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We’ve got great news for all you gamers, HTC is looking to be one of the first manufacturers outside Sony to get PlayStation certification for its mobile devices. Soon HTC smartphone and tablet owners could be able to play Sony PlayStation certified games. This is a huge shift in strategy because only consumers who owned…
Cisco today released its annual mobile data traffic forecast and it estimated that there will be 10 billion mobile connections by 2016. Eight billion out of this astronomical number represents cell phones — a huge estimate when you consider it means the mobile penetration rate will be at roughly 100 percent or more. The real surprise…
It’s Valentine’s Day and if you’re on a computer and visit Google.com, you’ll be able to click on the doodle for an animated tale about puppy love. It’s very cute but if you hit the Google home page on a mobile device or on the iPad, you’ll be hit with this: Fear not cute seekers,…
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Even with all the great camera phones out there, it’s simple to have your shots ruined by people in the background photobombing your pictures (even if it’s by accident). Well, the folks at Scalado are teasing an app which will let you remove unwanted objects within the frame. Dubbed Scalado Remove, the app uses optical…
Fresh off the news that the Google, Motorola deal will be approved by the United States and the European Union, a leaked phone may show us what we can expect from the upcoming Googorola entity. Our friends over at PocketNow have a leaked image of what is purportedly a Motorola smartphone running Android 4.0 Ice…
Four months ago we filed a report saying LG Display and AU Optronics sent Apple 7.85 inch LCD panels so that they could start working on a smaller iPad. Two months ago we said that sources in Taiwan are essentially confirming the 7.85 inch form factor exists and that said smaller iPad is due to…
Back in April 2010 Nokia announced a cheap ($125) feature phone with a QWERTY keyboard called the C3. There was nothing particularly noteworthy about it, save for the fact that it didn’t come with 3G connectivity, instead opting to come with WiFi. Over a year later, in October 2011, Nokia announced the Asha 200 and…
A company called Chinon is joining the tablet market with two products – Swift 7 and Swift 10, which come with 7 and 10-inch screens with 800×600 and 1024×768 resolution, respectively. In addition, both devices rock an ARM Cortex-A8 Core 1.2GHz processor, front-facing camera (for video calls), 5-hour battery life, 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity, USB 2.0…
AT&T U-verse for iPad app is now available in the AppStore, allowing users to connect their beloved tablets to their TV sets for an “even better viewing experience.” Seriously folks, this application is awesome and you will use it both when you’re watching TV and when you’re out of home. For instance, you’ll be able…