Samsung officially announced that its hot-new Galaxy Note II will start selling in the UK starting from October 1st. Initially, it will be available from the Samsung Brand Store at Westfield, Stratford City and across all major networks in the UK. At the same time, popular third-party retailers unveiled their offerings. Phones4U if giving away…
Asus Transformer Prime, Infinity to get Android Jelly Bean within 72 hours
Good news for owners of the Asus Transformer Pad Prime (TF201) or Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700) tablets. Asus Technical Marketing Manager, Gary Key, for whatever reason decided to use the XDA forums to announce that these two tablets will receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean treatment. Both of them will receive an over-the-air update within…
Google Play discounts several apps to a quarter to celebrate 25 billion app downloads
Google has announced this morning that the Google Play Store has achieved a massive 25 billion apps downloaded since the service launched in 2008. Google Play is now home to some 675,000 apps and games, and has added tons of music, movie, and TV show content to its fold in the past year or two.…
TransPhone is a poor man’s Padfone
Just when I ranted why we don’t see more Padfone-like products, TransPhone appeared. Like Asus’ baby, it too is a combo device, with tablet “part” acting as a shell for the phone. However, it’s rather a mediocre smartphone with specs that won’t impress anyone. The phone itself comes with a 3.5-inch screen, single-core processor, 512MB…
Barnes & Noble unveils new 7-Inch Nook HD and 9-Inch Nook HD+
Barnes & Noble is out with two new tablets – 7-Inch Nook HD and 9-Inch Nook HD+, both of which are made for the mainstream users and are thus pretty affordable. The 7-inch model is available in 8 and 16 GB variants, costing $200 and $230, respectively. As for the bigger 9-inch Nook HD+, it…
Motorola Atrix 2 getting Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update
Motorola has started rolling out the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Atrix 2. Firmware version 67.21.125 packs a ton of goodies, including UI changes, new and improved features. More precisely, here’s what you get: UI changes: Updated colors, font, icons, and animations. Added adjustable text size. Enhanced lockscreen with quick access to dialer,…
LG Optimus Vu II specs leak again
We’ve already told you that LG will soon launch the Optimus Vu II. Now we have another proof that will happen later this fall with specs being leaked again. The successor to the original Vu rocks the same 5-inch screen with 1024×768 pixels resolution, and there’s also Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor under the hood,…
Acer Z110 with dual-SIM capability and Ice Cream Sandwich coming soon
Acer will soon launch a new dual SIM Android smartphone. Marked as Z110, it will come with 1GHz MediaTek MT6516 single-core processor, 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 3G data (for one SIM), rear camera of unknown resolution, 256MB of RAM, microSD memory card slot, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is running the show. I doubt you’ll…
Pink Samsung Galaxy S III coming to South Korea tomorrow
If you’ve been looking for a Samsung Galaxy S III in yet another shade like pink, then we have some good and some bad news for you. The good news is that Samsung has made a pink Galaxy S III and it goes on sale tomorrow. The bad news is that it’s only available in…
Huawei sees trouble ahead in mobile OS wars, begins building its own platform
Anyone who kept up with the Apple vs. Samsung case knows that the mobile operating system war is heating up. There are literally dozens of infringement cases around the world that could change the way companies license products and build handsets, and some companies are taking matters into their own hands. Handset manufacturers have been…









