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If you’re a) living in the UK; and b) don’t want to wait for the Galaxy S3 and would rather grab the Note instead – here’s a deal for you. Phone retailer Phones 4U is offering Sammy’s phablet (as in phone/tablet) for free on a 20.50 GBP/month plan. That’s right, you don’t have to shell…
We’ve already seen O2 and Vodafone committing to launch the next Samsung Galaxy smartphone, and now we have Carphone Warehouse joining the party, too. Similarly to what Vodafone has done, the phone retailers prepared a dedicated page from where interested users can sign-up and be the first to know when the powerful device starts selling.…
Ice Cream Sandwich is coming soon for select Android phones on Verizon Wireless. Spotted on Reddit by The Verge, this leaked screen grab appears to be a roadmap detailing Verizon’s upcoming software updates. Of interest to Android customers are the first four entries on the sheet from the week of April 24, 2012. The heading on this…
Quickoffice updated its apps for Android smartphone and tablet users, Quickoffice Pro and Quickoffice Pro HD respectively, bringing a number of new capabilities across its Word, Excel and PowerPoint editors. Without further ado, here’s what’s new: Advanced PDF annotation tool that allows users to draw directly on files, highlight text, insert shapes, and add/remove comments.…
Skype’s Android app got a new update and is now snappier than ever. The first thing you’ll notice (or not, depending on the phone you have) is just how faster Skype starts, which suggests engineers of the Microsoft-owned company changed a ton of things under the hood to make this happen. Then there’s new instant…
Motorola officially announced the RAZR MAXX in the UK. As you probably know, it’s a slightly thicker version of the RAZR smartphone that comes with a larger battery, providing up to 17.61 hours of talk time. Rest of the specs are unchanged and include a 4.3-inch Gorilla Glass-protected qHD touchscreen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of…
HTC One V, which sits at the lower end of HTC’s latest line-up, is now available in the UK sans any contracts, with Clove selling the SIM-free device for 246 GBP (about $397). The phone retailer has the One V only in black so if that’s your color of choice (and if you don’t mind…
Samsung has started rolling out the Value Pack update to Galaxy Tab users in South Korea. We’re talking about the original 7-inch tablet which doesn’t rock a fast dual-core processor and which won’t get its serving of Ice Cream Sandwich. Rather, the Korean giant is pushing an Android 2.3-based software that comes with few features…
Even if you don’t know what Zynga is, chances are you’ve either played or heard about one of the many games made or owned by the company, be it Facebook or mobile. Zynga recently announced its earnings for Q1 2012 and while the company saw growth in both mobile and web year over year and…
Amazon announced a strong first quarter with $13.18 billion in revenues and $130 million in profits and the company is crowing about its Kindle lineup, particularly the Kindle Fire. The company still didn’t give exact sales figures but other reports suggest the Fire is on fire (sorry). In its press release, the company said, “Kindle…