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A hands on video of BlackBerry’s rumored upcoming smartphone the Z30 (previously known as the A10) has been released from Vietnamese retailer Cellphone S. The video showcases BlackBerry’s next flagship smartphone, which is seen by some as a last-ditch attempt to save the struggling company. The BlackBerry Z30 will not be touting a QWERTY keyboard…
The leaks just keep rolling in about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note III, with the latest tidbit about the mega-phone’s battery. The next Galaxy Note is going to carry a 3450 mAh battery, according to Phone Arena’s source. The battery powering the new Note shouldn’t be surprising, as most expected a bump in batt-life. Last…
Asus is preparing to unveil a whole series of new devices. According to leaked slides that found their way to VR-Zone, the Taiwanese company will be launching PadFone Mini, MeMOFone HD 5 and MeMO Pad HD 8. The first device is obviously a smaller version of the company’s flagship smartphone/tablet combo, the second is either…
Looks like Alcatel is looking to join the “Mini” craze that started last year with the Galaxy S III Mini. This year we’ve got the Galaxy S4 Mini, HTC Mini and even ZTE’s Nubia Z5 Mini, which most likely won’t be available outside of China. Alcatel is apparently working on the One Touch Idol Mini,…
BlackBerry may be thinking to go private and get some “breathing room to fix its problems out of the public eye.” Citing “several sources familiar with the situation,” the Reuters report says that the Canadian company is in talks with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, which is the same company that leads Dell’s current…
Looks like LG is preparing to get back to the tablet game. A new, still unannounced device has been caught at the Bluetooth SIG and we tend to think this could the Korean company’s first tablet after Optimus Pad, which was launched back in 2011. Details are scarce to say the least, but it’s likely…
MediaTek may have scored a deal with Amazon to make chips for the next Kindle Fire tablets, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. It is said that Amazon could use the company’s MT8135 quad-core chipset, which is based on ARM’s big.LITTLE design. As such, we’re talking about a SoC that boasts two…
Beginning August 18 and running through August 24, Target will be running a $199 promotion on all PS Vita systems. According to a leaked Target advertisement obtained by Blu-ray Forums, Sony’s handheld will be available for a big discount for one week. Gamespot reported on the Blue Ray Forums leak, saying the ad clearly stated “all…
It looks like the NVIDIA Shield may not be the only device coming from the company, as images of a Tegra Tab have recently surfaced. We haven’t seen NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 on many devices since it was announces at CES earlier this year. So far, we have the Shield and the upcoming HP Slatebook X2,…
Looks like certain Chinese handset maker is looking to out-Samsung the Samsung by launching a Snapdragon 800-powered smartphone with 4GB of RAM. Yes, if this proves true that would be the first such device ever released. And that’s also the maximum amount of RAM 32-bit Android platform can handle at the moment. Details are scarce…