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The Galaxy Gear comes with one major fault – it works only with select Samsung smartphones like the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Mini, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Mega. Let’s say you own some other, non-Samsung device and you want to connect it to the Galaxy Gear – you can’t do it.…
Sprint has added ZTE Optik 2 to its offering. The low-end tablet supersedes the original Optik, which was announced two years ago. Similarly to that model, this is also a rather cheap device, Now Network will offer for just $29.99 with a two-year contract. You may think “wow, that’s an amazing deal,” but hold on.…
Apple may be entering the mobile payments space, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. The company’s iTunes and App Store head Eddy Cue, has apparently met with executives in other industries to discuss the matter. At the same time, the report suggests, Apple’s online store executive Jennifer Bailey has given the job of starting up…
Oppo may launch its next flagship phone Find 7 at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, GizChina is reporting. The upcoming device will rock top-notch hardware, including a 13-megapixel camera with Mems technology that will further be supported by a feature-rich camera app. One of these features could be the Lightfield effect that is…
ZTE is about to join the likes of Kyocera and Casio and launch its very first rugged smartphone. The newly leaked ZTE G601U comes with “usual for these kind of devices” mediocre specs along with a rock-solid body that should keep it working even under the harshest of conditions. It packs a 4-inch WVGA screen,…
Samsung has unveiled a special version of its Galaxy S4 handset for the ladies. The new S4 La Fleur edition comes in red with flowery pattern, making it look more appealing to the fairer sex. Although the Korean giant hasn’t mentioned the exact launch date, chance are this model will hit the stores in just…
While Apple still doesn’t allow third parties to tune into the iPhone’s keyboard on a platform level, some developers like Fleksy managed to cram their own software into other apps. This isn’t perfect solution but it works for some users. SwiftKey noticed this and wanted to show off its powerful keyboard. So it’s apparently preparing…
As part of its strategy that involves launching as many devices as humanly possible, Samsung announced the Galaxy S III Neo+ in China. Yup, it’s a slightly revamped version of the original Galaxy S III with few changes here and there. For starters, it comes with dual SIM capability allowing users to connect to two…
Well, what do we have here? As far as we can tell, a tablet marked as LG VK810, which has been caught at the FCC, it could easily be Verizon’s version of the LG G Pad 8.3. The dimensions are just right and so is the LTE radio which supports Verizon-friendly connectivity over bands 4…
Sad news for Tizen fans; following NTT DoCoMo’s decision to abandon plans to carry a Tizen smartphone, Samsung has yet again delayed the launch of the first Tizen device. “It is true that the release has been delayed,” said one official at Samsung Electronics’ Media Solution Center (MSC) today in Korea. “Previously we did had…