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Lenovo unveiled another phone which most likely you won’t be able to buy. The reason is simple – similarly to many of their products, it’s a China-only device that won’t make it to the Western hemisphere. The new Lenovo A660 is the company’s first waterproof mobile device and since it’s IP67-certified, it can handle dust…
During its announcement of Lumia 820 and Lumia 920, the Finnish company also demonstrated Nokia City Lens, its augmented reality app designed to help users discover interesting places nearby. Up until this point, it was available in beta and now everyone with the Lumia 710, Lumia 800 or Lumia 900 can try it out and…
As part of the “thank you for buying the Galaxy S III” package, Samsung is giving away 3 premium games to folks who got the company’s superphone. The three games are Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, Shadowgun: The Leftover and Asphalt 7: Heat, and are all available for free through Samsung Apps store. As it’s…
EchoStar unveiled Android-powered hybrid DVB set-top box – the HDX-410. The new product can act as a powerful multi-room solution, while enabling TV operators and telcos to deliver a wide range of DVB and IP-based services to their customers — broadcast and on demand TV included. The system supports the industry’s leading digital rights management…
After Russia and India, the red Samsung Galaxy S III is now available in the UK with Mobiles.co.uk offering it on a number of different T-Mobile plans. The cheapest option gets you the phone for 26 GBP for month with plans that include either 750MB of data, 300 minutes and unlimited texts; 250MB of data,…
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Y Hello Kitty Edition smartphone in Germany. As it’s usually the case with these kind of devices, there are no changes under the hood. Rather, the device comes with a special Home button, Hello Kitty logo at the back, as well as accompanying ringtones and wallpapers. Just like the original model,…
Apple is known for its clever and sometimes unusual commercials. In honor of the upcoming iPhone announcement, here is a sampling of some of the memorable iPhone commercials that the company has produced. iPhone “hello”” advertisement original iPhone commercials iPhone 3G “There’s an app for that” iPhone 3GS “On Hold” ad iPhone 3GS “Break In”…
It turns out the source of the 1 million leaked Apple UDIDs were from a small publishing company in Florida by the name of Blue Toad. Remember, in the original leaked story, the hacker group Anonymous claimed the UDIDs were stolen from a FBI employee’s laptop, which the government agency quickly denied. Paul DeHart, CEO of Blue Toad…
The new iPhone is expected to be unveiled this Wednesday at an Apple event in San Francisco, but it won’t be the only iPhone-related launches that day. T-Mobile USA has been largely left out of the iPhone fun to date; the carrier has been unable to secure a deal with Apple to offer the iPhone…
The 7″ Android 4.1-running sub-$200 Nexus 7 brings a premium Android experience in a cheap package. The device was the first launched running Google’s latest version of the Android operating system, version 4.1 codenamed “Jelly Bean.” To get to such a low price, Google and ASUS made key omissions in the slate’s design, most notably…