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HTC One Google Edition Lands on Google Play for $599
HTC has announced HTC One Google Edition and said that the device will be sold for $599 at the Google Play Store starting on June 26. The device will have the innards of the HTC One but won't have the Sense 5 user interface. Like...
Apple's iPod touch Reaches 100 Million Sales Milestone
Apple on Thursday revealed that its iPod touch portable media player has reached sales of 100 million units since it first came to the market in late 2007. Apple unveiled a new $229 16GB iPod touch on Thursday. Dubbed by many...
Galaxy S4 mini Now Official, Coming in June
Banking on the popularity of the Galaxy S4, Samsung is releasing this June a new handset that's packaged as a "mini" version of the five-inch flagship. The Galaxy S4 mini has a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display and, unlike its...
Moto X Phone Confirmed for Late Summer Release
Speaking at the AllThingsD D11 conference, Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed that Motorola's newest flagship, the Moto X, will be available by October. Woodside didn't provide any hard facts but said that this Android phone...
Apple CEO Rules Out iPhone Phablet, Hates Google Glass
Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at AllThingsD's D11 conference to answer questions on a range of topics, including the iPhone, wearable computers, iOS 7 and Android's market dominance. Cook said Apple only makes one new iPhone...
Twitter Adds New Composer, Faster Photo Sharing
Twitter updated its iPhone app today to bring along a more "beautiful design" and other changes that should make life easier for Twitaholics. Version 5.7 introduces a new tweet composer, widens the timeline by removing the borders,...
HTC One Google Edition to Have Limited Run
HTC is reportedly releasing a version of the One flagship without HTC's Sense interface but the device will be available in very limited quantities. The HTC One Google Edition will offer a pure Google experience with a stock Android...
Lenovo Handsets Set to Land in the U.S.
Lenovo, which is among the top mobile brands in its home country in China, is aiming to launch smartphones in the U.S. Lenovo has been launching attractive, impressive, and inexpensive handsets with the Android operating system...
Samsung Sets June 20 Event to Reveal New Mobile Devices
Samsung is holding an event June 20th in London to unveil new mobile devices. Samsung confirmed that the "Samsung Premiere 2013" event will focus on both the Galaxy and Ativ brands. The Galaxy brand covers its Android phones and...
iOS 7 to Be 'Black, White and Flat All Over'
The newest iteration of Apple's mobile operating system will be 'black, white, and flat all over,' 9to5mac’s Mark Gurman reported, citing unnamed sources. This refers to the dropping of heavy textures and the addition of...
Best Buy Selling iPhone 5 for $149
Best Buy starting Sunday will sell Apple's iPhone at $50 less. As part of a four-week promotion, the U.S. retailer is cutting the price of the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. Users who buy the...
Glass Half Full: HTC One Demand Outpacing Supply
HTC has sold five million units of their new flagship smartphone, the HTC One, since launch in March. Although those figures won't match the sales numbers posted by rivals Apple and Samsung, the feat is still impressive given...
Apple's WWDC 2013 Keynote Officially Set for June 10
Apple has confirmed that the keynote address to the 2013 edition of its Worldwide Developers Conference is slated for Monday, June 10th, the first day of the conference. The conference will take place June 10th to 14th at the...
One Samsung Galaxy S4 Sold Every 4 Seconds
Samsung Electronics reported global channel sales of more than 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch. The latest entry in the Galaxy S series, which is packaged to rival Apple's iPhone,...
LG Unveils Waterproof Optimus GJ
LG has introduced its first high-end waterproof handset, called Optimus GJ. Its IPX7 certification means it can stay underwater at depths of up to 1 meter for up to 30 minutes. The Android-running Optimus GJ is slightly larger...
Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Now Accused of Infringing Apple Patents
Apple submitted court filings seeking to add the recently released Samsung Galaxy S4 to a US patent lawsuit. Apple claims that after analyzing the three Galaxy S4 units it bought from Sprint, Verizon and AT&T, it found the...
Samsung Buys Stake in Rival Pantech
Samsung has made a $48 million investment in fellow South Korean firm Pantech in return for a 10 percent stake. Samsung is the world's top seller of smartphones and mobile phones. Smaller company Pantech is Korea's No. 3 phone...
Luxury Hotel Now Offers 24-Carat Gold iPads
The Burj Al Arab, the iconic 7-star hotel in Dubai, unveiled its newest luxury amenity: 24-carat gold iPads. After check in, guests will receive their own gold iPads, which will be used as a virtual concierge and provide information...
Consumer Reports: Samsung Galaxy S4 Beats Other Flagships
In the latest Consumer Reports rankings of smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S4 flagship tops the list, besting out old favorites like the iPhone 5. The Galaxy S4 outranked other flagships with the LG Optimus G, HTC One, the Galaxy...
Agent Starts Kickstarter Campaign, Touts 2 CPUs and Wireless Charging
Following Pebble Watch's overwhelmingly successful fundraising campaign via Kickstarter, creators of the Agent are touting their new smartwatch at the crowd funding platform. Agent, which is touted as "the world's smartest watch",...
