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Sumit Dagar is a (great) man behind the world’s first smartphone for the blind, which will launch soon in India. Using a grid of pins that move vertically to form Braille letters, this device has the potential to open a whole new world for the visually impaired. The phone’s “touchscreen” is capable of elevating and…
If you’re a huge Chat Head living in the U.S., Facebook has just made your day. Facebook is rolling out free VoIP calls to Android owners today, allowing free video calls through their Facebook Messenger for Android and Facebook Home’s Chat Heads. The update will be coming out over the course of the day and will not…
Tomorrow is a big day for the HTC First Facebook phone, and it is now looking like an amazing day for Sprint customers as well. Thanks to an insider who spoke to PhoneArena, we now have word that Sprint will be expanding its LTE service to 21 cities tomorrow, including: California: Los Angeles, Contra Costa…
Japan Display is hoping that some handset maker will try to differentiate its next flagship smartphone by making it slightly bigger than competing (current) 5-inch screen devices. Their latest product is a 5.2-inch full HD (1,920×1,080 pixels) panel and as I’m writing this, it’s unclear which OEM will launch a smartphone (or that’s a phablet)…
Bell and Virgin Mobile have already announced that their LTE network(s) will reach about 70% of the Canadian population, covering some 24 million people. And while you may be waiting to learn which markets they’ll hit, the two carriers prepared neat maps, showing their expansion plans. As you can see from these two links, Bell…
If you’ve been looking for a Kindle Fire HD with a few more connectivity options, you’re in luck. This Friday, AT&T will be offering up Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9 with LTE in tow. While contracts for tablets aren’t a favorite of ours, customers looking to nab the 32GB Kindle Fire HD 8.9 with a…
Bigger screens require more power, and more power means bigger batteries. As I’m writing this, handset makers are shipping high-end smartphones and phablets with 3,000 mAh batteries that can take us through the day. That, however, is not enough for many users who demand at least two days of battery life from their devices. To…
Shortly after the unveiling of the new Samsung Galaxy S4, we found out that Samsung would be going with a Snapdragon 600 in lieu of its new Exynos 5 Octa for its release of its Galaxy S4 variant, the GT-I9505. This puzzling news came with no explanation, leaving many to speculate that perhaps the Exynos 5 did not…
I don’t think we need to go over the dangers of texting and driving again. Well, maybe we do. According to a new survey from AT&T, texting and driving numbers haven’t gotten any better, especially with commuters. Even though 98% of commuters in the survey said they know texting and driving is dangerous, 49% still…
AT&T has announced it’s LTE expansion into four existing markets as well as three new U.S. markets today, enabling owners of AT&T 4G LTE capable devices to enjoy the speed of AT&T’s 4G network. The four existing markets that will now have AT&T’s 4G LTE expanded are Gloucester County, NJ; Gary, IN; Hernando County, FL…