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Another Nexus phone, another Evolution chart, made to give you the perspective how much we’ve advanced from the original Nexus One. As I’m writing this, the hot-new Nexus 5 had been already sold out. The new batch will likely arrive shortly and in the meantime, let’s take a look at all Nexus devices announced to…
Jelly Bean is now the most popular version of Android with platform versions 4.1-4.3 running on 52.1% of all active devices, up from 48.6% a month ago. In comparison, Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.x) holds 19.8%, Honeycomb – 0.1%, Gingerbread – 26.3% and Froyo – 1.7%. These are the figures from devices that use the…
HTC’s next year flagship, marked as M8, will be the first Sense 6.0 handset, according to EVleaks. It’s still unclear what the new version of HTC’s UI will bring to the table but we’re sure it will be designed to make life easier to the users, packing many usability improvements along the way as well…
Rogers Wireless was the first Canadian carrier to support Play Store gift card redemption, and it is the first to offer Android-based carrier billing. Canada’s largest network already supports carrier billing on BlackBerry and Windows Phone platforms, and now Android is joining the party, allowing users to buy an app, movie, magazine or book using…
HP is reviving the Compaq brand in China where the company has unveiled a trio of affordable tablets, all of which rock Allwinner A31s quad-core chip and run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The Compaq 7 is the worst of the pack, sporting a 7-inch 1024×600-pixel TN display that isn’t really visible from many angles. Building…
So you dropped your phone down the toilet? You have just joined the 15% of people who have admitted to making the same mistake. Here’s what you should do: Get the phone out ASAP – the longer it’s in water, the less chance you have of saving it. Turn it off – and if it’s…
The earlier leaked Porsche BlackBerry P’9982 may be launching on November 20th, N4BB is reporting. What looks like the premium version of the Z10 will come with a sexy leather battery door and some other fancy details that should justify the steep price tag. As far as we’ve understood, this will be the same Z10…
No surprises here. Pretty much all Canadian carriers them will get the Nexus 5 in the near future. According to Mobile Syrup – TELUS, Videotron, Fido, Rogers, Virgin, WIND, Koodo, Virgin and Bell will start accepting orders for the latest Google phone in the next few days, possibly as soon as November 8th. The weird…
Thus far, the only official offer to acquire BlackBerry came from Fairfax Financial Holdings which offered $4.7 billion for the struggling smartphone maker. However, they may not get the money needed to fund that deal. According to Reuters, banks are skeptical about BlackBerry’s ability to get back on track and stay relevant in today’s smartphone…
Phones 4u proudly announced that it is the only British company to offer the pink version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 during the month of November. After that period, other retailers will presumingly join the party offering something sweet (and powerful) for the ladies. The device is now available in 700+ Phones 4u stores…