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A new leak from China brings us a few shots of Alcatel’s newest offering, the Idol X+, which is rumored to come touting an octa-core MediaTek MT6592 chipset, the first “true” eight-core processor to be developed thus far. The Idol X+ is a follow up to Alcatel’s One Touch Idol X, which rocks a quad-core…
MetroPCS, which is now a subsidiary of T-Mobile, will join its parent company in offering TCL-made ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Fierce and Evolve smartphones. The pair of low-cost Android devices will be available from the carrier just in time for the holidays, allowing users to buy them sans any strings attached. The ONE TOUCH Fierce comes…
Last week, Google added some deals and reward program benefits to its Android and iOS apps. Google also announced that customers in the U.S. will be able to obtain a Google Wallet card, complete with a MasterCard logo. Just a few short days later, Google added the ability to add cards to Google Wallet simply by…
Black Friday is just around the corner, and with so many mobile devices on the market it can be hard to navigate through the bevy of options. Tablets are certainly on the top of everyone’s list this year, and there are some great ones to choose from. There are some great Android based tablets out…
Samsung announced a successor to the original Galaxy Grand smartphone that has a potential to quickly emerge as one of the company’s best-selling devices. Specs wise, the Grand 2 rocks a big 5.25-inch 720p HD screen, 1.5GB of RAM, 1.2GHz quad-core processor and two SIM card slots. In addition, it also comes with an 8-megapixel…
The HTC One has been one of the hottest smartphones of 2013, and now it’s getting a new gold paintjob. It’s not being released in the U.S., not yet at least, opting instead for a European debut. The Gold colored HTC One is now available from Finnish retailer Giganitti for €650. The Gold HTC One…
Huawei’s upcoming Ascend Mate 2 has been caught in the wild and it’s likely it will be officially announced during the upcoming CES in Las Vegas, exactly a year after the original Mate was unveiled. We don’t know all of the specs but we do have many details: Huawei’s next phablet will rock a 6.1-inch…
Moving from Apple’s iOS to Google’s Android can be a challenge. For smartphone users old and new, it can be tricky to transfer all of those contacts, pictures and music from an iPhone to an Android device, such as the HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S4. Google chairman Eric Schmidt has come to the rescue,…
Almost missed this… HTC One Max is now available from Verizon Wireless. The over-sized HTC One is available for $299 with a two-year contract, $599 sans any strings attached, or for $25.22 per month with the Verizon Edge plan. The sexy phablet rocks a 5.9-inch full HD screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor, and —…
LG plans to make its new tablet, G Pad 8.3, available in 20 additional markets by the end of the year. The fancy tablet was launched last month in the US and various European countries. The idea now is to reach even more customers in other places all around the world, whole helping LG grow…