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Not too long ago we all found out that the wildly popular iOS app, Flipboard, would land on Samsung’s Galaxy S III by way of exclusivity. The awesome Android community of hackers wasted no time to make a port of the application available for download. Since that time the visually pleasing news application has remained…
We’re less than 30 days away until Google I/O 2012, where we can expect the search giant to announce the highly anticipated Nexus tablet. We know it’s real, so we can’t say we’re terribly surprised to see that the tablet made its way to Rightware’s Power Board benchmark site. Codenamed Grouper, the device falls in line…
Stop the presses. Alcatel unveiled a new device that is actually pretty cool. Marked as OT986 — and to be sold under the name of TCL S900 in China — it’s an Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone with surprisingly high-end specs that include a 4.5-inch 720 HD screen and TI OMAP 4460 dual-core processor clocked…
Sony unveiled two new Xperia devices – Xperia Go (which will be known as Xperia advance in the U.S.) and Xperia acro S. The first of the two is made for folks with an “active” lifestyle and is therefore a successor to the Xperia active. It comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA screen with wet finger…
Thomson is looking to join the Android smartphone market. And that’s not just any market, but the specific niche of devices that sit somewhere between tablets and phones. You know, I’m talking about such phablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note. To that end Thomson will launch the X-view 2, which comes with a 5.3-inch screen…
Good news for those of you with Verizon’s LG Spectrum smartphone – it will soon get its serving of the Ice Cream Sandwich. The new ROM has been leaked onto XDA forums, where eager hackers are trying to make it work on their Spectrum units. That, however, isn’t as easy as it sounds and if…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless is already offering the HTC One X, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be selling other devices from HTC’s new One range. As a matter of fact, according to this page at FutureShop, the carrier will soon start selling the One S, as well. While not as powerful as the One X…
HTC has started rolling out Android 4.0 update for the Sensation XL in parts of Europe. Reports indicate that the first batch is mostly targeting folks who bought the smartphone off-contract, though users on Three UK are apparently getting the same treatment as well. The 197MB heavy download brings all of the goodies of Ice…
O2 UK has managed to get exclusive launch rights for the silver version of the Sony Xperia P. The device is available for free with contracts starting at 27 GBP per month, with that particular plan (27 GBP/month) including 300 voice any network minutes, 500 O2 to O2 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile…
Verizon finally updated its website with information about the IMM76K Android 4.0.4 update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The long-awaited update has been approved by Verizon and should hit Nexus handsets in the next few days. The update will be delivered over the air and a notification will alert Nexus owners when it is ready.…