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A month before LG officially announces the G Pro 2, the device has been caught in the wild and brought to our attention by Engadget. As you can see for yourself, the big phone builds on top of the original Optimus G Pro, with added G2-like buttons on the back. From the side, it looks…
AT&T and Samsung are getting closer to launching a firmware update for the carrier’s version of the Galaxy S4 smartphone. This post at XDA Developers website has all the instructions and downloads needed to get your Galaxy S4 to the latest available version of Android. But, and there’s a big “but” here. This isn’t the…
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…
Juniper Research estimated that the number of smartphones shipped last year reached 980 million units, 280 million in the fourth quarter alone. Of that figure, Samsung managed to capture almost a third, having moved more than 300 million smartphones in a single year, while growing at a rate of 40%. However, for the first time…
Asus keeps pushing its Padfone concept forward. After launching the Padfone Mini and Padfone X, the Taiwanese company unveiled Padfone E in Taiwan. Similar to the Padfone 2, this model comes with a 4.7-inch HD IPS screen (phone) and 10.1-inch tablet dock. Inside, it packs Qualcomm’s 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 graphics,…
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…
Good ol’ EVleaks can’t stop from amazing us. Their latest leak is all about Nokia’s still unannounced Android smartphone – Nokia X. According to their sources, this device — presuming it ever launches — will be a low-end affair with specs that include a 1GHz dual-core chip, 512MB of RAM, 4-inch WVGA screen, 1,500mAh battery,…
For one reason or another BlackBerry is having hard time moving its devices off the shelves. Sure they don’t have an app eco-system as vivid as those of Google and Apple, but the Canadian company has north of 100,000 apps. And a great platform. In fact, I would add that the QNX-based BlackBerry OS 10…
South Koreans will soon be able to uninstall bloatware from their phones, the government has decided. According to new guidelines, starting from April – the industry will be forced to allow users to remove unnecessary pre-loaded applications to reduce inconvenience. “The move aims to rectify an abnormal practice that causes inconvenience to smartphone users and…
Looks like Acer may enter the smart watch market later this year, Taipei Times is reporting, suggesting that the Taiwanese company has already demoed its wearable devices to some of its clients during CES in Las Vegas. Alas that demo was held behind closed doors, so we can’t really tell what Acer’s smart watch will…