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Vodafone Group became the latest member of the Ubuntu Carrier Advisor Group, which at one point should help Ubuntu mobile devices reach as many users as possible. According to Canonical’s statement, Vodafone will join “national and multi-national carriers in decisions that influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones.” Unfortunately, we’re still clueless when the first…
Just when we’ve told you that Google has signed into patent cross-license agreement with Cisco, Samsung is following suit with the same kind of deal. Effective immediately, the agreement will let the two parties (Samsung and Cisco) gain access to each other’s patent portfolios, covering “a broad range of products and technologies” for both existing…
LG has recently filed an innovative stylus patent with the USPTO, describing it as a flexible capacitive stylus that can be worn on your arm like a watch. In fact, it does have some functionalities of a smart watch, for instance allowing users to control the music playback from their wrist. It’s unclear, however, whether…
Moto G is now available from US Cellular which is selling it for $99 without any long-term commitments. That’s the same amount Verizon Wireless is asking while requiring you to put a signature on a two-year contract. You will need some minutes, texts and data; and that’s where US Cellular hopes to make some money.…
LG may not wait for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to unveil its next phablet. According to PhoneArena, the company has started sending out invites for a Korea event when the G Pro 2 may be unveiled, all in its 6-inch glory. Dubbed “Knock-knock knockin’ on,” the event will take place at the LG Twin…
Alongside the upcoming successor to the HTC One, which we know under the codename M8, the Taiwanese company will also launch a new version of its Sense UI. Thanks to the ever-savvy EVleaks, we have the first screenshot of HTC’s next Android launcher. As you can see for yourself, Sense UI 6.0 sports a flatter…
HTC had hard time succeeding in the tablet market, despite launching some rock-solid devices in the past. If I would have to pinpoint one reason why the Taiwanese company failed to gain traction in this space, I would say – timing. They had great products but at the time they were introduced in the market,…
The LG G Pro 2 rumors keep piling up. After we’ve heard few details about its camera, we’re now talking about the phablet’s sound capabilities. According to Korean ETnews (and brought to our attention by the good folks of PhoneArena), LG’s baby will feature 1W speaker(s) and thickened bass booster, which will make the G…
BLU Products is joining the “Mini ride,” having launched such (Mini) version of its Life Pure smartphone. The new device is a solid mid-ranger with specs that include a 4.5-inch 720p HD screen, MediaTek’s quad-core chip clocked at 1.5GHz, and unfortunately only 1GB of RAM. In addition, the Life Pure Mini also packs an 8-megapixel…
Although Huawei was one of the companies committing to Mozilla’s mobile OS, we still wait to see a single Firefox OS-based smartphone made by the Chinese firm. The good news is that the wait could be over soon, with Ascend Y300 II emerging as the first Huawei handset to run Mozilla’s mobile platform. We’re not…