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Meizu launched its brand-new MX smartphone in China, attracting quite a crowd in the process. In that sense, the day when the new device started selling resembles the Meizu M9 launch last year when we’ve seen long lines formed at stores in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. This time round, Meizu also launched its…
Samsung has announced that it has reached 1 million Galaxy Note units shipped. As we all know, that doesn’t necessarily means the same number sold — however, that’s still an impressive figure for a device as powerful and somewhat controversial as the Note. In related news, the Korean company said their smartphone/tablet will hit the…
Christmas was awesome for Facebook, with the social network surpassing 300 million mobile users milestone, according to Enders Analysis analyst Benedict Evans. But that’s not all, the Facebook data also suggest that Android overtook Apple in terms of daily usage, although the historic figures still show an iOS dominance. Perhaps more interesting, BlackBerry is still…
Samsung has teamed up with the concept store 10 CORSE COMO to create a special case for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE. The new 10 CORSE COMO Galaxy Tab Case is designed by Kris Ruhs and comes in floral and polka dot design and it also doubles as a tablet stand.…
Huawei is rolling the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its pretty popular U8800 Titan aka IDEOS X5 smartphone as we speak. We’re not sure whether all flavors of the device are included (like carrier-specific versions), but as far as we understood, most users in Europe should notice that a new software version is available for…
Remember LG E906 Jil Sander, the fancy-lookin’ Windows Phone device with designer’s touch? It was roughly a month when we told you it’s available for 300 GBP in the UK. Now the price has been halved to 149.99 GBP, making for an awesome deal — in case you do want a smartphone with Microsoft’s mobile…
Good though not great news for those of you with Verizon Wireless’ version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – the carrier is planning to release a new software version for the Android tablet in the near future. Before you go hurray, I’m sad to say it’s not the so-much-wanted Ice Cream Sandwich update. Rather,…
Sirius XM Radio unveiled the Android-powered SiriusXM Lynx Portable Radio, touting it as its most advanced radio ever that comes with expanded channel lineup via satellite and Internet. The new device features for satellite radio when docked with the optional Lynx LV1 Vehicle Kit or Lynx LH1 Home Kit include: Tune Start – automatically starts…
Sprint is preparing a neat “buy one, get one free” deal for mid-range smartphone buyers, offering the Samsung Conquer 4G for $49.99. That’s right instead of asking $99.99 (Conquer 4G’s existing price), folks can get this handset for 50% off as well as an additional device free of charge. In order to take advantage of…
McAfee unveiled its 2012 Threat Predictions report, outlining the top threats for the coming year and it said the next twelve months will see increased attacks on smartphones and mobile devices. The emerging threats from 2011 also include “legal” spam, virtual currency, industrial attacks, embedded hardware, hacktivism and rogue certificates. Needless to say, the mobile…