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Galaxy Note 10.1 to be Samsung's star device at MWC?
While Samsung announced that it won't be having a press conference at the MWC, the company said it will still have exciting new gadgets to show us at the industry's largest event. And now we might have learned the name of their star device for the...
Gartner releases phone market share report for 2011
The analysts over at Gartner released its annual report on the mobile industry. To no one's surprise, 2011 has been the year of the smartphone, where almost every third mobile device sold is a smartphone. Gartner predicts this statistic should rise...
Nokia 500 Belle update is now finally rolling out
Nokia 500 is running Symbian Anna out of the box, but its performance is quite disappointing. The reason is quite simple - there is no GPU in the Nokia 500 and its CPU is handling the GPU calculations instead. We can't promise you the things will...
Gresso unveils The Pure Black phone, your wallet whimpers
Looking to spend $2,700 on a featurephone with the functionality of a kid's toy and the build quality of a Rolex? Well, Gresso just announced just announced the latest addition to its Grand Monaco series and it might be just the right handset for...
Gigabyte GSmart G1355 is a dual-SIM droid with a 4.3 screen
Gigabyte has a new affordable droid on the way - the Gigabyte GSmart G1355 - and it has two tricks up its sleeve. The G1355 is a dual-SIM droid with a 4.3" WVGA screen making it a rare beast - most dual-SIM droids have small screens. Now, the...
Sony Ericsson Xperia range grabs 4 iF design awards
Sony Ericsson walked out triumphant from the iF design awards ceremony after scoring 4 trophies in the telecommunications category. The company's Xperia range didn't even need the help of the Xperia S, which is yet to hit the shelves, to do so...
Verizon to sell Limited Edition DROID RAZR to its employees
Android and Me has received an email from a Verizon employee that claims that Verizon is going to sell Limited Edition versions of the DROID RAZR and the DROID RAZR MAXX exclusively to its employees. These special models will be priced at...
Google's Motorola acquisition finally approved
Just as they said they would, the European Commission yesterday reviewed the case between Google and the mobile division of Motorola, and has cleared the merger. The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division followed suit close behind and dropped...
GPP SIM insert unlocks the AT&T iPhone 4S, no jailbreak needed
The carrier-locked iPhones became a much lesser problem since the iPhone hit most of the major carriers worldwide. But there are those people who still buy foreign carrier-locked iPhone for various reasons. Most of the locked iPhones come from USA's...
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos surfaces, costs €260
Samsung keeps extending its Duos lineup and today we learned the popular Galaxy Ace is the next smartphone to grow an extra radio. The Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos went official for the Indian market. You should keep in mind that the Duos part here...
Huawei to bring Ascend D1 Q to MWC, a quad-core smartphone?
Huawei made quite a splash at CES with their stunningly thin Ascend P1 S Android phone and their Chief Marketing Officer, Yu Chengdong, reportedly let it slip that Huawei will be showing off the Ascend D1 Q and the MediaPad 10 at the MWC. That...
Motorola might show an Intel-powered droid at the MWC
We've already seen the first phone powered by Intel's Medfield mobile x86 chipset and now rendered images of Motorola droid phone bring their promise of their own Medfield phone closer to reality. Motorola announced they will be making an...
Upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS screenshots leak
CrackBerry.com has acquired an internal email from RIM, which shows off the UI of their next generation OS, the BlackBerry 10. The hardware in the pictures below might be current the current 9860 but the OS is all new. In this picture we can...
Samsung Galaxy Pop Plus S5570i shows up in an Indian online store
Here is another example of a device going on sale in the stealthiest fashion, sans any official announcements. This time, we stumbled upon the Samsung Galaxy Pop Plus S5570i (its predecessor is better known globally as Galaxy Mini) in an Indian...
Nokia to announce 3 smartphones and 3 featurephones at MWC
We were hoping Nokia will make a strong return to the MWC this year and if the latest online rumors are to be believed, we won't be disappointed. The company is said to announce no less than 6 new phones at the industry largest event at the end of...
Images of unannounced Nokia 302 leak, yet another Asha?
Chinese site Tenaa.com.cn got their hands on images from the upcoming Nokia 302, another Asha probably. All that is known about the phone so far is what can be told from the images, namely a 3.2MP camera, and some sort of slot on the left side....
Apple attempt to ban the Samsung Galaxy Nexus
You might be familiar with the numerous spats that have broken out between big mobile players Samsung and Apple over the past few months. Cropping up again and again, amidst tech headlines dating way back into 2011, Apple now look to be up to their...
Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), brings ICS on the cheap
Samsung extended its portfolio of Android tablets with the introduction of Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0). The 7" slate should be the most affordable offering by the Korean company, which offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. Samsung Galaxy...
LG Optimus 3D 2 photo surfaces, some specs in tow
The LG Optimus 3D was the star on the LG booth on last year's MWC and it appears its successor will be the key announcement this year. We just got the first photo of the LG Optimus 3D 2 and it's even garnished with some specs. The LG Optimus 3D 2...
HTC Sense 4.0 screenshots leak through Endeavor RUU
The folks at Android Central managed to get their hands on a RUU (ROM Update Utility) for the HTC Endeavor and extracted dozens of screenshots for the upcoming version of HTC's Android skin, Sense 4.0, which will be running on top of Ice Cream...
Photoshop CS6 will wow you with the new Content-Aware Move feature
CyanogenMod 9 for tablets could boast cool multitasking feature called Cornerstone
Samsung Galaxy W gets to taste some CM9-based Android ICS love
Google updates Google+ app for iOS, adds Instant Upload and What’s Hot stream