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In a vague press release announcing its partnership with Intel, Lenovo shared few details we haven’t heard before. Like the fact that they’ll launch the K900 smartphone in 10 new markets by the end of the year. These ten doesn’t include the current set, which consists of China, India, Indonesia, Russia, the Philippines and Vietnam.…
Last month, BlackBerry had announced that its popular BlackBerry Messenger app would be coming to iOS and Android this summer, but provided no official date for the rollout of the app. Today a tweet has surfaced, showing an iPhone running the BBM app and claiming a June 27th release date. The app will only support…
It looks like Ouya isn’t the only sub $100, Android-powered micro console in town! Gamestick is offering pre-orders on their thumb drive shaped console for $79, and it will be released in July. Much like the Ouya, the Gamestick was originally crowdfunded with a Kickstarter campaign and aims to dominate your living room with affordable, quality…
Toshiba is revamping its Excite tablet line, with the introduction yesterday of three new tablets running on Android 4.2 and utilizing NVIDIA’s Tegra chips. The three tablets, named Excite Write, Excite Pro and Excite Pure, have similar features at varying price points. The Excite Pure comes in on the lower level of the spectrum, offering…
Google has updated its YouTube for Android app today, bringing with it bugfixes and a new video suggestion system. The update also expands the slide-out drawer feature, bringing new animations and the ability to pull up the side panel app wide. Here’s the changelog from the Google Play Store: Open the guide from anywhere in…
Falcon Pro, one of Android’s nicest Twitter clients, is set to get an update that will bring one of the most requested features since its debut: multiple account support. The official Falcon Pro for Android Twitter account tweeted the following earlier today: Simple, Fast, Multi Account switching on Falcon Pro v2.0. #comingsoon twitter.com/falcon_android… —…
By now, you’ve probably heard about many of the features offered by NVIDIA’s upcoming Tegra 4 SoC, but the company announced some interesting new capabilities that can be utilized with its latest processor: DirectStylus technology. NVIDIA’s DirectStylus technology allows for the user to change the width of a drawn or written line by the amount…
HTC has been facing some tumultuous times as of late. The HTC One was slow to roll out to customers, and another COO stepped down today. But HTC’s May monthly sales report points to an upswing in sales for the company, which grew by 48 percent in May when compared to the April sales figures.…
2013 has been an interesting year for celebrities and mobile companies. BlackBerry scooped up Alicia Keys for its creative director, and Jennifer Lopez is backing Verizon’s new Viva Movil. Now the New York Post is reporting that the blinged-out Samsung will be striking a $20 Million deal with the CEO of the R-O-C, Jay-Z. “The…
It’s been one hell of a battle for Android Jelly Bean to get anywhere near the numbers of 2.3 Gingerbread, but it looks like the latest version of the OS is finally near eclipsing the dominant version. The latest Android Distribution numbers have Jelly Bean just 3.5% away from matching Android 2.3 Gingebread’s piece of…