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Credit where credit is due, NVIDIA was the first company to release a quad core chip. Are four ARM Cortex A9 processors faster than a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4? In some benchmarks yes, in others no. One thing that’s disappointing about the Tegra 3 is that it’s built using 40 nanometer transistors, whereas Qualcomm…
Pantech may be known as a budget brand in America, but in their home country of South Korea it’s a completely different story. Today they’re proving that yet again with the announcement of the Vega Racer 2. For those of you who don’t remember the first version of the Racer, it’s pretty much the Samsung…
Nokia may be getting all the attention (of what little there is) in the Windows Phone world, but let’s not forget that there are other players with their neck in the game. Samsung, who we’ve traditionally recognized as the leading manufacturer of Android devices, has released a few Windows Phone devices that haven’t really taken…
While Nokia hasn’t exactly confirmed this to be true, we know the Finnish handset maker is working on a Linux based operating system for feature phones called Meltami. The question is when exactly will devices based on this OS hit the market? Thanks to a leak that was discovered by Unwired View, we might not…
It’s May 8th and today’s the day that AT&T starts selling two new Windows Phone Mango handsets, the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II. On paper, the Titan II has the better specs, but the Lumia has attracted the most attention because Microsoft, Nokia and AT&T are pushing the handset with some big advertising…
Yup the brand new Nokia Lumia 900 is now the darling of the media, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other Windows Phones made by the Finnish company. To remind everyone about that fact, Nokia is offering a free “Xpress-on” backplate for T-Mobile’s Lumia 710. The offer is available for devices purchased between January 11,…
Google Play just informed me there’s an app requiring an update and I was pleased to see it was Instagram, which got few new things in version 1.0.3. A quick look at the change log and we see the popular image taking/sharing application now supports tablets and WiFi-only devices (media players) while also allowing installation…
After successfully launching iOS and Android apps, Hotels.com is going for the Windows Phone users. Their new application is now ready for download from the Marketplace, allowing users to search and book almost 149,000 hotels around the world either by entering the city they wish to stay or by finding hotels in their immediate location.…
Sprint released a small security update for the Samsung Conquer 4G. As far as I’ve understood, when Sprint says “security update” it means CarrierIQ integration is removed from the device. However, there are apparently also some other changes included, with several live wallpapers (Magic, Smoke, Many, Maps, Nexus, Spectrum, Water and Waveform) don’t appearing after…
More and more companies are experimenting with augmented reality and Marvel wants to join this trend, too. Their new app, Marvel AR, was developed in partnership with Aurasma to create a whole new comic book experience. Dubbed “ReEvolution,” Marvel’s idea is to bridge the gap between the traditional comic books and modern smartphone technologies, offering…