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CES 2012: Huawei Booth Tour

We know Huawei is working to get an even bigger slice of the U.S. market, and in that sense they’ve launched the Ascend P1S, the world’s thinnest dual core Android smartphone. Moreover, they’re also showing some of their older products at CES, including the popular Ascend II smartphone which is available from multiple carriers, as well as few tablets most of which are still not available in the U.S. (except the T-Mobile Springboard aka Huawei MediaPad). But I said it enough, here’s how their booth looks like…

CES 2012: ZTE Booth Tour

ZTE is still far from a household name in the U.S. While they do offer some consumer products — like the brand new 4G hotspot ZTE Jetpack from Verizon Wireless — they’re still far other handset makers. That said, they did show some decent products at the CES, though I can’t say we were that impressed. Will the Chinese company do something about it in 2012? Most likely, but as far as know how these things work – they’ll start with mid-tier products, gradually building brand awareness to eventually launch Read more

CES 2012: Nokia Booth Tour

Nokia had an impressive CES 2012, as its Lumia 900 was the highlight of what turned out to be a show with a strong mobile focus. We’ve already shown you some hands-on time with the latest devices but we wanted to give you a taste of what Nokia’s booth was like at CES 2012.

Mobile coupon redemption rates to reach 8% globally by 2016 with North American and Western European users getting onboard

According to a new report from Juniper Research, the global redemption rate of mobile coupons will average at over 8% by 2016, representing an eightfold increase over the best paper coupons campaigns. The secret for this growth lies in the North American and Western European markets where users are now beginning to follow the same growth path as the Far East & China. As a result, there will be over 600 million regular mobile coupon users worldwide by 2016. The report found that mobile coupons are particularly strategic for bricks Read more

SEGA’s Virtua Tennis Challenge heading to Android

SEGA is bringing its popular Virtua Tennis franchise to the Android Market. The game, called Virtua Tennis Challenge, will be unveiled at the CES in Las Vegas next week and will deliver a ton of entertainment for on-the-go users. Here’s a snippet from SEGA’s official announcement: Virtua Tennis Challenge has been designed specifically for mobile experiences and touch screens. The title is also being optimized specially for the Xperia Play and the Qualcomm Snapdragon systems, and features some of the best graphics ever seen in the smartphone tennis game market. Read more

Siri-like Android app Iris adds ChaCha answers

India-based Dexetra is teaming-up with Q&A service ChaCha to create a “revolutionary element” to the Siri-like Iris app for Android. As a result, the popular voice-powered Q&A application will now include ChaCha’s vast database of questions and answers, allowing instant responses to inquiries asked by users for free. Moreover, this partnership is touted to allow Iris to emerge as the “world’s most intelligent voice assistant,” improving accuracy, understandability and search time. Already Iris can handle a number of requests, including calling, texting, web and local search, music playback, present users Read more

Unofficial Porsche Design theme released for BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930

So you like the fancy Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry but don’t want to spend a small fortune on one? No problem, you can pretend your BlackBerry 9900 or 9930 looks like a device designed by Porsche’s designers. Simply install the Porsche theme and tell all your buddies your vanilla BlackBerry is just as powerful as its more expensive counterpart. And let’s face it – that’s not a lie, since the P’9981 comes with pretty much the same hardware. There is one problem though – you see this theme is designed Read more

Nokia N801T heading to China Mobile with Symbian Anna and NFC

Nokia announced a new Symbian Anna smartphone in China that’s ready for NFC-based contactless payments. In addition, the device marked as 801T rocks a 4-inch ClearBlack LCD touchscreen, China Mobile-friendly TD-SCDMA connectivity, 8-megapixel “full-focus” camera with 720p video recording support on the back, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB of built-in storage, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 256MB of RAM, 3.5mm headset jack, and a microSD card slot with hot swap support. Moreover, there’s mobile TV capability which is enabled with an awkward lookin’ external antenna. All in all, the Nokia N801T is a Read more

FTV Phone launched by ZTE and Fashion TV

Fashion TV is joining the Android smartphone race with its own product – FTV Phone. Developed in partnership with the Chinese handset maker ZTE, it’s basically a rebranded version of the ZTE Blade, which we also know as Orange San Francisco. Yep it’s the original San Francisco, not the new (better) San Francisco II. To continue with the sad news, the device comes with Android 2.2 Froyo on board and we’ve no idea whether the Gingerbread update will ever be released. On the other hand, this and the fact that Read more

Meizu MX with quad-core processor may arrive in May with revamped UI

It wasn’t that long ago when we talked about the Meizu MX, the latest product from the world’s famous iPhone cloner. The device itself is rock-solid, sporting a dual-core CPU, 4-inch screen and the familiar all-touchscreen form factor. However, that’s not enough for the company founder Jack Wong, who turned to Meizu forums (Chinese language page) to say that the quad-core version may arrive in May. Aside from the more powerful processor, this next Meizu MX will also come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a revamped Flyme UI Read more

LG Prada 3.0 now available in South Korea, hitting Europe and Asia in January

So that February launch date in Europe was bogus information – LG will start selling its new Prada smartphone in Asia and Europe in January, while lucky South Koreans are getting their smart fashion fix as we speak. If you recall, the PRADA phone by LG 3.0 (the official name) is the third handset from the PRADA and LG collaboration following the successful PRADA phone by LG 1.0 and 2.0 phones. It comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch WVGA 800-nit NOVA display, 8-megapixel camera on the back, HSPA and Read more