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An interesting video is floating around from GSMArena and it shows what could be the Apple iPhone 5 with a much larger screen and a thinner design. I’m not convinced this is real but it’s interesting to watch because it does show off the possibilities of what a large-screen iPhone looks like. The reason I’m…
TechCrunch is killing it with Facebook coverage, as the company said that the Facebook iPad app will launch next week alongside a revamped HMTL5-based mobile version. We know that the Facebook iPad app has been done for quite some time or at least, was “feature complete” for a few months but the world’s largest social…
I’m a big fan of the Hipmunk service for finding flights and hotels and I’m very happy to see it launch an Android app that offers a similarly beautiful UI as the iOS version but with some added Android-specific features. If you don’t know Hipmunk, it is a visually-pleasing way to search for flights or…
Well, it looks like we were right about the Nexus Prime showing up at CTIA Oct. 11, as we’ve just received an invite from Samsung which will give us a “look at what’s new from Android.” While Samsung doesn’t go outright and say this is the Nexus Prime or Galaxy Prime or Droid Prime or…
Microsoft is painting the licensing agreement with Samsung regarding Android as a positive sign of how intellectual property can drive innovation and collaboration. Google sees it a different way: it said that Microsoft is resorting to extortion. In a message e-mailed to the press, Google said: This is the same tactic we’ve seen time and…
I’m at the Intel AppUp Elements conference (disclosure: Intel paid for my trip) and the company is being quite honest about where it stands in the mobile app space. Specifically, Intel’s Peter Biddle said “We’ve sucked at getting customers.” For a quick primer, Intel has been powering the vast majority of computing devices for the…
We’re here live in New York and seeing what Amazon has in store for us. The company is widely expected to show off its first media tablet and this could be the first credible competitor to the Apple iPad. Previous reports suggested this will carry the Kindle brand name but we’re not 100 percent certain…
Toshiba isn’t done with Android on tablets, as the company is following up the Thrive Android Honeycomb tablet with the Thrive 7. As you would imagine by the name, this device will rock a 7-inch display and it will come preloaded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb. The Toshiba Thrive 7 aims to keep many of the…
While we’re gearing up for the next iPhone introduction, T-Mobile just posted an open letter to customers which indicates that it won’t be getting the iPhone but that its current crop of high-end Android phones like the Amaze 4G and the Galaxy S II are just as good, if not better. In the letter, T-Mobile…
Amazone is holding a major press event tomorrow morning and all signs point to it finally unveiling the much-rumored Amazon tablet, which will be based on a customized version of Android and may finally bring some real competition to the Apple iPad. TechCrunch has actually played with at least a developer version and it says…