Microsoft is allegedly working on a new metal-frame "affordable flagship"

Things are definitely looking up for Windows fans in the mobile realm. Microsoft's October 6 event has a fresh new lineup in store, complete with a long-overdue flagship duo - the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, as well as the Microsoft Band 2 and the new Surface Pro 4. As rumors go, shortly after, an affordable Lumia 550 is going to join their ranks and it...

The surface Pro 4 might actually come in two screen size options

October 6 is shaping up to be one spectacular Microsoft event. By all accounts, the New York venue will witness the unveiling of the eagerly-anticipated Lumia 950 and 950 XL flagship Windows phones, the Microsoft Band 2 and last, but definitely not least, the all the Microsoft Surface Pro 4. Its predecessor, the Surface Pro 3 is widely considered...

Acer promises a Jade Primo 2 in 2016

If you were keeping a close eye on this year's IFA, then you surely remember Acer's Jade Primo demonstration. Showing up on stage with a powerful new Windows 10 device is more than enough to make a lasting impression, but also boldly touring its Windows 10 Continuum for Phones abilities definitely makes for a memorable unveiling. The Jade Primo is...

VocalIQ speech recognition startup is now part of the Apple family

Buying out a promising startup has always been a huge part of the tech world and a major catalyst for development. Big players, such as Apple know this better than anyone and don't shy away from absorbing prospective initiatives. It the latest such deal, Cupertino has now found itself in control of the U.K.-based start-up VocalIQ, which has been...

Carphone Warehouse is offering the 32GB Nexus 5X for only £10 more than Google's 16GB listing

With the new Nexus pricing revealed, it became abundantly clear that Google is asking a pretty penny for its new smartphone duo. The pricing seems particularly steep In Europe. In the UK, for example, a 16GB Nexus 5X base model will set you back £339, which is dangerously close to the kind of cash a Galaxy S6 32GB costs - £380 on Amazon UK. That...

A new Stagefright vulnerability has been discovered and this time it looks even scarier

It seems the Stagefright storm hasn't quite passed after all. As most of you might remember, a few months ago a scary vulnerability in one of Android's core multimedia libraries was uncovered and found to affect almost every device powered by Google's OS, as early as 2.2 Froyo. Since then, there have been no reports of an actual exploit utilizing...

Teaser hints Gionee Elife E8 landing in India next week

Gionee's Elife E8 smartphone, which was made official back in June this year, could be launched in India next week. The information comes courtesy of a teaser (shown below) revealing a new phone launch in the country's capital of New Delhi on October 8. There is currently no information on the price tag the handset will carry in India - in China,...

Moto E 2nd Gen and Moto X 2nd Gen carrier versions to not get Marshmallow update

Motorola just dropped the list of devices that will be getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. It included phones such as the Moto X 2nd and 3rd gen, Moto G 2nd and 3rd gen, Droid Turbo/Moto MAXX/Moto Turbo, and unsurprisingly the Nexus 6. But if you looked closely you'd notice that the Moto E 2nd Gen, launched a mere eight months ago, is not...

Samsung Gear S2 goes on sale in US

In line with the announcement made earlier this week, Samsung has started selling its Gear S2 smartwatch - which was unveiled back in August this year ahead of IFA - in the United States. Both Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic is now listed on the company's US website. The listings reveal that only the Dark Gray variant of the wearable will ship in 1-3...

Lumia 950 will also come with triple LED flash, new leaked images reveal

A new set of Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950 XL images has leaked online, showing the devices (although prototypes) in the flesh. The most important detail the images reveal is that the Lumia 950's 20MP PureView camera will also have triple-LED flash (see image below) - previous leaks had suggested that only Lumia 950 XL's rear camera will have triple...

Motorola announces which of its devices will get Android 6.0 updates

Since Android 6.0 Marshmallow will officially make its debut next week when it will land on Google's Nexus line of devices, Motorola thought it fitting to publish a blog post outlining its plans regarding Marshmallow updates. It's unfortunate that in this day and age very few smartphone makers are so upfront about their update strategies. As you'd...

New Skype update takes advantage of iOS 9 features

Skype has updated its iOS app today, bringing it up to version 6.3. This is obviously not as big an update as version 6.0, which was released last month boasting a completely new design. However, Skype 6.3 for iOS does come with a few useful new things. First off, it is now fully compatible with iOS 9, the latest iteration of Apple's mobile operating...

