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It looks like we’ll finally see the very first Tizen-powered smartphone launching in November. According to TizenExperts, at this time Samsung will unveil a smartphone running its own OS in India. This won’t be the earlier announced Samsung Z, but some completely different device that will cater towards folks on a budget. Actually, not one…
HTC has decided to celebrate the recent start of the UEFA Champions League with a special version of its One M8 smartphone. The specially engraved Champions League Collector’s Edition variant of the HTC One (M8) has been unveiled but it’s not readily available for purchase. Instead of offering it through regular channels (i.e. phone retailers…
The smart bulb market is heating up. Already, we’ve seen a number of products announced by the likes of Philips, GE, Samsung and LG; and now Belkin is showing us its own offering. Just like all other devices in this category, the WeMo LED Lighting Starter Set and WeMo Smart LED Bulbs allow users to…
You may’be heard that the other day Sony announced an everything but bright outlook for its mobile phone business. Put into numbers, the Japanese company is foreseeing $1.2 billion loss, all while the entire smartphone market is booming; so what gives? Sony, a premium product? Sony has a problem explaining to the users its high…
There’s a way to make your old iPhone look like it’s running iOS 7, all with the fancy flat interface. The solution is everything but official and while working to make this happen, you may easily end-up with a bricked device. So no – this isn’t something everyone should try. On the other hand, if…
LVMH-owned TAG Heuer is apparently working on its very first smart watch, which could be unveiled at some point next year. “We want to launch a smartwatch at TAG Heuer, but it must not copy the Apple Watch,” head of the company’s watch business, Jean-Claude Biver, told Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. With the rise…
ZTE announced an affordable phablet for T-Mobile and its subsidisary MetroPCS. The ZTE ZMAX, which seems made for folks looking to get a big screen phone “no matter what,” rocks a 5.7-inch display with 720p HD resolution. That’s 1280 x 720 pixels, meaning you’ll pretty much be able to see every single pixel on the…
BlackBerry has finally made its Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone officially official. After being leaked for months, it’s almost here, but you still can’t get one. Let alone afford it. Although the pricing hasn’t been announced, chances are this will be an expensive device, one that will find its buyers among Middle East oil barons and…
The new iPhones are here and so is Apple’s HealthKit platform. Google knows it has to be quick to offer similar capabilities and has made the earlier announced Google Fit solution available as part of its latest update to the Google Play Services. This, actually, is just a refresh of the Google Fit developer preview…
Samsung is one of very few vendors to its their own chips. Other companies that do this include Apple and Huawei, with LG and ZTE also working on that. Up until recently, the Exynos series didn’t integrate modems, prompting the Korean giant to buy gear from Qualcomm for its high-end models. Things are changing now…