If you’ve got a phone that’s not getting a manufacturer update to Android 4.4, there’s hope in sight. Android hacking team CyanogenMod’s latest build supports a wide range of older handsets. (Credit: CyanogenMod) The CyanogenMod team just released the first nightly build of CM11.0 M1, its most recent firmware based on Android 4.4 KitKat, for …
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High-profile gadget leaker Evleaks has shared an unofficial first look at a new iPhone accessory from gaming peripheral maker Razer. (Credit: Twitter/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) There’s already no shortage of add-on accessories and game controllers for the iPhone, like the Logitech PowerShell. A new competitor will enter the market soon enough, though, with Razer’s upcoming Kazuyo controller case leaked by …
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The imminent relaunch of the Google TV brand might also include a change in name, aligning Google’s big-screen devices with its Nexus phones and tablets. (Credit: Google) Google TV has struggled to find any kind of success in the US and has not been released in Australia apart from the unloved Sony Internet Player with Google TV. It was a …
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Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone will have a metal body, following HTC and Apple’s premium devices, if Japanese website EMSOne is to be believed. The current Samsung Galaxy S4. (Credit: Samsung) EMSOne, which reports on the original device manufacturers that make computing hardware for companies like Samsung, states that ODM Catcher Technology will make between 10 million and 30 million unibody …
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LG’s curvy G Flex is finally being shipped outside of Korea. It’s on its way to Hong Kong and Singapore soon, but the rest of the world will have to wait longer. (Credit: LG) LG has only been selling the G Flex in its home country of Korea up until now, but the curved OLED smartphone will be available for …
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Samsung is reportedly working on a 20-megapixel camera sensor for a phone due in the second half of 2014, following the as-yet-unconfirmed Galaxy S5. Samsung’s Galaxy S4 camera in action. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) According to ETNews, which also recently predicted the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone in February or March 2014, insider sources have said that the company is …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4’s successor might be arriving sooner than you think; a Korean report suggests production will start in January for a February or March launch. Samsung’s best-selling Galaxy S4 smartphone. (Credit: Samsung) The Samsung Galaxy S5, as it’s widely expected to be called, will be mass-produced from January onwards, according to Korean site ETNews. The site quotes “industry …
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Google’s Nexus Android phones are susceptible to a novel attack that floods the phone with text messages, forcing it to restart or lose its mobile network connection. The Google Nexus 4. (Credit: Google) First reported by PC World, Google’s Nexus phones are vulnerable to a theoretical attack using the Flash SMS protocol. By flooding a target phone with around 30 …
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The step-by-step installer for one of the most popular Android custom ROMs has been removed from the Google Play store after concerns that it encouraged voiding devices’ warranties. (Credit: CyanogenMod) After only a fortnight on the Play store, the installer app for CyanogenMod (CM) has been pulled from public view. The app was removed by the CyanogenMod team but only …
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LG isn’t exiting the mobile-phone business to focus on televisions, it says, contrary to a report in a Korean news website. The LG G2 smartphone (Credit: CNET) A report on Korea’s ETNews website last week suggested that LG, which doesn’t have the same runaway success in mobile devices as its in-country counterpart Samsung, would shift production and development resources to …
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