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After the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, the super-thin Huawei Ascend P6 may get its Google Edition version, as well. The information comes from Pocket-lint which managed to corner Kevin Ho, president of the handset product division at Huawei, to tell them the company is indeed negotiating with Google over something like that. “We…
Looks like Motorola is working on a couple of new handsets that will soon be available through Verizon Wireless. According to EVleaks, the carrier will be adding the Droid RAZR Ultra and RAZR M Ultra in the near future. We’re not sure what these two are all about and can only speculate they either bring…
Google is bringing its Play Books marketplace to 4 additional countries – Austria, Belgium, Ireland and Portugal. Guess dealing with publishers isn’t as easy as Google has hoped for when we see the service rolling out at a such slow pace. Google Play Books is now live in total of 18 countries, including Australia, Austria,…
We’ve already talked about the upcoming Sony Xperia i1 Honami, saying that it could easily turn into the best Android camera-phone ever. It is said that the Japanese company may even use the Cyber-shot brand for this phone to emphasize the power of that camera, which BTW will likely have a 20-megapixel sensor. The good…
It’s a sort of trend among Chinese handset makers to launch devices with powerful front-facing cameras. We’ve seen the Oppo Ulike 2 and Huawei Ascend P6 with 5-megapixel front-facing cameras, and MeituKiss that has a whopping 8-megapixel camera sensor on the front. Now we have a new device with dual 13-megapixel cameras coming from THL.…
I’m sure most Android users out there gave Google’s “All Access” streaming music service a try when it offered a free trial month at its release. After the trial ended, if you chose to keep using the service, it cost you a pretty reasonable $7.99. Now it looks like the price is going up, and…
Vine for Android has been updated today, bringing some much-needed improvements to the app, as well as a feature that was missing since it’s Android debut: usage of the front-facing camera. This should be welcome news for Android Vine users, who have been waiting for an experience more akin to that of the iOS version.…
If T-Mobile’s UNcarrier pre-paid plans weren’t extreme enough, the magenta carrier is sending out invitations to an event in New York City on July 10th. Unfortunately, the invite is devoid of any details, just the words, “Our boldest moves yet.” What exactly that means is anyone’s guess. T-Mobile’s no-contract UNcarrier plans, which were unveiled in…
Don’t want Uncle Sam tracking your search queries? Than Duck Duck Go is the app for you. Duck Duck Go is a search engine that conducts searches in an anonymous manner, kind of an anti-Google that doesn’t keep search logs or any data of the like. The search engine was previously available only on the web,…
T-Mobile iPhone and AT&T owners are having an update rolled out to their handsets. It’s unclear to what this update 14.2 does as no details have been released from T-Mobile, AT&T, or Apple. These new settings are automatically updated in the background, as I saw this on my iPhone 5 once I went to the…