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The feature phone may be dying, but it is not dead yet. Verizon Wireless is still on board with the diminutive flip phone and today started offering the new Samsung Convoy 3. The Convoy 3 is a rugged phone with military specs for dust, shock and high heat. Like most rugged feature phones, it has…
Teardown analysis by market research firm IHS suggests the Motorola X costs $221 to build. According to AllThingsD, which relayed the IHS report, the components cost an estimated $209, with an extra $12 tacked onto the price for manufacturing. These manufacturing costs are slightly higher than most handsets because Motorola is paying a premium (about…
Samsung hasn’t been shy about its support for the upcoming BlackBerry Messenger app for Android. Earlier this month, the company “inadvertently” let everyone know that it will make the app available on its handsets. The latest leak about BBM for Android allegedly comes from Samsung Ghana, which has released a shoddy video about the messaging service…
Nokia is about to embrace the Windows RT platform with a new tablet codenamed Sirius. We saw some spy shots of the device earlier this month, and now The Verge was able to get their hands on some of the details surrounding this mystery tablet. According to The Verge, the tablet will have the following…
Samsung is expected to announce the rumored Galaxy Gear smart watch at its Unpacked press event that’ll be held September 4th. Speaking to The Korea Times, Lee Young-hee, the Vice President of Mobile for Samsung, confirmed the date and some details about the wearable device. “We will be introducing a new wearable concept device called…
While many manufacturers are getting colorful with their handsets, Samsung is allegedly sticking with the traditional black and white options for the upcoming rumored Galaxy Note III. According to SamMobile, Samsung will launch the Note III with the two polar opposite colors and then add a pink option to the mix a few weeks after…
People do strange things when they sleep — some talk, some walk and apparently some even text. According to a report by CBS, sleep texting is on the rise and it’s not a healthy behavior for those who are unknowingly doing it. Not only does it interrupt REM sleep, sleep texting potentially embarrassing. While some…
Earlier this week, photos allegedly of a black iPhone 5C were spotted on Chinese website Weibo. These photos made their way through the rumor mill, but like so many other rumors, these snapshots are probably false. Sonny Dickson chimes in on the black iPhone 5C rumor and claims the photos are of a cheap Chinese…
Dimitar Valev, Sales & Marketing Manager of Mobile Communications & PC at LG Bulgaria, spoke candidly about the manufacturer’s product pipeline for the next 12 months. Unlike most executives, who keep tight lipped about future plans, Valev revealed several juicy tidbits about what LG has in store for its customers in the coming year. Valev…
AT&T announced today that it intends to cover 50 new markets with LTE by the end of 2013. This announcement comes hot on the heels of a big summer rollout that saw the carrier add LTE in 78 markets. The last places to get LTE as part of this summer push should see the service…