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Apple’s engineers custom designed the A4, A5, and A5X chips that are found inside their products. Samsung puts their own Exynos chips inside their smartphones and tablets. Back in February of this year, Huawei announced that they’re going to fit a custom chip inside their flagship Android device, the Ascend D1 Quad. This begs the…
While we’re more than aware that Samsung is set to announce the upcoming Galaxy S III on May 3rd, a new teaser site has popped up that shows a countdown that ends tomorrow. Sammy set the stage for the new site in a simple tweet, “Destination: tgeltaayehxnx”. The anagram spells out The Next Galaxy, and…
As gaming in the mobile space becomes more popular, a need for a more graphically rich experience is on order. We’ve seen what the NVIDIA Tegra 3 can do but this quad-core processor with a 12 core GPU is just the beginning. At HTC Frequencies in Seattle, General Manager Mike Rayfield graced us with his presence…
If you’ve been looking to grab yourself an affordable Android smartphone and live in the MetroPCS coverage area, you may want to consider the newly unveiled LG Optimus M+. The successor to the Optimus M, which is the carrier’s version of the Optimus One model, comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 800MHz…
Verizon Wireless launched a successor to the Samsung Gusto feature phone simply called Gusto 2. The clamshell shaped device sports a “smooth and compact design” with large contoured keypad, making it ideal for seniors (or at least I think so). Moreover, it packs a 1.3-megapixel camera, 2-inch main display, GPS (with VZ Navigator support), Fake…
Next week superhero fans with iPhone and iPod Touch devices will be able to grab the all-new Marvel vs Capcom 2 from the AppStore. There’s a robust 56-character roster, including Wolverine, Ryu, Iron Man, Mega Man and many, many others. Similarly to the original Marvel vs Capcom, you can pit your favorite characters from the…
HTC is preparing to launch a new Japan-only Android smartphone, marked as HTC J (model number ISW13HT). The newly announced device, which is pretty much a version of One S with WiMAX connectivity, will join KDDI’s range in late May. In that sense, we’re wondering whether a similar model will be released for Sprint, which…
Just in time for the National Park Week, National Geographic launched a new free application for iPhone called (guess) National Parks by National Geographic. Inside the app, you can browse guides for the 20 most visited national parks with more parks to be added soon. Included are interactive maps for each park, all with filtering…
Square may have pioneered the credit card-swiping mobile payments, but Intuit beat it to the punch in Canada. Yep, their GoPayment is now live in the country allowing anyone to accept card payments with nothing but their iPhone — with BlackBerry and Android versions in development as we speak. The device itself is free and…
Almost missed this and it’s pretty important so we’re going with it even if we’re late. Foursquare has surpasses 20 million users worldwide, corresponding to 2 billion check-ins! The big announcement was made in celebration of the third annual 4sqDay, with Foursquare users commemorating the event with meetups across the U.S. It was back in…