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Roughly a month ago we told you European owners of the HTC Flyer have started getting the Honeycomb update. Now the company is including Americans to the mix too, releasing the Android 3.2-based software for the Flyer Wi-Fi model users in the States. The keyword here is “Wi-Fi model” which unfortunately excludes those of you…
Samsung announced a new member of its Galaxy family of devices in Korea – Galaxy M Style. The new smartphone can’t impress an über geek like the one writing this post, but it will definitely find its place among the folks who don’t want to pay too much for their phone. As such, the Samsung…
Sony Ericsson has turned to social media (Google+ and Facebook) to prepare the world for “something big” that the company will announce next week at CES in Las Vegas. While the handset maker is naturally quiet about its plans, it did share an image of covered device which we think hides the Xperia Arc HD…
France Telecom confirmed it is selling Orange Switzerland to private equity firm Apax Partners for 1.6 billion EUR. Previous rumors indicated some other potential buyers, including private equity firms EQT and Providence, as well as a bid from Xavier Niel (the French telecoms entrepreneur, who had teamed with Goldman Sachs), and Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris.…
Touchscreen controls are not enough for you? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. A few friends of mine would die for a dedicated gaming buttons, but they don’t like the overpriced external gamepads. Enter 60beat, which GamePad controller is selling for $49.99. That’s not big cash and any dedicated iGamer should be able to afford…
Rovio keeps updating its popular Angry Birds games and later this month those of you with Angry Birds Seasons will get brand new Chinese New Year levels. The information comes from Rovio’s “Happy New Year” clip released just after Christmas that ends with text which reads: “Angry Birds Seasons. All new update. Coming in January.”…
Another day, another platform supported by USA TODAY. This time their target is Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which users will now be able to access the magazine’s award-winning content from the comfort of their sofa, couch or wherever they happen to use their tablet. Available as a free download, USA TODAY is sponsored by Volkswagen as…
Samsung announced an updated version of its Galaxy Ace smartphone, simply calling it Galaxy Ace Plus. The main difference between this new model and the existing Galaxy Ace is in the processor used – Galaxy Ace Plus rocks a much faster 1GHz CPU. In addition, the new device also comes with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and Wi-Fi…
Motorola released an update for its super-thin RAZR smartphone in Europe. No it won’t bring Ice Cream Sandwich to your device; rather software version 651.73.30 includes several improvements and adds a new app – Evernote (which is my personal favorite note-taking tool). Here’s what else is included in this release: General improvements to camera performance…
Good news for those of you with MetroPCS’ LG Esteem – you can now more easily root your smartphone of choice. Yep, the all-in-one root and custom recovery is out, compliments to AndroidForums.com ROM developer PlayfulGod, though credit also goes to Koush and RaidZero for their recoveries as well as zergrush for their root method.…