Orange is preparing to add another city-named device to its portfolio. Dubbed Orange Dublin, it’s actually a rebranded version of the ZTE Kis, which is one of the bunch of phones the Chinese company unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Specs wise, we’re talking about an entry-level Android Gingerbread smartphone that comes with a…
Samsung Galaxy Appeal: An AT&T prepaid exclusive that combines QWERTY with Android
We’ve lost track of how many Samsung Galaxy phones are out on the market, but that’s OK since there are only a handful that actually matter. Is the new Galaxy Appeal one of them? Let’s find out. First, we have no idea how much this thing will actually cost. AT&T didn’t include that piece of…
HTC One XL (read: the AT&T One X) to launch in Europe next month
HTC’s One X comes in two flavors. One of them, the international version, has a quad core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor inside. Another, the AT&T One X, swaps that Tegra 3 for a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4. Why? So it can also come with 4G LTE connectivity. Which One X is better? That depends on what…
Oracle vs Google verdict: Android does not infringe on Oracle’s patents
It’s been a long and drawn out battle between Oracle and Google, and now we finally have a verdict concerning whether Google really did infringe on Oracle’s patents with its Android operating system. The jury has decided that Google has not infringed on Oracle’s patents, which is a surprising win for the search giant. The…
Apple tops HP in mobile PC sales
Thanks in large part to its iPad tablet computer, Apple has been crowned the king in mobile PC sales, according to an NPD report. NPD defines mobile PCs as tablet and laptop computers, the latter of which has been completely dominated by Apple’s iPad line of devices. Apple is estimated to have sold a whopping 17.2…
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to ship with quad-core Exynos CPU, S Pen slot
Samsung Galaxy S III won’t be the only device launching this year with the new quad-core Exynos processor. Sammy’s Galaxy Note 10.1 will join the trend and will also get a dedicated S Pen slot, which we haven’t seen at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. of course, that slot will make stylus that much smaller,…
Samsung’s Galaxy S III is being sold in Dubai before the official launch
Samsung’s 2012 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, was announced three weeks ago in London. It’s going to go on sale next week, on the 29th to be precise, but someone in Dubai apparently didn’t get the memo. Yousuf Lootah reached out to The Verge to tell them that he’s successfully purchased a Galaxy S…
UK: Phones 4U offers free 32GB microSD card and case with Samsung Galaxy S III
British retailer Phones 4U has a special offer for folks who want to pre-order the brand new Samsung Galaxy S III. Aside from listing pretty cool plans from few major carriers (more on that in a second), it’s also bundling 32GB microSD card and Genuine Samsung case with the phone purchase. Pretty sweet, right? Sammy’s…
Sony Xperia U now available on Three UK
Three is the first British carrier to offer the Sony Xperia U. You know, we’re talking about Sony’s mid-level device that comes with rather small (by today’s standards) 3.5-inch screen. However, it does rock some personalization options like that annoying illuminating strip at the base of the phone which changes color to match the dominant…
DirectFix exposes the internal layout of the HTC One S
I’m a big fan of hardware teardowns and enjoy looking inside a device. The best part is getting to see how each manufacturer uses a different design, yet still manages to squeeze similar components into such a tiny space. One of the latest teardowns to hit the Internet is from DirectFix, which takes apart an…









