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HP’s Slate 7 Android tablet has gone down $30, to $140. The Slate 7 sports a 1.6 GHz Rockchip RK3066 dual-core processor, Android 4.1 software a 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage. There’s also a 16GB model which now sells for $170. The price drop makes the HP Slate 7…
The upcoming Moto X has been one of the most talked about handsets for the year, and while we’re not sure exactly of the specs of the device or exact launch date, a new leaked picture from Mobile Syrup shows that the device will be coming to the carrier Rogers in Canada. According to Mobile…
Speaking in Mexico City, Steve Wozniak had a few choice things to say about Apple. As reported by The Economic Times, Wozniak defended the company saying that this down time is expected because it is in between innovations. “I think Apple is in one of these waiting periods waiting for the next big direction. You can’t…
Some European HTC One owners are receiving a firmware update today, which is bringing Android 4.2.2 to the device. According to the Android Central forums, the update is now live in Scandinavian countries, and will more than likely be rolling out to the rest of Europe soon. The 417MB update includes: Launcher bar enhancement Widget…
Samsung has a big advertising budget which means it can create gems like this Galaxy S4 ad below. Crafted specifically for Samsung Iceland, the commercial features apples, sheep and dancing black-clothed ninjas. Check it out below and let us now in the comments what you think about this example of Samsung’s international marketing push.
Security engineer Ben Lincoln claims that some Motorola phones are collecting your data and sending it back unencrypted to the handset manufacturer. He discovered this data collection on his Droid X2 and has since found that other Motorola Android phones do this as well. The handsets allegedly gather GPS data from photos, user names, passwords, email addresses…
Looks like we won’t get to meet the Nokia 1020; the Finnish company will rather go for another name – Nokia 909, showing that this phone shares the DNA of its predecessor – Nokia 808 PureView. However, unlike the earlier 41-megapixel camera-equipped device, the new one will rock Windows Phone 8 (rather than Symbian) and…
New details emerged about the upcoming LG Optimus G2 (or just G2). As we’ve already told you, it will be a super-thin device with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 processor and a powerful 13-megapixel camera on the back. What we didn’t know before is that the camera will have optical image stabilization a la Nokia’s high-end devices.…
The Netherlands will soon get no less than 11 schools that will replace blackboards, schedules and more with iPads. The idea is use Apple’s tablet for each student’s entire educational career and presumingly help them [students] grow into modern, tech-savvy individuals. Scheduled to open this August, these so-called “Steve Jobs Schools” will have largely student-directed…
The Canonical team is revamping the Ubuntu Touch OS from the ground up. Instead of booting into Android and firing up the Ubuntu system after Android has booted, the new images now boot into Ubuntu and initialize Android inside an LXC (LinuX Container) container during boot. For regular folks this doesn’t mean a lot, but…