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Sony is letting some of its older Xperia models ride off into the sunset, discontinuing OS updates on a number of devices. While the Xperia devices being discontinued aren’t of the newer variety, the discontinuation of OS updates for the devices may effect a good number of users. Of course, Xperia owners on the list…
Samsung has announced that its latest batch of tablets, including the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and Galaxy Tab Pro series will be available in the U.S. starting from February 13th. Pre-orders are already open and if you want one of these, you can get it from a number of places, including Samsung.com, Best Buy, Walmart,…
The rumored LG G Pro 2 will come with a powerful camera that will apparently be better than the one found in the LG G2. What the Korean company calls OIS Plus is a new technology that adds software-based image stabilization to the mix to create even clearer shots. In addition, this camera will support…
Samsung announced the Unpacked 5 event for February 24th, the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Chances are the Galaxy S5 WON’T be announced at that time. Rather, we’ll have to wait for another few months to see Sammy’s 2014 flagship unveiled. Meanwhile, we may get some “Lite” phones and tablets, a couple…
Sprint is expanding the reach of its push-to-talk network to include the popular Android smartphones. Under the newly announced scheme, users of the select devices can join the “Direct Connect party,” including those owning Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, LG G2, LG G Flex, LG Optimus F3 and Kyocera Hydro Edge. The list,…
Samsung is apparently getting ready to return to the Windows Phone market and one of their devices could end-up in Verizon Wireless’ portfolio. According to EVleaks, the earlier rumored Samsung SM-W750V aka Huron is indeed coming to the Big Red carrier though it’s unclear when it will be officially announced. Moreover, we’re not sure what…
Samsung “just can’t get enough.” After making a deal with the Carphone Warehouse to open 60 stores across Europe, they’ve cornered another phone retailer for a similar scheme. It’s Phones 4u which will open and run 15 new Samsung flagship stores in the UK. It’s important to note that the two parties have been co-operating…
As part of the new #LumiaBizTrial push, Nokia is inviting UK businesses to trial Lumia smartphones. A total of three devices can be borrowed for a period of 30 days, including the Nokia Lumia 925, Lumia 625 and Lumia 520. In addition, businesses signing-up for this deal will also get what Nokia calls a “highly…
The LG G2 in red and gold should hit Europe any day now. The two versions of LG’s flagship smartphone have already started selling in Romania but chances are, other markets across the Old Continent will get them in no time, as well. While we don’t have this officially confirmed, we do know that Valentine’s…
The earlier rumored Huawei Ascend P7 will ship with Android 4.4.2 KitKat running the show right from the get-go. The information comes from Chinese website CNMO, which unfortunately doesn’t tell us when this phone will be officially announced. We’ve heard the specs before but they are worth repeating nevertheless; the successor to the Ascend P6…