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The day has come – Nokia has officially joined the Android market with not one, but three different devices. These three are Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL, all of which get their power from a rather mediocre 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. There are some changes as well – Nokia X has a…
Sony has just announced a trio of Xperia devices today at MWC 2014 in Barcelona, two smartphones and one tablet. As anticipated, Sony announced the follow-up to the Xperia Z, the Xperia Z2 and the next tablet, the Xperia Z2. Also announced was the Xperia M2, a slimmed down version of the Xperia Z2. The…
Offering carrier-branded smartphones must be a sound strategy for Orange, which keeps adding these devices left and right. Last year, the French operator group unveiled 14 new own-brand devices, doubling the number from last year. And you know why – cause these phones are selling like crazy, offering great value for money to the users.…
LG announced the new LG G Pro 2 phablet in Korea ten days ago, and the beautiful device has made its way to MWC 2014 in Barcelona. The device will go on sale in Korea by the end of February. Appearing alongside a slew of LG devices, like the LG G2 mini, F70 and F90,…
Lenovo has just announced a new premium app suite for iOS and Android users, called the DOit Series. The apps are intended to help you sync and share your information across your smartphones and tablets while providing securely and easily. The DOit app series includes: SHAREit – shares information instantly between multiple devices without network…
MWC 2014 is off and running, and there’s been no shortage of Firefox OS news so far. Some say the mobile OS will go nowhere, with Android and iOS dominating much of the world. But if Mozilla and Alcatel have their way, smartphone users in emerging markets will be sporting $25 Firefox OS smartphones. Sound too…
While Qualcomm will continue to dominate the high-end of the market, MediaTek is powering an increasing number of low- to mid-range devices. The company’s newly unveiled 64-bit LTE SOC MT6732 is made for the new “super-mid market,” offering enough power to keep even the savvy users happy with the performance (or so we think). The…
Aside from the MediaPad M1, Huawei also unveiled MediaPad X1, the 7-inch tablet we’ve seen leaked in the past. As you would imagine, this is a smaller device [than MediaPad M1], but powerful enough nevertheless, despite dumping aluminum body for the one made of plastic. On the other hand, the X1 has much better cameras…
Huawei unveiled a new, great-lookin’ tablet that looks like an oversized HTC One all with dual speakers on the front. Here’s the specs rundown: 8-inch 1280×800 pixels IPS display 1.6GHz quad-core HiSilicon Kirin910 processor with Mali 450 graphics 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage (via microSD cards) 5MP auto-focus camera on the back, 1MP…
Huawei is entering the smart wearables space with a device called TalkBand B1. It’s a unique-lookin’ smart watch with a 1.4-inch OLED flexible display and Bluetooth connectivity support. Unlike some other wrist-wearables we’ve seen before, this one comes with a Bluetooth 4.1 earpiece, hence the Chinese company decided to sell the TalkBand B1 as “Talk…