Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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VAIO Coming Back without Sony, Bringing Smartphones with it

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 11:35 AM PST

Amidst tumbling profits, losing quarters, and job losses, Sony took drastic action and left the PC industry entirely last year by selling off its VAIO brand. The company off-loaded the brand to Japan Industrial Partners, an investment group, but according to Japan based newspaper Nikkei, the new owners have much more planned for the VAIO name beyond computing products.
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Google Play 127 Must Have Apps for Android

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 10:36 AM PST

With Android the dominant force in the mobile world, it is easy to forget that there are still billions of people without the platform, and this Christmas many people would be getting their first Android product.
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Oppo Planning Bumper 2015, 50 Million Units Shipped

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 09:21 AM PST

Oppo has made a splash with its quirky and innovative designs, such as swivelling 180 degree cameras for example. The company has found moderate success in China and beyond, but it plans to make the step to the big leagues of smartphone companies in 2015. DigiTimes is reporting from sources in China and Taiwan that Oppo plans to ship 50 million smartphones next year.
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Samsung Readying Galaxy Grand Max

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 09:06 AM PST

A lot of factors have been offered as to why Samsung has struggled this year and the company is in the midst of solving many of them. However, the Korean giant does not seem to be solving one of the more common complaints, that Samsung simply has too many devices. We continue to hear about an almost endless stream of new handsets that will land in the coming months, and we have a new one today in the form of the Galaxy Grand Max.
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Samsung's Galaxy A7 is Close to Launch

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 08:58 AM PST

Samsung has already launched the Galaxy A3 and A5, two devices in the new A Series that have meant the company can kill the Galaxy Alpha after four months. However, there was an oft rumoured Galaxy A7 that did not get unveiled alongside its stable-mates. The device is real though and it will be launched by Samsung soon.
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China Blocks App Access to Gmail

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 08:40 AM PST

China is continuing to go after Google and has reinforced its firewall around the company's services, with several reports today suggesting that the nation has now blocked access to Gmail through email apps. Full access via the internet has been blocked directly to Gmail since June, but China has now also blocked access through IMAP, POP4, and SMTP.
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Xiaomi Confirms New Flagship in January

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 08:31 AM PST

Xiaomi's business model is interesting as the company makes very little money but is hugely successful in terms of sales and market share. That means the Chinese giant has to have regular funding and today the company announced a new $1.1 billion cash injection based of a valuation of $45 billion. However, the really big news is that Xiaomi president Lei Jun confirmed that the company?s next flagship device will be arriving in January.
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Kodak Smartphones Launching Next Week

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:54 AM PST

Kodak is of course a giant in photography, and like many companies in that field, it has struggled over the last few years as smartphones have encroached on dedicated snappers. Sales have tumbled and the obvious move is for Kodak to go the other way and fight back. That seems to be the case as the company has teamed with Bullit Group to create a new range of Android smartphones.
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OnePlus One Ban Lifted in India

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:40 AM PST

The saga between Cyanogen, OnePlus, and Indian smartphone company Micromax shows no signs of ending, even though a pre-Christmas ruling seemed to have resolved issue. A couple of weeks ago, the OnePlus One smartphone was banned in India because Micromax had signed an exclusive deal with software supplier Cyanogen.
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Google Nexus 7 2012 Getting Android 5.0.1

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:27 AM PST

Google's aging Nexus 7 Wi-Fi tablet from 2012 is getting some love from Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. The company sent out a factory image for the slate a couple of days back, and now Google has made the update download link in the form of an OTA.zip.
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Samsung to Discontinue the Galaxy Alpha

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:14 AM PST

Well, that was brief. Just months after its launch is seems as though Samsung's Galaxy Alpha is coming to the end of its life as South Korea's ET News is reporting that the smartphone will be discontinued. The outlet says that the device will be removed from sale in February 2015 "as soon as its inventory of materials is exhausted".
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HTC One M9 Hima Official Render

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:02 AM PST

We have been hearing plenty about the upcoming HTC One M9, the company's upcoming smartphone that will serve as a new flagship that carries the codename Hima. Today we are getting a look at what is reported to be an official render of the device, revealing a handset that carries HTC's typical good looks. The render does not give us the clearest of looks at the handset though, but still this look like an interesting smartphone.
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Xiaomi Arch Curved Smartphone

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 05:52 AM PST

Samsung has been leading the way with folding screen smartphone technology, helping to innovate the tech with Project Youm and then bringing the first handset to market in the form of the Galaxy Note Edge. However, it was widely speculated that the Note Edge would be just the first of a growing number of curved screen devices, and that has been proven with the new Xiaomi Arch.
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OnePlus Seven Days of Giveaway (Updating)

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 05:52 AM PST

OnePlus is ending the year on a high with a number of promotions and deals running in the Seven Days of Giveaways promotion. The Chinese company behind the OnePlus One flagship killer has laid on a bonanza of deals, the promo started on Friday with a new deal each day, check them out below and come back to this page to see the added days.
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Samsung Launches Powerful Galaxy Note 4 LTE-A

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 05:48 AM PST

Samsung is celebrating the New Year by ushering in a new smartphone, although this one has more than an air of familiarity. The South Korean giant has raised the curtain on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 LTE-A, an updated version of its phablet flagship.
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Is This the OnePlus Two?

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 05:39 AM PST

Rumors surrounding the OnePlus Two are gathering pace after another Chinese based retailer listed the upcoming handset for pre-order. OnePlus has long been reported to be working on a follow up to its OnePlus One flagship killer, and if these listings are to be believed then the handset is imminent. It would be ironic considering the OnePlus One is still not widely available yet.
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