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Is Facebook buying Opera for mobile?

Let’s preface this with the disclaimer that this is a super-duper rumor but the folks over at Pocket-Lint are saying that Facebook is looking to buy Opera Software and we’d bet mobile would be a big motivator. Opera has been in an interesting transition over the last few years, as it wants to be more than just a browser maker and dip into the targeted advertising space. With its more than 200 million users across all platforms, it is sitting on a ton of data. The recently-public Facebook is sitting Read more

Canada: Samsung Galaxy S III launching on June 20th?

File this under rumors, but it’s likely that some retailers in Canada will get the sexy new Samsung smartphone before carriers get their hands on it. The official word from the Korean company is that the new device is coming “this summer” but that’s pretty vague, leaving a ton of room for speculation. MobileSyrup got hold of a leaked ad — which was pulled later on — suggesting that Best Buy may get a head start. Future Shop also said it will have the Galaxy S III as soon as Read more

LG LS860 caught in the wild on its way to Sprint

A new LG device has been caught in the wild. Marked as LS860 and codenamed “Cayenne,” it a side-slider that rocks a full 5-row QWERTY keyboard as well as a 4-inch WVGA IPS screen. In addition, this Sprint-bound smartphone will also come with a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth, GPS and so on. In other words, it’s like the LG Viper with a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately, we don’t have any additional information at the moment, like the release date or price. As far as I can Read more

Leak: Is this 4.1 inch next generation iPod touch front panel the real deal?

Yesterday we filed a report that said the next generation iPhone is going to have a 3.9 inch screen with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels. Today there’s a new piece of information from MacRumors that’s even more significant. Someone sent them photos of what’s supposed to be the front panel of the next generation iPod touch. Said panel has an opening for a screen that’s 4.1 inches across. What does this have to do with the iPhone? Everything. The iPod touch is nothing more than an iPhone, but Read more

Stefan Constantinescu

Rumor: The next iPhone has a 3.95 inch screen that pushes 1136 x 640 pixels

October is five months away, which means we’re going to hear rumors about the next iPhone for the next 20+ weeks. Please bear with us. Today there’s a new scrap of information from the folks at 9to5Mac. They have it on good authority that Apple is currently testing two new iPhones, one with model number N41AP (5.1) and the other being N42AP (5.2). They don’t know the differences between these two units, but here are the two things that they have in common: Both have a 3.95 inch display that Read more

Stefan Constantinescu

Rumor: Apple to sell the iPhone 3GS for $299 in emerging countries this year

Most handset vendors have a portfolio of devices that spans across multiple points. Said portfolio gets refreshed every 12 to 18 months. Apple on the other hand, they come out with one phone a year. Their “midrange” device is the iPhone from last year. And their “low-end” device is the iPhone from two years ago. But can the company go back even further? According to Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies, sources tell him that Apple will start selling the iPhone 3GS in emerging economies this year for somewhere between Read more

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung SCH-S759 Windows Phone coming soon to China Telecom?

Looks like Samsung is preparing to release a new Windows Phone in China. The new device, marked as SCH-S759, has been caught while getting necessary Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certifications, with some blogs (Blog of Mobile) speculating it’s destined to join China Telecom’s portfolio. Of course, until we get the official press release from either China Telecom or Samsung, that’s just a rumor. Then again, we do know both Samsung and Microsoft want a piece of the ever growing Chinese mobile market and in that sense we wouldn’t be surprised to Read more

Samsung T699 user agent caught in the wild on its way to T-Mobile USA

It seems T-Mobile will be expanding its portfolio of Samsung smartphones in the near future. And I’m not talking about the brand new Galaxy S III, but something more affordable. Here’s the deal – T-Mobile’s version of the Galaxy S III is marked as T999, the Galaxy Note as T879, so what could the T699 be? Galaxy Nexus perhaps? It’s just a speculation at the moment, but the fact that its model number is lower than the Galaxy Note and Galaxy S III, as well as the 720p (720×1280 pixels) Read more

Wall Street Journal: The next iPhone will have a screen that’s “at least” 4 inches big

Anything The Wall Street Journal reports regarding Apple rumors is usually true, so we’re excited that their latest piece says that the sixth generation iPhone will have a screen that’s “at least” 4 inches diagonal. Considering that the iPhone will turn 5 years old next month, and for all those years it’s stayed at 3.5 inches, it’s about time that these guys gave us some more room to breathe. Consider this: HTC’s 2012 flagship has a 4.7 inch screen. Samsung’s flagship this year has a 4.8 inch screen. Even Nokia’s Read more

Stefan Constantinescu

Rumor: Apple cuts iPhone manufacturing by 25% to prepare for a new model

Analyst Shaw Wu issued a note to investors yesterday that says according to his sources, Apple is going to make between 20% and 25% less iPhones in Q2 2011 because the company is preparing their factories for the upcoming sixth generation iPhone. Should we believe Shaw? Absolutely. Apple shipped 35 million iPhones during the first three months of this year. Do you know how hard it is to make 35 million iPhones? It takes time to ramp up production, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Read more

Stefan Constantinescu

T-Mobile USA launching BOGO deals on Friday?

Since this didn’t came from official channels, we need to list it under our “rumors” section. However, the information comes from the highly informed TmoNews website, which is known as the premium source for everything T-Mobile. According to them, the Magenta carrier will launch BOGO (Buy One Get One Free) deals on Friday, May 18th. The offer will last until May 26th and include a number of Android smartphones such as the T-Mobile myTouch, T-Mobile myTouch Q, HTC Amaze 4G, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G and Read more