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With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Samsung is attempting to make Android devices the new Valentine’s Day present. Samsung last week released a Garnet Red version of the Galaxy S III, which was so well received that Samsung today released a Garnet Red Edition of the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet. The Garnet Red Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 will be available…
Sprint customers can now choose a rugged handset for their LTE needs thanks to the new Kyocera Torque. The Android 4.0-powered device is built-upon Kyocera’s Dura series of rugged devices and includes the following 810G (MilSpec) and IP67 standards: Waterproof whether sprayed or immersed in up to one meter of water for up to 30…
HTC is well aware that not all users appreciate today’s big smartphones with 5-inch screens. To address this concern, the Taiwanese company is bundling the Butterfly with Mini remote control and handset in China. The accessory looks like an old candybar dumbphone and it allows you to control many aspects of the main phone. The…
Hyundai has quietly (we haven’t caught a press release) released a new 7-inch tablet which seems capable enough to compete with Nexus 7. The Hyundai T7 has a 1280×800 IPS LCD screen, Samsung’s Exynos 4412 1.4GHz quad-core chipset, 1GB of RAM, 2-megapixel rear camera, front-facing one (for making video calls), 8GB of built-in storage, microHDMI…
Not that we didn’t know it’s coming; we just expected it to be announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 is now officially official, and as you would imagine it keeps its rugged look and feel. The device is dust and sand resistant, and can be submerged in water to…
As part of its commitment to keep developers happy, Sony released an early alpha build of Jelly Bean update for the Xperia T. As you would imagine, this is only made to be used by serious developers who have a spare device to play with. If you agree to flash your Xperia T, Sony (or…
We did hear rumors that Intel will bring Lexington Atom-based smartphones to Africa. We just didn’t know that will happen so fast… The Yolo smartphone is announced for Kenya and it’s officially the first such device using Intel chips for the continent. Based on Intel’s reference design from CES, it’s an entry-level device that comes…
It’s been a while since we talked about KDDI’s Infobar phones. The last model we’ve seen was running Android and featuring UI that made it look like it’s a Windows Phone device. The Infobar A02 has a similar, though updated, user interface and the Naoto Fukasawa’s recognizable design that screams sexiness… presuming you liked the…
ASUS released a small update for the Padfone 2, packing several improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what firmware version 10.4.9.6 brings: Improved Padfone 2 and Padfone 2 Station performance and stability Improved 3G/Wi-Fi connection and stability Improved Garmin navigation system performance Updated Camera app with included optimizations for the camera’s HDR and Automatic White Balance…
Samsung has did it again, releasing a better version of some phone in its domestic market. That was the case with the Galaxy S III which was selling in South Korea with both quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM, while the rest of the world could pick between a quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM,…