July, 2013

• 8 July

  Android 4.3 spotted on HTC One Google Play edition

  

  Android 4.3 appears to be playing a game of “Where’s Waldo?” — seemingly popping up in one upcoming smartphone after another. The latest sighting comes courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG, which uncovered an application for Google’s version of the HTC One that listed Android 4.3 as the operating system. Revealing Bluetooth certification for the phone, …

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• 8 July

  Olloclip’s iPhone telephoto lens gets you a little closer

  

  Olloclip There are plenty of add-on lenses for the iPhone’s camera. But for Olloclip, its lenses are all about high-quality optics and ease of use. The company started from a Kickstarter project a couple years ago with its three-in-one lens that combines wide-angle, macro, and fish-eye lenses into one, tiny slide-on accessory. And now it’s back again to give iPhone-ographers …

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• 8 July

  Lumia 1020 ‘EOS’ gets charging camera case in leaked pic

  

  Blimey O’Reilly, Nokia’s 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 smart phone isn’t even official yet, but already we’re glimpsing leaked snaps of accessories for the long-awaited mobile. The picture above was spied by WMPoweruser and comes via Russian site izvestia, and appears to show an accessory for the camera-heavy mobile that’s designed to make the phone feel more like a compact digital camera. There’s …

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• 8 July

  Motorola’s Moto X, Droid line pop up in leaked pictures

  

  Motorola Mobility appears to have a lot up its sleeve. Related stories: Moto X will reportedly offer customizable colors, engravings Moto X sign-up page goes live Motorola teases Droid Ultra smartphone Leaked photos and chatter surfacing over the holiday weekend has helped to clear up the picture for the new flagship device as well as a number of Verizon-exclusive models. …

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• 8 July

  Android 4.3 spotted on HTC One

  

  Android 4.3 is heading our way fast, and it’s been spotted on an HTC One. I’m excited to see what Google has in store given this is the first major Android update since Apple’s unveiling of iOS 7, the most dramatic overhaul of the iPhone, iPad and iPod’s software ever. Android 4.3, expected to be an update to Jelly Bean …

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• 8 July

  Samsung, Intel dangle $4M in prizes for Tizen apps

  

  Samsung Electronics and Intel are banking that a little bit of cash will jump-start interest in Tizen, their upstart operating system. The two companies are hosting an app development challenge, and will award a total of $4 million in prizes to winning developers. Winning apps can garner as much as $200,000. Tizen represents a chance for Samsung to wean itself …

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• 8 July

  Galaxy S4 hits MetroPCS

  

  Related stories T-Mobile data breach 2021: Here’s what it means for securing your data T-Mobile’s free MLB.TV offer is now available ahead of 2021 Opening Day T-Mobile perks now available for Metro customers MetroPCS subscribers have a reason to cheer today. The carrier just announced that it now offers the Samsung Galaxy S4 contract-free for $549 up front. With its …

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• 8 July

  Former Windows chief illustrates Microsoft’s mobile app dilemma

  

  Getting tens of thousands of app developers to focus on anything other than iOS or Android at this point is a significant challenge, according to former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky. In a recent blog post, he wrote: Today app developers generally write apps targeting several of the mobile platforms. If you look at number of “sockets” over the past couple …

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• 8 July

  BlackBerry 9720 alleged photos leak online

  

  Alleged photos of the rumored BlackBerry 9720 phone have popped up online. A slew of photos hosted by Thai BlackBerry Club reveal a traditional phone equipped with the standard QWERTY keyboard. Outfitted with BlackBerry OS 7.1, the 9720 is apparently destined for emerging markets. And the specs so far would indicate a low-cost device. A User Agent Profile document discovered …

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• 8 July

  Nokia Lumia 1020 shows off first photos on Flickr

  

  What does a photo taken by a 41-megapixel camera look like? It looks like this, as new photos confirm the hotly rumoured Nokia Lumia 1020 camera phone. Pictures attributed to the as-yet-unconfirmed Lumia 1020 have shown up on Flickr, once again giving away the name of the phone set to be officially unveiled on Thursday. Sadly, the pictures posted by …

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