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The LG Optimus VU is now available in the UK with Expansys offering the unlocked, SIM-free device for 349 GBP (about $562). In case you’ve been living under a rock, you should know that this particular phablet is unique as it has a 5-inch 4:3 aspect ratio screen with 1024×768 pixels resolution. In addition, it’s…
Two Pantech devices sold by AT&T, Burst and Element, are getting their Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates. Unfortunately this isn’t the seamless over-the-air affair and you’ll rather have to download special software from Pantech’s website to proceed. If you own the Burst smartphone, click here; or if you have the Pantech Element tablet –…
Invitations are going out to the press for a Surface tablet event (or reception, as the invitation chooses to word it) by none other than the Redmond-based Microsoft. The top of the invite reads “You’re invited to celebrate Windows 8” on October 25th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s pretty easy to decipher the…
webOS has been a platform on life support for some time now. As a result, parent company HP is in the process of trying to figure out how it can keep the mobile operating system relevant with an open source program. The computer maker stated that it would be an “active participant and investor in…
AT&T has just announce that they will carry two Windows 8 tablets, and yes, they’ll both be carrier-exclusives. Ma Bell will sell the ASUS VivoTab RT and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC with a full Windows 8 experience this holiday season. ASUS’ VivoTab RT is based on the Windows 8 RT platform and features a 10.1” multi-touch…
Google may be looking to change the way its Nexus program works this year. From the previous talks of having more than one Nexus device on the way this year, it would make sense, but Google may be attempting to get any manufacturer in on the fun with the Nexus line. What is a Nexus…
Microsoft has begun seeding press invites to its Windows Phone 8 launch event on October 29th in San Francisco. Microsoft will be showing off the final version of Windows Phone 8, and the 29th will likely mark the day customers can begin pre-ordering Windows Phone 8 devices such as the Lumia 920, 820, and HTC’s…
Barnes and Noble has announced this morning that it and Microsoft have agreed to terms on a spinoff of Barnes & Noble’s Nook line. The agreement will build a new LLC entitled Nook Media, with Barnes & Noble maintaining the lion’s share of Nook Media. Microsoft will invest $300 million in Nook Media, giving it…
AT&T announced today that it will carry the Lumia 920 and 820 in time for the holiday shopping season. The Lumia 920 is Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 handset and will include a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 32 GB of internal storage, 1 GB RAM,…
After a long waiting period, TomTom has finally made its way to the Play Store, though with some mind-boggling limitations. TomTom for Android brings offline navigation with free lifetime maps, IQ Routes and TomTom HD traffic to Android devices, though it omits the Foursquare integration recently added to iOS. Also missing from the TomTom for…