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iPad mini for Valentine's Day Ships in Only 3 to 5 Days
The 7.9-inch iPad mini helped Apple deliver record sales of 22.9 million iPad units in the most recent quarter. Notwithstanding reports that the $329 iPad mini outselling and potentially cannibalizing sales of the 9.7-inch iPad,...
BlackBerry Z10 Leaked; To Cost Almost $800 Outright?
Just days before the January 30 official debut of Research In Motion's highly awaited BlackBerry 10-running devices, official press shots of the BlackBerry Z10, as well as its pricing, have been leaked. Photos obtained by @evleaks...
Apple Said to Double Storage of Upcoming iPad and iPhone
Apple may be up-sizing this year's new iPhone and iPad. Reports point out that the beta release of the upcoming iOS 6.1 makes references to compatibility with 128 GB iOS devices. Apple has doubled the maximum available capacity...
Nokia Unveils Low-Cost Music+ Service
Nokia has announced Nokia Music+, a paid and ad-free version to its music service for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones. Nokia's Mix Radio app is already offered for free. But Music+, priced at $3.99 in the U.S. and 3.99 euro in Europe,...
iPad 5 Said to Have iPad mini Design, Could Debut October
The fifth generation full-sized iPad is set for release around October and would have the same design as the 7.9-inch iPad mini, according to iLounge's Jeremy Horwitz. He says the iPad 5 would keep the 9.7-inch screen bout would...
Mid-Range Acer Liquid E1 Debuts, Comes with Jelly Bean
Acer has unveiled the Liquid E1, which has decent specs for a mid-range handset. According to info from its China debut, the Liquid E1's specs boasts of a dual-core 1 GHz processor, Android 4.1 Jelly operating system, DTS digital...
Unlocking Cellphones Now Illegal in the U.S.
Starting January 26th, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act disallows mobile phone owners in the U.S. from unlocking their phones. A locked cellphone is restricted to being used on the network belonging to the carrier the phone...
China's Lenovo Eyeing RIM's BlackBerry Business
Chinese company Lenovo is considering potential acquisition targets, including Canada-based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry phones. With the slowdown of PC sales worldwide, a RIM acquisition would help Lenovo penetrate...
HTC M7 Could Arrive Ahead of MWC 2013
After the highly anticipated HTC M7 failed to show up at the CES trade show early this month, pundits have been expecting that the super-phone would be showcased at next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Now reports...
Apple Selling 10 Devices Per Second
Apple reported at its earnings call that it sold 10 devices per second in its fiscal first quarter of 2013, which included the holiday season. The tech giant sold 75 million iOS devices in a single quarter: 47.8 million iPhones,...
Google CEO Confirms Nexus 4 Shortages at Earnings Call
Google at its recent earnings call informed investors that fourth quarter revenue was $14.42 billion, a 36% increase year-over-year, but the search giant could have further boosted those figures had it avoided Nexus 4 shortages...
Photographers' 500px App Booted by Apple Due to Nudity
500px had been in the Apple App Store since October 2011, and the Toronto start-up that created the popular online photography community submitted for review an updated version of the photo-sharing app. Following a review, Apple...
First Peak of Mozilla Firefox OS Phones
Mozilla is getting closer and closer to unleashing its own mobile phone operating system onto the world, Firefox OS. The software company introduced two Firefox OS-running phones - Keon and Peak - to entice developers into building...
Pricey Surface Pro Tablet to Land on February 9th
The Microsoft Windows 8 tablet that's able to provide a full PC experience and run legacy and desktop software has been confirmed for a February 9th release in the U.S. and Canada. The tablet will be available for $899 (64GB version)...
Alleged Leak Points to 6.44-inch Sony Xperia Phone
Sony has lined up the 4-core chip-powered and waterproof 10.1-inch Xperia Tablet Z, as well as the top-end 5-inch Xperia Z and ZL smartphones as part of its bid to revitalize its mobile electronics business. The Japanese electronics...
