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Android 4.4 KitKat keeps rising while Gingerbread keeps losing its market share, according to the latest figures released by Google. Looking at all devices accessing the Google Play Store, KitKat added 3.2% of new users on top of last month’s 5.3% share. This is largely due to updates released by Samsung for their Galaxy S4…
Another day, another HTC One Mini 2 leak. Today we have the “regular” press image render to show you with no protective cases messing the view of the phone. Again we can confirm that the mini version of HTC’s flagship device won’t have a second camera. In fact, it is said that users shouldn’t expect…
Folks from the Human Media Lab (HML) at Queen’s University in Canada are working on a rather amazing device called PaperFold, which as far as we (don’t) know may never be released to the general public. The prototype unit you’re about to see consists of three separate e-ink displays that could either work separately or…
Another LG devices has landed in Verizon’s portfolio and it’s the earlier leaked Optimus Exceed 2. The rest of the world knows this phone as LG L70, which is a part of the vendor’s low-cost L-series III. Specs wise, the Exceed 2 / L70 comes with a 4.5-inch WVGA screen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel rear…
Microsoft has completed the acquisition of Nokia in a deal that was worth $7.5 rather than $7.2 billion, which was the initial figure. The rise in the price also affected Stephen Elop’s severance package that grew from $26 to $33 million. Not bad for a man under whose reign Nokia’s stock price and market share…
As part of marketing activities for its waterproof mobile devices, Sony released an infographic to highlight the usefulness of this capability. According to the numbers they got, every year more than 250,000 people search Google for information about water damaged phones. So, this is obviously a serious problem and Sony hopes you’ll choose one of…
Google is selling its Glass product with quite a premium. According to teardown.com, which had a chance to (guess) tear down the fancy device, the Glass comes with a bill of materials of just $79.78. Presuming the assembly costs another $5 per device, that’s $85. And Google asks a whopping $1500 for the benefit!? Sure…
At the moment, the HTC One M8 is available in three color versions, namely gunmetal grey, glacial silver and amber gold. That, apparently, is just a start with EVleaks suggesting three new color variants are coming soon – blue, pink and red. The last of the three has already been leaked, and as far as…
Amazon must be days away from the official announcement of its very first smartphone. After all, we’ve got most of the details and have even seen the device from those “in the wild” photos. Plus, we’ve heard it will be offered with a special Prime plan from AT&T. And now we have the first press…
Sprint and Samsung have started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for the now aging Galaxy S III smartphone. The carrier hasn’t specified all the details, but users should expect a number of changes, performance and stability improvements, as well as bug fixes — all of which should make for a that much better user…