Android Marshmallow might be coming to the LG G3 and G4 pretty soon

If you own a vanilla Android Nexus device, you should be getting Marshmallow on October 5. Some other more fast-paced manufacturers like HTC announced a list of its devices that will be getting the OTA and now LG might is joining the Android 6.0 fun. The clues were found on the company's Korean support website, where a few flagship models have Android...

Surface Pro 4 rumored to have extra thin bezels that change size

Tablets with keyboards - everybody's doing it. The best-known of them is the Microsoft Surface and we're due for a new one soon. The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 will reportedly feature a razor-thin bezel like the new Dell XPS 13 laptop. The top and side bezels are said to be close to invisible, while the bottom one will be thicker. The hardware Windows...

Samsung Galaxy Active Neo is official in Japan

Samsung announced today a new rugged smartphone - the Galaxy Active Neo. It's a Japan exclusive, but is expected to go international in few months. The Galaxy Active Neo is a mid-range device with a 4.5" WVGA (480p) display and powered by the Snapdragon 410 chip - quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Adreno 306 GPU and 2GB of RAM. The Active Neo packs...

Vodafone Call+ turns plain calls into a multimedia experience

Phone calls haven't changed much since Alexander Graham Bell. Sure, mobile phones dropped the wires, but it's still two people using their voices and ears. What if you could use an image or a map instead? That's just what Vodafone Call+ lets you do. You can send a picture or a location for your friend's phone to display while it's ringing. That way...

Preorder listings for the Lumia 950 and 950 XL are up form a Russian retailer

Few devices have been getting quite as much attention lately as the Lumia 950 and 950 XL and we can definitely understand why. A new proper flagship in the Windows realm has been long overdue and fans are understandably excited. The duo should be officially released on October 8, which is still a few days away, but that hasn't stopped at least a...

Motorola teases Moto X Style in India

After recently launching the Moto X Play in India, Motorola has begun teasing the Moto X Style on its Twitter account. We have two tweets for now, neither confirming the release date and one just saying coming very soon. Motorola recently announced the Moto X Play in India, which has just become available for purchase. The Moto X Style is the bigger...

Huawei Honor 6 gets Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1

Huawei Honor 6 is now getting the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, enhanced with the new EMUI 3.1 launcher. The first country to get the new firmware is India, but oddly the update is now available via the OTA service just yet. Huawei has uploaded the ROM on the official Huawei India website, so you can download it from there and update it manually. Just...

Official-looking Lumia 550 render leaked

An official-looking press render of the upcoming entry-level Microsoft Lumia 550 smartphone has been leaked, courtesy of the usually reliable leakster @evleaks. The device has already been the subject of several leaks in the past, with the most recent leak showing the smartphone in four color versions - white, red, blue, and black. Specs-wise, the...

Amazon decides to stop selling Google Chromecast and Apple TV

Amazon has said that it will stop the sales of Google Chromecast and Apple TV later this month. The reason cited by the e-commerce giant is that the devices do not play well its Prime Video service. "Over the last three years, Prime Video has become an important part of Prime," Amazon said in the e-mail to its marketplace sellers. "It's important...

Sony Xperia Z5 now available for purchase in UK

The Sony Xperia Z5 smartphone - which was announced last month - is now available for purchase in the UK, where mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has all the four color options (black, white, gold, and green) in stock. As for the price, the SIM-free version is available for £550 (around $830). You can also purchase the device on contract where-in...

Apple iPhone 6s review: The more it changes.

It's how the saying goes. And you know, it's not about Apple and the iPhone at all. It's where the industry has been heading for a while now. In the race for screen size and processing power, the major makers' flagships are like pro athletes finishing within milliseconds of each other... Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_6s-review-1...

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon will all sell the newly outed LG V10

If the LG V10 that was announced a few hours ago seems interesting to you, and you live in the US, here's some important information. We already know which carriers will offer the new smartphone through their stores, online and offline. So if you like to get your handsets from carriers, this is for you. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon will all sell...

Huge Galaxy View tablet has specs confirmed through benchmark

Samsung has teased its upcoming Galaxy View tablet last month during its IFA event. This is going to be the company's biggest mobile device yet, as it's so far been rumored to sport a whopping 18.4-inch touchscreen. That is, if the Galaxy View turns out to be the tablet with the model number SM-T670. Today the T670 was spotted at GFXBench, which...

