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Xiaomi announced that the number of pre-orders for its Redmi Note phablet has reached 15 million. It’s unclear though whether all these users actually paid to get the big phone or they simply registered their interest with the option to “push the button” once the Note is back in stock. In any case, these are…
Android 4.4 KitKat keeps rising while Gingerbread keeps losing its market share, according to the latest figures released by Google. Looking at all devices accessing the Google Play Store, KitKat added 3.2% of new users on top of last month’s 5.3% share. This is largely due to updates released by Samsung for their Galaxy S4…
Another day, another HTC One Mini 2 leak. Today we have the “regular” press image render to show you with no protective cases messing the view of the phone. Again we can confirm that the mini version of HTC’s flagship device won’t have a second camera. In fact, it is said that users shouldn’t expect…
Folks from the Human Media Lab (HML) at Queen’s University in Canada are working on a rather amazing device called PaperFold, which as far as we (don’t) know may never be released to the general public. The prototype unit you’re about to see consists of three separate e-ink displays that could either work separately or…
Another LG devices has landed in Verizon’s portfolio and it’s the earlier leaked Optimus Exceed 2. The rest of the world knows this phone as LG L70, which is a part of the vendor’s low-cost L-series III. Specs wise, the Exceed 2 / L70 comes with a 4.5-inch WVGA screen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel rear…
Microsoft has completed the acquisition of Nokia in a deal that was worth $7.5 rather than $7.2 billion, which was the initial figure. The rise in the price also affected Stephen Elop’s severance package that grew from $26 to $33 million. Not bad for a man under whose reign Nokia’s stock price and market share…
As part of marketing activities for its waterproof mobile devices, Sony released an infographic to highlight the usefulness of this capability. According to the numbers they got, every year more than 250,000 people search Google for information about water damaged phones. So, this is obviously a serious problem and Sony hopes you’ll choose one of…
Thanks to an update from Google, Google Search users will now be able to view their Google Now cards on their mobile devices when offline. Earlier this week, Google updated the app with a Parking Location card, which alerts users to the whereabouts of their parked vehicles. The update will store Google Now cards even…
Motorola’s Moto X successor, the Moto X+1 is back in the headlines today as a placeholder for the phantom smartphone was spotted on Motorola’s MotoMaker website. Of course, the placeholder has been taken down by Motorola, just moments after this exploit was discovered. The Moto X+1 placeholder was discovered by changing the URL of the…
Google is selling its Glass product with quite a premium. According to teardown.com, which had a chance to (guess) tear down the fancy device, the Glass comes with a bill of materials of just $79.78. Presuming the assembly costs another $5 per device, that’s $85. And Google asks a whopping $1500 for the benefit!? Sure…