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Looks like Alcatel is looking to join the “Mini” craze that started last year with the Galaxy S III Mini. This year we’ve got the Galaxy S4 Mini, HTC Mini and even ZTE’s Nubia Z5 Mini, which most likely won’t be available outside of China. Alcatel is apparently working on the One Touch Idol Mini,…
The newly announced LG G2 will be available in its unlocked, SIM-free form for 599 EUR in Europe. That at least will be the price in Germany where Notebooksbilliger has started taking pre-orders, asking 599 EUR for the 16GB model and 30 EUR more for the one with 32 gigs of internal storage. Both black…
Back in June, we’ve told you that 5.6mm thin Umeox X5 smartphone is preparing to take the “world’s thinnest smartphone” title from the Huawei Ascend P6. The good news is that this device is coming to Europe, and it will be officially announced in September at IFA, Berlin. It is said that France will be…
The hot-new LG G2 is heading to Canada where it will be offered by a few carriers. Among them, TELUS was the first to announce its plans to sell LG’s beast-phone, followed by Rogers which tweeted its excitement soon afterwards. TELUS has already launched a dedicated page praising the G2, saying there’s no need to…
Looks like LG is preparing to get back to the tablet game. A new, still unannounced device has been caught at the Bluetooth SIG and we tend to think this could the Korean company’s first tablet after Optimus Pad, which was launched back in 2011. Details are scarce to say the least, but it’s likely…
Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Grand DUOS (model number GT-I9082). The new software has been caught in Russia and it’s safe to assume that the global rollout will follow shortly. The update’s build number is I9105PXXUBMG8, and it brings along few new features like lockscreen widgets, dedicated…
MediaTek may have scored a deal with Amazon to make chips for the next Kindle Fire tablets, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. It is said that Amazon could use the company’s MT8135 quad-core chipset, which is based on ARM’s big.LITTLE design. As such, we’re talking about a SoC that boasts two…
Back in May we’ve told you about two affordable Hisense tablets that were selling through Walmart. The good great news is that prices of both devices have dropped by $20. In other words, the Sero 7 LT is now available for $79, while the better model, Sero 7 Pro, could be yours for $129. We…
Get your leg warmers ready, Android users. Google has a huge sale on music from that most neon of decades, the 1980s. Starting today, Google’s “80s Rewind” sale will offer up a selection of some of the greatest albums from the 80s at a deep discount. The discounted albums run the gamut from Aerosmith to…
The Sony Xperia Z Ultra just strolled through the FCC with a handful of LTE bands in tow. Bands 2, 4, 5, and 7 are all accounted for, but the addition of 1700MHz HSPA support may point to a T-Mobile USA release for this particular model. T-Mobile currently offers the Xperia Z as a carrier…