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We’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about LG’s upcoming flagship smartphone, the Optimus G2 as of late, and a new promo video from LG is the latest teaser from the Korean manufacturing giant. The video does not picture the phone or provide phone specifications, and instead alludes heavily to the unveiling of the device…
Sprint confirmed on Friday that the FCC has given its approval to the merger of the US wireless carrier with Japanese carrier SoftBank. SoftBank will have majority control over Sprint and will play an integral role in Sprint’s upcoming acquisition of Clearwire. This approval is the last government hurdle for the merger, and both Sprint…
Five years ago, Apple announced at WWDC 2008 that it was launching an App Store. The store in all its glory officially opened a month later on July 10, 2008. To celebrate its fifth year anniversary, Apple is offering a promotion on ten of the top iOS apps and games. First noticed by The Verge, the list…
AT&T announced revisions to its privacy policy that allow the carrier to collect usage data in order to send you targeted ads and location specific alerts. The carrier writes in a blog post that “this aggregate and anonymous data can be used by retailers, advertisers and marketing companies to figure out what consumers want in…
Samsung launched a new application/service for folks who own both a Samsung smartphone and Samsung PC. Called HomeSync Lite, it obviously has something similar with the full-blown HomeSync device, unveiled at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. However, there isn’t a single piece of hardware included here — rather it’s all about the software…
Looks like Oppo may be looking to enter the smart camera market, currently dominated by Samsung’s Galaxy Camera. According to AndroidAuthority, the Chinese company has held a briefing on the Android-powered camera, in which attendees were told the device would be “high resolution,” and use an “owl” image processor to make for awesome photos in…
The soon-to-be-launched Xiaomi Mi3 has been caught at GFXBench benchmark from where we get to see how it compares with competition, including the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, as well as some other devices such as the NVIDIA Shield and HP Slatebook 10 X2 tablet. Unsurprisingly, the built-in Tegra 4 processor makes the Mi3…
Those tech-savvy Japanese always need an extra gimmick on their phones. To satisfy this tech hunger of its (potential) subscribers, NTT DoCoMo announced a new version of the Sony Xperia A with Hatsune Miku, a locally popular humanoid based on the singing voice synthesizer Vocaloid. Developed in collaboration with Hatsune Miku maker Crypton Future Media,…
Huawei’s hot-new Ascend P6 is now available in the UK where interested users can get it for 330 GBP sans any strings attached. On a contract, the P6 could be yours for free with plans starting at 21 GBP per month though that tariff won’t get you a ton of mobile data, quite the contrary.…
Looks like China Mobile will be offering an improved version of the Oppo Find 5, one that will sport faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz. In comparison, the existing model — which is now available in Europe and North America — comes with last year’s Snapdragon S4 Pro. Oppo has already started…