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Google Maps now available for iPhone and iPad
Three months after being dropped by Apple as the default mapping application in iOS, Google Maps is back. Available now in the iTunes App Store for iPhone and iPads, the much anticipated app has been redesigned and promises...
BlackBerry 10 Phones Arrives... in Clear Photos
The next-generation smarpthones seen to make or break troubled Research In Motion are nearing arrival. Leaked photos show a BlackBerry 10 L-Series phone that has a sleek design, doesn't have a home button, NFC technology embedded...
YotaPhone: Smartphone Redefined With Dual LCD/E-ink Displays
Most smartphones today have large touchscreens in front and aluminum or plastic casings at the back. Moscow-based Yota Devices is defying standards by unveiling a smartphone that has a full-color LCD display on one side and a...
Oppo's Find 5 Flexes Features Like a Superphone
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has launched the Find 5, one of the most feature packed smartphones to date. Its mind blowing features include a 5-inch full HD display, a 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, NFC...
Microsoft site documents reveal plans for Office for iPad
Microsoft might be getting ready to launch official Office applications for the iPhone and the iPad very soon, if information coming from its very own web site's support documents is to be believed. Apparently, there are tags...
BBM7 update for BlackBerry brings BBM Voice for free Wi-Fi calls
After a few weeks of beta testing, RIM has finally made BBM7 available for all to download as an official app through BlackBerry App World. BBM7 is the latest version of BlackBerry Messenger and brings a new feature called BBM...
RIM shows off BlackBerry 10 smartphone in teaser image
In a bid to drum up some excitement for the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphone OS, RIM has started showing off the very first BB10 smartphone. In a not-so-revealing teaser image, RIM has showcased new hardware that's expected to...
Apple Maps Users Get Lost in Australian Wilderness
Apple's decision to replace Google's mapping service with an error-plagued native app is causing motorists to stray in dangerous terrain in Australia. Local police in Mildura, Australia, have issued warnings after faulty directions...
Instagram Completely Removes Photos From Twitter
Instagram photos are not showing up in Twitter streams anymore as the popular photo-sharing service completely disabled photo integration with the microblogging service. The move follows Instagram's decision last week to remove...
iPhone 5 Cut to $150, iPhone 4S Down to $50 at Best Buy
Best Buy is offering a $50 discount on the iPhone 5 and 4S. Best Buy's Web site says the price drop covers the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models from major carriers Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint. The deal ends January 5th and...
Samsung Premium Suite update adds multi-window feature to Galaxy S III
Samsung has started rolling out a new set of exclusive software enhancements to users of the Galaxy S III as part of a package it calls Samsung Premium Suite. It introduces a number of useful software tweaks that includes the...
ZTE Nubia Z5 image leaked, shows unibody casing and 5-inch screen
A new clear photo of the Android-powered ZTE Nubia Z5 has been made available online thanks to a post on the web site Weibo made by ZTE itself. It showcases the phone's large 5-inch screen and unibody casing, which looks great...
HTC One VX now available for $49.99 through AT&T
After a minor delay, AT&T has now made the HTC One VX available for purchase through its online store as well as various retail locations. It comes pre-loaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and uses HTC's Sense 4 as a...
Droid DNA Trots Around the Globe as HTC Butterfly
HTC has officially unveiled the GSM version of its first smartphone with a full HD display for the European and Asian markets. The HTC Butterfly boasts of a 5-inch screen with a 1080p resolution that results in an amazing 440ppi...
U.S. Gamers' Wait for Archos Gamepad Almost Over
Archos has confirmed that the GamePad will be coming to the United States early next year. Gamers who can't wait for the U.S. release of the 150 Euro (about $194) device can fly over the Atlantic Ocean as the device is now available...
No Need to Turn Off Tablets for Takeoff and Landing?
The United States agency overseeing the telecommunications industry is asking an agency assigned to civil aviation to limit restrictions on the use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) in flights. The chairman of the Federal...
T-Mobile to Offer iPhone 5S/6, 5th-Gen iPad or Both
T-Mobile USA has confirmed that it will carry mobile devices from Apple next year. Deutsche Telekom, the parent of T-Mobile said it has signed an agreement to offer Apple mobile devices that are compatible with its network. T-Mobile...
Samsung Galaxy S4 could ship with "unbreakable" screen
Out of the many rumors being thrown around about the Samsung Galaxy S IV, a smartphone that's expected to succeed the Android-powered Galaxy S III some time next year, by far one of the most intriguing is the rumor that it will...
Snapseed loses price tag, gets Google+ integration
Photo editing app Snapseed is now available for free on both iOS and Android and now includes Google+ integration so users can easily share the photos they've taken on their own Google+ profiles. The latest version of the app...
SwiftKey Flow beta now available for download
Android device owners who are not satisfied with the default typing experience on Google's mobile operating system may now download and install SwiftKey Flow beta, a new update to a popular virtual keyboard alternative that's...
