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Google’s Niantic labs has been hard at work creating the next evolution in augmented reality gaming, a game called Ingress, which is being billed as-wait it’s a mouthful the world’s first MMMMORPG. No, that’s not the name of the final boss; it stands for massively multiplayer map-based mobile online augmented reality game. This new game…
According to The New York Post, approximately 3,600 iPad minis were stolen from a cargo hold at New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport. The report suggests that at least two individuals took a truck into the cargo area at JFK around 11pm on Monday night, and used forklifts to load two pallets of iPad…
ZTE is getting closer to launching the Nubia Z5, the first device in its new range that should propel the company to the higher end of the market. We still don’t have all the details on the upcoming device, but we do know it will rock a quad-core processor, 13-megapixel camera and a 5-inch full…
AT&T’s upcoming Pantech Magnus aka Batsu (model number P9090) has been leaked, compliments to EVleaks. It is said that this Android smartphone will run Ice Cream Sandwich while boasting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 dual-core processor, LTE connectivity support, NFC and other “usual Android goodies” like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, sensors, camera(s) and so on. Release date…
Cricket has added another Android smartphone to its portfolio – LG Optimus Regard. The low-to-mid end device has somewhat strange specs, combining a 3.5-inch HVGA (320×480 pixels) screen with 1.2GHz dual-core processor, making for a snappy phone performance (since the same CPU is usually used with WVGA screens). In addition, the Optimus Regard also packs…
With the new version of iOS, Apple made it tougher for hackers to jailbreak their way into the iPhone. That, however, doesn’t mean you won’t be able to get full access to your shiny smartphone, it’s just that you’ll have to wait for few more weeks or months. What we have here is the first…
Australia’s Telstra is reporting that Nokia Lumia 920 is selling like hot cupcakes on a cold winter day. In fact, the demand has been impressive, with the carrier’s rep calling it “beyond amazing.” He/she went on to say that it’s not just Australia where Nokia is selling a ton of Lumia 920’s — globally the…
Virgin Mobile Live took a hilarious survey to see what people would do if they got a message during a variety of ill-timed situations. And it seems that sometimes people are just unable to resist peaking at their phones — rather, it’s just a matter of whether they’re hiding a message or snooping for one.…
File this under “rumors” or “mistakes” but Carphone Warehouse’s website suggests that the white Nexus 4 is in works. At the phone’s web page, users are able to pick between the black (default) and white models. Pressing the “white” color unfortunately doesn’t show us any image, hinting us this could be an error on the…
Back in September, we’ve told you that Samsung is working on a special version of the Galaxy Note II for the Chinese market. This model will keep all of the good things of the original device while adding a second SIM card slot to the mix. However, this doesn’t mean such a phone can work…