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LG released a short video to excite us for next week’s Mobile World Congress. As we’ve already told you, the Korean company will unveil an updated range of L-Series devices and perhaps a whole new F-Series. Their “TAG what you want” video suggests all devices will come with built-in NFC capabilities (or so we think),…
We’ve already told you that Fujitsu wants to bring its senior friendly smartphones to other places outside of Japan. Orange is their first partner to help them do so and it’s launching the Orange Stylistic S01 in France. The device is water- and dust-resistant, and comes loaded with features to make the phone easy to…
Missed the HTC event this week because you were at work or otherwise occupied? If you are still interested in watching the presentation, you can travel to YouTube and view both the full HTC One unveiling or just the highlights from the London event.
Qualcomm today unveiled some details about a few new features that will be built into their popular Snapdragon 800 mobile processors. Quick Charge 2.0 is claiming to bring a 75 percent increase in charging times, and a feature that would let users wake their devices up by voice, whether or not the device is online. Quick Charge…
Thanks to the awesome and ever reliable @evleaks, we now have a picture to put to the face of LG’s rumored upcoming Optimus F series phones that are slated to be revealed at MWC next week, with LG showcasing the Optimus F7 and Optimus F5. LG yesterday released a MWC teaser video, which does not…
Nokia owns Navteq and has incorporated some of that company’s core mapping technology into its Nokia Maps application. One distinguishing feature of Nokia Maps is its support for offline maps which download maps for those times when you drop your connection. To promote its Maps app, Nokia isn’t holding back in its latest navigation-themed advertising,…
Google is stomping about its Google Glass wearable tech today. The company released a new YouTube video that shows the Google Glass from a user’s point of view. It’s an interesting look at what it would feel like to have the glasses on while you go about your day. Google also kicked off a new…
Talk about an active hacking community. The hot-new Sony Xperia Z has already been rooted even though it’s still not available in most parts of the world. We have DooMLoRD, a recognized developer at XDA forums, to thank for this. He relied on the modified CF-Auto-Root app for Nexus 4 to make this happen, and…
British phone retailers were fast to react on the HTC One announcement few days ago, having already listed the sexy superphone for sale. All of the major companies prepared a page dedicated to HTC’s baby beast and here’s the price rundown: Clove – £510 Expansys – £519 Phones 4U – £459 If you like your…
Wow that was fast. The hot-new HTC One aka M7 has already been cloned in China and will most likely be available even before the original device starts selling. The GooPhone One looks like HTC’s beast-phone though it lacks the hardware under the hood. However, if you live in China and don’t want to pay…