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Guess who’s planning the join the nascent VR market? That would be Oppo, which according to G4Games plans to compete with the likes of Samsung and Carl Zeiss, as well as Google’s own Cardboard project. The information, in case you wonder, comes straight from the horse’s mouth, Oppo’s official Weibo account, where we caught a…
For one reason or another, Samsung and AT&T haven’t found time (or whatever) to launch the KitKat update for the Galaxy Note 8.0. That’s changing now with users getting their goodies as we speak. The new firmware, version JZO54K.I467UCANI2, comes with all the latest bells and whistles included in Android 4.4 (security and usability improvements…
Sprint may be inching closer to launching the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, with such device getting the FCC regulatory approval needed to be sold on the U.S. soil. However, chances are Now Network won’t be the only one offering Sammy’s unique phablet — unique in that sense that it has the two-sided screen where one…
Next year, we may see LG’s flagship phone rocking rear camera with 20.7-megapixel sensor and improved Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The Korean company’s LG Innotek division used the 2014 Korea Electronics Show (KES) to officially unveil such camera module, and yes – we expect it to be included in the upcoming LG G4. Aside from…
Lenovo is looking to launch a new brand in China — and we guess few other Asian countries — to compete with Xiaomi. If everything goes as planned, said brand/company will be open for business starting from April 2015. The Chinese giant is already owning Motorola and we’re not sure they really need another brand…
Samsung announced its latest chip, the Exynos 7 Octa. However, this is not really the all-new offering; rather, the Korean company decided to rebrand its new Exynos 5433 SoC, which happens to power some Galaxy Note 4 variants. We can understand the thinking behind this move. For one thing, the Exynos 5433 / Exynos 7…
We don’t usually associate Acer with cool mobile devices. Quite the contrary, their gear seldom praised, and the company is struggling to stay relevant in this space. They, obviously, don’t like this and are preparing to change some things in the future. Beyond better devices, the Taiwanese company is also looking to launch an Apple…
Yesterday, the media reported that Facebook’s CEO met with Samsung’s top executives, including the company’s vice chairman Lee Jay-yong, Sheryl Sandberg, as well as Shin Jong-kyun, head of mobile at Samsung. That, obviously, prompted another slew of rumors that we’ll be seeing another Facebook phone, this time coming to the market with the help of…
Gionee can’t reach users in the West alone; it needs a partner to do that, and guess what – they have teamed-up with UK-based KAZAM to bring their super-slim Elife S5.1 to the Brits, and perhaps the rest of Europe. At 5.15mm, the mentioned Gionee product happens to be the world’s thinnest smartphone, which we…
You may like the idea of having a Windows Phone device that has the UI made in Cupertino, and guess what – you can easily do that with a new app called iOS 7 Launcher. Available as a free download from the Windows Marketplace, the application will make your (for instance) Lumia phone feel like…