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Motorola was rumored to be holding a private press event on July 11, and early intel suggested the American handset maker would use the occasion to unveil the rumored Motorola X smartphone. Those hopes were squashed today by a report out of Android Community. According to the latest information, Motorola will not hold an event…
The hot new HTC Butterfly S may not sport a metal body like HTC One, but it has comparable (read: pretty much the same) specs and a slightly larger 5-inch screen (vs 4.7-inch one). That’s why we’re glad to see it hitting few stores in the US and Taiwan, offering yet another option for today’s…
We know ZTE may be one of the first vendors to launch an NVIDIA Tegra 4-powered smartphone and we tend to think that could be the device you can see on the image above. Marked as ZTE U988S, it may get a new name when it officially launches at some point closer to the end…
Sprint and Samsung have started rolling out an update for the Galaxy S4 that includes a number of changes. The 357MB-heavy download packs several important capabilities alongside few smaller tweaks, including: Ability to move select (though not all) apps from internal memory to the microSD card The addition of Samsung Knox – to make the…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has joined regional carrier C Spire Wireless’ device lineup today, providing customers with access to C Spire’s optical fiber-based LTE 4G network. The Galaxy S4 is being offered for a price of $199.99 with a two-year contract, and is available in Black Mist or White Frost colors at C Spire retailers…
Facebook for Android has been updated today, bringing with it a few bugfixes and some improvements to its Home software. Facebook for Android users can now share news feed stories in private messages, and Facebook Home users can now organize their apps with folders. Here’s what to expect from the new version: Share News Feed…
Well known toy company, Hasbro just paid $112 million for a 70% controlling interest in Boulder, Colorado’s Backflip Studios. Backflip is the studio behind popular mobile titles such as Dragonvale, NinJump and Paper Toss. This move signals Hasbro’s transition into the increasingly profitable mobile gaming market. It seems very likely that new mobile versions of Hasbro’s…
While some still decry it as a Bejeweled clone, Candy Crush Saga has proven its money-making potential. A new report from Think Gaming shows the popular game is making an estimated $632,867 a day. Its got 6,772,996 daily active users (yes that’s 6 and 3/4 MILLION) and is taking on approximately 100,000 more a day. I think…
We were expecting Android Jelly Bean to overtake Gingerbread this month as most used version of the operating system, and Google’s latest distribution numbers show just that. Android Jelly Bean is now almost 40% of the entire chart you see above, with Gingerbread slowly going down to 34.1%. We suppose this is a small victory…
It may not be the Moto X, but since Motorola has been slacking with Android devices lately, any Motorola leak is at least somewhat interesting and suggests there’s progress being made at Google. Indeed, EvLeaks got its hands on some photos of the Motorola Droid Ultra as well as the upcoming specs. As you can…