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It’s been over a three-year wait but now it has finally arrived. Apple today has released a dedicated Apple Store app for the iPad. The new iPad version of the store is said to be U.S.-only with a hint of iOS 7 design aesthetic. In addition the new app makes use of high-quality images and…
MediaTek is about to announce its 8-core processor, MT6592, and TCL wants to have an Alcatel-branded device with this new chip. Yup, it plans to launch a successor to the sexy Idol X that will get the power from no less than eight cores. The original Idol X came with MediaTek’s 1.2Ghz MT6589 quad-core CPU…
Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy Note II LTE (GT-N7105). According to SamMobile, the new software is very stable, way more than the one Galaxy S III users got, and is also amazingly fast. The most notable change is in the UI department, that makes the Note II looks like…
Amazon has started rolling out an OTA update for the range of its Kindle Fire tablets. The new Fire OS 3.1 comes with a number of new features, tweaks and bug fixes, including: Deeper Goodreads integration that allows users to more easily share favorite quotes with others, view what their friends are reading, leave reviews,…
Some two weeks ago, Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.3 update for its last year’s flagship device, Galaxy S3. Not everything worked out of box, prompting the company to temporarily suspend the rollout until the firmware is well-polished. Users complained about a number of issues, including the wake-up lag, random freezing, battery drains, Bluetooth…
The hot-new Nokia Lumia 1520 will be available this week in few markets around the world. The sales have already started in France, and by the end of the week, users in Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, and the United States will be able to get the first Windows Phone phablet, as well. Those of you…
After many in–the–wild photos, BlackBerry has officially announced the luxury version of its Z10 smartphone, made in partnership with Porsche Design. The new BlackBerry Porsche P’9882 keeps most of the Z10’s specs, including a 4.2-inch 1280×768 screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The change was made in the amount of built-in storage that…
On the heels of the newly announced Nubia smartphones, we bring you the first leaked photo of the forthcoming Nubia Z7. Like its name says, this unit comes with a massive screen, and will thus compete with the likes of Samsung Galaxy Note III, HTC One Max and Sony Xperia Z Ultra. The Z7 will…
Chinese Meizu has started accepting orders for its this-year’s flagship device, Meizu MX3, which also happens to be the world’s first phone with 128GB of internal storage. Unfortunately though this unit is not only unavailable outside of China but it also won’t work on “regular” 3G and 4G networks. It is rather limited to China…
Nokia shareholders are perfectly fine with Microsoft’s acquisition of what used to be the world’s largest phone maker. Of those surveyed, 99.7% agreed with the Microsoft sale, representing around 80% of Nokia’s shares. Some shareholders, on the other hand, were upset but that hasn’t stopped the majority from approving a deal worth around $7.2 billion.…