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After Sprint, Virgin Mobile USA is adding the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE, making it the first LTE-enabled device in its portfolio. The carrier will offer Sammy’s phone with its contract-free plans, starting at $35 per month. The device itself is available in gray for $299.99 (excluding taxes) only at virginmobileusa.com, with plans to hit…
Skyfire Web Browser 5.0 is now available for download through Google Play store. The version of the popular browser adds extensions, allowing users to easily access some of the popular services while going though web pages (and without leaving Skyfire). There are almost 20 mobile browser extensions to choose from, all of which can be…
Alcatel has released a new entry-level smartphone that will be running the new Firefox OS, the Alcatel One Touch Fire, and we’ve finally gotten our hands on it. At 3.5 inches, the Fire seems a little small in the age of bigger screens and phablet type devices. Proving the old adage of size doesn’t matter,…
Despite its cost and unusual configuration, Asus is all in with its Padfone convertible phone-tablet device. The original model was introduced last year at MWC and this years model, the Padfone Infinity, bumps up the tablet to LTE, an HD display and Android 4.2. The phone part of the Padfone Infinity is a powerhouse with…
We may not be seeing any devices with the new NVIDIA Tegra 4 that will launch anytime soon at Mobile World Congress this year, but the company recently highlighted some of the exciting new features that both the Tegra 4 family and the Phoenix reference design will bring to the market. The NVIDIA Tegra 4i…
We’re a bit surprised it took this long for a company to make a 7 inch tablet that it wants you to make calls with. Asus announced such a device, the FonePad, and after seeing the spec list of this hybrid device, you just might be fine putting it up to your face for a…
LG is providing us with a glimpse of a new technology that will bring wireless transmission of content from smartphones to Ultra HD TV’s in real time. The technology can take 1080p video and transmit it to a TV. LG’s Wireless Ultra High Definition Transmission technology will be debuted at MWC in Barcelona earlier today, and is…
At MWC in Barcelona, NVIDIA released some new benchmarks for their Tegra 4 family of processors,which are promising to bring some extreme improvements to the way smartphone and tablet processors function. So far, according to the benchmarks, the Tegra 4 is blowing away the competition. The processors are not on the market yet, but exist…
Lenovo has announced the release of three new tablets at MWC, the S6000, the A3000 and the A1000. We’ve gotten our hands on the two lower-end devices, the A3000 and the A1000. Here’s what it’s like to spend some time with Lenovo’s new the mid-range and entry-level tablets. As far as specs go, the Lenovo…
Alcatel One Touch Star was shown off at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Touch Star is a budget-friendly handset powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box. On the design side of things, the Star has a sleek finish to it, and it comes in white, black, or pink. The plastic doesn’t do…