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A report from Hong Kong claims that an exploding Samsung Galaxy S4 caused a ferocious fire in an apartment yesterday, due to an apparent battery malfunction. Galxy S4 owner Mr. Du was playing a game on his device, when he received a low battery notification. Mr. Du promptly plugged his device to a charger, when…
The HTC One Mini has been rumored pretty much since the launch of the original HTC One and was finally unveiled almost two weeks ago. It’s the first time HTC has seen decent success with a smartphone in a couple of years now, so it only makes sense for the company to want to build…
A few months ago, we heard news of Google’s mysterious Babel project. At the time, rumors pointed to the service being a cross-platform chat solution. With the death of Google Talk and the release of the superior Google Hangouts service, many believed that Babel was dead, and had transformed into Hangouts. According to new reports,…
Starbucks customers in Silicon Valley will now be able to charge their mobile devices wirelessly. Starbucks is putting Duracell Powermat wireless charging devices in its tables at 10 Silicon Valley locations, which are compatible with devices that utilize the PMA wireless charging standard. “More and more customers are using Starbucks as their home base and…
Apparently, Samsung doesn’t have enough tablets on the market. A new leak from @evleaks states that the company will be releasing two new Android powered tablets with powerful innards and a resolution similar to that of the Nexus 10, with both tablets touting a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600p. According to the leak, the…
More Android tablets have shipped worldwide than the iPad, according to a recent Strategy Analytics report. The report shows that Android had an increase in market share, and it managed to capture 67 percent of the 51.7 million units shipped (up from 51 percent of the market last year). Analyst Peter King added this: “Android…
InfoSonics unveiled a new member of its verykool family of smartphones – verykool RS90 aka Vortex. The affordable device — it will cost $279 sans any strings attached — rocks mid-range specs and ruggedized body with an ingress protection rating of IP67 (indicating that it is both dust proof and waterproof). In addition, it also…
On the heels of the Android 4.3 update, Sony announced on its blog that all of its newer Xperia devices will get their updates soon. Among the “affected” phones are Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia SP and Xperia Z Ultra, as well as the Xperia Tablet Z. Unfortunately, the Japanese company failed to…
Few days ago we’ve told you that Sprint will get a purple Galaxy S4 and now we caught such device “in the wild.” However, what you can see from the image above isn’t the version that will be available on the Now Network; rather, this is an international variant with model number I9500 that rocks…
The new Nexus 7 will land on July 30th, but you can grab one early today at Best Buy, Amazon and other retailers. As reported by Engadget, Best Buy confirmed it is selling the Nexus 7 in stores and online. You can also snag the tablet device from Amazon, Walmart, and GameStop. Other retail partners…