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T-Mobile said it would unveil its boldest moves yet at an event to be held today at 2:30PM ET. A leak to The Verge and Tmonews suggests the carrier may be unveiling a new plan that’ll allow customers to upgrade to a new phone whenever they want to. This is completely opposite from AT&T and…
Here is a distressing story from Le Matin about Fanny Schlatter, an 18-year-old woman from Switzerland, whose Galaxy S III handset exploded while she was carrying it in her pocket. She was at work and had to be rescued by her boss, who tore off her pants to remove the burning phone from her body. When all…
Nokia is holding a big press event in New York City on Thursday, July 11th. Though not confirmed, the company is expected to unveil its new Nokia EOS, aka Lumia 1020 aka Lumia 909, phone. You can watch the event unfold in real time by following Nokia’s live stream of the event. It starts tomorrow at…
The rugged, new Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is now available in the UK. However, you still can’t get it with a carrier contract and will rather have to pay the full price to own one. And it’s a hefty price, with Unlocked-Mobiles asking 494.98 GBP (about $734) for the SIM-free unit that can be used…
SanDisk announced the SanDisk Extreme microSDHC and microSDXC UHS-I memory cards, touting them as ideal companions for users who want fast expanded memory for the newest smartphones, tablets and cameras. The microSDXC card provides up to 80MB/sec read and up to 50MB/sec write speeds allowing faster shot-to-shot performance, rapid data transfer, fast action photography, continuous…
Samsung has yet again managed to top Asia’s Top 1000 Brands list, overtaking Sony for the first position. A survey carried out by Campaign Asia-Pacific for its Asia’s Top 1000 Brands report puts the Korean giant in the number one spot for 2013. The report surveyed about 6,000 consumers across 12 countries, including Australia, China,…
Here’s an idea worth thinking about, or so I think. I believe there’s a demand for a versatile device such as the NEC Medias W. As you may know from our previous writing, I’m talking about a folding smartphone that has two screens, though it can work perfectly fine with just one of them. The…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless and Samsung are offering a sweet deal for frequent travelers to the United States. The promotion, which ends on July 31st, gives buyers of a new Samsung smartphone (with a 2- or 3-year contract) 350MB of free US roaming. The deal builds on Rogers’ newly unveiled 50MB/day wireless internet roaming plan for…
Using a smartphone or dedicated portable navigation device (PND) for navigation already seems pretty safe, but there’s always something better. Like having driving direction presented using a head-up display. The problem, however, is that this capability only comes included with expensive vehicles. No more. Garmin unveiled a dedicated Head-up Display (HUD) unit that sings along…
Samsung has teamed-up with Boingo Wireless to provide Galaxy Note 8.0 and Galaxy Tab 3 (7.0, 8.0 and 10.1) Wi-Fi owners in North America with free Wi-Fi access to Boingo’s vast network of 35,000 hotspots across the continent, plus Mexico. This includes major airports, shopping centers, stadiums, restaurants and even Manhattan subway stations. And while…