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The market for smart accessories is set to boom according to Juniper Research. Their latest report predicts that sales of these app enabled devices will rise from just over 10 million this year to over 100 million units by 2017, with services like payment processing, health and fitness monitoring leading the way. The research company…
Toshiba AT200, you know the device which at one point was called “world’s thinnest tablet,” is getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update as we speak. Reports from around the Interwebs are saying that users in the Netherlands are among the first ones to get the fresh software, so we think the rest of the world…
RIM has seen better days – from Canada’s most profitable company to numerous layoffs and stock plunging to record lows. That poses a question – what’s the future for the once proud BlackBerry maker? Bankers would love to see it acquired by a bigger rival, collecting their fees along the way, though it’s hard to…
Popular MMORPG franchise Juggernaut got a new update, packing a ton of improvements and new features. First, there’s the new Scorpion character, Hekate, who gives a bonus on money received in combat. Moreover, “mysterious” new Toper Burrow chapter also comes included, challenging you [player] in an unknown land overrun by maleficent monsters and horrendous villains.…
ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications company that’s widely known for their cheap Android smartphones, sent out a tweet yesterday that said: “The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of the MOST ADVANCED GAMING SMARTPHONES in your hands!” Poor use of capitalization aside, what could they possibly be talking about? Are they…
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Nokia is going to close two of their four sales offices in China. To be more specific, the offices in Chengdu and Shanghai will be shut down and people will get laid off. Nokia isn’t saying how many people will lose their jobs, or when the…
There’s a term in the consumer electronics industry called the “Osborne effect“. Without getting into the whole story, once upon a time there was a company that launched a product. People loved said product. The company said the next version would be even better, so people decided to just wait. Sales dried up to such…
Ask Nokia how the Lumia 900 is doing in the United States and they’ll tell you that it’s been getting great reviews on Amazon. Ask them to give you some sales numbers, and they’ll just dodge the question and point you to a consumer survey that says Lumia owners are very satisfied with their purchase.…
Thought HTC was done with the One line for now? Think again. It looks like that One XXL may be real after all. A new benchmark has popped up, showing a new HTC handset rocking a 1.7 GHz quad-core processor and Ice Cream Sandwich in tow. Will this be HTC’s flagship handset for the second…
All of the chatter over the past few days has been about the just-released Samsung Galaxy S III phones. If you’re looking to get one of them with Verizon, LetsTalk has it on sale for $134.99, which is the cheapest price we have seen for this phone. This is $65 cheaper than the normal contract price.…