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Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy Camera has been caught at the FCC and the good news is that it comes with HSPA radio that can sing along AT&T’s 3G network. Sadly LTE is not included which is something you’ll be missing if you want to share big-ass photos (16-megapixel) sans any wires — HSPA+ is fast, but…
HP has finally launched Open webOS, allowing interested developers to try out their skills on the old-new platform. The company released Open webOS 1.0 with core browser and e-mail apps, the Enyo 2.0 framework and all the drivers and middleware required to make the OS work on different devices. To prove this point, HP ported…
Texas Instruments is looking beyond smartphones and tablets for its OMAP chips as it struggles to compete with Qualcomm and handset maker’s own processors. The company is looking at embedded applications such as automotive, industrial, enterprise communication, vision and robotics, to “grow the OMAP footprint beyond mobile.” TI did manage to score deals with Amazon…
We’ve already told you about the Samsung Galaxy Music, the soon-to-be-launched low-end, music-centric smartphone. The good news is that we can now show you how it will look like from leaked ads; the bad news is that we’re talking about an everything but impressive device. In fact, the GT-S6010 is a low-end Android smartphone with…
We’ve heard that T-Mobile will offer the HTC One X+ in the U.S. but what about Europe? As far as UK is concerned, it seems that O2 will be the first carrier in the country to launch the updated version of One X, with the smartphone already earning a spot in a (leaked) brochure. Yup,…
The Samsung Ativ Tab is now available for pre-order in the UK, with Clove listing the Windows RT tablet with the hefty price tag of 549 GBP (about $892). That’s kinda steep, prompting us to re-think the Korean company’s prospects in this market. Sure enough, we’re talking about a powerful device here, one that rocks…
Sony has started rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich updates for three of its entry-level smartphones, including the Xperia go, Xperia U and Xperia sola. Aside from packing “standard Android 4.0 goodies,” the new firmware also brings several Sony-specific changes such as: New version of Sony media applications – WALKMAN, Album and Movies Extended standby mode,…
We know that all major carriers in the U.S. will get their version of the Samsung Galaxy Note II, though we don’t have exact launch dates for every one of them [carriers]. Now we caught two Note II variants — one for AT&T (model number SGH-i317) and other for Verizon Wireless (SCH-i605) — at the…
Mobile payments company Bango has gone live with its direct operator billing technology for Facebook in Germany, the UK and US. As a result, users can purchase digital content directly through Facebook without using SMS or credit cards, and without registering their personal details. Charges are added to directly to consumers’ phone bills. According to…
The independents app store GetJar announced that its GetJar Gold Virtual Currency program has reached 20 million users since going live seven months ago. The virtual payment system for Android bypasses the need for smartphone users to pay for apps with real money, while at the same time increasing revenue for developers two-to-three times compared…