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Look at that dynamite smile. The sad truth is that so-called dynamite smile actually led a company that created a pretty good product. Windows Phone 8 isn’t bad at all. Aside from the lack of apps, which we’ll get in to, the OS itself is a fresh contribution to the smartphone market and it’s managed…
HTC latest Droid handset has finally arrived on Verizon, bringing with it a massive 1080p HD display and powerful innards to take on the rest of the high-end smartphones in the arena. That device would be the Droid DNA, and its available starting today at Verizon Wireless stores and online. The Droid DNA is one…
Skype’s new version 3.0 of it’s Android app has put tablet users square in it’s sights. The new Skype update is optimized to bring a more functional version of Skype to tablet users. Along with the normal features of Skype such as video calling, sending and receiving instant messages, sharing pictures, and making calls to…
Most people don’t realize there are plenty of legit reward apps that will pay users for simply using their application. Interestingly, you can collect points with the tap of a button on your iPhone or Android smartphone and redeem those points for gift cards, discounts, cash and electronics such as tablets, mP3 players or headphones.…
Awesome accessories is one of the reasons I quoted why I would get the iPad mini over Nexus 7. One such product has been recently unveiled – Belkin Portable Keyboard Case for iPad mini, which effectively turns Apple’s tablet into a super-portable laptop. Sure enough, there are similar accessories for the Nexus 7, but none…
For folks (mostly ladies) who can’t live without a mirror, Oppo unveiled Ulike 2, a unique device that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. That’s right, 5-megapixel camera sensor is on the front, while camera on the back of the device has an 8-megapixel one [sensor]. The idea is to make it easier for the…
Jolla, the company that wants to re-do MeeGo and make it available to companies not liking any of the incumbent mobile platforms (or just want to experiment with a new platform), unveiled a demo video for its OS and Sailfish UI on YouTube. As you’re about to see, this is one promising platform with a…
A graphic from Geekologie shows the evolution of handset design from the early brick phones that weighed two pounds to the current crop of stylish black slabs. The two most striking changes I see are touchscreens, which revolutionized how we interact with our phones, and internal antenna technology which let designers get rid of that…
For some reason LG decided to ship the Optimus G with a locked bootloader. We don’t get this since this is pretty much a non-Google branded version of the Nexus 4, which is a open as a device can be. Anyway, Android community doesn’t like this and few folks who know what they’re doing decided…
Samsung (and other handset makers for that matter) is/are known to release its phones in multiple color versions. Moreover, it’s not like they push different color variants instantly — rather, few options (or just one) is initially released, followed by some special colors at a later date. For instance, that was the case with the…