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Samsung made quite a stunning appearance at its CES presentation this year and its booth on the conference floor was equally impressive. Though most of its booth focused on TV and connected home technology, the company did have some of its flagship mobile devices on display . The star of the mobile section for Samsung was clearly…
HTC One X users on Rogers can now rejoice as Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is finally coming to their phone as I speak. The update is expected to weigh in at around 635MB and bring in all the exciting stuff we all love inside of Android 4.1, including Google Now, Project Butter, improved messaging and…
We’ve already told you that Samsung Galaxy S III mini will get new color options. Now we have the first images of these versions to show you, even though we still wait for the official press release from the Korean company. And while we’re not sure when these will be released, we can tell you…
Sprint LG Optimus G owners are beginning to receive an OTA update that addresses some minor issues going on with the handset. The update bumps the device up to build LS970ZV9. The new software is just a small upgrade that brings a couple of minor but important enhancements to the device such as Visual Voicemail…
MIPS Technologies and China-based Ingenic Semiconductor introduced the JZ4780, a new highly integrated MIPS-Based SoC. The affordable, dual-core solution offers high performance, advanced graphics and other new functionality, along with ultra-low power consumption. Here are the JZ4780 SoC highlights: 1.3GHz+ SoC sets new performance point for power-efficient and affordable devices Ingenic’s MIPS-Based XBurst processor, with…
Samsung’s Korean office unveiled details of the upcoming Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S II and as far as we can tell, it will introduce some serious changes. Not only will you get the latest version of Android, but also a completely revamped system. For one thing, you’ll have a single gig less space…
Sony has officially taken the wraps off of the Xperia Z and ZL, and they’re a beautiful pair of devices. While we’ve always been fans of Sony’s design aesthetic, its hardware tended to be a little lacking, but that’s certainly not the case with their latest phablet devices. We got a chance to take the…
As expected, Sony used its CES 2013 press event to announce the flagship Xperia Z and its variant, the Xperia ZL handset. The pair offer a top-of-the line camera phone experience and dust and water resistance that’ll make any outdoor camera phone enthusiast nod in approval. The Xperia Z rocks a 5-inch 1080P display, a quad-core 1.5GHz…
Huawei is on a roll, introducing two high-end handsets at CES this year. Besides the souped-up Ascend D2, the Chinese manufacturer also introduced the Ascend Mate. The Mate is Huawei’s answer to Samsung’s popular Galaxy Note series of supersized phones. The Mate goes beyond the Note II with a 6.1-inch display with 720P resolution and…
Huawei is kicking off 2013 with a bang, introducing two high-end handsets at CES this year. Besides the supersized Ascend Mate, the Chinese manufacturer also introduced the Ascend D2, its latest flagship smartphone. The D2 is the successor to the marginally successful Ascend D, which was introduced in early 2012. Internally, the D2 ups the ante…