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We’re a little less than an hour away before Apple announces its latest iPhone devices to the world, and we already have a pretty good idea as to what the new handsets will bring to the table. The iPhone 5S is rumored to ship with a similar design as the iPhone 5 but with some…
BlackBerry is apparently looking for an exit with plans to sell the company by November. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the Canadian company’s board of directors wants to hold a fast auction, selling the whole company or parts of it by the end of the year. The WSJ cites anonymous sources…
Amazon has been rumored of making its own branded smartphone for years now. So it’s no surprise that we hear one more today. The giant e-commerce company not only plans to bring its own handset to market but offer it to customers for free, according to former Wall Street Journal reporters Amir Efrati and Jessica Lessin; who…
Nokia’s been rumored to be developing a Windows Phone 8 phablet, and a new press render leaked today from @evleaks gives us a clear and detailed view of the device. The Nokia phablet, which has also been known as the ‘Bandit’ is sporting a back that differs from previous leaks, with a camera hump akin…
Even though Microsoft had hard time moving a critical number of Surface tablets, that doesn’t stop them from pushing the whole business forward. It is said that the Redmond giant is working on a whole new series of Surface devices — including the Surface 2, Surface 2 Pro and Surface Mini — as we speak.…
T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, may have unintentionally hinted to the iPhone 5S packing a LTE Advanced. This new 5S rocking LTE+ can work with the latest cellular networking technology, and offer almost twice the download speeds of today’s LTE standard, according to the German telecom company. In a Deutsche Telekom press release, the carrier…
Apple may go beyond PIN codes to allow users to lock and unlock their iDevices. The company’s U.S. Patent No. 8,528,072 for a “Method, apparatus and system for access mode control of a device” describes a system that creates user access modes guarded by predetermined gesture inputs. In other words, we could see gesture-based unlocking…
The Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset has been wowing everyone who’s had a chance to try it. Creator Palmer Lucky and co are being courted by several companies with interest in buying the start up. But Oculus might not be the only VR game in town. A recent rumor suggests that Sony has a VR…
It looks like Google is preparing to launch a new Nexus phone now that the price of Nexus 4 has been slashed by $100. And while we still wait to see what the next Google phone will be all about, we do think it has been leaked in the Google KitKat statue video, where one…
Now that Verizon has acquired Vodafone’s share in Verizon Wireless, the rumors started that Vodafone itself could become a takeover target. And guess who may be interested to buy it? AT&T! The American company not only has a ton of cash but is able to get even more money to make this happen. This article…