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Back in August of last year we were talking about Pressy, the almighty Android button which plugs into the phone’s 3.5mm headset jack to add new functionality. It can be programmed for a number of tasks such as sending a predefined text message to the select contact, taking a quick photo, opening some app, firing-up…
HTC has released yet another app in the Google Play Store – Dot View Case. It’s nothing you can use now, but it’s an important step in HTC’s new strategy to offer its apps through Google Play allowing for faster updates in the future. No longer will the process of updating a number of apps…
As BlackBerry is returning to its core customers, they are looking to launch new products for fans of the physical keyboard. According to the company’s new CEO John Chen, we’ll see three new high-end BlackBerry models with QWERTY keyboard released in the near future, though we’re not sure all of them will hit the market…
The ZTE Grand S II could end-up being the world’s first smartphone with full 4GB of RAM. At least such version of the device has been caught at China’s certification body. Announced during this year’s CES in Las Vegas, the Grand S II was touted as the company’s first smartphone to be able to simultaneously…
Xiaomi is apparently working on a gold version of its Mi3 smartphone, GizChina is reporting. It’s unclear when this fancy gadget will be out but chances are that will happen sooner rather than later. Cause we expect to see the Mi4 launching within few weeks or months; at that time the gold Mi3 won’t be…
Microsoft’s BUILD conference is set to kick off this week in San Francisco where we hope to see Windows Phone 8.1 officially unveiled. Even before it starts, the rumors have started piling up. One of them suggests that the first phones running the upcoming OS will launch on April 23rd, and these will likely be…
One little known feature of the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S5 is that it can act as baby monitor. In order for this to work, you’ll also need to own a Galaxy Gear smartphone which is paired with Sammy’s latest superphone. Once that’s in place, your should fire-up the feature from the accessibility menu and…
HTC won’t give up that easily and leave its lunch to Samsung. The company’s CEO and co-founder Peter Chou hopes that the phones like the newly announced All New One as well as the low-cost Desire series will help it grow its market share again, and eventually reach 8-10% of the total smartphone market. In…
Google has apparently started requiring its OEM partners to add an Android logo to boot screens. The move comes on the heels of the latest KitKat design guidelines which require OEMs to flat-down their UI designs and change the color of icons in the status bar to white. The “Powered by Android” logo will soon…
We’ve told you that BlackBerry has sued the maker of the Typo iPhone case, which promised to bring a BlackBerry-like QWERTY keyboard to iUsers. The Canadian company’s lawyers managed to convince the U.S. District Judge William Orrick that Type has indeed infringed on its client’s patents and should thus stop selling. Orrick stated in the…