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Sony Mobile is unveiling two new Android-based smartphones, the Xperia miro and Xperia tipo. The miro is a mid-range handset with a focus on deep social integration while the tipo is more in the low-end range with a lower price tag and smaller set of features. The Xperia miro is the more stylish of the…
Though AT&T has yet to officially announce a release date to begin selling its version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, Droid Matters has noticed that when you pre-order on the AT&T Premier website, the handset is scheduled for arrival on or before June 21st. To clarify, AT&T Premier is a segment of the AT&T Wireless…
Tactus Technology thinks it has the perfect solution for smartphone users who want a touchscreen device, but don’t want to have to sacrifice the tactile feedback and accuracy advantages that come with a physical keyboard. Demoed at Society for Information Display’s Display Week 2012 and reported by The Verge, this microfluidic prototype display features a keyboard that…
Today at the Society for Information Display’s Display Week tradeshow in Boston, the maker of Gorilla glass unveiled its newest creation, Corning Willow glass. It’s a flexible glass that can be used for mobile devices that bends, twists and rolls up without snapping and was formulated with touch sensors and other electronic elements in mind. Willow…
Another one SquareTrade’s drop tests is back and for this round, we have the Apple iPhone 4S pitted against the new Samsung Galaxy S III. There’s something oddly amusing about seeing a smartphone drop onto a hard surface, mainly if it’s not your own. Unfortunately, if you’re aiming to see whether the hard-earned cash you…
Apple posted a new corporate job offer seeking someone to go work in Cupertino to help redesign its 30-pin dock connector, used on all iOS products. It looks like the 30-pin dock connector might be getting smaller in the upcoming iPhones, iPod touch and iPad models. The job posting corroborates recent rumors that Apple would…
The Nokia Pureview 808 is an average smartphone with a plethora of ordinary features except for one: it has a 41MP Carl Zeiss lens. Photography enthusiasts can rejoice because it’s now available for pre-order on Amazon UK. Now hold on just a second. Is this thing really capable of snapping photos with a 41 megapixel…
Australian hardware vendor Kogan released a new Android tablet with impressive specs, but the most notable of all is its price tag — the Agora tablet starts at just AUD$179. What’s a tad peculiar about the low price of the Kogan Agora is the fact that it doesn’t give any impressions of being cheap or…
As technology moves forward, our gadgets keep getting thinner. 12mm, 10mm, 8mm, 7mm… and now we have a phone that’s just 6.65mm thin, which gives it the title of the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” It’s not anything from Apple, Samsung, Motorola, HTC, or any vendor you might expect. It’s from Chinese mobile phone brand Oppo. Its…
ZTE, best known for being one of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers in China, recently launched the Score in the United States. Well, it looks like the company isn’t getting off to a very good start. It just confirmed a security hole in the device that could potentially allow others to remotely control it. The…