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Portable
Smartphone sales up over 60% in 2011 as Apple's iPhones boom in the peak holiday period
iPhones seize back leadership with over 37m sold in three months, but Samsung and Apple neck-and-neck on whole-year sales
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Headphones thrive while consumer electronics sales slump
Soaring sales mean the UK headphone market is now worth almost as much as the entire hi-fi and home cinema separates market, which has hit a 20-year low
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BBC Radio 4 trials drama in surround sound
You can download and listen in surround sound on a 5.1-system or with standard headphones
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HRT LineStreamer+ transfers vinyl to computer
USB-powered and connected soundcard acts as a digital recorder from any analogue source to a computer
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TVs
Best Buy outs details of Apple iTV
A Best Buy customer survey appears to reveal details of the long-rumoured Apple iTV
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Competition Commission overturns ban on RRPs on electrical goods
Re-instatement of RRPs should end confusion over two-tier pricing system for consumer electronics
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Simple Audio rolls out Roomplayer HD audio system to UK dealers
Uses Powerline/ethernet transmission technology rather than wi-fi for more robust transmission of 24-bit audio
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UPDATE: Apple overturns ban to remove iPads/iPhones from German online store
The latest twist in the patent wars sees Apple overturn a sales ban of iPads/iPhones on its German online store
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BRISTOL SHOW 2012: Chapter Audio to launch AirPlay streaming amps
NotePad 250 and NotePad Air amps designed to be driven by any Apple iOS device using AirPlay
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