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Want the BlackBerry Passport? You’re not alone, but right now – you can hardly get one. The Canadian company has cleared out its initially inventory of just 200,000 units. Yes, they took a conservative approach which seemed wise, but that made many users unhappy, myself included. Some people are content about the current situation, BlackBerry…
Syncing contacts and calendar entries is no longer a problem thanks to Google’s services. However, doing the same with apps is tricky. While there are some services offering something like that, none is as fancy as the recently announced Baton, the product of a startup called Nextbit. Said app/service is coming soon to CyanogenMod as…
Gionee Elife S5.1 is still the world’s thinnest smartphone, but it may not keep that title for long. We’ve heard that Oppo is working on a 4mm-thin handset that could steel Gionee’s laurels (it has been just announced), and now a new rumor suggests Vivo is looking to join the race with — drums please…
Asus seems in the midst of exploring the latest version of Android with plans to launch firmware updates for its popular devices at some point next year. Among the phones that will get the Android 5.0 Lollipop update treatment are products from the ZenFone series, as well as select PadFone models, including the PadFone S…
Sony is gearing towards launching a unique store in Dubai. Designed to show off the waterproof capabilities of its mobile devices (both phones and tablets), the forthcoming Xperia Aquatech Store will be officially open for business on December 3rd. What makes this venture unique is the fact that the store will be located on the…
Samsung is apparently working on an updated version of the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, PhoneArena is reporting. The 2015 Edition of the device has popped up on the Korean company’s website, appearing in descriptions of Samsung’s WatchON, Galaxy 11 Shooting Shooter and Galaxy 11 Cannon Shooter pages. Presuming such product is indeed in the pipeline,…
After the flagship MT6795 chip, MediaTek is unveiling another 64-bit SoC, which this time around, is catered towards the mid-end of the market. The new MT6753 combines eight 64-bit Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.7GHz with Mali-T760 graphics and LTE Cat.4 radio, covering more LTE bands than ever. Additionally, it also features CDMA 2000 1x and…
Fitbit has just announced three new devices, one of which is its very first smart watch. Even though the company doesn’t want it to call it a smart watch — it wants us to refer to it as “Super Watch” — this is a device with big screen that will show the current time throughout…
Two Chinese companies are preparing to announce new phones later this week; Oppo and Huawei will unveil their latest products on October 29th. Oppo will use the opportunity to show us the N3, successor to its N1 swivel-camera phablet. The new model will have a motorized rotating camera and beefed-up specs, including a 5.5-inch screen,…
A company called MicroBlink released a neat mobile app that makes solving math equations as easy as taking a photo. Available for iOS and Windows Phone — with Android version coming next year — PhotoMath will not only provide users with the end result, but will also show them steps taken to solve it. Right…