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Google said last year it was going to end ActiveSync support for new mobile devices on July 31st. According to The Verge, the company has extended that date to December 31st so Microsoft can adequately prepare its Windows Phone platform for the shutdown. This shut down has the biggest impact on Windows Phone users, who…
Guess what? BlackBerry may be working again with Porsche Design on a special version of the Z10 smartphone. If we can learn anything from the past, the upcoming (presuming it actually launches) Porsche Design Z10 will be one expensive device, reserved for the few willing to pour out couple of grands for their smartphone. As…
Yeah, we knew this is coming and voila… Xiaomi has officially announced the Red Rice smartphone, making it the lowest-end device in its portfolio. As we’ve told you before, this phone will pack quite a bang for the buck. It rocks a 4.7-inch 720p HD screen, 1.5GHz quad-core processor (MediaTek MT6589T) and the price of…
We’ve already seen the Galaxy S4 in Purple Mirage but we didn’t know it will also be available in Pink Twilight. Well, both of those variants have been officially announced in Taiwan and should start selling soon for NT$21,900 (about $729) for the 16GB variant. That, of course, is the price of the unlocked device,…
It was back in January 2012 when we saw Archos’ 35 Smart Home Phone, a DECT-based Android device that wanted to replace your plain-vanilla cordless phone. Now Panasonic unveiled a similar product that also runs Google’s mobile platform, while boasting slightly better specs (than Archos’ product). However, it’s still not a high-end phone by any…
BlackBerry is bringing the Q5 to its own backyard. Yup, the low-end BlackBerry OS 10-based smartphone will be available in Canada on August 13, with users being able to grab it from a number of carriers, including Bell, Fido, Koodo, Sasktel, TELUS, and Virgin Mobile Canada; as well as retail stores like Best Buy Canada,…
You’re probably aware that major handset makers are buying parts of their phones all around the world. Many things are bought in China, certain parts come from Korea, and then there are those procured in Japan. Apple’s iPhone is not an exception, quite the contrary. It is mostly made in China in a factory that…
BGR got its hands on a snapshot of BlackBerry Messenger running on a Galaxy S3. There's not much revealing in the image, just a login screen, but commentary from the source of the leak says the software "isn't bad." That's not exactly a glowing recommendation, but can we really expect people to get excited about…
While smartphones today provide language translation options, they can sometimes be awkward and hard to use when stuck in a situation where time is of the essence. A new peripheral called Sigmo is looking to change all that, by providing a universal translator housed in a small plastic box. The device contains both a microphone…
You might be able to use Google Glass in the shower but, in Britain at least, you won’t be able to use it behind the wheel. British magazine Stuff recently revealed that regulators in the U.K. are moving to ban the use of Google Glass when operating an automobile. A U.K. Department for Transport outlined the…