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Folks looking for an extra piece of mind may like the Blackphone, a device that brings Android security to a whole new level. Product of Geeksphone and Silent Circle, it runs a custom version of Google’s mobile OS called PrivatOS and ships with pre-installed apps to enable private calls, texting, video chats, file exchange up…
BlackBerry unveiled a pair of new smartphones at Mobile World Congress. The first of the two, Z3 (aka Jakarta), is the result of BlackBerry’s co-operation with Foxconn. This unit has a z10-like all-touchscreen form factor and is heading to Indonesia, where interested users will be able to buy it starting from April for some $200.…
Qualcomm is slashing the price of its Toq smart watch from $349.99 to $249.99. That’s $100 off the original price, making the phone that much sweeter. You can argue that Toq doesn’t have as many apps as Pebble does; but it rocks a color screen. That’s Mirasol baby, the power-saving display technology that keeps the…
The fact that Nexus 6 won’t be launched until much later in the year doesn’t stop some media from bringing us early information about it. According to DigiTimes, the next Google-phone will rock Qualcomm’s 8-core 64-bit Snapdragon 810 SoC. This chip is still not announced but should be officially unveiled in the second half of…
Singapore-based announced OAXIS unveiled an innovative phone case called InkCase Lite that promises to turn any device into a YotaPhone. Yup, this means that with this case you get an e-ink based panel on the back. The problem, however, is that the case has its own battery that makes the entire setting thicker. Still, it…
TCL, which is the owner of the Alcatel brand, has great plans for the future. During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has demoed its smartbook concept to Engadget. The 11-inch MacBook Air-like laptop has no brains of its own; it rather relies on the hardware of a smartphone to effectively transform it into…
WhatsApp is gearing towards adding voice calls to its popular messaging app/service. Speaking with TNW, the company’s representatives said that this feature will be unveiled at some point in the second quarter of the year. As I’m writing this, WhatsApp has more than 450 million users, 320 million of which are considered active every month.…
Aside from the Android-powered Nokia X range, the Finnish company also unveiled two low-cost feature phones – Nokia 220 and Nokia Asha 230. The first of the two is said to be Nokia’s most affordable Internet-connected phone ever, selling for €29 before taxes and subsidies. It has a 2.4-inch QVGA (240×320) screen, 2-megapixel camera, FM…
Asus isn’t announcing anything exciting at Mobile World Congress; all we have are two new Fonepad models – one with 4G LTE connectivity support, and another that can take two SIM cards. Aside from rocking a 4G radio, the Fonepad 7 LTE (model number ME372CL) remains the same under the hood. Its specs include a…
ZTE has unveiled the Grand Memo II LTE at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is not a high-end phablet, but a mid-end one, rocking Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 quad-core chip, 6-inch 720p HD screen, and Android 4.4 KitKat with ZTE’s own MiFavor 2.3 UI on top. In addition, the 7.2mm-thin phone has a 13-megapixel rear…