HTC One Max to go official on October 17?

HTC One Max is a familiar name in Rumorland, the phablet making quite a few appearances in various forms before its official announcements. We know most of its specs and have a pretty good idea about its design, so the biggest mystery remaining was when will we be able to get it. If the latest report from the Chinese website ePrice, quoted by Slashgear,...

Colorful Nokia Asha 502 leaks out in a press image

A week after the Nokia Asha 500 emerged, another member of the Finnish manufacturer also made an unscheduled appearance. The Nokia Asha 502 leaked out in a press image, showcasing is attractively designed body in six different colors. Unsurprisingly, the Nokia Asha 502 looks a lot like the Asha 500. The 502 however sports a camera with an LED flash....

HTC One Max has October 17th release date?

The HTC One Max is one of the most eagerly awaited Android models expected to launch before the end of the year; the phablet resembles a giant HTC One and pictures of the device have revealed that a fingerprint scanner is on board A published report out of China on Friday says that the HTC One Max will finally be launched on October 17th...Source:...

Road map reveals Android 4.3 update for Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy S III and GALAXY Note II

A road map for French carrier SFR reveals when the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung GALAXY Note II will receive the Android 4.3 update; according to the map, the Samsung Galaxy S4 will receive the last Jelly Bean build of Android in October while the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Samsung GALAXY Note II will each be updated in the...

Sprint to "wait and see" on whether to keep BlackBerry models in stock

Sprint is not in a rush to follow the footsteps of T-Mobile and kick BlackBerry out of its retail stores; this past Wednesday, the nation's fourth largest carrier said that it would no longer stock BlackBerry handsets in its stores due to poor sales. While one unit of each model will be kept on hand for display purposes, those desiring a BlackBerry...

Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch lacks "something special" says Samsung executive

We recently passed along some speculation that included the premise that the release of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch was just a test run to see how well the product would be received; the rumor included the word that the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch was being developed and would be introduced at CES this coming January...Source: http://...

ABI Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS

According to ABI Research, there has been a change in the global tablet market; the Apple iPad, which has been credited with creating the tablet category with the launch of the OG version in 2010, has "passed the baton to the Android ecosystem," according to the research firm. And there are three reasons why this seems to be the case...Source: ht...

HTC executive says U.S. HTC One owners with a carrier branded unit will have to wait for Android 4.3

The other day, HTC America President Jason Mackenzie said that those totin' the HTC One Developer Edition would start receiving Android 4.3 this week; at the time, he sent out a series of continuous tweets that noted that the carrier-branded version of HTC's flagship Android model still needed the carriers to certify the Android 4.3 update before...

BlackBerry's Q2 earnings report as bad as it said it would be

Last Friday, BlackBerry warned the Wall Street community and the world that thanks to a write down of nearly $1 billion in BlackBerry Z10 handsets, the Canadian company would post an operating loss of more than $900 million in the second quarter; today, a week later, BlackBerry released the actual report which showed a whopping 49% drop in quarterly...

Apple iPhone 5s review: Step by step

It's that time of year again and Apple's in the usual record-breaking mood at the box-office. This is an S year in the Cupertino calendar but different enough - it may be that two phones instead of one account for almost double last year's record sales...Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_5s-review-994.p...

Nokia Coloud Headsets Photo Gallery

Back in July, Nokia had announced a trio of affordable headsets in collaboration with Coloud - namely Boom, Knock and Pop. These headsets are meant to be affordable while providing good design, sound and build quality. The first one is Pop (WH-510) which is an in-ear earphone. The second is Knock (WH-520) which is an on-ear headphone. It's quite...

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Camera Samples

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has a leather-like texture on the back which is interesting, but what sits on top of it is even more interesting. Continuing the tradition of using the same camera units as the Galaxy S series for the Notes, Samsung has included the similar 13 megapixel camera for the Note 3, the exact same one that you find on the Galaxy...

Apple iPhone 5c vs iPhone 5, a side by side comparison of what’s new

The Apple iPhone 5c(Check out the 360) in all its bluish glory landed in our labs for a quick unboxing and a photo gallery that we did earlier. While we covered a quick look at how it compares with the older and the very similar 5 in our unboxing video, lot of people were still asking for a deeper look at the comparison between them and here we are,...

