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BlackBerry may launch another low-end QWERTY smartphone soon. The device codenamed BlackBerry Kopi has been caught in the wild and brought to our attention by the folks of BGR. The device is described as an entry-level smartphone that lacks LTE connectivity support and could therefore — presuming it’s not cancelled — found its buyers in…
As part of what seems as Samsung Group’s internal reorg scheme, Cheil Industries is selling its fashion business to unlisted affiliate Samsung Everland to focus on electronics materials. Reuters is reporting that the 1.05 trillion won ($968.6 million) asset transfer comes as part of Samsung Group’s plans to tighten its grip on electronics components and…
At the end of August, we’ve talked about the super-thin Vivo X3 smartphone, which likely won’t be released anywhere in the West. The same company is now working on an even more impressive product, one that has a swivel camera a la some fairly old Nokia N-Series devices like the N90, N93 and N93i at…
Mobile apps are on the rise and Gartner predicts that this year mobile app stores will see annual downloads reaching 102 billion in 2013, up from 64 billion in 2012. Revenue-wise, the figure will hit $26 billion, up from $18 billion last year, though free apps will account for 91% of total downloads. Unsurprisingly, in-app…
Music discovery company SoundHound added cloud support to its mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. SoundHound users are now able to access their music search and discovery libraries across multiple devices, and restore the entire music library when installing SoundHound on a new smartphone or tablet. “While we all love to get our hands…
Over the past few decades, computers have leapt from a humble mess of tapes and punch cards to technological marvels of unfathomable power. Moore’s Law holds that the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles every two years. This law, which has held true for more than half a century, has driven technological and social…
LG is no stranger when it comes to setting hugely ambitious goals for itself, as the company last year shot for a 35 million smartphones sold target. So lacking in confidence is not in the description for the Korean based electronics giant. The company’s latest proclamation is it plans to sell 10 million G2 handsets…
Fall is officially here, and with it comes a whole new set of rumors and speculations to report on. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is the next device to get some love, with an awesome series of concept pictures showing up online. The pictures, which come from GalaxyS5Info show a sleek and shiny device, true to…
It’s an annoyance that anyone who flies has to deal with, powering down your devices at take off and landing. The polite but firm voice of the flight attendant telling you “All the way off, please!”. It’s a pain more than ever now, as most of us travel with electronics to entertain us, or to…
We’ve seen all manner of retro accessories for the iPhone. There have been Nintendo NES and Gameboy inspired cases and even old school telephone receivers. Now you can celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sega Genesis and the many Sega consoles and handhelds that came out afterward with a line of cases and battery packs…