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Boeing is out with its very first smartphone (as far as we know). The new Boeing Black is not a device you will be able to buy in your local store; rather it’s a specialized product made for the US defense and security community. Built from the grounds up, the Black integrates a number elements…
HTC is not the only company mocking the newly announced Galaxy S5. China’s Oppo is joining the bandwagon as well, having shared an image above through Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter). As you can see for yourself, Oppo claims that 7 is bigger than 5 where that “5” looks very much like “S” in Samsung’s…
During Mobile World Congress, Samsung announced SDKs for its newly launched products. The new SDKs include: Samsung Gear 2 SDK – For creating apps for the new Tizen-based Gear 2 and Gear Neo. It ensures everybody a level of openness and flexibility in the ecosystem of apps for Samsung wearables. S-Health SDK – Opens up…
The newly announced Nokia X series may be Android-based devices but that doesn’t mean they’ll be able to run all apps out of box. According to the Finnish company, around 75% of existing Android apps will work without a problem, while 25% will require certain tweaks. As far as I can tell, the problem occurs…
Motorola’s MotoMaker is coming to Western Europe and Mexico soon, according to a report from The Verge. This means that for the first time, Moto X owners outside of the U.S. will be able to customize their Moto X smartphones with the number of options that MotoMaker offers. MotoMaker allows Moto X customers to customize…
Project Ara has found itself in the hands of Google after the company sold off Motorola Mobility to Lenovo this last January. The modular smartphone will be getting its very own developers’ conference in April. The Project Ara developers’ conference will mostly take place online, with a handful developers attending on-site conferences at the Computer…
From the fanciful world of concept designs comes a 10 inch HTC tablet, the HTC Babel. The concept was created by Facebook user Phone Designer, who took HTC’s design aesthetics and rendered a very thin and sleek-looking tablet that can run either Windows or Android. Quite a novel idea, and one that we would love…
Owners of Google Play Edition and Nexus devices running Android KitKat 4.4+ can now download the Google Now Launcher app through the Google Play Store. The app pretty much rolls up Google Now into a nice little launcher, expanding the kind-of creepy service to every square inch of your Android device, no longer tethered to…
Nokia’s line of affordable Android smartphones won’t be landing in the U.S., Canada, Korea and Japan, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday. The Nokia X, X+ and XL are all destined for emerging markets such as India, China, Thailand and Indonesia. The Nokia X will continue to rollout to South American countries and…
Ever wonder how people around the world access the internet? Sure, in most first-world countries, we have cheap and easy access to fast broadband, but there are still some countries that don’t have the luxury of using that 10Mbps connection. A new infographic showing how the world consumes the internet has arrived with some very…