LG V10 and Watch Urbane 2nd edition: First look

LG invited us over to meet its best gadgets yet - the LG V10 flagship and the LG Watch Urbane 2nd edition. Both outshine their predecessors with unique features, like a secondary screen and Android Wear's first LTE connection. Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v10_watch_urbane_2nd_ed_handson-review-1315.p...

The Nexus 6 is now available for $299.99 in the US

Google refreshed the Nexus smartphones two days ago and both the LG Nexus 5X and Huawei Nexus 6P sound very interesting. The previous generation Motorola Nexus 6 is still quite an attractive offer though, especially with its new price. While the new Nexus 6P is retailing at $500 and is already on sale, we shouldn't retire yet its predecessor - the...

Updated BBM for iPhone gets Apple Watch support

If you want to be able to glance at your BBM messages on your Apple Watch, now you can. BlackBerry has launched a BBM for iPhone update, which brings support for the Apple Watch enabling replying quickly via "Yes", "No" or "OK", emoticons or voice input. On the iPhone side, you can also shoot a quick reply from the notification shade. The update...

Here's another look at the Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

"Leaks" and "promotion" are starting to blend together as yet more official images of the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL have "leaked" on Microsoft's own website. The list of images even include one of the actually unofficial leaks from earlier. Microsoft Lumia 950 XL "leaks" At this point little about the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL remains a secret,...

LG chief promises mobile sales to improve in Q4 2015

LG mobile division's chief anticipates the company's sales performance to improve in Q4 2015. Cho Juno told Reuters LG will lean on its latest high-end and mid-range phones to boost market share. Clearly, the LG V10, which was announced today is going to lead the charge for the traditionally profitable holiday season. The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition...

Android Lollipop 5.1.1 for Huawei Ascend Mate7 is now available

Over a year after its initial release and a couple of substantial price cuts later the Huawei Ascend Mate7 is still a pretty tantalizing offer. It just seems that Huawei though well ahead when designing the Mate and coincidentally or not, it now offers a combination of quite a few trendy features, like a metal body, spacious 6.0-inch display and...

ASUS announces plans to begin manufacturing smartphones in India with Foxconn

ASUS has announced that it will start manufacturing smartphones in India in collaboration with Foxconn, to support India's 'Make in India' campaign. The devices will be manufactured in Foxconn's plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. The first phone to be manufactured will be the recently launched Zenfone 2 Laser, which will soon be followed by the Zenfone...

DoCoMo's Sharp Aquos Compact, Aquos Zeta have razor-sharp bezels

Sharp is the real master of vanishing bezels, unfortunately the best models always seem to stay Japan-only. So, are you ready to see the best compact phones you'll probably never be able to buy? By the way, the duo is headed to NTT DoCoMo. Sharp Aquos Compact SH-02H A phone with a 4.7" screen - 1080p at that! - measures only 126 x 66 x 9mm. For comparison,...

OS X El Capitan now available for download

Apple has released the final version of OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store. Those with compatible machines, that would be most Macs sold in recent years, should head over to the store and download the free update, which is just over 6GB in size. The default and simplest method is to just update your existing OS X installation but you could do a...

You can now hide your Tumblr blog from the Web

Tumblr has added a new feature that enables you to control who gets to see your blog. The feature is in the form of a new toggle switch which you can use to choose whether or not your blog is viewable on the Web. Should you decide to switch it off, anyone visiting your blog at its URL will get a 404 error. Of course, your followers will still be...

Apple starts roll out of iOS 9.0.2, stops signing iOS 8.4.1 and 9.0

Just a week after iOS 9.0.1 started rolling out, Apple has pushed the iOS 9.0.2 software update, which brings fixes related to iMessage, iCloud Backup, and screen rotation, as well as improvements related to the stability of Podcasts. The new update brings along a fix for an issue related to the setting to turn off/on app mobile data usage. The issue...

Outlook for Web gets Facebook-style 'likes' and Twitter-style '@mentions'

Microsoft has announced that it has added a couple of new features to its Outlook for Web service. These include Facebook-style Likes and Twitter-style Mentions. Now you can endorse a specific email by liking it, something which you can do by clicking the thumbs-up icon in the reading pane, similar to the way you do it on Facebook. "This turns the...

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition debuts as the first Android Wear device with LTE

Alongside the premium V10 phablet, LG announced a successor to the Watch Urbane smartwatch. Dubbed LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the newcomer is the first Android Wear device with 4G LTE support. LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition packs a brand new 1.38" fully circular P-OLED display with a resolution of 480 x 480 pixels. The resolution results in the highly...

