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Samsung sent out a tweet that is both vague and exciting today regarding an upcoming, “revolutionary” device. Said device will be launched in an ad during the Super Bowl this coming Sunday and while we want to say it’s the Galaxy S III, in all likelihood it’s the Galaxy Note. There have been rumors that…
McAfee today announced Mobile Security 2.0, a new version of its protection software for smartphones and tablets. The security company’s new app will work for Android, BlackBerry OS and Symbian OS. Mobile Security 2.0 has a feature called App Alert, which help protect users from malicious apps that abuse personal information. The feature specifically checks whether…
If you like to apply custom ROMs to your Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, you may want to turn your attention to the newest custom recovery option from ClockworkMod. Chances are that if you are using a custom recovery already, it’s ClockworkMod. This is the same ClockworkMod recovery you’re used to but is now touch-enabled.…
Earlier this month at CES, AT&T announced that it would be carrying the Galaxy Note. In a timely manner, the carrier confirmed the tablet-sized phone will go on sale starting February 19th. Customers can pre-order the Android device both online and in-store starting February 5th and will receive their Galaxy Note by the 17th. The Galaxy Note is a monster of a phone…
There’s no screening process for Apps added to the Android Market, which means it’s easy to slip in malware along with a legitimate app. There have been several reported cases of Android malware, but the outbreaks have been small until now. Last last week, Symantec reported about Android.Counterclank, a piece of code tacked on to apps that’ll execute remote commands and steal information from the device. It’s a…
Two smartphones with AT&T-compatible cellular radios have been caught at the FCC. The first one is Windows Phone-powered HTC Titan II, which rocks both HSPA and LTE connectivity. At the moment I’m writing this, the government paid engineers are still playing with this beast phone, trying out its 16-megapixel camera… The second device is the…
While we’re still not 100% sure Samsung will use Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to launch the Galaxy S III, such a device has been caught at the company’s UAE website, or so we think. The phone marked as GT-I9300 certainly smells like the next phone in the series, considering the I9000 marks the original…
While Gingerbread update for the LG Optimus 2X has been around for quite some time now (though not for too long), it’s only now that we’re seeing it hitting the users of Canada’s Fido network. The drill is usual – before pushing the update to its users, mobile operators are thoroughly testing it to make…
Just like Sprint which will soon get the ZTE V55 Optik, Verizon Wireless also wants an affordable tablet in its portfolio. And that would be ZTE V66, which we caught at the Bluetooth SIG. Specs wise, we’re talking about a device that’s almost identical to what Sprint will be launching, with its specs that include…
CDON, a popular online retailer in Northern Europe, is taking preorders for an LG device that hasn’t been announced yet: the Optimus L3 E400. Now if you’re the type of person who loves high end bleeding edge superphones, then you might as well just stop reading. For the rest of you, here’s what the E400…