HP may be looking to re-enter the smartphone market in the near future. In fact, according to The Information, the company may launch its first mobile device in the next few days, starting with such emerging markets as India, China, and the Philippines. The report goes on suggesting that HP wants to launch phablets that…
Samsung’s 5.25-inch 2K AMOLED screen enters mass production
Samsung has started mass producing 5.25-inch AMOLED screen with 2K screen resolution that will likely be found in the upcoming Galaxy S5. Aside from sporting 2,560 x 1,440 pixels (for a pixel density of 559 ppi), we know that this panel will also use the “diamond” pixel arrangement, first seen in the Galaxy S4 and…
YotaPhone gets an ebook reader
One thing that was missing in the YotaPhone was a built-in ebook reader, which we would find fairly essential for a device that packs an e-ink display on one of its sides. The Russian company took note of that and is now offering a special version of the e-reading app called FBReader. That “special” part…
Evernote for BlackBerry 10 gets better sharing, offline notebooks and PIN locking
As far as I’m concerned, Evernote is one of those apps that can easily make or break some platform. Luckily it’s readily available for BlackBerry 10 users though they don’t get to access all of the features iOS and Android apps have at their disposal. Still, the popular note-taking service is getting better with the…
Canonical announces Ubuntu and Android dual boot developer preview
Ubuntu for Android seems still far away but in the meantime Canonical is working on dual boot capability, allowing users to either boot into Ubuntu or Android. The developer preview is now available and as such [developer preview] it may not have all the features of the final release. Still it’s worth trying out for…
ASUS to announce new dual-boot device at CES
It its typical fashion, ASUS unveiled a teaser video for the upcoming CES. The clip shows the Statue of Liberty that throws a peace “V” to the crowd before pulling apart the tabula ansata to create two different devices. The newly created tablet goes from green to blue, suggesting it can run two different platforms,…
BlackBerry to launch two high-end smartphones next year, cancels plans for entry-level devices
BlackBerry’s original idea was to launch no less than 6 devices, after the Z10 and Q10. That plan was revised to 4 devices — two entry-level and two high-end — and now we have another revision. The new CEO decided that it won’t be chasing folks looking for cheap BlackBerrys and will rather focus all…
Is this a screenshot from Nokia’s dual-SIM Moneypenny smartphone?
You may’ve heard that Nokia is working on a number of new Lumia smartphones, including the two that wear the James Bond-related codenames – Goldfinger and Moneypenny. And what you can see here is apparently a screenshot taken from the second of the two (Moneypenny). According to EVleaks, this will be a dual-SIM device that…
HTC Desire 400 dual-SIM outed by the company’s Ukrainian and Russian websites
Without much fanfare, HTC has unveiled a new member of its Desire family of devices. The newly unannounced Desire 400 dual-SIM has been caught at the company’s Ukrainian and Russian websites. The problem, however, is that two websites list the device with different specs. Apparently, Russians will get a better version of the phone, one…
Music video captured entirely with Nokia Lumia 1520 & 1020 smartphones
You’ve seen the wedding captured by Nokia Lumia 1020, right? In a similar fashion, Wardell’s music video for their unreleased track “Dancing On The Freeway” has been captured entirely with two of the latest Nokia smartphones, Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1020. For those who don’t know (myself included), Sasha and Theo Spielberg’s mega-talented brother-sister band,…









