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Verizon announced today that it will start selling the LG G2 on September 12 in stores and online. LG’s flagship handset was announced late last month and is packing some beefy specs. It will definitely be giving the upcoming iPhone 5S and the Galaxy Note 3 a run for their money. The LG G2 includes…
Aside from the new MeMo Pad tablets and Transformer Book Trio, ASUS has also unveiled a pair of updates Fonepads at IFA in Berlin. Basically the hardware has been slightly revamped to make for a faster user experience. The Fonepad 7 comes with Intel’s 1.6GHz ATOM Z2560 dual-core chip, 1GB of RAM, 7-inch 1280×800 screen,…
Xiaomi has officially announced the MiPhone 3, its next flagship device that will (at least initially) be sold only in China. The powerful smartphone rocks some of the best hardware out there, including a 5-inch full HD screen from Sharp, 13-megapixel Exmor RS CMOS camera sensor from Sony, and a super fast processor made by…
For some reason ASUS used IFA to re-announce the Transformer Book Trio, a device that acts both as a tablet and laptop, running Android and Windows. The tablet/laptop combo comes with a 11.6-inch full HD 1080p screen and has two processors to make this magic happen, but the storage can be shared. Unfortunately, the Taiwanese…
Deutsche Telekom has announced that it will soon upgrade its LTE network to LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), supporting download speeds of up to 150Mbps. And guess which device will be the first to support this infrastructure boost – yup, it’s Sammy’s Galaxy S4 LTE-A, which is already selling in South Korea. If you recall, this model doesn’t…
Apple may go beyond PIN codes to allow users to lock and unlock their iDevices. The company’s U.S. Patent No. 8,528,072 for a “Method, apparatus and system for access mode control of a device” describes a system that creates user access modes guarded by predetermined gesture inputs. In other words, we could see gesture-based unlocking…
We’re still not sure whether Apple will make a deal with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers, but in the meantime its smartphone is offered by China Telecom, the country’s third largest carrier. And it apparently brings them some serious cash. China Telecom has recently released some financial and business results,…
Android’s smartphone app revenues are projected to reach almost $6.8 billion by the end of 2013, nearly doubling its revenues from the previous year. While Google’s mobile platform has some way to go before catching iOS’ smartphone revenues, it will grow at a faster rate. According to ABI Research, Android smartphone app revenues will increase…
The long-time rumored Oppo Find 7 may not be released this year with company pushing its launch for “late 2014.” The N1, on the other hand, should be out before the end of 2013, hinting us this will be the Chinese company’s next flagship device. This information, in case you wonder, came from Oppo’s representative…
Samsung’s recently unveiled Galaxy Note 3 will be landing on T-Mobile soon, along with the Galaxy Gear smartwatch. T-Mobile customers will be able to take advantage of the Simple Choice rate plans and the JUMP early upgrade program. While T-Mobile hasn’t announced pricing or availability, a sign up page is live for T-Mobile customers who…