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Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is surely a device to behold, packing tons of features and a fingerprint scanner to facilitate security. While fingerprint scanners have been used in smartphones before, such as the iPhone 5S, the scanners may not be as secure as we think. Security Research Labs has used a pretty simple method of fingerprint…
Without much fanfare, Verizon Wireless unveiled a pair low-cost devices, LG Zone 2 and LG Extravert 2, both of which lack 4G LTE connectivity support and are limited to 3G speeds. The Zone 2 is an Android 4.4 KitKat-powered smartphone that comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, Qualcomm’s 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 3-megapixel…
Officially, Cortana won’t be making its way to Windows Phone handsets for a few months, but there is a way to install the new Windows Phone 8.1 update on your Windows Phone device at this very moment! The process isn’t too involved, and will take you just a few minutes to get the sassy Cortana…
Verizon will soon allow customers to bring their own Verizon compatible devices to the network when choosing a More Everything plan. The BYOD strategy begins on April 17th, alongside a few pricing changes as well. Customers with data plans of 8GB or below will be able to add a smartphone to their account for just…
The red version of everyone’s favorite phone is heading to Verizon Wireless. Yup, I’m talking about the HTC One M8 in red, which according to EVleaks, will soon be added to the carrier’s offering. Unfortunately we don’t have the exact date just yet and we’ll have to wait for another few days or weeks to…
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is now available through many carriers and retailers across the U.S. Have you grabbed yours yet? If not, you may want to hold off for a while. Samsung will be releasing a Developer’s Edition of the GS5 sometime in the near future, according to a Samsung product listing. The listing picture…
The HTC One M8 is now available to purchase from AT&T and Sprint retail stores, and will be landing in T-Mobile stores tomorrow. The M8, which was released on March 25th has been available from AT&T and Sprint, but had to be purchased online. Verizon has had the HTC One M8 in stores from the…
Earlier today, T-Mobile announced a new UnCarrier move that benefits LTE tablet owning customers, providing them with an extra 1GB of free data and some low prices on LTE enabled tablets. Verizon Wireless quickly fired back at Legere and Co., reminding us that the company is offering a free 1GB of data for life when…
The Samsung Galaxy S5 will be landing in stores across the U.S. tomorrow, changing everyone’s lives FOREVER. Ok, maybe I’m embellishing a little. But the GS5 is a beast of a phone in many regards. Taking apart and repairing the thing is one of those. A teardown video from iFixit shows us that dismantling the…
So you think you know all there is to know about your iPhone? I’m sure you’re quite studious, but you may be ignorant of a few of the iPhone’s features that are totally worth knowing. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. Apple’s smartphone just has so many bells and whistles packed into it that the…