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Jawbone releases ‘Big’ speakers for smartphones

Jawbone began rolling out an even louder version of its portable wireless speakers, which have caught fire among smartphone and tablet users. Continue reading

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Racial profiling at US airports? Here’s an app for that

Travelers who suspect they have been victims of racial profiling by security screeners at US airports can now lodge a complaint in minutes, thanks to a smartphone application released on Monday. Continue reading

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Samsung I9100G Galaxy S II ICS update now available

The original I9100 Galaxy S II started getting its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update in March, but its TI OMAP-based I9100G cousin wasn't that lucky. Continue reading

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Samsung Russia starts a countdown to the next Galaxy

As we near the May 3 press event in London where the next Galaxy device will finally be unveiled, we saw a countdown timer on Samsung Russia website. The timer currently has just over 6 days remaining and ends on May 5, which could be the date when Russians will get the Galaxy S III. This isn't the first time a regional Samsung website has done some S III teasing – the Denmark branch… Continue reading

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Nokia N9 rumored to get PR1.3 updade by the end of May

The PR1.2 update for the MeeGo-running Nokia N9 came out a couple of months ago, but even before that Nokia had been teasing PR1.3, calling it a “small but valuable” update. Someone from a MeeGo fanblog was eager to find out more details on the next update, so they contacted Nokia – and Nokia answered. Reportedly, a Nokia representative said that the update will be out by the end of May and.. Continue reading

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Is it really No1?

It’s no secret that HTC has been bleeding sales to Apple and Samsung in the smartphone arena. Its profits have dropped steadily over the past few quarters, as has its share price. Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy Y Duos S6102 review : Double smart

It got around the block quickly enough that entry-level Androids are big money earners. Continue reading

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Alleged pictures of BlackBerry 10 developer device leak

RIM is holding a BlackBerry Jam conference next month in Orlando where it is supposed to give out development devices running the upcoming BlackBerry 10 to ten of the developers attending the event. We are now seeing what are allegedly pictures of this developer device, courtesy of a CrackBerry forum member. Continue reading

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ZTE announces quarterly results, misses analyst expectations

As you may recall, ZTE made some bold statements earlier this week, most notably involving ambitions to start shipping some 100 million smartphones annually by 2015. This goal now seems slightly less realistic, after they fell short of their forecast results for the first quarter of the year. Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy S3 photo leaks, yes, again

It's time for today's “photo of the Samsung Galaxy S3″ leak – these seem to occur more and more often as we come closer to May 3, when Samsung's Unpacked event will finally settle things one and for all. The leaked photo in question (the one on the left) shows a device with a hardware home button with two capacitive keys on its sides (menu and back). You can see the volume rocker on the left.. Continue reading

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Entry-level ICS-running Sony ST21i leaks

Photos and specifications of an yet unannounced Sony smartphone just surfaced. Continue reading

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Samsung Q1 results are out, takes top spot from Nokia

Samsung announced its financial results for the first quarter of this year and the South Korean company is cheering. Analysts like Strategy Analytics say that it is now king of the mobile phone hill – ending Nokia's 14-year reign. Samsung shipped 93.5 million phones in the three month period, while the former champ Nokia managed just 82.7 million Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy S3 supposed service manual revealed

Assuming we are to believe everything we heard so far about the Galaxy S3, and especially the leak in the KIES system, which is as good as official, the model name for Samsung's next flagship will be the I9300. So today there is this leak, which shows the Samsung GT-I9300 service manual, so it should be nothing else but the S3, right? Continue reading

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Samsung accidentally confirms Galaxy S III name

During its first quarter earnings call, Samsung let slip the name of its upcoming Galaxy smartphone, which until now was only being referred to as the next Galaxy phone. Continue reading

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HTC Titan II review: Wrath of the Titan

HTC made quite a statement when it announced the original Titan in the summer of 2011. Its sequel is aiming to do so as well. After all, smartphones with 16MP camera sensors are a rare sight on any market Continue reading

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LG reveals Q1 2012 financial results, has turned the corner

LG has announced its financial report for the Q1 of 2012 and things are looking good for the Korean tech giant. The company reported consolidated sales of $10.78 billion, which is 7.1% and 11.5% lower compared to the previous quarter and the same period last year respectively. However, that's expected , due to the slow nature of the period which comes right after the holiday season…. Continue reading

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Nokia 808 PureView new samples arrive, look stunning

Nokia is apparently not all about the Amazing Everyday and still finds time for its 808 PureView cameraphone monster. Today we got some fresh samples from the 41 megapixel to feast our eyes on. It's not the first time they're doing it, but you won't hear us complaining Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy S3 name pops in Samsung Kies

The announcement of the next Galaxy is just a week ahead, but Samsung has already added the device to its Kies database under the name Galaxy S3. Continue reading

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BlackBerry Curve 9320 surfaces again in hands-on pictures

We have seen the BlackBerry Curve 9320 before being handled by BGR.in in India and once again we have some more hands-on pictures, this time from Sohoa in Vietnam. Continue reading

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Samsung announces new quad-core Exynos 4 Quad processor

Samsung has announced its next generation Exynos processor that will be powering its next Galaxy smartphone. The Exynos 4 Quad comes with four Cortex A9 cores that can go up to 1.4GHz individually and is based on Samsung's 32nm HKMG fabrication process. Continue reading

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Nokia N9 wins D&AD Yellow Pencil design award

We always thought that the Nokia N9 was a gorgeous piece of hardware and it seems the jury of the prestigious D&AD Yellow Pencil design awards agree with us. The Nokia N9 has won the 2012 Yellow Pencil award for the Product Design category, an award that it shares with the Tip Ton chair. The nominees included products launched in 2011 and had some formidable names such as the Apple iPad… Continue reading

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GSMArena Labs tests now added to phone specs

If you've been following our reviews, then you're undoubtedly familiar with the extensive array of tests we subject any device which finds itself under our critical gaze in the GSMArena Labs. Today, we're proud to announce the test results now have their own category at the bottom of the specifications page for each of the tested devices Continue reading

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GSMArena feature labs: The tests

The GSMArena Labs are tests designed to give an objective account of how a device performs in real-world scenarios. Continue reading

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Huawei working on WP8 phones and Windows 8 LTE tablet

Huawei may not be the first name that springs to mind when you think smartphones and tablets, but the Chinses are certainly one of the major players in both markets. At this year's MWC Huawei declared its intentions to storm to the top of the Android food chain with its Ascend D1, D quad and D quad XL. Continue reading

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Apple is violating a Motorola patent, judge confirms

The never-ending patent war in the mobile world wages on. This time it's Apple that may have found themselves in hot water after an ITC judge found the Cupertino-based company guilty of infringing on one of Motorola Mobility's patents. Motorola is coming fresh from a preliminary win against Microsoft (in a suit about the Xbox), but both that and today's ruling need to be reviewed by a.. Continue reading

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