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OnePlus, the spin-off from Oppo, is getting ready to announce its very first smartphone later this week. According to a forum administrator and staff member at OnePlus’ website, the company has been “hard at work” on its flagship phone. The message goes on to invite everyone for a big announcement later this week. It’s unclear…
Qualcomm will be all about its Snapdragon technology at this year’s CES. Even before the big show has started, the chip maker unveiled a series of videos to showcase three camera features that will be enabled by the upcoming Snapdragon 805 SoC. The three technologies unveiled are Chroma Flash, Action Shot and OptiZoom. ChromaFlash allows…
Google has acquired Bitspin, a Zurich, Switzerland-based company that makes the fairly popular Timely Alarm Clock app. For the time being, the application will remain to be available for download from the Google Play Store, and additional themes and sounds which used to be cost money (via in-app purchase) are now free. For those who…
Huawei may use the forthcoming CES to yet again re-affirm its commitment towards Windows Phone. According to FoneArena, the Chinese company may unveil the Ascend W3 in Vegas, the device that would supersede the earlier W1 and W2 models. The story goes on suggesting this will be a mid-range device with a 720p HD screen.…
Sprint is apparently looking to reintroduce the Nextel brand and use it for targeting enterprise customers, TechCrunch is reporting. The Now Network closed its Nextel iDEN subsidiary in summer 2013, pretty much killing that [iDEN] technology along the way. The situation today is different, and Sprint wants to use Nextel to push 4G LTE services…
DreamWorks wants to enter the tablet space. To that end, the company has partnered with Fuhu, make of the Nabi line of tablets, to produce an Android tablet for kids. The forthcoming Dreamtab will come with an 8-inch screen and a price tag of “under $300,” according to the New York Times. In addition, and…
Credo Mobile has made its business on offering up the phones people want with a social conscience. The San Francisco based company donates portions of its proceeds to progressive causes such as Planned Parenthood, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation Credo now has Google’s latest, the Nexus 5 in both black and…
In addition to mobile devices where it’s still fighting an onslaught of ARM-based chip makers, Intel is also looking at the smart wearables space for growth. Last year, the chip making giant unveiled Quark X1000, a range of small chips aimed at this sector, and this year – they’ll be taking one step further. In…
We’ve seen these sort of things in sci-fi movies and promo videos, and now Samsung managed to score a patent for such device. I’m talking about foldable tablets here, devices that work both as phones and tablets. And it’s not something like Padfone, but much more sophisticated. Patent US D696,693 S shows a visual rendering…
Samsung apparently wants to make its smaller Galaxy S smartphone more appealing. The Korean company is working on a special version of the device called GALAXY S4 Mini Value Edition. Marked as GT-I8200, it will likely have similar, if not the same, specs with the only difference being in the preloaded software. Or so we…