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Samsung has definitely taken the lead in the Android smartphone market, gaining market share like crazy over the last year. With it’s solid line of Galaxy devices, Samsung has successfully made itself a staple in the Android landscape, and it looks like that trend is set to continue. Typically, demand for devices is lower in Q1, but Samsung is…
One of iOS‘ most popular Twitter clients, Twitterrific, has received an update today providing users with support for push notifications. Push notifications are still in beta, and users are being added to the service in groups of 1,000 to ensure that the service is seamless for all users. Also in the update are features such…
One of the most popular iPad apps of all time, Flipboard, is out with version 2.0 of its app. It’s nothing too radical, but it does bring an abundance of new features. Overall, it helps move the app into the future and intensify competition with other personalized magazines like Zite. The main attraction in Flipboard…
If you stop by the Google Play Store on your Android tablet, be sure to check for an update for Play Movies and TV today, as it adds a pretty nifty feature. Using facial recognition, Play Movies will detect the actor you’re watching when paused, and bring you relevant information for the actor or actress. The feature…
According to a report from DigiTimes, Amazon’s oft-rumored smartphone will ship with a 4.7 inch display to keep up with the current smartphone market. It looks as though Amazon was initially planning to make its upcoming smartphone with a 4.3 inch display, ” but later scrapped the idea after witnessing increased demand for larger size…
A Chinese company is taking on Apple, by filing a lawsuit claiming that Apple’s Siri technology infringes on a previous patent. The company, Zhi Zhen Network Technology, was granted a patent in 2006 for its Xiao i Robot software, which answers questions and provides voice interactions. The company brought the suit last July, after Siri…
It looks like Sony is hard at work on a few upcoming Xperia devices already for the summer. Not only does it look like Sony will be bringing the Xperia A (Dogo) and Xperia UL (Gaga) to Japanese markets later this summer, but also a mammoth 6.4 inch phablet, codenamed Togari. Here’s a quick rundown…
Not too much buzz has been surrounding Mozilla’s Firefox OS lately, probably because the company is hard at work developing it behind the scenes. Mozilla did share a demo recently that you’re able to watch below of the operating system running on a prototype Dreamfone, which is a low-end Firefox OS phone announced at Mobile…
We reported in January that Sprint would finally start a lineup of Windows Phone 8 handsets with one Samsung device and one HTC device, but that’s as specific as it got. Now we have the two devices rumored for release soon on the carrier: the Samsung Ativ S and the HTC Tiara, the latter of…
T-Mobile officially announced its new pre-paid “Un-carrier” model today at a press event in New York, detailing pricing and device availability. Along with rolling out LTE service in seven new metro areas, T-Mobile is also offering HD Voice on its nationwide network. “T-Mobile is enriching the customer experience on its network with our nationwide launch…