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AT&T has started rolling updates for two of its super-phones – LG G2 and HTC One. The G2 got “key enhancements to the user interface, battery efficiency and processing speed,” as you may’ve seen in the video LG has released on YouTube. In addition, there are some UI changes included with KitKat’s interface, as well…
Opera Software is launching Opera Max, the free app that promises to extend the life of your data plan by up to 50%. This magic happens thanks to compression algorithms used on Opera’s servers which process the page, zip it and then send it back to your phone. The best part – it’s not a…
Offering carrier-branded smartphones must be a sound strategy for Orange, which keeps adding these devices left and right. Last year, the French operator group unveiled 14 new own-brand devices, doubling the number from last year. And you know why – cause these phones are selling like crazy, offering great value for money to the users.…
BlackBerry decided to join the stickers craze and include the functionality in the latest update to its BBM app. This is something all other popular messaging platforms have, and I guess the idea is to “keep up with the Joneses.” It could be that the Canadian company is looking to make BBM the real stand-alone…
While Qualcomm will continue to dominate the high-end of the market, MediaTek is powering an increasing number of low- to mid-range devices. The company’s newly unveiled 64-bit LTE SOC MT6732 is made for the new “super-mid market,” offering enough power to keep even the savvy users happy with the performance (or so we think). The…
Aside from the MediaPad M1, Huawei also unveiled MediaPad X1, the 7-inch tablet we’ve seen leaked in the past. As you would imagine, this is a smaller device [than MediaPad M1], but powerful enough nevertheless, despite dumping aluminum body for the one made of plastic. On the other hand, the X1 has much better cameras…
Huawei unveiled a new, great-lookin’ tablet that looks like an oversized HTC One all with dual speakers on the front. Here’s the specs rundown: 8-inch 1280×800 pixels IPS display 1.6GHz quad-core HiSilicon Kirin910 processor with Mali 450 graphics 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage (via microSD cards) 5MP auto-focus camera on the back, 1MP…
Huawei is entering the smart wearables space with a device called TalkBand B1. It’s a unique-lookin’ smart watch with a 1.4-inch OLED flexible display and Bluetooth connectivity support. Unlike some other wrist-wearables we’ve seen before, this one comes with a Bluetooth 4.1 earpiece, hence the Chinese company decided to sell the TalkBand B1 as “Talk…
Huawei has officially announced the earlier leaked Ascend G6. The mid-end device looks sexy, and should deliver great value for money. While we don’t know how much the Chinese firm will ask for the unlocked handset, it’s hard to imagine that buying the Ascend G6 will break anyone’s bank. The specs are as follows: 4.5-inch…
Microsoft is using Mobile World Congress to spill the beans on its Windows Phone plans. Set to be unveiled at some point this spring, Windows Phone 8.1 will support different hardware configurations to make it easier for Android handset makers to join the “Windows Phone ride.” Among the chips that will be supported with the…