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Motorola announces the DROID RAZR, slimmest smartphone yet

Motorola announces the DROID RAZR, slimmest smartphone yet

18 October, 2011 | comments (147)

Well, we got a glimpse of it, and now after numerous leaks Motorola has finally dropped the curtain of the LTE-boasting Motorola DROID RAZR. Although it's the successor of the once hugely famous Motorola RAZR, the only thing it shares with it is the...


RIM announces BBX - the new platform for phones and tablets

RIM announces BBX - the new platform for phones and tablets

18 October, 2011 | comments (26)

Quite expectedly RIM has just announced its new platform called BBX. BBX combines "the best of BlackBerry and the best of QNX", as RIM puts it. The new BBX-OS based on this BBX platform will be for both smartphones and tablets, and will offer...


Samsung Galaxy Nexus leaks ahead of tomorrow's ICS event

Samsung Galaxy Nexus leaks ahead of tomorrow's ICS event

18 October, 2011 | comments (91)

Looks like Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo just couldn't wait any longer and announced Google's next Nexus phone, the Galaxy Nexus, hours before its official unveil at the joint Google and Samsung event in Hong Kong. Luckily for us geeks, the carrier...


Motorola DROID RAZR image leaks before launch

Motorola DROID RAZR image leaks before launch

18 October, 2011 | comments (64)

We're about twelve hours away from the Motorola event where they will be announcing the new DROID RAZR. Of course, they never mentioned the name of the device but the previous leaks and the teaser video provided enough clues. But if you think they...


Atrix 2 online at AT&T store, costs $99 on a two-year deal

Atrix 2 online at AT&T store, costs $99 on a two-year deal

17 October, 2011 | comments (13)

The Motorola Atrix is available for purchase at AT&T's online retail store for a penny under the $100 range. The successor to Moto's dual-core pioneer will set you back $99 on a two-year contract with a data plan. The Atrix 2 was announced for...


Sony Ericsson Q3 results: 0 profit, smartphone-only portfolio in 2012

Sony Ericsson Q3 results: 0 profit, smartphone-only portfolio in 2012

14 October, 2011 | comments (131)

Sony Ericsson is still walking the line of profitability and has crossed it a few times in the last few quarters. The third quarter of 2011 saw a decrease in most of the major stats year-over-year (YoY), but the company did perform better than it...


Google Q3 profits beat estimates, 190M Androids activated

Google Q3 profits beat estimates, 190M Androids activated

14 October, 2011 | comments (34)

Larry Page, who not so long ago took over as Google's CEO, handed in the company's Q3 financial results with a big smile on his face. Revenues were up 33% Year-on-Year (YoY) to $9.72 billion. Of that cool 31% transferred into operating income...

Tags: Google, Android, Misc


Samsung Galaxy Nexus to be announced October 19th

Samsung Galaxy Nexus to be announced October 19th

14 October, 2011 | comments (119)

We've all been aware of the continued partnership between Samsung and Google with regard to the birth of the third Googlephone, following on from the Samsung Nexus S, for some time now. The Nexus Prime or Galaxy Nexus as it has more recently been...


Samsung Galaxy W coming to T-Mobile USA as Exhibit II 4G

Samsung Galaxy W coming to T-Mobile USA as Exhibit II 4G

13 October, 2011 | comments (12)

T-Mobile USA is readying a replacement for the Samsung Exhibit 4G, which is barely a few months old. It's called the Exhibit II 4G and is a T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy W (which we have previewed). The Samsung Exhibit II 4G for...


Samsung-Google Unpacked event allegedly rescheduled for 19th

Samsung-Google Unpacked event allegedly rescheduled for 19th

12 October, 2011 | comments (56)

After Steve Job's death, Samsung and Google decided to postpone their 'Unpacked' event, saying that 'it wasn't the right time to announce a new product'. However, no information was given as to which date the event was postponed to. But we...


Photos from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus found on Google+

Photos from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus found on Google+

11 October, 2011 | comments (38)

It would appear that shots found on Picasa albums shared between two Google engineers, Roman Kirillov and Chris Yerga, are taken from the camera of the yet-to-be announced Google phone, the Nexus Prime. The photo's EXIF data states that the...


LG Optimus LTE first ad and hands-on video emerge

LG Optimus LTE first ad and hands-on video emerge

11 October, 2011 | comments (23)

LG has already launched the Optimus LTE smartphone in South Korea via the SK Telecom and U+ carriers. But until today we had just one official picture of the device. Luckily, today we stumbled upon an Optimus LTE advertisement and a hands-on...

Tags: LG, Android, Touch UI


AT&T announces new droids - Atrix 2, Captivate Glide and more

AT&T announces new droids - Atrix 2, Captivate Glide and more

11 October, 2011 | comments (10)

AT&T is stepping up their Android game - they already have a decent collection, but now they are adding 5 new droids to their lineup to make the total number of Android offerings 19 by the end of the year. We'll let this video do the...


Samsung Galaxy S III specs leak, 1.8GHz dual core anyone?

Samsung Galaxy S III specs leak, 1.8GHz dual core anyone?

10 October, 2011 | comments (219)

We can expect the Samsung Galaxy S III sometime in 2012, if we are to believe what the photo below has to offer. The image in question not only tells us when, but what we can expect from the yet to be announced Samsung flagship. In a slide...


CyanogenMod 7.1 finally gets released

CyanogenMod 7.1 finally gets released

10 October, 2011 | comments (91)

After a long wait, the CyanogenMod 7.1 has finally been released. Although originally planned to release last weekend but some issues with their automated build system prevented that from happening. The latest version adds a host of...


Samsung Galaxy II update to increase the size of icons

Samsung Galaxy II update to increase the size of icons

09 October, 2011 | comments (142)

Samsung has announced that they will be releasing an update for the popular Galaxy S II smartphone that will increase the size of the on-screen application icons by 30 percent. UI after update on the left. Current UI on the right. This...


Motorola Admiral for Sprint gets leaked

Motorola Admiral for Sprint gets leaked

09 October, 2011 | comments (25)

Motorola's upcoming smartphone for Sprint has just been leaked. Named the Motorola Admiral or the XT603, the phones comes with a military-certification, which hints at the origin of the name. The Admiral has a portrait QWERTY design, not...


Unpacked event delayed, Nexus Prime and ICS to shine later

Unpacked event delayed, Nexus Prime and ICS to shine later

07 October, 2011 | comments (149)

We were so close to Samsung's Unpacked event at CTIA next Tuesday, but both Google and Samsung have for some reason decided to postpone the event to an unspecified later date. It's unclear why both companies would decide to do such thing with all...


Galaxy S II for T-Mobile faster than its Exynos-packing sibling

Galaxy S II for T-Mobile faster than its Exynos-packing sibling

07 October, 2011 | comments (46)

The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S II is around the corner for T-Mobile USA customers, but if you've been keeping track of the many variations of the S II, you'll know it's not the same as the international or the AT&T version. The Galaxy S II...


First Samsung Nexus Prime live photo and video surface

First Samsung Nexus Prime live photo and video surface

07 October, 2011 | comments (89)

As the day of the Samsung-Google 'Unpacked' event draws closer, the Nexus Prime leaks are coming in thick and fast. After being treated to some specifications of the device yesterday, today we have managed to find something even more...