Apple iPhone 5 incompatible with UK 4G networks launching 2013

4G spectrum being auctioned by Ofcom later this year won't work with the iPhone 5 – but EE network, due in October, will be compatible The version of the iPhone 5 being launched in the UK will work only with 2100MHz, 1800MHz and 850MHzOfcom's plans for 4G are at odds with the specification of the iPhone 5, which means it won't...

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Google blocked Acer smartphone on Android incompatibility concerns

Acer abruptly canceled a launch of a new smartphone in China on Thursday, without clearly saying whyIDG News Service - Google responded to allegations it stopped the launch of a new Acer smartphone in China, by stating that the handset's Chinese-developed mobile OS was "apparently derived" from Android, but still not fully compatible with the Android ecosystem and its apps. Taiwanese PC maker Acer was originally scheduled...

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Google to drop support for IE8 on Nov. 15

Significant impact on Windows XP, which cannot run newer IE9 or the upcoming IE10Google will drop support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) for its online apps and services in mid-November, effectively ending support for many users of Windows XP. "Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, we will discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 shortly afterwards, on 11/15/2012," the company wrote on...

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