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Rumors about HTC working with Google on a Nexus tablet have been abundant this year. We've heard quite a few times that an 8-inch or 8.9-inch device would be coming, and that it would be manufactured by HTC, and not Asus - the company responsible...

Welcome to this week's edition of Counterclockwise – our weekly article that looks back in time at what happened in the last few years. We revisit some interesting milestones in the mobile industry – iPhones go on sale, Nokia pushes its last great...

Looking to get a smartphone with a little extra bling? Now you can thanks to a giveaway organized by HTC over its Twitter account. The UK branch of the company will let you win a special limited edition of its former flagship, the One, made of 24...

It is widely believed that Apple will be launching two versions of the iPhone 6 later this year. One of the models is said to have a 4.7-inch display, and which we have seen leak several times in the past, and the other a rather enormous (especially...

Last week Samsung announced an LTE-A-enabled edition of its Galaxy S5 flagship that's also set to come with a QHD display and Snapdragon 805 chipset exclusively for its home market of Korea. Now, as if Korean residents weren't lucky enough, there's...

The Week In Review is our series meant to recap all the major announcements of the week, which you might have missed. Week 25 was rather busy with new products so you are in for a long read. Enjoy! This week was marked by the announcement of...

Samsung is apparently getting closer and closer to releasing its first software versions based on Android 4.4.3. The first devices to get an Android 4.4.3 build from the Korean company are going to be the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 3, it...

BlackBerry unveiled an odd new device – the Passport. It has a square 4.5" screen with 1,440 x 1,440 resolution, essentially a QHD screen cropped to 1:1. Below the unusual screen is a rare sight these days, a three-row QWERTY keyboard. The...

With the IFA approaching the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 inches closer to reality. Both versions of the new flagship hit AnTuTu – that's the Snapdragon 805 and Exynos 5433 versions. The new Galaxy S5 LTE-A is the first device with Qualcomm Snapdragon...

Shortly after the launch of its first Android phone — the Nokia X — Nokia will be releasing a successor in the form of the Nokia X2. Although the phone and the name hasn't been officially announced as such, the company has posted a teaser on its...

It's been barely a month since Android 4.4.3 started rolling out for Nexus devices and Google has already started rolling out the 4.4.4 update. But while this may not be as big an update as its predecessor (which itself wasn't especially big) it...

Blackberry's upcoming phone, the Passport, is slated for a September release. BB purists will be happy to know that the phone will sport a portrait, hardware QWERTY keyboard that has become the manufacturers trademark design. Not really much else...

The New York Attorney General has signed agreements with Google and Microsoft to add "kill switches" to Android and Windows Phone devices. It comes as part of the "Secure our Smartphones" initiative, where the report stresses the importance of...

Ready or not, here's another sighting of LG's G Watch. The soon to be released smartwatch based on Google's new Android Wear platform has been spotted out and about once more, this time as it lies flat on a wooden surface with a charging cable (that...

Following in the footsteps of the Lumia 630, its 3G-only sibling, the Nokia Lumia 635 is due to be released in the UK pretty soon. The 4G-capable smartphone is now up for pre-order in a few places, both with contract as well as SIM-free and...

Jolla is bringing the Sailfish OS experience next week on Android. The launcher is ready to enter the testing process and Jolla is searching for beta test volunteers. If you like the Sailfish OS idea, you can help the Jolla team test the...

For the fiscal quarter ending in May of this year, the beleaguered Canadian smartphone manufacturer has reported a loss of $0.11 per share, which is up from the consensus estimate of $0.25 per share. Although the company's $966 million in first...

Today we get the detailed rundown of the specs of the recently announced Sony Xperia Z2a. For all we know, a name such as Xperia Z2 compact would suit it just fine. A week ago we saw the Sony Xperia Z2a go official in Taiwan, but at the time we...

Samsung confirmed that it will only sell the freshly announced Galaxy S5 LTE-A in its home market in Korea. The Android beast will not be available to additional global markets. The Galaxy S5 LTE-A will join the likes of Galaxy S4 LTE-A and...

Apple will bring manual camera controls to iOS 8. The move will represent a radical departure from the company’s current practice to keep all camera settings automated, save for basic settings such as flash and HDR mode. The recently...