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Samsung unveiled a special version of its Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 tablet aimed at K-12 students in the U.S. The Galaxy Tab 4 Education is a 10.1-inch device that has a rugged case which should make sure students don’t destroy it that easily. In addition, Samsung also included support for Google’s Play for Education initiative,…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will be available from AT&T on May 23rd for $49.99 with a new two-year contract. The little sibling of the Galaxy S4 rocks a 4.3-ich display and supports AT&T’s HD Voice calling, which is currently available in trial markets Chicago and Minneapolis. HD Voice will roll out across the country…
T-Mobile is offering up two 4G LTE enabled Android tablets through Wal-Mart. One of the devices, the Apollo Brands Trio AXS tablet is available beginning today, and the HP Slate 7HD will land at Wal-Mart in June. Not only are the two tablets value priced, but T-Mobile will throw in 200MB of data for free,…
Motorola’s Moto E was rooted over the weekend, according to XDA Developers. Motorola’s budget device, which ships with Android 4.4 KitKat, an unlocked bootloader and a minimal amount of bloatware can now be rooted by way of an unofficial TWRP recovery. Now Moto E owners can install custom ROMs just by performing a few steps. Ready…
If you’ve been looking for a Samsung Galaxy S5 off-contract, today is your day. Boost and Virgin Mobile are now offering Sammy’s powerhouse smartphone for $599 off-contract. It’s the same GS5 we know and love, just without the monthly payments. The GS5 rocks a 5.1 inch screen, a Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM and…
Verizon has begun rolling out XLTE to various markets around the U.S., delivering twice the data bandwidth of the company’s already fast LTE to compatible devices. XLTE is the culmination of various network improvements Verizon has made over the last year, utilizing Verizon’s newly acquired AWS spectrum to boost data speeds to compatible devices. Verizon…
We’ve all heard rumors suggesting that the next iPhone will come with a bigger screen. In fact, it is said that Apple is preparing two different iPhone variants, one with a 4.7-inch and another with 5.5-inch display. According to 9to5Mac, this extra screen estate will also require better, higher-res panels which will likely have resolution…
BlackBerry released the latest version of its SDK which bumps the Android runtime support up from API Level 17 to API level 18. This means support for Android 4.3 Jelly Bean that also includes some additional features and enhances integration with the operating system. Most notable change comes in the form of support for Bluetooth…
HTC has started rolling out Sense 6.0 update for some HTC One M7 variants in the U.S. AndroidAuthority is reporting. The Taiwanese company’s product manager Leigh Momii revealed that the update will start with owners of the unlocked and Developer Edition devices, with carrier-specific models likely to follow shortly afterwards. The 668MB-heavy download will bring…
HTC seems eager to launch a number of different One variants this year. Aside from the “regular” One M8 and One Mini 2, we may also the Maxi variant as well as few models made out of plastic. One such device could be the newly leaked HTC One Remix, which was brought to our attention…