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Samsung officially announced its new Galaxy Xcover 2 S7710 last week,but failed to provide any information pertaining to a release date or availability. Today, Samsung UK has announced that their rugged IP67-certified water and dust resistant smartphone is coming to the UK by March. The Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 has some impressive specs for a smartphone of its type,…
GoSmart mobile, a new pre-paid low-cost mobile brand from T-Mobile will be coming in February, according to Fierce Wireless sources. T-Mobile has already received encouraging numbers from select test markets last December, and has used those numbers to determine the efficacy of a nationwide rollout. The pricing scemes are very reasonable, and give other prepaid plans a…
Last week, invitations rolled out for HTC’s simultaneous press events in New York City and London on February 19th. With HTC already confirming that they will be making no major announcements at Mobile World Congress this year, and with rumors of the upcoming HTC M7 abounding, we can only assume that the HTC M7 will finally be…
LG has released it’s earnings report for Q4 2012, revealing that it pulled in a revenue of $2.58 billion by shipping 15.4 million devices, with 8.6 million of those devices being Android smartphones. Compare that to Q3 2012, in which LG sold only 7 million smartphones. That means that LG saw a 23 percent increase…
It looks like the floors of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month are going to be a little bare this year. HTC has already announced it would not have a press conference at MWC, and now, according to Pocket-Lint, it looks as if Samsung is following suit. Samsung will have a show-floor presence at the show,…
It’s no doubt that the once frowned upon RIM has recently captured the public’s imagination with their new BlackBerry 10 devices, and tomorrow in New York City, the new BlackBerry 10 devices will be officially unveiled. With rumors abounding the last few weeks, we finally have some.. well, ok you got me. Rumors. This one comes from…
We’ve seen more than a few leaks of the greatly anticipated HTC M7, and today ETradeSupply has given us another leak of HTC’s flagship smartphone for 2013. We now have pictures of the chassis of the device, basically the shell of the phone itself that will house all of the smartphone parts such as the…
With almost twice as many smartphones shipping in Q4 of 2012 than the previous year, it’s no surprise that Google’s Android OS has maintained its lead in the smartphone race. A new report from Strategy Analytics estimates that a total of 152.1 million smartphones operating on Android shipped in Q4 of 2012, making Android’s global…
Foursquare, a location based social network that predates many other location apps including Facebook’s check-in feature, has up until now been focused on offering services to customers of establishments. Now, Foursquare, scrambling to monetize, has released a new iOS app that puts emphasis on the business owner. The new app, Foursquare for Business, is an app that gives…
With RIM about to officially announce it’s stunning new BlackBerry 10 OS and Z10 handset at a press conference on January 30th, some renders of the Z10 have been released, making former BlackBerry haters into curious, possible users. Although these renders are not the real deal, they do offer us a glimpse into RIM’s beautiful…