Apple Nabs Windows Hacker to Boost Security
Apple has hired a hacker known for helping Microsoft save the Windows Vista from being a complete disaster. Kristin Paget, who helped Microsoft's security team discover bugs in Vista prior to its 2007 launch, has been officially...
HTC M7 to launch with 5-inch screen and quad-core CPU in 2013
HTC is said to be preparing for a 2013 launch of a new 5-inch phablet codenamed M7. Rumored specs include a quad-core processor, 13-megapixel camera, and a unibody casing similar to what's used on HTC's current line-up of flagship...
Apple iPhone 5S images leaked
Less than three months after the iPhone 5's official release, more speculation of a successor has surfaced. Leaked photos highlight a near identical design to the current model with exception of small modifications to the phone's...
Huawei exec confirms 'giant' 6-inch Ascend Mate, disses Samsung Galaxy Note II
A Huawei Senior VP named Yu Chengdong recently posted on social networking site Weibo to all but confirm the existence of a "giant" Android smartphone called the Huawei Ascend Mate which is expected to launch some time early next...
Nokia launches affordable Lumia 620 with Windows Phone 8
Nokia took to LeWeb to officially unveil its most affordable Windows Phone 8 offering yet, the Lumia 620. It boasts a 1GHz Qualcomm S4 dual-core processor, a 3.8-inch WVGA ClearBlack screen, a 5-megapixel camera, and 8GB of storage....
PengPod tablets with Android and Linux coming in January
After a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding project, a company called Peacock Imports is now set to deliver a couple of new tablets that have the ability to run not just Android but also Linux via a dual-boot configuration. The...
AT&T and Samsung release Galaxy S III Jelly Bean upgrade software
Samsung and AT&T have just announced the availability of the official Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S III. This comes a full day after users of the said smartphone started noticing that the software upgrade...
Toshiba announces Excite 10 SE with Jelly Bean
Toshiba has just launched a new 10-inch Android tablet in the form of the Exite 10 SE. It uses an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean pre-installed. It measures 10mm thick and weighs a hefty...
Gingerbread still king of Android, ICS and Jelly Bean slow to catch up
Google's latest Android OS distribution chart shows little difference to the numbers from last month, as Gingerbread still remains the most popular version of the mobile operating system existence, powering 50% of all devices...
Sony releases software updates for Android-powered Xperia phones
Sony has just released software updates for a bunch of its ICS-powered Xperia phones in order to get rid of a number of pesky bugs and improve performance all around. The phones affected by the update are the Xperia P, Xperia...
Samsung Galaxy S III gets Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in Canada
Based on a number of online reports, it seems that Samsung Galaxy S III owners in Canada are already getting the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for their devices. It even became available one full day ahead of the scheduled release....
Nokia Android smartphone rumors put to rest
Last week, a Linux-related job posting made by Nokia on LinkedIn sparked rumors that it might be making its very own Android-flavored smartphone or tablet computer. This caused a ton of excitement and speculation until Nokia's...
HPY BDAY 2U: Text messaging is now 20 years old
Today marks the day that SMS (Short Messaging Service)--more popularly known as text messaging--turns 20 years old. To celebrate it, many technology news sites have offered their heartfelt greetings, which is mildly appropriate...
Facebook Photo Sync for iOS and Android now available
Facebook has just announced the official availability of Photo Sync for iOS and Android, a new feature that automatically syncs a user's photos to a private Facebook photo album for sorting or sharing at a later time. Up to 2GB...
Study finds that VoLTE halves battery life
Based on a recent study conducted by Metrico Wireless, it has been found that battery life gets cut down in half when smartphones are used with Voice over LTE feature or VoLTE instead of regular CDMA network voice calls. The study...
Apple now selling unlocked iPhone 5 online in U.S.
Apple has finally started selling unlocked units of the iPhone 5 through its online stores in the U.S. as well as Canada. Both the black and the white version are available for purchase for $649 with 16GB of storage, $749 with...
Consumer Reports carrier rankings says Verizon is best, AT&T is worst
The annual Consumer Reports cell phone carrier ratings are out, and this year is no different than the last one in that AT&T has been ranked as the worst carrier overall out of the U.S. Big Four--a group which includes Sprint,...
Surface software update brings improved battery life and other enhancements
A newly issued software update for the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT, called KB2756872, brings improved battery life and other performance enhancements that is expected to make the overall user experience much better than...
Microsoft announces pricing and availability of Surface with Windows Pro
The pricing and availability of Microsoft's Surface with Windows Pro tablet has finally been revealed. It will debut next year, with shipping set to start in January 2013. And the pricing starts at $899. This is for the model...
Samsung Rugby III coming to AT&T on December 14th for $99
AT&T has announced that the rugged Samsung Rugby III will be officially available in two weeks for only $99. To be more specific, it plans to release the said mil-spec 810G clamshell handset on December 14th both online and...