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We’ve already talked about the upcoming HTC Zara. What we haven’t told you is the phone’s “final” name. Now we’re hearing it will be sold as Desire 601, sporting a specs sheet that’s comparable to the existing Desire 600 smartphone. It is said that the Zara / Desire 601 will come with a 4.5-inch qHD…
Xiaomi announced that its own app store has hit 1 billion downloads in just 391 days. All these downloads came from roughly 17 million users who have conducted 1.3 million searches and 5 million downloads per day. The Chinese company doesn’t just offer free downloads. Aside from the general MIUI App store, they operate the…
Sony has started rolling out Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for its Xperia Tablet Z. And, as it’s usually the case, Sony made sure there are also other goodies included in the firmware version 10.3.1.C.0.136. For one thing, there are latest versions of Sony Media Apps with “seamless integrated services.” Plus, there’s the my Xperia…
Samsung’s upcoming smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear has been seeing its fair share of leaks lately. We’ve seen some renders, and just yesterday we got a peek at the Gear Android app, the Samsung Gear Manager. A new leak today details what we’ve all been waiting for: specs of the little wearable device. These specs are…
So T-Mobile, what’s up with the Moto X? According to a leaked internal T-Mo screenshot from TmoNews, it looks as T-Mobile will be selling the device externally, through the Google Play Store. This seems a bit strange, with a previous statement from T-Mobile stating that the Moto X would be “initially be available through Motorola’s…
Twitter is taking advantage of Google’s new beta testing system for Android apps by offering Android users the chance to beta test cool new Twitter features before (and if) they make it to the mainstream. This comes just a day after Snapchat opened up its beta testing program, and a few months after Facebook rolled…
There’s a novel yet simple project currently raising funds at Kickstarter. Called Pressy, it’s touted as the “almighty Android button” that simply plugs into the phone’s 3.5mm headset jack to add new functionality. The programmable button on top of Pressy can be set to send a predefined text message to your mom (or any contact),…
Well, the wait is over. Huawei has finally announced the Honor 3, its long-time rumored smartphone. Just as we expected, it comes with specs that are comparable to the Ascend P6. These include a 4.7-inch 720p HD screen, Huawei’s own K3V2E quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM, 13-megapixel rear and 1.3-megapixel front cameras,…
ASUS wants to update its still awesome though not widely available PadFone Infinity. The Taiwanese company is looking to replace the built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chip with a faster Snapdragon 800, which is used in the hot-new LG G2, and which will likely power-up many of the superphones and phablets that will be announced by…
Kobo doesn’t want to give up on the tablet market just yet. The company that has an ebook reader and ebook marketplace for all popular platforms launched a trio of new devices, two of which rock 7-inch and one with a 10.1-inch screen. First comes the Kobo Arc 7. It has a 7-inch 1024×600 pixels…