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HTC has just reported their Q2 2012 financial results, and man, they’re not pretty. Sales hit $3.05 billion, down from the $4.32 billion they did during the same quarter a year ago, but the more important number here is gross profit: $247.7 million. That’s down 57% compared to Q2 2011. Why the shitty numbers? According…
Asus has turned to Twitter to spread the good news for the wannabe Nexus 7 owners, simply saying that it “got things covered,” while attaching an image of upcoming covers. As we can see from the mentioned image, the company will offer 5 differently colored covers for the upcoming tablet, including black, cyan, magenta, light…
Archos announced a new tablet for folks on a budget. The all-new Archos 97 Carbon comes with a 9.7-inch 1024×768 pixels screen, Wi-Fi connectivity, 2-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing one, HDMI out, USB port, 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, memory card slot, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is running the…
Not sure whether we should mark this as “bad” or “good” news. The good “part” is that Samsung Galaxy Note owners in Canada will get the Ice Cream Sandwich update in late July, with those owning a Rogers Wireless-branded model being able to download it on July 21st. The bad “part” is that as I’m…
Looks like Sony is working on the successor to its Xperia S smartphone. The information comes from Indonesian website Postel, which caught the Sony device marked as LT26ii in the wild — the Xperia S is marked as LT26i. Details are scarce at the moment (to say the least), leaving us plenty of room to…
You’ve heard about Google Now, which is one of the main features Jellybean brings to the table. Thanks to the ever-active hacking community, folks with Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones can now join the party, too. In order to do so, you’ll need a rooted device and a bit of tech skills. Here’s how to do…
Look, I’m not going to pretend that I know about every single court case that Apple is currently engaged in. What I do know however is that there was a trial between Apple and Motorla where the judge simply threw the case out. Jude Posner, who has written many books, including one about intellectual property,…
According to Reuters, Samsung estimates that that they raked in $41.5 billion worth of sales during Q2 2012. And as for profits, they say they’ve recorded around $5.9 billion. Just in case you missed it the first time, these numbers aren’t precise figures, those will be published on the 27th of July, these are just…
While RIM Ceo Thorston Heins continues to talk rosily about RIM’s future, the dire state of the company is becoming all too real for employees in its Ottawa headquarters. According to a report in the Ottawa Citizen, RIM is curtailing summer vacations and telling workers they must work six days a week. This big push…
According to a Bloomberg report, Amazon is working on a smartphone to compete with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android phones. Foxconn is reportedly working with Amazon on the phone, but the details on the hardware are not yet known. Besides working on the manufacturing and design, Amazon is supposedly trying to beef up its patent…