Tuesday, August 26, 2014

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Daily Burn: Sony going under, Motorola going gimmicky, and Firefox going spicy

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 04:45 PM PDT

With IFA just around the corner, the smartphone and tablet arena is heating up as rumours, leaks, official information and more stream out. With a week until the Berlin based trade show, expect the Daily Burn to be on fire with all the latest news and gossip from this world of mobile.
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Rumour roundup: Sony, Xperia Z3 and beyond

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 04:36 PM PDT

Sony suffered a catastrophic leak last week when its upcoming Xperia Z3 smartphone flagship was entirely laid bare by a regulatory body. The specs, dimensions, and design of the device were completely exposed, leaving the company with an IFA launch event that would now be a little de ja vu like. However, perhaps the Japanese company has a few more surprises up its sleeve, so here?s the IFA rumour roundup for Sony.
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Moto X+1 to get 3D screen

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 03:29 PM PDT

You thought you knew all there is to know about the upcoming Moto X+1? Well, think again because yet another bit of information has emerged about the handset, although this one can be filed in the rumour pile for the time being. A press quality render of the handset, leaked specs by a retailer, and even material options for the rear case have all ensured that the Moto X+1 is far from a rumour anymore, but the device still has a few secrets it seems.
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Desire 820 is HTC's 64-bit smartphone

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 02:24 PM PDT

We brought you news a couple of weeks ago that HTC is readying itself to launch its first 64-bit smartphone, but it would be a budget handset. Not much was revealed about the device known then as the A11, but it now seems that it will be called the Desire 820 and it will launched early in September, possibly even at HTC's IFA event next week.
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$38 Firefox FX 1 arrives in India

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 01:20 PM PDT

The Firefox OS has not exploded into a new sensation in the market, but it has arguably fulfilled its remit, to deliver low cost entry level devices to those who may otherwise not even get the chance to own a smartphone. It is hard to argue against Firefox hardware, even in the face of other entry level devices like the Motorola Moto E and the Nokia Lumia 520. The latest mega affordable addition to the Firefox toting market has arrived today in the form of the Spice Fire One Mi ? FX 1.
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Microsoft's Lumia 830 shown in new render

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 09:03 AM PDT

The Nokia/Microsoft Lumia 830 is set to land at the IFA trade show in Berlin in one week?s time and will be a mid-range effort that is likely to appeal to those in emerging markets. Of course, those looking to get on the Windows Phone platform anywhere in the world will be able to get the Lumia 830 at a relatively decent price. Today the smartphone has shown up next to what is arguably the daddy of the Lumia range, the 930.
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Most people do not download apps

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 08:21 AM PDT

ComScore has been picking over the finer details of the mobile industry again and this time turned the spotlight on apps to find some interesting conclusions. The company totted the number of app downloads per month and found that a large percentage of mobile users actually didn?t download any apps... not one... nothing.
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Sony to give more handsets the power to swim

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 06:29 AM PDT

Sony was the first company to really embrace waterproofing its smartphones when it launched the Xperia Z flagship at the start of last year. Since then other companies have waterproofed their handsets, but Sony has been improving its water protected flagships since the Z right up to the current Xperia Z2.
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Moto Luge heading to Verizon as probably Moto G variant

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 05:19 AM PDT

Motorola has a pretty busy end of the year ahead as the company could be releasing up to eight new smartphones to the market. You can even add a ninth to that as the American brand is teaming up with Verizon to launch the Moto Luge, a handset that will be launched on August 28th.
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