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Sony is kicking off a weekly promotion on select PlayStation Mobile games. The promotion starts this week and lasts for six weeks, with a new game on sale each week. The first game to be featured is Samurai Beatdown, an endless runner-style game with a catchy soundtrack. Customers will need a PS Vita or a PlayStation Certified Sony smartphone or…
Samsung is expanding its color palette of Galaxy Note II handsets. The smartphone manufacturer has an ad in its home country of Korea, and it shows off two new colors: amber brown and ruby wine. These are much-needed additions, especially since the phablet now sells with the stale colors of marble and titanium grey. The new colors…
We’ve told you that Samsung has started rolling out updates to address the Exynos security vulnerabilities. These fixes have now reached the U.S. with Sprint and T-Mobile rolling out small updates for the Epic 4G Touch and Galaxy Note II, respectively. Aside from fixing the “Exynos issue,” the update Sprint Epic 4G Touch users will…
You may’ve heard that ZTE is working on a low-cost smartphone with big, 5-inch screen. While we still don’t know when such a device will be released in the west, we know it’s first heading to east, where one of China’s big three carriers will start selling it in the near future. The ZTE U956…
Huawei is trying to redefine what an entry-level smartphone means with its new G520 smartphone. The China-only device will hit the local stores on January 21st with a price tag of 1,399 yuan, which translates into some $225. What makes this product significant is that it has a quad-core CPU and a large IPS screen…
Previously we’ve told you that Huawei will likely unveil the Ascend P2 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We’ve also told you that the Chinese company will likely make it the world’s thinnest smartphone. And now we have the first glimpse of the specs sheet, courtesy of ChinaSmartphoneReview (via HDBlog). Apparently, the Ascend P2 sports…
The Archos GamePad is already available in Europe but if you live in the US, the only way to get it from some importer. If you don’t like how that sounds and would rather wait for Archos to brings its baby to the States, you’ll be glad to know that this will happen at some…
Samsung and AT&T have started rolling out Android 4.1 update for the Galaxy Rugby Pro smartphone. It’s a somewhat strange move since we don’t get to see rugged devices getting the latest versions of mobile platforms that often. In that sense we applaud the two companies for pulling this off. Aside from all the bells…
UK’s BT (as in British Telecom) is launching an innovative offering in the form of a VoIP app for smartphones that allows users to use their landline minutes to make cheap calls while on the go. Available for iOS and Android, the SmartTalk application “works best” over Wi-Fi networks but it will sing along over…
Not even half a year since the announcement of LG’s latest flagship handset, the Optimus G, rumors have already begun for the device’s successor. The aptly named Optimus G 2 may launch sometime in the fall with the latest version of the Android operating system. When does a good assumption turn into a rumor? This…