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Samsung ATIV S is now available in Germany. The ATIV S is Samsung’s flagship Windows Phone device that resembles the style and look of the Korean manufacturers Galaxy S line with Android. This handset carries a few interesting features such as today’s standard 4.8-inch display, SD support, and SAMOLED screen technology. According to WPArea, potential customers…
Nokia, the mobile phone vendor that has been focusing on Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS more than any other hardware manufacturer, hinted in an interview that Windows 8 tablets might be in its future. Specifically, CEO Stephen Elop told Australian Financial Review the company is examining how other form factors beyond just smartphones would play out for…
If HTC has its way, soon the term Megapixel will deleted from our lexicon. Instead, “Ultrapixel” will become the new way to measure the capacity of smartphone cameras. Pocket-Lint has reported that HTC is to use this new camera technology, already in use by a host of manufacturers, in the upcoming M7. HTC will use…
T-Mobile is getting some real work in today. The fourth largest wireless provider in the United States is pushing out small over-the-air updates to the Samsung Galaxy Note and Relay 4G (check out our review here). Both of these devices will only see security enhancements in this minor update. However, Magenta is doing a solid…
Best Buy wants you to buy a new phone from its stores and will reward you with a $50 gift card for your purchase. The retailer’s $50 gift card deal requires you to sign up for the deal before February 9th and then both buy and activate a new phone anytime between February 10 and…
Tweetbot, the insanely popular third-party Twitter client, has updated its app to version 2.7. The new update released today brings many interesting goodies such as the ability for users to watch Vine videos within the app, Airplay output, and Flickr integration. What’s New in Version 2.7 Added the ability to open links in Chrome and…
Today is the day that jailbreakers have been waiting for — the release of a tool that’ll crack open the iPhone 5 and iPad 3/4. According to Redmond Pie, the Evad3rs jailbreak teamannounced via Twitter that the jailbreak tool is in the final stages of development and will land on February 4th. The Evasi0n website has…
BlackBerry and Samsung spent big money to get a spot in the Super Bowl. BlackBerry took a different approach and aired an ad that shows everything that a BlackBerry can’t do. BlackBerry chief marketing officer Frank Boulben had this say about the idea behind the commercial: “In our debut appearance at the Super Bowl we knew that it…
BLU Products is well-known to offer decent yet affordable smartphones and their latest products are no exception. Three new products they’ve launched all offer quite a bang for the buck, packing a 1.5GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip and Android 4.0 (upgradable to Jelly Bean). There are also few differences included: Quattro 4.5 comes with…
Samsung Ukraine announced Jelly Bean updates for the Galaxy Note and Galaxy Ace 2. The former will get its serving of Android 4.1 on March 1st, while the latter will be treated with the same goodies in late April. As you can imagine these are the general dates that may wary depending on the country.…