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A little known Chinese company Beidou (not to be confused with China’s search engine Baidu) will soon launch a pair of decent smartphones, both of which will be available for just $129 (799 Yuan). The first device, Beidou Chi, has a 5-inch screen with 480×854 pixels resolution, MediaTek’s 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel…
Sony is apparently working on another mid-range smartphone which will likely be released by the end of the third quarter. Marked as CX190, it will come with an everything-but-impressive specs sheet and in that sense we tend to think it won’t break anyone’s bank. Back to the specs… It is said that this phone will…
The Wall Street Journal reported today on Samsung’s huge profits, and growing stockpile of cash. “After a first quarter marked by a 42% rise in net profit, Samsung said its cash and cash equivalents grew to nearly $40 billion at the end of March.” Samsung’s earnings report showed a huge profit, and they now have…
SoundTracking, an awesome music sharing service has added Instagram support today, which allows users to share their Instagram photos directly to their posts on the SoundTracking app. Users can also share their SoundTracking posts to Instagram as a “music postcard” image. The update is available for both the Android and iOS versions of the Soundtracking…
Comedian Stephen Colbert unveiled his own “Google Glasses” on last night’s Colbert Report. Stephen’s been known to make light of new technology, and tonight was no exception. His Glass is made of a pocket calculator taped to a pair of wire frame glasses and he has to take it off to use it. The Glass…
The HTC First has received a price drop from AT&T today, making the device available for $0.99 with a new two-year contract, or $350 off- contract. The handset was previously $99 with a two-year contract and $450 off contract. Although official sales figures for the device have not been revealed, a price drop this significant…
If you’ve been looking forward to another tablet offering by LG, you may just get your wish this year. While the LG Optimus Pad wasn’t much to write home about, let alone most tablets at the time, LG could be prepping a new device for a Q3 release this year. Like HTC, the LG Optimus…
Another leak from SamMobile is shedding some light on Samsung’s summer release plans, giving us release dates for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Also making the list is the previously announced Samsung Galaxy Mega, which is slated to arrive in May. The Galaxy S4…
Staples today has announced details regarding the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4 in its retail stores. The retailer will offer the Galaxy S4 on a variety of carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile. Staples is offering the device for $199.99 with a two-year contract, with availability depending on the carrier. Currently, Sprint’s version of the…
Few days ago we’ve told you about the upcoming Huawei P6-U06, which should help the company re-gain the “world’s thinnest smartphone maker” title. This time we have some “in the wild” photos to share, compliments to the French site NoWhereElse. As you can see from the image above (and few other images below), this will…