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Today is the day the cellular versions of the iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad launch here in the US. This morning AT&T, Verizon and Sprint all announced availability of the LTE tablets. All three carriers will be offering the mini and the iPad 4G at the same prices as Apple. The mini starts at $459 for the…
EVleaks keeps doing it. Their latest leak is HTC Deluxe, which is the international version of Verizon’s Droid DNA. Specs wise, we expect most of the things to remain intact (when compared to the Droid DNA), including the big 5-inch 1080p screen, dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM. There will be some changes, however, with…
With Black Friday just around the corner, we’ve caught another leaked ad featuring cool promotions. This time we’re learning what Sprint has in store for the great shopping day – it will offer the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Victory smartphones for free after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract. The promotion is…
Vodafone is venturing into new business with their latest phone renting scheme. Dubbed Vodafone Red Hot, this plan allows users to get a new high-end phone every year with little or nothing to pay upfront, including the high-end devices like the Samsung Galaxy SIII, Samsung Galaxy Note II and iPhone 5. Alongside the phone itself…
Samsung recently started mass production of a 64GB eMMC solution for mobile devices, and now they’re going one step forward by announcing the next-generation 64GB flash storage that uses 10nm-class process technology. According to the Korean company, this new 64GB NAND (64GB eMMC Pro Class 2000) is 30% faster than the previous generation, while achieving…
The iPhone’s silent mode isn’t “silent enough” for many people. If you hold your beloved smartphone on a hard surface, it will create a rattling noise often times more disruptive than a normal audible tone. To prevent this annoyance, Apple is patenting a new way that will make future iPhones “more silent.” The company’s patent…
We’ve seen a number of different iPhone cases, all of which are similar – they’re usually made of plastic and/or metal. For those looking for more extravagant protection, a Japanese scientist invented an edible iPhone 5 case. Called the Survival Senbei iPhone 5 Case, it’s made entirely from Japanese brown rice and salt, baked into…
OtterBox, the company behind some seriously rugged phone cases, is acquiring Boston, Massachusetts-based Wrapsol and its family of premium protective film solutions for mobile devices. Wrapsol is known for offering a variety of protective film wraps, including the rugged ULTRA, smudge-resistant CLEAN, durable ORIGINAL, discreet PRIVACY and non-slip GRIP PAD lines. We get OtterBox’s idea…
We’ve already told you all we’ve heard about Huawei’s Ascend W1. It will be the Chinese company’s first Windows Phone device with specs that include a 4-inch WVGA screen, dual cameras (5MP on the back, VGA front-facing one), 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of built-in storage and a memory card slot. In a…
Google updated its developer agreement earlier this week and included a clause that addresses fragmentation. The new paragraph added to the terms and conditions for Google’s Android SDK says, “You agree that you will not take any actions that may cause or result in the fragmentation of Android, including but not limited to distributing, participating…