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Samsung is opening its first R&D centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The new facility will focus on developing Samsung’s enterprise security solutions, while also providing global technical support for the company’s B2B customers. “Our new Canadian Samsung R&D facility is creating jobs in British Columbia, a hub for technology innovation,” said HT Kim, President…
Mozilla’s mobile platform has reached users in no less than 13 countries, Mobile World Live is reporting. The current focus for Firefox OS is Eastern European, where users are able to get Alcatel’s One Touch Fire from local subsidiaries of Telenor and Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile). Asian markets are set to follow shortly. The HTML5-based mobile…
Good ol’ XDA hackers have managed to cram the latest version of Android into the original Nexus device. Yup, despite the fact it’s released back in 2010, the Nexus One can run Android 4.4 KitKat. The AOSP-based update was made by XDA Recognized Developer “texasice” and his team. Aside from the basic Android build, it…
If there’s one annoyance we have with handset makers it’s the fact that they pretty much never make dual SIM versions of their high-end smartphones. That could change now with HTC deciding to launch such version of its flagship model, HTC One. That phone has been announced for the UK though we hope to see…
Samsung is working on a successor to the Galaxy S Duos, with such a device being leaked in Hungary. The local website Tech2.hu caught the smartphone in the wild, and we have the full specs to share. The main thing you should know is that the Galaxy S Duos 2 (GT-S7582) isn’t a high-end device.…
A little known company (at least in the West) called Gionee announced its latest flagship device, Elife E7, which is one of the best phones ever. It rocks Qualcomm’s fast Snapdragon 800 chip, 3GB of RAM, Gorilla Glass 3-protected 5.5-inch full HD screen with super narrow 2.33mm bezel, 16 or 32 GB of internal storage,…
Few days ago we’ve told you about Apple’s trade-in program that was launched in India. Well, it’s working like a charm, helping the Cupertino-based company move a ton of iPhone 5C units along the way. In fact, it is now outselling Samsung’s Galaxy S4 in the country. Similarly to other places around the world, iPhone…
Pantech is preparing to launch a new phone in its own backyard next month. The forthcoming device will rock a 5-inch screen and a fingerprint recognition sensor, ET News is reporting. We don’t have other details but we do guess the rest of this phone’s specs will be top-notch and include things like Qualcomm Snapdragon…
Newkia, a breakaway company of ex-Nokia employees looking to make Android devices, has appointed Urpo Karjalainen as its first CEO. Karjalainen was also former a Nokia and BlackBerry employee with long experience in Asia, whom Thomas Zilliacus — chairman and co-founder of Newkia — described as the “most accomplished mobile executive in Asia over the…
Lenovo is eyeing expansion to Germany, with plans to bring its smartphones to Europe’s largest economy next year. Speaking to German business newspaper Handelsblatt, Lenovo’s head of the local division Stefan Engel confirmed the news without setting any firm dates. However, while the Chinese company is already selling notebooks and computers in Germany, smartphones are…