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Kyocera DuraForce is joining AT&T’s portfolio, the carrier has announced. The rugged device comes with an endorsement from Bear Grylls, who will reportedly be using it in his adventures. Or not, this could be nothing more than a marketing gimmick. In any case, we’re talking about a rugged, mid-range smartphone here, one that meets Military…
HP is entering the smart watch market with a fancy looking device. Designed by Michael Bastian, this watch doesn’t use Android Wear, but some custom software which unfortunately itsn’t rich in features. On the other hand, the newly unveiled MB Chronowing Smartwatch arguably looks better than any other such device we’ve seen to date. The…
Samsung has officially announced two of the earlier rumored Galaxy A smartphones, the A3 and A5, both of which boast a metal frame along the sides. However, these premium looking devices aren’t made for folks looking for a high-end device; the Galaxy A3 is an entry-level, whereas the A5 is going for the mid range…
After the flagship MT6795 chip, MediaTek is unveiling another 64-bit SoC, which this time around, is catered towards the mid-end of the market. The new MT6753 combines eight 64-bit Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.7GHz with Mali-T760 graphics and LTE Cat.4 radio, covering more LTE bands than ever. Additionally, it also features CDMA 2000 1x and…
Fitbit has just announced three new devices, one of which is its very first smart watch. Even though the company doesn’t want it to call it a smart watch — it wants us to refer to it as “Super Watch” — this is a device with big screen that will show the current time throughout…
The long-time rumored LG mobile chip has been officially announced. It’s not the best solution we’ve seen, but it’s a solid first product. Dubbed NUCLUN, it is a 32-bit octa-core SoC that uses ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture to combine four high performance Cortex A-15 cores clocked at 1.5GHz with four battery-friendly Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1.2GHz.…
Yesterday, Archos unveiled its latest device at an event in Paris, France. Called Archos 50 Diamond, it’s a solid mid-ranger with specs that include a 5-inch full HD IPS screen, 16MP rear camera with LED flash, 8MP front-facing one, and Qualcomm’s 64-bit Snapdragon 615 SoC. Said chip packs eight Cortex-A53 cores, four of which are…
Samsung is donating 3,000 GALAXY S3 Neo smartphones, worth about $1 million, to support the ongoing fight against Ebola. The devices will be donated through the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA), and will be used in the Humanitarian Connectivity Project, the UN’s IT project that utilizes mobile devices to provide…
Samsung announced its latest chip, the Exynos 7 Octa. However, this is not really the all-new offering; rather, the Korean company decided to rebrand its new Exynos 5433 SoC, which happens to power some Galaxy Note 4 variants. We can understand the thinking behind this move. For one thing, the Exynos 5433 / Exynos 7…
HTC and Google’s Nexus 9 was just officially announced, and it’s quite a powerful tablet. The Nexus 9 boasts a 8.9 inch IPS LCD display and is powered by a 64-bit dual-core NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with NVIDIA’s awesome Kepler graphics chip and 2GB of RAM. The Nexus 9 also boasts HTC’s patented BoomSound front-facing…