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Well, well, look what we have here. A video has surfaced on a Mexican site showing the Samsung Galaxy S III running some buttery smooth Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) goodness (check out our review of the Verizon version here). In the video you get an idea of what Jelly Bean would officially look like on…
Kyocera plans to release a new lower-level device called The Rise. The handset will launch on both Sprint and its subsidiary owned network, Virgin Mobile. This lower-level device will come with Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) out of the box. Spec-wise, the handset isn’t so impressive. The Rise features a 1GHz single-core chipset, 3.5-inch HVGA…
Today Acer is made available a budget friendly handset known as the Liquid Glow, set to go on sale in the United Kingdom. We first got word of this phone’s existence when it appeared at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The phone will set U.K. customers back £147.99 ($181.78 USD), and will offer color choices…
Samsung unveiled the US version of the Galaxy Note 10.1 today at a morning event in NYC. Right on cue, several of the major blogs had their early hands-on reviews ready to roll when the clock struck 11. Most of the reviews are favorable with many pointing out the advantages of the multiscreen feature, which…
Samsung held an event in NYC this morning and used the gathering to introduce the US version of the Galaxy Note 10.1. The Note 10.1 was first introduced at MWC 2012 and officially announced earlier this month. It will be available globally, with the US retail launch slated for August 16. Spec-wise, the Note 10.1…
According to a report in Android Central, Adobe is starting to block downloads of the Flash Player app in the Google Play Store. Android owners who already have the plugin installed will continue to receive security fixes, but owners who don’t have it installed are out of luck. If you absolutely must have Flash, then…
LG Optimus 4X HD, the Korean company’s flagship device, is now available for pre-order from Phones 4U. The phone retailer is offering LG’s superphone from free on contracts starting at just 20.50 GBP per month. However, those plans are pretty much worthless with a device as powerful as Optimus 4X HD and you’re better off…
Sony is about to launch three of its Android smartphones in the U.S. – Xperia Acro S, Xperia Tipo Dual and Xperia Advance. The first of the pack is the best device, boasting a 4.3-inch HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 12-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel front-facing one, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal…
Guess we can now say with certainty that the black version of Samsung Galaxy S III is in development and will be released soon enough to catch the back-to-school shoppers’ interest. Initially we saw such device at Sammy’s Facebook page, then at a screenshot from Carphone Warehouse’s inventory system and now it has popped up…
While we don’t have official figures, we know Nexus 7 is selling like hot cupcakes on a cold winter day. The fact that Google and/or Asus are quiet about the numbers doesn’t stop us (and anyone else) from speculating. By using the data from the supplier chain, tech-thoughts is trying to estimate how many Nexus…