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Panasonic’s massive 4K tablet said to arrive in US in January
Panasonic’s 20-inch 4K tablet, which shown off at CES in January, could be landing the US at the beginning of next year. Panasonic’s Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 will go on sale in the US in January for a whopping $6,000, according to Engadget. The Japanese company had already announced that the ultra HD slate would be available in Europe in November. …
Read More »EE launches big business petabyte data deal for £8m
EE has unveiled its latest 4G deals: including a petabyte of data for £8m. Guess we’ll have to update our 4G price comparison… Just kidding: these are serious business deals for serious business people, as EE touts the advantages of 4G for big companies. EE has created super bundles netting a firm 50TB, 100TB, 200TB, 500TB or 1PB of data. …
Read More »Alleged images of the HTC M8 get leaked, show metal body
HTC could be working on a new handset code-named M8, according to recently leaked images. TechRadar published on Thursday photos first uncovered on Taiwan-based site ePrice showing what the leaker says is the case for the HTC M8. The images show a design that’s similar to that of the HTC One. However, unlike the HTC One, the M8’s metal body …
Read More »Google tests ART foundation in KitKat for faster Android apps
Android 4.4, aka KitKat, comes with an experimental technology called ART designed to speed up Android apps. ART is a replacement for Dalvik, the “runtime” software that has the job of executing Android apps. Dalvik is a virtual machine — essentially a software version of a computer that lets Android apps run on a variety of hardware — that’s closely …
Read More »Samsung demos foldable smartphones
At its recent Analyst Day held in Korea, Samsung showed attendees a range of prototype folding smartphones. The Galaxy Round may be the first step on the way to folding phones. (Credit: Samsung) Reporters weren’t allowed in, and analysts were banned from taking photos, so we don’t have any images to show. However, The Wall Street Journal has some first-person …
Read More »Samsung to launch 64
A day after Samsung waxed eloquent about its 64-bit chip plans, a report out of Asia claims that high-end 64-bit smartphones are due from the company next year. The electronics giant will launch flagship smartphones with 64-bit CPUs (central processing units) in 2014, Taipei-based Digitimes reported Thursday, citing sources. The phones will also sport WQHD (2,560×1,440 resolution) displays and 16-megapixel …
Read More »Samsung’s Isocell camera tech set for Galaxy S5, says report
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 handset could launch with a 16-megapixel camera featuring the firm’s Isocell technology. During Samsung’s Analyst Day on Wednesday, the company showed a slide indicating that a 16-megapixel Isocell sensor will be coming to the company’s smartphones for 2014-2015. That news came after Samsung confirmed that its flagship handsets would feature a 16-megapixel camera. Related stories Best Samsung …
Read More »Some KitKat features exclusive to Nexus 5
There are a couple of cool features of Android 4.4 KitKat that you won’t see unless you have the Google Nexus 5 smartphone. (Credit: Google) It would make sense that Android 4.4 KitKat runs excellently on the Google Nexus 5 smartphone — after all, the Nexus phone hardware and vanilla Android software are designed to go together. But there are …
Read More »Best Buy offers exclusive blue Samsung Galaxy S4
Best Buy on Thursday announced the upcoming availability of a Blue Arctic version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Exclusive to the retailer in US markets, the blue smartphone will be offered across Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint networks. Pricing is not mentioned in the press release, but we expect it to cost $199 with two-year service agreements, the same as …
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