LG V10 goes official with secondary display and a duo of front-facing cameras

LG officially announced the high-end V10 smartphone with secondary display and a duo of front-facing cameras. The Korean manufacturer's latest flagship phablet will hit the shelves in Korea this month in five different color schemes - Space Black, Luxe White, Modern Beige, Ocean Blue, and Opal Blue. Just as the leaks suggested, the defining feature...

ZUK Z1 makes its international debut tomorrow with Cyanogen OS

The Lenovo-backed ZUK Z1 is now finally ready to make its international debut, about a month and a half after its official unveiling in China. The affordable smartphone is set to become available to order through eBay's Spanish and French operations in just a few hours - at midnight in both Spain and France, to be exact. As previously revealed, the...

Sony Xperia Z5 has the best mobile camera ever tested by DxOMark

Just yesterday DxOMark added the Huawei Nexus 6P and its camera to its charts, and the new Google phone had some pretty impressive results. It climbed to the No.2 spot in the charts, behind only Samsung's Galaxy S6 edge. Today though we have a new king of the DxoMark tests when it comes to mobile cameras. And that is the Sony Xperia Z5. According...

Samsung's Gear S2 and S2 Classic will be out in the US on October 2

Samsung announced the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches at the end of August ahead of IFA, and ever since then you've probably been wondering when you'll be able to buy one. And today the official answer has arrived, at least if you're in the US. Over there, the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic will become available on October 2, which is this...

Microsoft Store UK lists Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

The official Microsoft UK store now lists the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL smartphones in the "Windows 10 Ready Phones" section of the site. Clearly, this is a result of a mistake, as the phones are supposed to be officially announced on October 6. As you can see, pricing isn't specified and has been listed as "XXX.XX." The specs confirm previous reports...

Nexus 5X costs €480 in Europe, £340 in the UK, ouch!

We're still wheezing after yesterday's reveal that a $500 Nexus 6P that will cost €650 in Europe, now we just need to lay down after seeing the Nexus 5X prices - a $380 phone, mind you. Google Store Finland has put up the pricing info for the 5X and the 16GB model is €480. 16GB! If you want more (which you probably do) you're looking at €500+. In...

Apple Music, iBooks, and iTunes Movies services launched in China

Apple has announced that its Apple Music streaming service, as well as iBooks and iTunes Movies services are now all available in China. The Cupertino-based company specifically noted that Apple Music in China also features music from local artists including Eason Chan, Li Ronghao, JJ Lin, and G.E.M. "Customers in China love the App Store and have...

Sony Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua leapfrog 5.0, get 5.1 Lollipop update

Sony has announced a software update though perhaps not the one you've been hoping for. Or is it? Sony Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua owners will certainly be glad to hear that finally get to see what this "Material design" business is all about with the jump to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. The Xperia M2 duo was plodding along on 4.4.4 KitKat until now. Other...

Check out the official Nexus 6P and 5X camera samples

Google talked a lot about the camera on the Nexus 6P and the 5X. Both phones share the same 12.3 megapixel camera with 1.55 μm pixels, f2.0 aperture, and laser autofocus system and apparently it's a good camera; DxOMark has already placed it No. 2 on its smartphone chart right behind the Galaxy S6 edge. But while we will be doing our own testing...

Here's the Japan-exclusive gold Nexus 6P you're not getting any time soon

Google announced the Nexus 6P and the Nexus 5X yesterday. The 6P has a unibody anodized aluminum construction that comes in aluminum (silver), graphite (black), and frost (white) colors. But there is a fourth color, and it's only exclusive to Japan for now. This is the gold colored Nexus 6P and as you can tell it looks quite stunning. Unfortunately,...

Latest Google Maps update brings support for Apple Watch

The Google Maps iOS app has received an update, bumping it to version 4.11.0, and bringing several new features as well as some bug fixes. The most prominent feature the update brings to the table is the support for Apple Watch - it adds a companion app for the smartwatch. As you can see in the image above, the app contains buttons to direct you...

Nexus 5X and 6P India pricing revealed

Google has updated the Google Store India page with the new Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P. Unfortunately, neither can be purchased or pre-ordered at the moment and all you can do now is join a waiting list without even knowing the price. However, you will notice at the bottom the page shows pricing for the new accessories. If you click on one of them...