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If you’ve jumped on the Amazon bandwagon and have pre-ordered a new Kindle Voyage, Fire HDX 8.9 or Fire HD Kids Edition, you’re in luck. Amazon began shipping out the new Kindles today, so keep an eye on that mailbox. You’re new toy should arrive on your doorstep soon. For a refresher on what exactly…
The WiFi and cellular enabled iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 will be available for purchase within a week from T-Mobile, with pre-orders for the devices beginning tomorrow, October 22nd, the company announced today. Pricing for the new iPads doesn’t deviate much from pricing already revealed by Apple, which is $629.00 for the 16GB variant, $729…
Samsung’s battery making (among other things) arm, Samsung SDI, has used the InterBattery 2014 exhibition in Seoul to show the world one of its latest products – the flexible, rollable battery made for the next generation of wearable devices. What’s especially cool is that the demo The company used “structural design and improved materials” to…
Samsung is apparently planning to release a successor to its Galaxy Golden clamshell. According to GSMarena’s report, the Korean company’s next flip phone will be the most powerful such device ever. Specs are rumored to include a pair of 4.6-inch Super AMOLED screens with WXGA resolution (1,280 x 768 pixels), Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core chip…
Archos is entering (PDF announcement) the nascent VR glass marker with a product of its own. Unlike Samsung’s Gear VR and Carl Zeiss’s glasses, the ARCHOS Video Player is made for the masses. It will have a rock bottom price of just $29.99, making it an easy sell even for those who considered creating their…
Another day, another Sony Xperia Z4 rumor. This time round, we (think we) have the entire specs sheet to share. According to PhoneArena’s tipster, the Japanese company’s next flagship will be one of the best phones at the time of its launch. Or even the best phone. Period. Here’s the specs rundown: 5.5-inch Quad HD…
At some point in the future we expect to see Android and Chrome OS becoming a single platform. Or something similar, with docked Android smartphones connected to the big screen acting like today’s Chromebooks. Already you can run a select number of Android apps on Chrome OS-powered devices, and apparently that’s just a start. To…
HTC and Sprint have started rolling out software update for the last year’s HTC One M7, AndroidPolice is reporting. While the new firmware, version 5.05.651.2, is described as a minor update that includes “Google security fixes,” we can’t help but notice it’s a massive 1.5GB download. There are also other changes included, such as removal…
In a remarkable PR stunt, we have two mobile operators offering complementary pant pocket enlargement service to the future iPhone 6 Plus owners. One of them is China Unicom which managed to make its campaign go viral, with Weibo users sharing the image of a tailor at the carrier’s Shanghai store, adjusting pant pockets to…
Guess who’s planning the join the nascent VR market? That would be Oppo, which according to G4Games plans to compete with the likes of Samsung and Carl Zeiss, as well as Google’s own Cardboard project. The information, in case you wonder, comes straight from the horse’s mouth, Oppo’s official Weibo account, where we caught a…