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Last year Samsung announced the 5.3 inch Galaxy Note at IFA Berlin, an event that kicked off on September 2nd. This year the first day of IFA Berlin takes place on August 31st. According to the Korean publication MB Business News, that’s when Samsung will show off the Note II. The story goes on to…
HTC has just reported their Q2 2012 financial results, and man, they’re not pretty. Sales hit $3.05 billion, down from the $4.32 billion they did during the same quarter a year ago, but the more important number here is gross profit: $247.7 million. That’s down 57% compared to Q2 2011. Why the shitty numbers? According…
Asus has turned to Twitter to spread the good news for the wannabe Nexus 7 owners, simply saying that it “got things covered,” while attaching an image of upcoming covers. As we can see from the mentioned image, the company will offer 5 differently colored covers for the upcoming tablet, including black, cyan, magenta, light…
Archos announced a new tablet for folks on a budget. The all-new Archos 97 Carbon comes with a 9.7-inch 1024×768 pixels screen, Wi-Fi connectivity, 2-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing one, HDMI out, USB port, 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, memory card slot, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is running the…
Nokia has teamed-up with NAMCO BANDAI to bring the publisher’s 22 classic games to the Asha Touch devices. In total, 22 games will be released to Nokia Store including PAC-MAN RIDGE RACER Drift, Flight Control, SOULCALIBUR, ACE COMBAT NORTHERN WINGS, Final Fantasy, RIDGE RACER Drift, BRAIN EXERCISE with Dr. Kawashima and GALAGA Special Edition. As…
Samsung keeps working on its own apps and services. The new rumor suggests that their IM app, ChatOn, may soon get video chat functionality. According to Korean website DDaily, the upcoming version of the application will be able to work over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi networks and will be initially released for Android. Moreover, Sammy…
Not sure whether we should mark this as “bad” or “good” news. The good “part” is that Samsung Galaxy Note owners in Canada will get the Ice Cream Sandwich update in late July, with those owning a Rogers Wireless-branded model being able to download it on July 21st. The bad “part” is that as I’m…
Looks like Sony is working on the successor to its Xperia S smartphone. The information comes from Indonesian website Postel, which caught the Sony device marked as LT26ii in the wild — the Xperia S is marked as LT26i. Details are scarce at the moment (to say the least), leaving us plenty of room to…
You’ve heard about Google Now, which is one of the main features Jellybean brings to the table. Thanks to the ever-active hacking community, folks with Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones can now join the party, too. In order to do so, you’ll need a rooted device and a bit of tech skills. Here’s how to do…
Zhi Zhen Internet Technology is a company you’ve probably never heard of. According to them they have a patent that was issued in 2004 that Apple is violating with Siri. They aren’t a patent troll either, they actually operate a service in China called “Xiao i Robot”. Earlier this week it was revealed that Apple…