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We have great news for all you hipsters and collectors of unique items. Etsy on its blog announced the availability of a new Android app just in time for shoppers ahead of Christmas Day. The app highlights the sites’ more than 17 million item marketplace, while also bringing options to easily browse all the shops…
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt discussed the current state of patent litigation between Apple and Google’s partners. Schmidt noted that the relations between Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and Google’s CEO Larry Page are civil and productive, likening the relationship between the two parties to a state model,…
Nokia is heading into China by partnering with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, for its next Lumia handset. The Finnish handset maker unveiled the Lumia 920T, the first Windows Phone handset with TD-SCDMA to land in China. The 920T will feature Nokia’s ClearBlack display, a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, a PureView camera, four color…
While we still wait to see Sony’s next flagship device, the company unveiled some rather unimpressive phone. The new Xperia E is an entry-level Jelly Bean device with hardly impressive specs that include a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A processor, 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen and 3.2-megapixel camera with auto-focus. In addition, Sony emphasizes the device’s “outstanding HD…
Good news for those of you in the States waiting to get your hands on the Oppo Find 5. It’s heading your way and will be available for $499 sans any contracts. A dedicated website, oppousa.com, is now live listing the glorious specs sheet along with the list of compatible operators – T-Mobile, AT&T and…
Nokia added another model to its Lumia line of handsets today. The company’s latest addition, the Lumia 620, will run Windows Phone 8 and will fall squarely in the mid-range category of devices. The 620 includes a 3.8-inch TFT WVGA 800×480 ClearBlack display, a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, a VGA front-facing camera, 512MB…
The existing Samsung Galaxy Pocket S5300 is the cheapest Android smartphone in the company’s portfolio and it’s also available in a dual SIM variant. However, both devices (single and dual SIM versions) run Android 2.3 Gingerbread which may soon not be a “good enough” option even for the emerging markets of the world. To “solve”…
In addition to the Gmail app for iOS, Google also updated the YouTube app today. It adds support for a variety of different Apple products and services. It at last fills up the entire 4-inch display of the iPhone 5. Having those black bars next to my videos annoyed the hell out of me. Plus,…
Google’s Gmail app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad got a sweet new update today that gave its version number a boost to 2.0. The major update brings a cleaner design, multiple account support, and plenty of new “time-saving features” as described by Google. The design, to start, is reminiscent of the Google+ app. It…
Google I/O 2013 is officially a go, as the dates for the developer conference have just been announced via the +Google Developers page. Thousands of people will be hitting the Moscone Center West to see what Google has in store. Google I/O 2012 was by and far the most popular conference, as not only did…