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Samsung has released sales estimates for Q1 2013 today, with the electronics giant expecting to record an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won, or $7.7 billion, an increase of 53% over Q1 of 2012. A full earnings report will be released at the end of the month, on April 26th. These numbers show that Samsung…
Samsung UK has launched its Galaxy Note 8.o today, making the device available in the U.K. for purchase starting today at the Samsung Experience Store in Westfield Stratford City, London. So far, the tablet is only available at this location, but will be making its way to other outlets soon. The Note 8.0 16GB Wi-Fi…
It looks like HTC is set to bring a variant of the recently announced First to the world. The device itself will not have Facebook Home pre-installed, but Sense 5.0, and will offer up the Ultrapixel camera. This wouldn’t be the first time that we’ve come across the HTC M4 before, as the codename for…
According to a study released today by Gartner, the tablet market is set to conquer PC sales by 2015, with worldwide mobile device sales expected to reach 2.4 billion units this year. With the proliferation of cheaper and more powerful tablets being released to the market over the last couple of years, the sales of…
Last week, Niantic Labs introduced the Ingress Report on its YouTube channel. The report covers the world of the “game” Ingress, including player achievements across the world, as well as information pertaining to the ever-unfolding story at NianticProject.com. This week’s report covers a few interesting tidbits. While only briefly discussed and currently unusable until the…
If you’ve yet to see Sony’s Xperia Z ad, you should first watch it here before proceeding. It’s a powerful ad that we wish Sony would push everywhere, as it’s quite effective. In a recent Sony Mobile blog post, the director of the ad, Tarsem Singh, shared his journey in India, equipped with an Xperia…
SamMobile ninjas are striking again. This time, they’re bringing us the Samsung Galaxy S4 shipping dates for Eastern Europe. From the document they managed to get, the Korean company will only offer the 16 and 64 GB models in countries like Russia and Ukraine, though the 32GB version may also be launched at some point…
ZTE is launching a new, low-cost quad-core smartphone in its own backyard. The V965 may not ever be released in the West and there is a reason to feel sorry for that. Although it’s not as powerful as the company’s flagship device, Grand S, it does deliver an exceptional value for the money. You see,…
We know that AT&T will sell the HTC First in the U.S. and in Europe, Orange and EE will get that benefit. We’re not sure whether Orange will bring the Facebook phone to all of its markets across the continent, but we do know bits of EE’s plans for the UK. Unfortunately those “bits” don’t…
Mark Zuckerberg and crew introduced Facebook for Android today. The launcher-style app will bring Facebook front and center on your phone If you missed the event because you were at work or otherwise occupied, you can watch the entire clip now on Facebook’s website. [Via Facebook]