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Verizon Wireless has recently expanded its offering of low-cost smartphones for prepay customers with the addition of LG’s Optimus Zone and Optimus Exceed. The first of the two is a slightly different version of last year’s LG Optimus L3. It comes with a rather small 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel rear camera, 800MHz single-core processor, 512MB…
Just when we told you that Sony may unveil its Togari phablet later this month in Germany, we’ve learned that once announced it will be known as Xperia ZU. The “Z” part means it’s part of Sony’s high-end series whereas “U” could stand for “Ultra” or “Ultimate,” we’re not sure. In any case, we’re looking…
Even though many Z10 owners are still waiting to get the BlackBerry OS 10.1 update, the Canadian company is already working on the next version. The first glimpse of the 10.2 OS version promises even better user experience, new features and more. Here are some of the features coming in this release: BBM Channels will…
iPad owners, while you’re waiting for the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2, you can grab yourself a free download of Plants vs. Zombies HD! IGN is offering the mega popular game for free this month, just click on over to their site and get your download code. You’ll be pitting all your strange plants…
We’ve known for some time that Sprint has been planning on carrying a few Windows Phone 8 handsets this summer, specifically the Samsung Ativ S and the HTC Tiara, and a new FCC filing points to an imminent launch of at least one of those devices. The filing shows a Windows Phone 8 powered HTC…
Samsung took a stock hit on Friday, losing $12 billion as prices dropped 6 percent after reports of Galaxy S4 sales slowing down. The S4 looked great out of the gate, with huge sales numbers but analysts now report that sales of high-end Samsung smartphones aren’t meeting expectations. Orders for Samsung Galaxy S4 units from manufacturing partners…
We’ve been hearing quite a bit about the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom lately, and it looks like SamMobile has managed to grab a photo of the upcoming device. The device basically looks like the Samsung Galaxy S4 had a baby with the Galaxy Camera, which is pretty much what we were expecting. That said, the…
A man at the Picadilly train station in Manchester, England was offered an iPad for the discounted price of £250 (about $390). He went for the deal, but when he opened the box eager to play with his shiny new Apple he found it was full of potatoes instead! A pair of scammers are the culprits in…
Thanks to Dutch site Mobileaks, we now have some new sketches of the rumored HTC T6/One MAX phablet device. The sketches reveal a device that runs concurrent to previous rumors, which peg the HTC T6/One MAX having a 5.9 inch screen, forward facing speakers and a stylish bezel. Although the leaked blueprints do not reveal…
AT&T is offering an awesome deal on HTC’s flagship smartphone, the HTC One. You can grab the hot smartphone plus a Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker for only $99.99 today with a two-year contract. Customers have the choice between the silver or black versions of the HTC One, and black, pink, white or red colors for…