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Because cell phones could always be a little thinner, LG saw it fit to make the Optimus 3D 2 just 7mm thick. It’s pretty impressive, but the first thing that comes to mind is how much battery size and life might have been sacrificed. It’s sorta important, you know, with a 3D phone and all.…
Some pretty insane rumors are floating around the internets right now. People who have spoken to MeeGoExperts and NetbookNews say that Samsung is looking to take over MeeGo development, which was originally lead by Nokia, but sadly progress has recently slowed to a crawl after the Finnish handset maker decided to focus on Windows Phone.…
Two newly announced Android smartphones, Samsung Galaxy Note and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, are already available for pre-ordering in the UK through Clove. The online retailer asks 349.99 GBP (about $563) for Sony Ericsson’s baby, listing September 26th as the availability date. The device, which BTW is an upgrade of the original Xperia arc,…
Thanks to the savvy ninjas at PocketNow, we have the first real images of two upcoming Verizon smartphones – Pantech Breakout and Samsung Illusion. The first of the two has already been leaked before – it comes with LTE support, 4-inch WVGA display, 1GHz single-core processor, 5-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing camera (for video…
Almost missed this… Google Nexus S is getting the Android 2.3.6 update as we speak. As far as we’ve heard, this software release will fix the annoying voice search bug that almost randomly activates the capability while you’re in other apps. However, some users reported it [the new update] didn’t work for them. What’s more,…
Not sure whether we should put the “hot deal” sign near this… Motorola Xoom is now available for 329 GBP (about $540) from Dixons in the UK. If this deal was available 6 months ago, we would definitely go all crazy about it; alas today it’s a very different market and I’m not sure that…
Good news for those of you with the HTC Flyer looking to get Honeycomb on their 7-inch tablet. No, the Taiwanese company hasn’t launched the official update; rather this is the unofficial ROM that will get the Flyer run the tablet-optimized version of the Android OS. The developer behind this project is Paul O’Brien, who…
We’ve already covered Andy Pad tablets for few times in the past. If you recall, we’re talking about low-cost devices that could help bring tablets to the mainstream consumer. Two models are now available — one costing 129 GBP and the other one, 50 GBP more — but even if you order today, you’ll have…
Google is huge in America, it’s big in Europe too, but for some strange reason they’re barely even considered a player in Asia. The most popular search engine in China, known as Baidu, recently took a note straight out of Google’s playbook and announced a new mobile operating system. The thing is though, unlike Android,…
Google has issued a small updated for its Google Voice app for Android. The new release (version 4.2.34) adds only one thing – tablet support, allowing those of you with Honeycomb tablets to make cheap international calls, send free text messages, listen to the voicemail and read transcripts from the comfort of your sofa (presuming…