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Samsung announced the pricing for its Galaxy Tab 2 tablets and the pair have a remarkably low price that starts at $249. The 7-inch model has a 1GHz dual-core processor, 3-megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 1024 x 600 display, and Android 4.0. The 10.1-inch model shares the same basic specs as the 7-inch model, but…
I love it when people mix Legos with technology in a fun and intriguing ways. Above is an example of a Nokia Lumia 900 dock that’s made from the classic building blocks. It’s not a child’s toy, the Lego dock has a sturdy design lets you charge your Lumia and dock/undock hundreds of times. There’s no block list or building diagram, but the creator of this Lego model does provide some close-up shots at different angles. With a little…
ChangeWave Research conducted a very brief survey asking one simple question: if you’re buying a new smartphone within the next 60 days, which vendor do you plan on buying from? The firm surveyed exactly 4,413 consumers and found that — prepare yourself for these utterly shocking results — Apple’s iPhone is the highest in demand…
Appreciate, the personal Android Market that’s incredibly easy on the eyes has just released a nifty little chart pertaining to OMGPOP’s (Now Zynga’s) application, Draw Something. By now, you’ve probably heard of the app but it looks like the Appreciate guys wanted to see if it was all hype and how much people are actually…
T-Mobile is sending out invitations to a press event on the night of April 18th. The headline for that shindig will the HTC One S, a 4.3-inch phone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Details about the launch date and pricing are not available, but a recent rumor pegs the 25th as the date the One S…
BlackBerry has announced a handful of applications that will become BBM connected over the next few weeks. Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry Travel, BlackBerry App World, and BlackBerry Music will all see apps updated in the next 10 days that will allow users to interact with BBM friends within these applications. You’ll be able to do things…
Apple finds itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit today, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. Following reports that the company was involved in an e-book price-fixing scheme surrounding books for Apple’s iPad, the US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin, and Macmillan Publishing today in New York District…
Nokia is going to announce their Q1 2012 financial results on April 19th, today though they issued a press release that gives investors and analysts a hint of what sort of numbers they should be expecting. Here are the important figures: 83 million mobile phones were sold during the quarter, of which 71 million were…
Intel’s desperate to get into the mobile game. Their chips power desktops and laptops, but the future is obviously smartphones and tablets. When it comes to that space, Intel has 0% market share. Now that’s going to change this year thanks to Orange, an operator who has committed to launching a smartphone based on an…
Google is steadily conquering the world with its Android platform. It’s not just the Western hemisphere that’s under the strong influence of the search giant – users on the Far East love it, too. In fact, at the end of last year, Android had 68.4 percent of the Chinese smartphone market by the number of…