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There’s a novel project currently raising money at Kickstarter. Called UDOO, it wants to “bridge the gap between Arduino micro-controllers and the Raspberry Pi single-board computer,” providing extra computational power and “more opportunity to your imagination.” UDOO is a tiny single board computer that integrates two processors in a single solution: ARM i.MX6 Freescale (for…
Qualcomm is profiting handsomely from the uptick in smartphone sales over the last year, reporting a revenue jump of 24 percent from its Q2 2013 earnings report which was posted today. Qualcomm reported a cool $6.12 billion in revenue, compared to $4.94 billion from the same quarter of 2012. Qualcomm’s net profit grew at a…
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III owners are in luck today, as they will be receiving Samsung’s Premium Suite upgrade on their devices, with Sprint rolling out build MD4. While the Galaxy S III was updated in October 2012 to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but it lacked the Premium Suite upgrade that brings some of Samsung’s fancy…
Samsung circulated a statement today that confirms the supply of the Galaxy S4 will be constrained at launch. The Korean manufacturer claims this low inventory is the result of “overwhelming global demand” for the handset. ”Due to overwhelming global demand of Galaxy S4, the initial supply may be limited. We expect to fulfill inventory to…
Acer has unveiled the Liquid E2 today, a mid-range handset with dual sim capabilities targeted for the European market. The Liquid E2 is a follow-up to Acer’s previously announced Liquid E1, which is a dual-core CPU powered mid-range handset also destined for European markets. The Acer Liquid E2 will be touting a quad-core processor, a…
It’s Verizon’s turn to announce its plans for the Galaxy S 4 and the carrier confirmed that pre-orders will start online tomorrow, April 25th. Verizon also announced via Twitter that the handset will land on May 30th in Verizon retail stores. Pricing will start at $199.99 with a 2-year contract and after a $50 mail-in…
Sprint chimed in today and confirmed that inventory constraints have forced the carrier to delay the in-store launch of the Galaxy S4. According to the statement, Sprint will start selling the Galaxy S4 on Saturday, April 27 both online and through telesales. The in-store launch, also originally scheduled for the 27th, will be delayed until Samsung is able…
Lenovo’s Ideaphone K900 will finally be available on May 6th and even then, we’re not sure most of you will be able to buy one. As far as we’ve understood, this is still a China-only affair and it could take some time before this bad boy hits the Western hemisphere. Announced at this year’s CES,…
Pantech Perception has been finally announced by Verizon Wireless, even though we’ve first seen it back in January. As you may know from that post, we’re talking about a solid mid-to-high end device with a big, 4.8-inch 720p HD screen a la Samsung Galaxy S III. In addition, it also comes with Qualcomm’s dual-core processor,…
To spice-up pre-orders of the Galaxy S4, Canada’s Rogers is offering a $35 Google Play Gift Card to anyone who pre-orders Sammy’s super-phone. The device itself will be available on April 27th, though Rogers stores will get it few days after that, on May 3rd. The legal fine print says that this works for both…