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Samsung is donating 3,000 GALAXY S3 Neo smartphones, worth about $1 million, to support the ongoing fight against Ebola. The devices will be donated through the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA), and will be used in the Humanitarian Connectivity Project, the UN’s IT project that utilizes mobile devices to provide…
After launching its HERE Maps app for select Samsung smartphones, Nokia is doing the same for the entire Android community, parts of which have already tried cramming the application on their non-Samsung devices. Nokia wants to “manage” this process, hence it’s out with a version of the app that should work across the board. For…
Samsung has turned to Twitter to share the image you can see above. As you can tell for yourself, there’s Sammy’s latest phablet with lollipop wallpaper, hinting us something’s cooking in Korean kitchen. Sure, the company may’ve just wanted to celebrate the latest version of Android, but we tend to think there’s more here than…
Fitbit is preparing to launch few new devices in the near future. Two of these, Charge and Charge HD, will be fitness bands, and another — Fitbit Surge — will be the company’s very first smart watch. However, Fitbit doesn’t want you to think of it as a smart watch — as that makes it…
Philips has teamed-up with Alibaba to launch what is the world’s first smartphone running Alibaba’s Android-based YunOS 3.0. The device is a powerhouse, boasting a 5.5-inch 2K screen, fast 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip, 3,000 mAh battery, 4G LTE connectivity, dual SIM support, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Moreover, there’s Sony’s 20.7-megapixel…
You may’ve heard it – Lenovo is looking to acquire BlackBerry. The Chinese firm has barely scratched the surface with its Motorola acquisition; it wants more. And BlackBerry, we think, would be a perfect fit for them. Some time ago, I’ve mentioned about something similar in a post exploring the future of BlackBerry. Lenovo has…
Samsung’s battery making (among other things) arm, Samsung SDI, has used the InterBattery 2014 exhibition in Seoul to show the world one of its latest products – the flexible, rollable battery made for the next generation of wearable devices. What’s especially cool is that the demo The company used “structural design and improved materials” to…
Samsung is apparently planning to release a successor to its Galaxy Golden clamshell. According to GSMarena’s report, the Korean company’s next flip phone will be the most powerful such device ever. Specs are rumored to include a pair of 4.6-inch Super AMOLED screens with WXGA resolution (1,280 x 768 pixels), Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core chip…
Archos is entering (PDF announcement) the nascent VR glass marker with a product of its own. Unlike Samsung’s Gear VR and Carl Zeiss’s glasses, the ARCHOS Video Player is made for the masses. It will have a rock bottom price of just $29.99, making it an easy sell even for those who considered creating their…
Another day, another Sony Xperia Z4 rumor. This time round, we (think we) have the entire specs sheet to share. According to PhoneArena’s tipster, the Japanese company’s next flagship will be one of the best phones at the time of its launch. Or even the best phone. Period. Here’s the specs rundown: 5.5-inch Quad HD…