Leaked LG G Pro Lite Dual may bring dual-SIM to Optimus G Pro

The LG Optimus G Pro may be getting a dual-SIM version called LG G Pro Lite Dual (now that's quite a mouthful). The rumor suggests the new device will keep the 5.5" True HD IPS+ display of 1080p resolution, but will demote the camera to 8MP resolution (still with BSI sensor). It's not entirely clear why this model bears the "Lite" moniker, as the...

Gionee Elife E5 Review

Gionee, popular Chinese mobile device design company entered into the Indian market back in March with the Dream D1. Now the company has launched several Android smartphones. The latest flagship smartphone is the Elife E5, that was launched back in July. The Elife E5 is the second phone in the Elife series. We reviewed the Elife E3 recently and the...

Beats buys back $265 million of shares and bids good bye to HTC

HTC has been struggling in the smartphone market despite some encouraging HTC One sales. HTC held a 25 percent stake in the popular audio company Beats and that is one of the reasons most of the HTC handsets came with Beats audio. HTC had purchased 50.1 percent of Beats' shares in 2011 for $300 million. Last year, the music company Beats got back...

BlackBerry reports loss of $965 million in fiscal Q2

It's no secret that BlackBerry isn't doing too well, but no one knew just how bad until the company's just-released fiscal Q2 report. It highlights a whopping $935 million loss on the BlackBerry Z10. The "Z10 inventory charge," a clever way to say that the device simply isn't selling, is enough to almost wipe out the listed $1.6 billion revenue. When...

Hover me digits! Nokia bringing touchless zooming and panning to Lumias

Nokia already introduced a hovering gesture in Lumias running the Amber update, where a simple pointing with your finger close to the display wakes it up from the Glance Screen mode, but now it is taking the feature to the next level. It patented two more ways for touchless interaction with its Windows Phone devices, and we wouldn't be surprised to...

It's official! Beats buys back HTC's stake in the company

HTC's 25% stake in Beats Electronics was sold back to the company for $265 million; the Taiwan based manufacturer had originally owned 50.1% of the company, a purchase made at the top of the market in 2011. A year later, Beats founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre had purchased half of HTC's majority ownership back...Source: http://www.phonearena.com...

Cheaper Moto X version might have exchangeable color covers

The Moto X is built in Fort Worth in Texas and ships to the US - and so far only to the US. There's talk, however, of a cheaper version, which the rumor mill has dubbed Moto DVX. It's this version that might be available outside the US, probably without the customization options. Not all of them anyway, a photo allegedly shows four back panels for...

Next ZTE Nubia coming in November with Snapdragon 800 in tow

Chinese ZTE probably isn't the most recognizable brand here in the West, but you should know that, nevertheless, the company is essentially tied for the 4th spot with companies like LG, Huawei, Sony and Lenovo as one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers worldwide...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Next-ZTE-Nubia-coming-in-November-with-S...

How to disable the iOS 7 parallax effect

Are you experiencing vertigo, headaches or nausea while using the recently-launched iOS 7? Surely, most users won't have a problem with Jony Ive's latest brainchild, but reports are already coming in that the new parallax effect in the homescreen (making the background move as if it's far behind the icons) is making some people experience a similar...

Asian Galaxy Note 3 units exempt from Samsung's annoying region lock

The European and American Galaxy Note 3 models might be locked to their respective regions, or so it says on the boxes' label, but Asian and Australian versions don't seem to have that same restriction...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Asian-Galaxy-Note-3-units-exempt-from-Samsungs-annoying-region-lock_id477...

iOS 7 adoption breaks previous record, now accounts for 60% of the ecosystem

Apple's overhauled iOS 7 update has been live for less than 10 days, but the numbers have already started coming in, and they're quite impressive...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/iOS-7-adoption-breaks-previous-record-now-accounts-for-60-of-the-ecosystem_id477...

OS 7 adoption breaks previous record, now accounts for 60% of the ecosystem

Apple's overhauled iOS 7 update has been live for less than 10 days, but the numbers have already started coming in, and they're quite impressive...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/OS-7-adoption-breaks-previous-record-now-accounts-for-60-of-the-ecosystem_id477...