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We already knew that Apple’s WWDC would be held June 11-15 but the company has officially set the keynote for 10 a.m. PST on that first day. This will likely be our first official taste of the next generation of iOS. There’s a slim chance we may get the next iPhone during the keynote but…
9 to 5 Mac has gotten its hands on a new catalog entry from iFixyouri which could indicate what the next iPhone will look like, and it’s potentially markedly different from the current crop of devices. As you can see above, if this is in fact the new backing for the iPhone, Apple has decided to…
Today’s the day the Samsung Galaxy S III lands in 28 countries including the UK, France, UAE, Saudi Arabia and parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. By the time the summer is in full swing, the Android handset will be available from 296 service providers across 145 countries worldwide. The US launch has yet…
Let’s face it, Windows Phone 7.5 users; Bing maps kind of sucks. I’ve been rocking the Lumia 900 for a few weeks now, and one of the biggest disappointments after using Android for several years was the subpar maps service. Sure, Nokia Drive is markedly better, but it’s not available to everyone, leaving several Windows…
RIM’s stockpile of unsold BlackBerry phones and PlayBook tablets is growing as sales continue to struggle ahead of the fall 2012 release of BlackBerry 10. The total value of these devices sitting in RIM’s warehouses is over $1 billion, putting RIM in a tough spot when it comes to next quarter’s financials. The company has…
Orange has started sending out invites for its press event, when it will launch its first Intel-powered Android smartphone – Orange Santa Clara. The event takes place on Thursday, May 31st and the mentioned device already got a page at the carrier’s “coming soon” section. Thus far Orange-branded phones were low-to-mid end devices, offering decent…
LG Display unveiled a 5-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones so that all of us could consume full HD content in the same quality as on TVs and monitors, while on the go. Expected to be released during the second half of this year, the new LCD panel is based on AH-IPS (Advanced High…
Groupon is apparently looking to enter the lucrative (and ever competitive) mobile payments market. According to some source, the daily deals site is testing a Square-like service in the Bay Area, providing select merchants with a card reader and iPod Touch (whereas other companies are offering a card reader, only). The pricing is extremely aggressive,…
Nokia Lumia 610 is now available in UK, with two online retailers selling the unlocked device starting from 164.98 GBP, which translates into some $258. Unlocked Mobiles has that price, though it’s offering the Windows Phone device only in black. Clove, on the other hand, asks 180 GBP (about $282) but it has both black…
Kobo is finally upgrading its Android app to make it on par with the iOS application. Version 4.0 introduces noticeable performance improvements (it just feels snappier), while fixing some of the known bugs. However, the most important change is in the tablet support, making ebook reading on Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablets awesome —…