LG Shows Off 5-Inch Unbreakable and Flexible Display
LG is slated to show off at this week's Society for Information Display a new unbreakable and flexible 5-inch plastic OLED panel for mobile devices. The display will include a 1.0mm bezel that will allow for manufacturers to produce...
iPad 5 Completely Redesigned, 33% Lighter
The upcoming fifth iteration of the full-size 9.7-inch iPad will be 25 to 33 percent lighter than the current model, DigiTimes reports, citing unidentified sources from Taiwan's supply chain. The publication's sources also say...
Apple Reportedly Testing 1.5-Inch Display for 'iWatch'
Apple is testing tiny screens for its rumored smart watch, according to reports from Taiwan and Japan. Apple’s technologies chief Bob Mansfield along with a team of 100+ engineers are reportedly evaluating 1.5-inch screens...
Apple Pulls Bang With Friends From App Store
"Bang with Friends" was pulled from Apple's App Store on Friday, just a little over one week following the app's debut. Bang With Friends is a hookup app that lets users anonymously pick which of their Facebook friends they'd...
Alleged Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 Specs Revealed
Samsung is reportedly readying a third iteration of its 8-inch tablet. The Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 looks like a Galaxy Note 8 without the S pen, runs the latest TouchWiz and would not have an earpiece, according to leaked images. The...
Google Glass to Get Facebook, Twitter and More
At the second day of its I/O conference, Google confirmed that some household names like CNN, Twitter and Facebook are coming to Google Glass. Google has been trying to woo developers to write Glassware (apps designed specifically...
White Nexus 4 Coming June 10?
Google didn't unveil a new Nexus handset at the Google I/O event but a new variant of the Nexus 4 could be coming sooner rather than later. Reports say that a white version of the Nexus 4 would hit Google Play on June 10. The...
Nokia's Highly-Anticipated Lumia 925 Now Official
Nokia unveiled the highly-anticipated Windows Phone 8-running Lumia 925 in London. Enclosed in an aluminum chassis, the highly anticipated handset comes loaded with innovative features, highlighted by the most advanced lens technology...
Google I/O 2013: Now New Devices, Just Small Android Improvements
The Google I/O 2013 event is already underway but Google didn't unveil the X-phone, a new Nexus 7, new Nexus 5, or any new device. Google did unveil a Samsung Galaxy S4 'Google Edition' -- a pure version of the flagship device...
BBM Tops 60-Mil. Users Ahead of Android, iOS Launch
BlackBerry has confirmed that its BBM messaging service already has a staggering 60 million users, which number is expected to skyrocket when BBM hits Android and iOS later this summer. BlackBerry says that BBM users send nearly...
HTC First May Be Getting The Axe for AT&T
AT&T launched the HTC First, the world's first handset shipped with Facebook Home pre-installed, on April 12 for $99 on a two-year contract. Less than a month later, AT&T lowered the upfront fee from $99 to only $0.999...
Facebook Purchasing Waze for Up to $1 Billion
Facebook is reportedly is in the final stages of talks to acquire traffic and navigation app maker Waze for up to $1 billion. According to Calcalist reporter Assaf Gilad says the social network is in advanced talks to buy Israel-based...
Facebook Home Hits 1 Million Downloads
Facebook Home has reached 1 million downloads only four weeks after the social network released the Facebook-centric launcher for Android. Facebook's Director of Mobile Engineering Cory Ondrejka said Facebook is rolling out this...
Amazon Readying Smartphone with 3D Screen, Eye-Tracking Tech
Amazon is releasing its own smartphone, and it won't be just another touch-screen device with a forked version of Android. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reports that Amazon's smartphone would have a 3D display....
Microsoft Offers $1 Billion for Nook Business
Microsoft is looking to buy Nook Media LLC, the division of Barnes & Noble that includes both the Nook tablet as well as its e-book business. Internal documents obtained by TechCrunch confirm that Microsoft is offering up...
HTC Prepping Windows Blue Tablets
HTC will launch two high-end tablets running the RT version of Windows Blue update later this year. HTC will launch the 7-inch R7 and 12-inch R12 in the third quarter, specifically October 13th, Phone Arena reported, citing an...
Apple on Track to Build Multiple New iPhone Models as Early as June
Apple is on track to begin production of new iPhone models between June and July in time for a September launch, according to a report. In a recent visit to tech suppliers in Asia, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty received...
LG to Launch New Optimus G Handset May 30
LG has sent press invites for a smartphone launch May 30 in Macau. LG hasn't specified which handset it's launching, but reports claim that the event will be for the rumored LG Optimus G2. The media invite shows a profile of the...
Nokia Officially Confirms Lumia 928 with Ads
Nokia is yet to unveil its new Lumia handsets at an event on May 14 but ads have surfaced confirming the highly anticipated Lumia 928. Yesterday, a billboard in North Oakland, Oklahoma, was spotted advertising the Nokia Lumia...
Acer Dismisses Windows RT but Touts Windows 8 Tablet
Acer won't be introducing anything with Windows RT until there's a new version of this operating system. "To be honest, there's no value doing the current version of RT," Acer President Jim Wong told CiteWorld. At one point, the...