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Lenovo is the latest OEM to join Google’s Chromebook scheme. During the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC), the Chinese firm unveiled a pair of Intel chip-powered 11.6-inch ThinkPad 11e laptops running Google’s browser-centric platform. Thin and light, these purpose-built devices offer education administrators the durability necessary to succeed in the hands of K-12 students and…
You know that Lenovo is the new owner of Motorola, right? The Chinese firm doesn’t hide its ambitions to become the world’s biggest mobile device maker. In an interview with CNN Money, Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang said that their mission is to surpass Apple and Samsung. That’s right, the Chinese have such big plans. “We…
AT&T has unveiled a new family plan, which promise to deliver significant savings to smartphone-savvy families. The main pitch is simple – a family of four can get unlimited talk and text, plus 10 gigs of shared data for just $160 per month. The basic service with two lines costs $130 per month and includes…
Sprint is yet again expanding its Spark LTE service. This time they’re going for the residents of the Kansas City, which BTW is Dan Hesse’s (Sprint CEO) home town market. The coverage is also extending to surrounding areas like Brookside, The Legends, downtown and Overland Park. For those of you who missed it, Sprint Spark…
France-based Archos may be looking to enter the Windows Phone space. Speaking with TrustedReviews, the company’s CEO Loic Poirier said he felt the [Windows Phone] market is now mature enough after a number of years of gradual growth. “We will launch a Windows Phone handset when the time is right,” he said, adding that “before…
Thanks to the ever-savvy EVleaks, we have the press shot of the rumored red Nexus 5 to show you. As you can see for yourself, this is one sexy device, which — according to another rumor — will hit the market just in time for the upcoming Valentine’s Day. Price shouldn’t be “affected” with the…
Sprint has quietly made the Android 4.4 KitKat update available for the HTC One. By quietly we mean that the new firmware won’t be pushed out to your device just yet; you’ll have to manually check for update through Settings -> About phone. Or wait to be prompted to do so on February 11th. Waiting…
Huawei unveiled a new entry-level device in Europe. Marked as Ascend Y530, it supersedes the earlier phones in the series, including the Ascend Y300 and Y511. However, the new model isn’t much more powerful than earlier Y-devices; it rocks a 4.5-inch 480 x 854 pixels screen, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200 dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 512MB…
Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 mini are getting special Black Edition versions in Russia. While we’re not sure whether these models will also be available in other parts of the world, we know that they bring the Galaxy Note 3-like look and feel to Sammy’s flagship device. The faux leather on the back is…
AT&T and Nokia have started rolling out the Lumia Black update for Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. Included in the deal are many new features such as new colors on the glance screen for night mode, new notifications in glance screen, Bluetooth 4.0 LE connectivity and so on. Plus, you also get to benefit from…