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Aside from the recently announced colors for the Galaxy S III, Samsung also has its flagship phone available in red in the U.S. That “Garnet Red” version is also heading to other places, namely Russia and India with local Sammy website already listing it. Aside from the fresh paint job, there are no any other…
Barclaycard announced that Orange’s Samsung Galaxy S III is the first Android device to feature Quick Tap contactless payment technology, allowing users to pay for goods and services with nothing but their phone. New and upgrading customers taking the Orange Samsung Galaxy S III will be able to load money securely onto their handset using…
Amazon is holding an event on September 6 to announce its new line of Kindles. Besides eReaders and an Android tablet, a rumor from The Verge suggests Amazon may be introducing a new smartphone as well. The Kindle phone will supposedly run a fork of Android that is similar to the version on the Kindle…
Earlier today, The Verge called Nokia out for possibly filming its PureView commercial with a professional camera rig instead of the PureView camera showcased in the video. Now, the Finnish company had confirmed that the optical image stabilization (OIS) shown in the video was simulated and apologized for any resulting confusion. In an effort to…
Verizon customers should be prepared for an onslaught of Windows Phone 8 devices this holiday season, according to a CNET report. Verizon’s Chief Marketing Officer Tami Erwin told CNET that not one but several Windows Phone 8 devices would make their way to Big Red in Q4 2012, though Erwin stopped short of confirming the devices the…
If you’re looking for a 17 inch laptop, but don’t want to pony up the $950 for the Dell Inspiron 17R Special Edition Core i7 laptop that we posted yesterday, today’s dal is for you. For just $449.99, you can get the Toshiba Satellite C870-BT2N11, which is a 17.3″ 2.4GHz Core i3 Laptop. That’s $260 off the…
In a day filled with announcements, Google has managed to grab itself a pretty unique patent. The search giant has gotten the rights to a patent which allows the logging in of multiple users by facial recognition. Patent ‘090 covers methods that allow a “computing device” to recognize one or more users’ identities based on…
Google’s Eric Schmidt took to the stage to kick off Motorola’s September press event and confirmed some impressive stats for the Android ecosystem. According to Schmidt, there are 1.3 million Android activations each day, which is up from the 900,000 figure quoted earlier this summer. Schmidt also confirmed that Android has an install base that has…
Motorola announced its second device the Droid Razr Maxx HD after taking the wraps off its flagship phone, the RAZR HD. The phone rocks identical specs as the Razr HD, which is a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720p) display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, with only difference being a much larger…
Google’s Eric Schmidt used Motorola’s big NYC event to talk about the merger between the two companies. Schmidt said the company bought Motorola because it has to be competitive in the Android ecosystem and can’t turn away from this huge opportunity. With Motorola, Google hopes to focus on four areas in the mobile industry, said…