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Two weeks ago we’ve told you about the HTC Desire 500 as it was leaked from O2 Germany alongside few other devices. Well that phone will be officially announced within few days; more precisely, that will happen on July 23rd. Unfortunately, we have no idea what this handset is all about. However, judging by the…
Looks like Nokia is working on a new low-end Windows Phone 8 device marked as Lumia 625. What makes this device unique is the fact that it has a 4.7-inch screen, making it the biggest Nokia smartphone ever. In comparison, Nokia Lumia 92x devices and even the new Lumia 1020 all sport 4.5-inch screens. However,…
Google Play Books is now available in few additional countries, including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden. With this addition, the number of markets where users can buy books from Google has climbed to 26. And that’s more countries than what Google Play Movies and Google Play Music support…
You know that we usually get fancy phones with awful specs. Well that’s not the case with the Sugar smartphone, which stands to change that (stupid) practice. Although it comes with 5.16 carats of Swarovski Gems, the Sugar smartphone packs some solid hardware under the hood. For instance, there’s a 5-inch full HD screen, MediaTek’s…
Here’s a cool infographic, prepared by the good folks of buymobilephones.net, showing various Android deserts Google has been launching during the years. All of them are here — including Donut, Cupcake, Éclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and the current version – Jelly Bean — each of which is highlighted with few of the…
A leaked memo provided to Android Central suggests US Cellular may be jumping on the Motorola X bandwagon and could be carrying the device at the end of August. The memo pegs the arrival of the promo materials into stores on August 25th and the launch of the device on August 26th. The Motorola X…
Halo: Spartan Assault is now available for Verizon customers with Windows Phone 8 devices, and is available for download at the Windows Store. Windows 8 and Windows RT users can also download the game, which costs $6.99 on all platforms. The game is currently only available on Windows Phone 8 for Verizon customers, but will…
Google CEO Larry Page announced today that Google Play downloads have surpassed 50 billion. Page dropped the news during the company’s second quarter earnings call. Last may at Google I/O, Google announced that people had downloaded 48 billion apps. Right around the same time, Apple announced its iTunes App Store had surpassed 50 billion downloads. Back in…
Samsung is set to unleash its Galaxy Note III in early September (or so we hear), and we’ve been hearing rumors about the device since the release of the Galaxy Note II. Still, one such rumor that we don’t recall hearing is that the Galaxy Note III’s camera will be accompanied by a Xenon flash,…
A new report from analytics company, Flurry suggests that consumers’ unwillingness to pay for mobile apps has forced developers to release their apps for free. The trend goes across all platforms, but Android users are particularly unlikely to pay for apps up front. Flurry’s study showed that between 2010 and 2012, free apps accounted for…