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Alcatel is using CES to re-announce its flagship device, One Touch Idol X+; unveil a pair of new, low-cost tablets – One Touch Pop 7 and Pop 8; and a phablet – Pop C9. First, let’s recap what Idol X+ is all about. If you recall from our previous post, we’re talking about a high-end…
Google has teamed-up with Audi, GM, Honda, Hyundai and NVIDIA to form the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) and bring Android to a vehicle near you. Yup, the connected car is just around the corner and search giant wants to bring its technology to the mix, serving us ads along the way. At the same time,…
Lenovo and HP think there’s money to be made in Android All-in-One (AiO) computers, hence both companies announced such devices in Vegas, Lenovo N308 and HP Slate21 Pro. The latter is made as a successor to the previous model, HP Slate 21. We don’t have all the details, so we’re going with what we know;…
Google has acquired Bitspin, a Zurich, Switzerland-based company that makes the fairly popular Timely Alarm Clock app. For the time being, the application will remain to be available for download from the Google Play Store, and additional themes and sounds which used to be cost money (via in-app purchase) are now free. For those who…
Credo Mobile has made its business on offering up the phones people want with a social conscience. The San Francisco based company donates portions of its proceeds to progressive causes such as Planned Parenthood, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation Credo now has Google’s latest, the Nexus 5 in both black and…
Samsung apparently wants to make its smaller Galaxy S smartphone more appealing. The Korean company is working on a special version of the device called GALAXY S4 Mini Value Edition. Marked as GT-I8200, it will likely have similar, if not the same, specs with the only difference being in the preloaded software. Or so we…
The newest version of Sega’s kart racing franchise was in the news recently for bringing back a classic Sega character. It came to iOS devices yesterday and now Android users can get in on the fun. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed is out now on the Google Play Store! Sega began teasing pics of…
Samsung is making no bones about the fact that they are bringing a Galaxy Gear successor to the masses in 2014. Thanks to a tweet from @SamsungMobileUK, we now know that a new smartwatch or wearable device will be announced in 2014. What it will look like and do is a whole other matter entirely.…
One of the most requested features for Pandora has been an alarm clock functionality. Listeners want to wake up to their favorite station and start their day off with some jams! Now the Android version of the popular radio service is finally getting the alarm clock feature in its latest update! iOS users have had…
BlackBerry Messenger has proven to be very popular on non-BlackBerry hardware, with Android and iOS users downloading it in droves. Now it looks like the company has made some of the latest and greatest features of the service available in the Android version of the messaging app. The latest BlackBerry Messenger Beta for Android features…