer_falls_into_administration/



Huawei ditches new Windows Phone mobe plans, blames poor sales

Giganto mobe firm slams door shut on Microsoft. OH DEAR

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/huawei_abandons_windows_phone_blames_slow_sales/



Chinese city creates footpath for smartphone addicts

One lane for the afflicted, another for pedestrian pedestrians

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/ambulant_mobestrokers_get_their_own_footpath_in_chongqing/



Bloat-free, unlocked Moto X to be dubbed 'Pure Edition', says report

Really? But what about that gently tweaked Android OS?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/13/moto_x_pure_edition_bloat_free_unlocked_report/



Oh noes, fanbois! iPhone 6 Plus shipments 'DELAYED' in the UK

Is EMBIGGENED Apple mobile REALLY that popular?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/13/apple_iphone_6_plus_shipments_delayed_in_uk/



Sellouts! Fans snap up iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders to avoid store queues

Wait, didn't this happen last year?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/12/sighapple_website_goes_down_iphone_shipments_already_delayed_sigh_as_expected/



Apple iPhone 6: Missing sapphire glass screen FAIL explained

They just cannae do it in time, says analyst

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/12/apple_iphone_6_sapphire_glass_fail_explained/



iPhone 6: Advanced features? Pah! Nexus 4 had most of them in 2012

At least Apple can concentrate on TWO handsets

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/12/iphone_6_apple_can_concentrate_on_a_few_phones/



Order an iPhone 6 from midnight PT – if Apple's web store holds up

better than its livestream

Or it'll be more awkward than that U2 performance

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/12/preorder_iphone_6/



Movirt-who? BlackBerry gobbles maker of multi-line smartphone tech

Brit biz Movirtu enables multiple active numbers on one SIM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/11/blackberry_buys_movirtu/



Qualcomm pumps LTE into quad-core CPU for sub-$100 mobes

The next billion folks to come online will do so at speed and with

video

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/11/qualcomm_eyes_the_cheap_phone_biz/



Who on Earth would buy a digi-watch? Answer: NUDISTS - in their

millions

Adam and Eve style - from Apple

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/10/apple_set_to_sell_four_million_iwatches_to_british_nudists/



Speaking in Tech: On iPhone 6 - 'If you make big-*ss phones, you'd

better make 'em usable'

Tim Cook's streaming problems... Apple obviously wasn't using elastic

resources

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/10/speaking_in_tech_episode_126/



Apple's Watch is basically electric perfume

It isn't just me-too Apple that's lost its lustre: Gadget mania is over

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/10/apple_iphone_6_watch_little_better_electronic_perfume/



Quit drooling, fanbois - haven't you SEEN what the iPhone 6 costs?

How keen will buyers be when exposed to the real price?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/10/iphone_6_reveal_quit_drooling/



Why Apple had to craft a pocket-busting 5.5in Plus-sized iPhone 6

(thank LG, Samsung etc)

Cupertino is playing catch up, say analysts

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/10/pundits_bullish_on_apple_over_iday_rollouts/



Apple's big bang: iPhone 6, ANOTHER iPhone 6 Plus and WATCH OUT

Let's >sigh< see what Cupertino has been up to for the past year

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/apple_big_event/



BONEHEAD FANBOIS encamp outside Apple Stores

You do know this is just an announcement, not a delivery?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/worlds_dumbest_fanbois_queue_outside_apple_store/



Even better than the iThing: Apple's Cook is strictly pro Bono

Auggh! My heart! Thank god my readouts are fed straight to the Mayo

clinic

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/apple_to_be_joined_by_u2_during_fruity_product_lovein/



Amazon axes hated Fire Phone price: 99 pennies but a niche? Ain't none

Forgive the double negative but seriously, no one wants this mobe

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/amazon_fire_phone_99_cents/





*** Software News ***



Blockbuster book lays out the first 20 years of the Smartphone Wars

Symbian's David Wood bares all. Not for the faint hearted

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/12/blockbuster_book_lays_out_the_first_20_years_of_the_smartphone_wrars/



This flashlight app requires: Your contacts list, identity, access to

your camera...

Who us, dodgy? Vast majority of mobile apps fail privacy test

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/11/mobile_app_privacy_survey/





*** Regulators News ***



Misery for Virgin Media mobe customers over mysterious 'EE data centre

gaffe'

Hurrah! New SIM card ... no signal. Oh

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/13/virgin_media_blames_ee_for_customer_new_sim_card_woe/





*** Suppliers News ***



Ericsson punts superfast picocell... for indoor not-spots

Up to 300Mb/s 4G speeds in your local shopping centre

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/ericsson_rbs_6402/



15 MEEELLION malware-infested mobiles worldwide – report

Hide your iPads, folks

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/15m_mobile_devices_infected_with_malware_says_alcatel_lucent/





*** Retailers News ***



Phones 4u slips into administration after EE cuts ties with Brit mobe

retailer

More than 5,500 jobs could be axed if rescue mission fails

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/14/phones_4u_slips_into_administration/



Holy sentient blender, Batman: Telefónica to trial AT&T's Internet of

Home Stuff in Europe

We don't know WHERE, but it's coming for our houses

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/10/telefonica_att_digital_life_trial/







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