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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…
King proved it could effectively bring a Facebook game to mobile with its wildly successful Candy Crush Saga. Now another Saga from King is making the leap to a smart phone near you! Papa Pear Saga aims to repeat Candy Crush’s success and it’s out for Android and iOS now! Perhaps in an effort to combat childhood obesity, Papa Pear Saga opts for…
Google has removed the CyanogenMod Installer app from its Play Store, citing violation of terms of service as reason. For those unfamiliar with the application, it’s made to guide users to enable “ADB”, a built in development and debugging tool, and then navigates the user to the desktop installer. The desktop application then performs the…
HTC held a presentation in Taiwan to unveil few new low- and mid-end Desire smartphones. Here’s what’s new: HTC Desire 700 Looks like a cheap version of the HTC One, with specs that include: 5-inch qHD screen Qualcomm-made quad-core chip, most likely Snapdragon 400 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage 8-megapixel rear camera with…
Say you’re looking for a perfect smartphone gift for your significant other. The Carphone Warehouse got your covered. The phone retailer scored exclusive launch rights for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini in three new colors – orange, pink and purple. The new trio joins existing black and white variants, and the price remains the same…
Samsung Galaxy S4 with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 chip has been launched by Orange France. Called Galaxy S4 Advance, the same device is known elsewhere as Galaxy S4 LTE-A or Galaxy S4 LTE+, so this time round – we prefer the “French way”… Aside from a faster processor, this model also supports faster mobile data speeds…
BLU Products launched its best-yet smartphone, BLU Life PRO. The device rocks a 5-inch IPS HD screen (presuming 720p), 1.5Ghz quad-core processor, 2,500 mAh battery, as well as 12-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front cameras. All this is packed into a 6.9mm-thin body, making for a that much sweeter deal. The new phone has started shipping…
Verizon Wireless has started rolling out maintenance update for the rugged Kyocera Hydro Elite. The water-proof device got a number of tweaks and changes including: Performance tweaks, most notably in the touchscreen and touch keyboard departments UI changes that will make for an overall improved user experience Camera and audio – photos are no longer…
Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update to its customers in Canada. This is the same software users in other parts of the world have been getting in the last few weeks. Aside from the (obvious) platform update, it also includes: Samsung KNOX support Galaxy Gear support S Pen enhancements (Galaxy Note…