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Samsung updated its ChatON app for Android with several new features, including Olympic buddies, which broadcast daily schedules, medal tables and breaking news. So by subscribed to these virtual buddies you can easily keep up with the latest news from the Olympics without leaving Sammy’s chat client. In addition, there’s the new Walkie-talkie capability, allowing…
With more and more people getting a smartphone, mobile data consumption keeps rising. According to a new study by ABI Research, the global volume of mobile data traffic will exceed 107 exabytes in 2017, which is eight times more than what is expected for 2012. However, ABI’s senior analyst Aapo Markkanen says that although the…
In another Olympic infographic, we compare the difference between Beijing and London games. These figures are impressive and scary at the same time, with visitors and we’ll most likely see a network outage during the games. Here’s the rundown: Then & Now – Beijing 2008 – London 2012 Smartphones sold – 139.3 million – 657…
Popular navigation app CoPilot Live has been updated with new features to help sports fans find their way around London. Both European and UK versions of the CoPilot Live Premium app help users avoid congestion in central London caused by the temporary Olympic Route Network (ORN). As you may’ve heard, this series of VIP lanes…
The hot-new Motorola ATRIX HD will soon be released by two Canadian operators – Bell and Virgin Mobile. The former will get it on August 2nd with latter most likely following few days afterwards, effectively becoming a second LTE device in Virgin’s portfolio (after Samsung Galaxy S III). As you probably know, we’re talking about…
Security experts at Venafi are predicting that some 67,000 mobile phones will be lost or stolen during the Olympics in London. And since many folks know own smartphones, this year’s Games will see the largest-ever risk of corporate and personal data loss with an estimated 214.4 terabytes of potentially sensitive data likely to be lost.…
According to court documents made public in the Apple versus Samsung case, Samsung is working on an oversized, LTE-enabled tablet with the codename P10. As reported by The Verge, the documents suggest the tablet would include a 11.8-inch display that pushes the envelope on the tablet form factor. It’s resolution is 2560 x 1600 pixels, which…
If you’ve been wondering where all of the official Nexus 7 accessories are, it doesn’t look like we have too much longer to wait. NordicHardware managed to get its hands on what looks to be the entire family of accessories for Google’s already crazy-popular Nexus 7 tablet, which includes two different types of covers and a…
There it is, the 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook from RIM. It’s not a mockup; it’s the real deal. Someone from Vietnam got their hands on it and posted it along with a full gallery of other photos in the Tinh te online forum. Nobody knows when or even if RIM will ever launch the 10-inch PlayBook, but…
As a loyal Android user, some might assume that I hate everything Apple. It’s what fanboys love to insinuate, but that’s certainly not the case. I’ve always admired the design aesthetic and hardware of Apple products and for the first time ever, I’m seriously considering buying the next iPhone (along side my Galaxy Nexus, of…