The earlier rumored Huawei Ascend P7 will ship with Android 4.4.2 KitKat running the show right from the get-go. The information comes from Chinese website CNMO, which unfortunately doesn’t tell us when this phone will be officially announced. We’ve heard the specs before but they are worth repeating nevertheless; the successor to the Ascend P6…
Nokia X to join the Asha line-up in March?
Nokia X may not be scrapped after all. The new information coming from India’s GoAndroid website (and brought to our attention by GSMarena) suggests that the device will join Nokia’s Asha line-up in March. We’re still clueless how the Finns will end-up calling this phone but we know what’s it all about. It packs a…
HTC M8’s on-screen buttons revealed
We’ve already told you that the upcoming HTC M8 will dump capacitive buttons below the screen for on-screen keys. This in turn will allow the Taiwanese company to make its next flagship device more pocketable than some competing products. In fact, it is said that thanks to these on-screen buttons and thinner bezel around the…
Apple to enter the fitness tracking business with iOS 8, iWatch
The next version of iOS will include some powerful fitness tracking capabilities, 9to5Mac is reporting. The new version of the platform will sing along the rumored iWatch and include an app called Healthbook that will allow users to easily get and stay in shape using Apple’s mobile gear. The mentioned application will be able to…
Archos working on a Windows Phone device?
France-based Archos may be looking to enter the Windows Phone space. Speaking with TrustedReviews, the company’s CEO Loic Poirier said he felt the [Windows Phone] market is now mature enough after a number of years of gradual growth. “We will launch a Windows Phone handset when the time is right,” he said, adding that “before…
Nexus 6 to be made by Lenovo?
As part of the Motorola acquisition deal, Lenovo may’ve also scooped the right to make the next Nexus phone, well-connected Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has tweeted. He went on to add that this could easily be the last Nexus device ever released, with Google switching to “Play Edition” devices from 2015 onwards. Or — this…
Apple A8 to integrate DRAM into the chipset?
Apple’s A7 chip includes a number of components including CPU, GPU, cache, image processor, and TouchID “secure enclave”; and this year’s A8 chip may go one step further by adding an integrated DRAM to the mix. We’re guessing some performance enhancements will be achieved this way, but more importantly – the Cupertino giant will get…
ASUS smart watch coming this year, too?
If Acer can do it, so can ASUS. Yup, it too plans to join the smart watch revolution later this year. According to the firm’s Chairman Jonney Shih, the company is working on creating a “feature packed wearable device” and has put its entire design thought into creating this gadget because “there are actually many…
HTC to launch an octa-core phone of its own
HTC is looking to join MediaTek’s octa-core craze and launch a device of its own that rocks the Taiwanese chip maker’s fastest chip yet. Such phone has been caught in the wild, boasting colorful back covers a la Nokia. We’re talking about such color options as yellow, orange, cyan and red. Aside from the mentioned…
Lenovo working on a 2K screen phone, too
Lenovo don’t want to miss the upcoming 2K screen phone craze. In fact, the Chinese firm’s device marked as K7T “Kingdom” has been caught at Antutu benchmarks recently. This phone is packing top notch specs that include the mentioned 2560 x 1440 pixels display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip, 3GB of RAM, 16GB of internal…