Apparently there’s a reason Sprint passed up the BlackBerry Z10. Along with holding out for the BB10-powered Q10, the carrier may have plans for a new touch-screen handset from BlackBerry. If sources close to All Things Digital are accurate, then Sprint has its eye on an additional all-screen phone other than the Z10, which BlackBerry …
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11 March
Samsung offers peek at what may be new Galaxy S4
Further whetting appetites for its new smartphone, Samsung tweeted an image this evening that is presumably the Galaxy S4, which is expected to be unveiled Thursday. The very dark image, depicting only the upper left corner of what appears to be a smartphone with the familiar Samsung brand at the top, appeared on the South Korean electronics giant’s official U.S. …
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11 March
Samsung ruled China’s smartphone market last year
South Korean electronics giant Samsung took top spot in China’s smartphone market in 2012, after sales of its devices nearly tripled from 10.9 million in 2011 to 30.06 million last year. Citing figures from Strategy Analytics, the Yonhap News Agency said yesterday that Samsung held 17.7 percent market share in 2012. This also marked the first time it topped the …
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11 March
Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 goes Jelly Bean
Now playing: Watch this: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 gets a cellular connection,… 1:51 Sprint today announced an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Related stories Sprint to sell its first LTE tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review (Sprint) The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 gets cellular connection, higher price As is …
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11 March
Motorola’s Google X phone specs and image leaked
It’s not the Nexus, but Motorola’s rumoured new Android phone looks like it’ll run on the new Tegra 4i chipset. The image that was sent to AndroidWorld. (Credit: AndroidWorld) With only days until Samsung reveals the Galaxy S4, it’s the perfect time for other manufacturers to indulge in a little leak-based spoiler work of their own, so we’re not too …
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11 March
The elusive third great mobile OS
There’s no better illustration of the intense competition in the wireless industry than the race to establish another legitimate operating system behind Android and Apple — where else is third place considered a lofty goal for so many major players? Yet that’s exactly what nearly a dozen companies are trying to achieve. While this year’s Mobile World Congress wireless trade …
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11 March
Pirate Bay ‘ad’ shown on hacked billboard
Over in Serbia, a group of computer science students have hacked a digital billboard in Belgrade’s popular Republic Square, displaying The Pirate Bay logo, along with a Ghandi quote. The image from The Pirate Bay’s Facebook page. (Credit: The Pirate Bay) The students have apparently made of hobby of this practice. They find security weaknesses in businesses, exploiting them in …
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10 March
Microsoft could be making a Surface phone, Nokia says
Microsoft surprised everyone by launching its Surface tablet, taking on its hardware partners at their own game. Since then, there have been plenty of rumours about a possible Surface phone, with the device apparently entering the testing phase at the end of last year. And now it seems Nokia is getting a little antsy, suspecting Microsoft will step on its …
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10 March
LG 55
I know we’ve heard about LG’s 55-inch OLED TV set before, but it’s so far failed to make it to shop shelves. Well now comes word it’ll land here in the UK in July, exclusively for sale from Harrods. And the price? Glad you asked. It’ll set you back a cool £10,000. Recession? What recession? We saw the LG OLED 55EM970V …
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9 March
HTC Myst specs leak, another Facebook phone incoming?
HTC launched two Facebook phones — the Salsa and ChaCha — almost two years ago, but now comes word it’s having another stab at a social networking-based blower. The pretty reliable @evleaks Twitter account has what it claims are specs for the device, rumoured to be called the HTC Myst. It’s a mid-range affair, if these are anything to go …
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