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Google+ for iOS and Android got a welcome update today. In this new version, iOS users get to step slightly away from Apple’s infamous wall garden. Google got creative by adding the ability for users to open web links with its Chrome browser (if installed), which does away with iOS owners being forced to use…
We’re more than aware that Samsung is set to unleash a successor to the Galaxy Note in the form of the Galaxy Note 2, and the bezel of said device might have just been spotted. With all sorts of rumors flying around about the Galaxy Note 2, we can now at least be sure that…
We’ve seen iPhone leak after rumor after leak after rumor throughout much of 2012 and while the iPad mini was always a possibility, the rumors were sporadic and rarely substantial — until now, that is. Ahead of the launch in September or October, finally the iPad mini leaks are starting to appear. This one happens to…
Judge Lucy Koh presiding over the patent trial between Apple and Samsung warned the two companies that now is their last chance to make peace with one another. She foresees that the jury’s verdict will cause both of them to make some sacrifices. “I see risk here for both sides if we go to a…
Well, well, look what we have here. A video has surfaced on a Mexican site showing the Samsung Galaxy S III running some buttery smooth Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) goodness (check out our review of the Verizon version here). In the video you get an idea of what Jelly Bean would officially look like on…
Kyocera plans to release a new lower-level device called The Rise. The handset will launch on both Sprint and its subsidiary owned network, Virgin Mobile. This lower-level device will come with Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) out of the box. Spec-wise, the handset isn’t so impressive. The Rise features a 1GHz single-core chipset, 3.5-inch HVGA…
Since day the first iPad was released on April 3, 2010, people have questioned whether it could be used as a content creation device. There was never any doubt that it was perfect for content consumption, but people today still laugh at the idea of the iPad ever being used as a serious tool for…
Verizon is expanding its LTE coverage on Thursday and will blanket over three-quarters of the US population with its 4G LTE service. It will roll out LTE in 34 new markets and expand coverage in 38 new markets later this week. The carrier now covers 371 markets and is creeping closer to reaching its goal of 400 markets by the end of the year. It is ahead of schedule and is moving even further ahead of rivals AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. AT&T is the closest…
Today Acer is made available a budget friendly handset known as the Liquid Glow, set to go on sale in the United Kingdom. We first got word of this phone’s existence when it appeared at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The phone will set U.K. customers back £147.99 ($181.78 USD), and will offer color choices…
Samsung unveiled the US version of the Galaxy Note 10.1 today at a morning event in NYC. Right on cue, several of the major blogs had their early hands-on reviews ready to roll when the clock struck 11. Most of the reviews are favorable with many pointing out the advantages of the multiscreen feature, which…