Thursday, April 30, 2015

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ASUS to Ditch Intel for Qualcomm (Mid-Range Smartphones only

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 11:05 AM PDT

The ASUS ZenFone 2 is defined by a few things, its affordability and 4GB of RAM spring to mind, but so does its Intel processor. The handset rocks an Intel chip, making it a relatively rare thing in the smartphone market right now. However, ASUS' future collaborations with Intel are by no means guaranteed and in fact the company says it will move to Qualcomm for mid-tier devices.
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HTC Turns Profit in First Quarter

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:54 AM PDT

HTC continues to confound critics after the company released its financial results for the first quarter of 2015 (January through March). The Taiwanese giant has posted a string of encouraging quarters in the face of analysts predicting sliding profits amidst increased competition. The United States market has been particularly tough for HTC in recent year, but the company even did well in the U.S. over the last three months.
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T-Mobile Added 1.8 Million New Customers

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:12 AM PDT

T-Mobile has revealed its 2015 first quarter financial reports on Monday and the Magenta Network has had yet another fantastic three months. The company is on a roll that has been going for two years and during January through March T-Mobile added 1.8 million new subscribers to its services.
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LG Wants to Sell 14 Million G4 Units This Year

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 08:54 AM PDT

We offered a detail first impression of the LG G4 yesterday, the company's brand new flagship smartphone. The handset delivered what we expected and positioned itself at the top of the marker alongside the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the HTC One M9. Last year's G3 was a huge success for LG and the South Korean giant envisions the G4 continuing to be a big hit.
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Verizon Updating Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android Lollipop

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 08:38 AM PDT

AT&T has already started rolling out its update for the Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 5.0 Lollipop and now the company?s big rival Verizon is also readying its upgrade. The largest carrier in the United States will start updating Samsung's two year old flagship soon, with the software rolling out in stages in the coming days and weeks.
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Cyanogen and OnePlus Go Separate Ways

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 08:19 AM PDT

We are not exactly surprised by the news that Cyanogen Inc. and OnePlus have ended their mutual partnership together. The two companies linked up last year when the OnePlus One smartphone flagship launched running the CyanogenMod software. However, after some recent issues it seems that Cyanogen Inc. has decided to cut OnePlus.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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LG G4: Latest Flagship from South Korean Company Goes Official

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 11:01 AM PDT

LG has officially announced the G4 flagship, almost a year after the company wowed the smartphone world with the G3. As you would expect the G4 features the best that technology can muster right now and it is certainly a stellar handset in all aspects. However, since the G3 threw down the gauntlet last year, Korean rival Samsung has responded with the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. Can the G4 match those? Only time will really tell, but in the meantime how does LG?s new flagship match up to the competition.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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Apple Bests Wall Street Again, 61.2 Million iPhones Sold Last Quarter

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:26 PM PDT

As is usually the case at the start of a year, there was plenty of uncertainty surrounding Apple heading into the company's first quarter results. Of course, there wasn't really but after a record crushing fourth period of 2014 we have been treated to analyst predictions such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 eating into iPhone sales, profits possibly falling, and even that the Apple Watch would not strike a chord with consumers.
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T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Gets Android Lollipop 5.0.1

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

If you are toting the fantastic Samsung Galaxy Note 4 on T-Mobile in the United States then you are about to get Android 5.0.1 Lollipop, if you have not already. The Magenta Network is rolling out the new update for Sammy's phablet flagship now, bringing the handset up to speed in terms of software.
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Android Lollipop Hits Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 02:51 PM PDT

The Android Lollipop update for Samsung's Galaxy Alpha is now in full swing. American carrier AT&T starting rolling out its upgrade for the Alpha a couple of weeks ago, and now the device is getting the newest full Android build in South Korea too. Indeed, if you are rocking the Galaxy Alpha on any of the nations? big three carriers you should be getting the update shortly.
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Nokia to Make Smartphones in 2016

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:44 AM PDT

Since Microsoft purchased Nokia's Lumia smartphone division in a multi-billion dollar buyout last year, we have heard mixed messages about whether Nokia would ever build mobile devices again. The company hinted at one stage that it would leave the smartphone market behind, although a tablet along the way showed that the Finnish giant still harbours hardware aspirations.
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

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Apple Watch Debuts with 3,000 Apps

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 12:19 PM PDT

The Apple Watch has finally landed and is available in nine countries (good luck getting one though) and with the wearable the company has also opened the App Store for smart watches. Apple stores around the world are dealing with lines of customers waiting to get Apple's first ever wearable, but the devices are extremely scarce at this early stage.
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Google Makes Q1 Profit, Misses Wall Street Predictions

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:54 AM PDT

Google revealed its financials for the three months comprising the first quarter of 2015, and the company continued to see both revenue and profits grow. However, like recent periods the company failed to perform as well as Wall Street analysts had predicted.
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Huawei P8 Sells Out in One Day

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 08:48 AM PDT

The Huawei P8 was announced earlier in the month, the Chinese company's newest flagship that looks a little like the iPhone 6. It is a fantastic smartphone in terms of design and specifications and it seems as though consumers in Huawei's Chinese homeland agree. The device will not be available around the world until next month, but today Huawei launched the P8 in China via its Vmail online store.
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Lenovo K80 Launched with 4GB of RAM

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 08:19 AM PDT

The ASUS ZenFone 2 had its position as the only smartphone packing 4GB of RAM for a little while before Xiaomi announced the Mi Note Pro. Now Lenovo has joined the 4GB party with the launch of the K80, the Chinese company's latest mid-range smartphone.
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Microsoft Sold 8.6 Million Lumia Smartphones in Three Months

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 07:50 AM PDT

Time to check in on the performance of Windows Phone, the third placed platform in the market that seems to hold steady without ever testing Android and iOS. That is not going to change anytime soon, but Microsoft announced its fiscal third quarter results and revealed that it sold 8.6 million Windows Phone smartphones through the three month period.
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