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Sony may be expanding to the Windows Phone universe, The Information is reporting. According to their findings, the Japanese giant is in the midst of talking with Microsoft over licensing fees, preloaded software, and other topics. It is said that Sony had already developed some prototypes when it previously considered embracing the platform. The way…
Xiaomi is looking to double the number of smartphone shipments in 2014, growing from 20 to 40 million units. One of the world’s fastest-growing handset makers certainly has what it takes to make this happen, and with former Googler Hugo Barra on its side, Xiaomi seems set for the global expansion. According to some reports,…
Good news for owners of Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone. The Taiwanese company is still thinking about you and will get your the Android 4.3 update in mid-February. The information — in case you wonder — came from Jason Mackenzie, the President of HTC America, who shared this little nugget via Twitter. HTC will…
Sony is apparently working on two different high-end devices, both of which will be launched in the first half of 2014. These two don’t include the already announced and available in some markets, Xperia Z1 Mini aka Z1s, and are rather something “completely new.” According to Digi-Wo, the Japanese company will first release a flagship…
Accessory maker Belkin announced its new Miracast Video Adapter, a small HDMI dongle that wirelessly displays content from an Android phone or tablet directly to an HDTV. If you haven’t heard before, Miracast mirrors the screen of your Android device, enabling you to enjoy movies, TV shows, video clips, photos, games or apps, in full…
Meizu badly wants developers to bring apps to its own app store, so it decided to take no cut from app sales. Whereas most other services like Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store take the 30% cut, the Chinese firm will give 100% of app sale revenues to developers. Considering we’re talking about store…
LG is apparently set to unveil the Lifeband Touch fitness tracker at the forthcoming CES, and voila – you can see how this little device will look like, compliments to the ever savvy EVleaks. We don’t have all the details just yet, but the chances are this little thing will be able to track “every…
Verizon (or that’s just Best Buy) may offer the new Moto G for $100 off-contract. You got that right, you’ll be able to pick Moto’s mid-end baby for just $100 while not being committed to any long-term contracts. The information comes from Google+ user Josue Joseph who apparently works at Best Buy. He posted the…
LG has apparently managed to move no less than 3 million G2 units. Yonhap News cites local analysts who say that of that number, some 900,000 units have been shipped in South Korea only. An LG official was quoted as saying: “Although we cannot reveal specific data, the sales of (the LG G2) are gathering…
Samsung is preparing to launch a series of “Lite” devices next year. One of those will be the Galaxy Grand Lite, which has been caught while getting the much needed approval from the U.S. FCC. The FCC’s listing is everything but revealing, only saying this will be a “phone with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth” which pretty…