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Android users in the United States have been enjoying Voice Actions for about a year now and you Europeans out there will be happy to know that the voice-controlled actions are now available in the U.K., France, Italy, Germany and Spain it can be used in British English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. For those…
The updated 1.5 GHz dual-core version of the Samsung Galaxy S II heading to T-Mobile is finding its way into Canada as the “4G Samsung Galaxy S II X” – because that name was just begging for more crap to be tacked onto the end. No mention of pricing or release date, but it’s probably…
The day has come. The Samsung Epic 4G Touch got its page at Sprint.com, where it’s described with a tagline “Brilliant screen. Pencil-thin phone.” It’s available for $199 after $300 instant savings and with a two-year contract, which is $100 more than what Walmart is asking so you know where to go to get your…
HTC is out with a special version of the ChaCha smartphone for the Chinese market. Instead of boasting the Facebook button, this little fella’ comes with the QQ button along with various QQ services preloaded. Those unfamiliar should know Facebook is blocked in China, hence folks need to rely on the home-grown services. QQ is…
British phone retailer Phones 4u scored exclusive launch deals with HTC over few phones. Here’s what they got: HTC Sensation XE – The newly announced Beats audio-powered Android smartphone will be available from Phones 4u on October 1st, which is before any other retailer or carrier gets it. The device will be available for free…
The Motorola Atrix is no longer a cool device everyone wants, though it’s still pretty solid smartphone with a 1GHz dual-core processor, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, 4-inch qHD screen, 5-megapixel camera and so on. Orange UK is running a great deal, offering Moto’s baby for 99 GBP on a two-year 10 GBP per month…
Barnes & Noble is teaming-up with mobile app development platform Appcelerator to accelerate the deployment of Appcelerator Titanium apps on NOOK Color. Under the terms of the deal, Titanium’s 200,000 mobile developers will get a fast track to publish apps in the NOOK Store, which reaches millions of customers (we don’t have the precise figures,…
Gameloft’s next installment in the Gangstar was announced last week, but aside from the concept art and the hint of the game being set in Rio, we knew absolutely diddly squat about the game. That changes today as Gameloft has released the debute trailer for Gangstar Rio: City of Saints. Gangstar Rio: City of Saints’…
Lately, Google can’t get enough of the patent goodness. The company acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion recently and gained over 17,000 patents as a result, and now they just bought exactly 1,023 patents from IBM. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recorded the transfer on August 17th. The amount Google paid for the patents was not…
If you wanted the Droid Bionic but had to pass on it because of the hefty $300 price tag, then we have some great news for you. According to the folks over at Droid-Life, the Pantech Breakout is Verizon’s next 4G LTE phone. This comes after a leak of pictures and specs of the phone were released…