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The Sony Xperia Tablet S is rolling out a new firmware update that addresses issues with its VPN connectivity. So far this slate has had a multitude of problems since it launched a few weeks ago. Sales of the tablet had to be stopped after discovering gaps between the screen and the case that could…
Amazon Wireless is offering 3 AT&T Windows Phone devices for less. Included in the deal are Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820 and HTC Windows Phone 8x. The online retailer is selling the Lumia 920 for $69.99, instead of $99.99, though you can only choose between white and black versions. The other Nokia smartphone, Lumia…
ZTE unveiled 4 new Android smartphones in Russia though we’re certain some of those will also be available in other parts of the world, including Europe and Asia. Most of the phones presented at the company’s press event aim for low-to-mid end of the market, except for the ZTE Grand Era, which is made for…
Scoring the Nexus 4 deal with Google may be a big win for LG but they don’t want to stop there. Quite the contrary, the Korean company is also looking to enter the nascent market of smartphones with 1080p HD screens. Such a device, marked as LG F240K, has been caught at GLBenchmark and from…
Lenovo is looking to enter the high-end smartphone market and is in the midst of working on a device with a 5-inch 1080p screen. The screenshots above have been spotted at Sina Weibo, but have since been deleted. But that was enough for the savvy blogosphere to reach conclusions. It is said that the upcoming…
Qualcomm has revealed that it expects 5 billion smartphones to be sold between now and 2016. The company looks to benefit from this trend as it’s one of the biggest maker of chips used in today’s smartphones (think Snapdragon), Nexus 4 included. According to Qualcomm, this healthy growth in the mobile sector is fueled by…
Asus did say that its brand new PadFone 2 will be launched in Europe by the end of the year, and one of the first countries to get it is Germany. The tablet-smartphone combo will be released in the country on December 1st, with users being able to choose between 32 and 64 GB versions.…
Vodafone unveiled Smart Tab II, a new member of its own-branded tablets. This 7-inch device has a screen with 1024×600 pixels resolution, 1GHz processor, 2-megapixel rear-facing camera, VGA front-facing one, 4GB of internal storage, HSPA+ and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS and a microSD expansion slot. All this could be yours for just 29 GBP as long…
The most important reason why crooks are invading your mobile device is because that’s where your money is. Today, more consumers use their mobile devices than PCs to bank online, yet less than half protect their mobile devices with even a password. Some other facts include: 67 million American smartphone users skip password protection. 32.5…
Smartphones have taken the photo market by force as they’re powerful (and compact) enough to be your primary camera. With this in mind, SmugMug’s Camera Awesome app (and many other apps for that matter) provide smart shooters with all the tools and tricks they need to turn their iPhone pictures into works of art. Here…