Motorola X Phone to Debut at Google I/O Event in May?
Motorola Mobility, the smartphone maker purchased by Google in 2012, may unveil the rumored X Phone at Google's I/O event in May, if reports from Droid Life and Droid Forum end up correct. The Motorola X would have the upcoming...
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini with NFC Out This Month
Samsung has announced an NFC-enabled variant of the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini. Its name notwithstanding, the Mini bears very little resemblance to the high-end Galaxy S3. The Mini has specs of a mid-range phone: 4-inch 800 x 480...
Apple Rumored to Debut 3 New Phones, Including 4.8-inch iPhone Math
Apple will release not one, not two, but three new iPhone models this year, according to reporting by a single source, the China Times. The report supposedly claims that Apple will be launching in June the next-generation iPhone,...
BlackBerry Z10 Specs Leaked, Claim to Beat iPhone 5's
Less than two weeks before the long-awaited January 30th launch of BlackBerry 10, new leaks related to the BlackBerry Z10 continue to emerge. The latest leaks say the Z10 will have a 4.2-inch display with 1,280 x 786 HD resolution,...
Sony Unveils Super Thin, Powerful XPERIA Tablet Z
Sony Mobile has officially unveiled the XPERIA Tablet Z, a sexy looking Android tablet that's ultra thin at only 6.9 mm thick and extremely light at only 495 grams. The Tablet Z features an impressive 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution...
Samsung Galaxy S4 to Get Wireless Charging, Octa Processor
The next generation Samsung Galaxy S device will carry a hardcore 1.8 GHz Exynos 5 Octa processor clocked at 1.8GHz, as well as a wireless charging feature, according to multiple reports. Not only that, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is...
9.7-inch iPad Sales Cannibalized by iPad mini?
Sharp has drastically cut production of 9.7-inch iPad mini screens. Reuters' sources didn't say how much of the slowdown was due to seasonal changes in demand or consumers opting for the smaller iPad mini. Apple last year broke...
LG Optimus G2 Delayed for Fall Launch
LG will launch the Optimus G2 in autumn and not in next month's MWC, according to reports. Rumors say that that LG's new flagship device will have killer specs, including a 1080p Full HD display, 5 to 5.5-inch screen, the ultra-fast...
First Image of HTC M7 "Leaked" Ahead of Launch
Hype surrounding the HTC M7 is getting additional mileage thanks to leaked images of the Taiwanese device-maker's upcoming flagship phone spreading online. The rendering of the M7, obtained from a tutorial video for installing...
Archos GamePad to Arrive in U.S. Shores February
French device-maker Archos confirmed it will start selling gaming tablet GamePad in the U.S. shores sometime in February for only $169. Launched in November in Europe for $150 Euro (about $194), the GamePad is a 7-inch Android...
Galaxy Note 3 to Have Octa CPU, 6-Inch Screen
The third generation of the Samsung Galaxy Note is debuting later this year with a gigantic display and much faster processor. The Korea Times reports that the successor to the Note 2 launched in August would have a 6.3-inch display...
iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Calls Through Facebook
Facebook is rolling out an update to its Messenger app that will allow Facebook friends to call each other free of charge. The Messenger app will get a new button that will allow audio calling over a Wi-Fi or data connection....
LG Denies Nexus 4 Supply Problems, Next-Gen Nexus
The fourth Nexus-branded Android phone from Google has been lauded for its impressive specs and affordability but has been hit for its severe supply issues. Earlier reports said the "sold out" signs on the Play Store and the delayed...
15,000 Apps for BlackBerry 10 Submitted in 2 Days
Research In Motion is off to a good start this year as all four major U.S. carriers and a number of Canadian carriers have announced that they will be offering BlackBerry 10 devices this year, and its stock has recently rebounded...
Huawei G520 Offers Quad-Core at a Killer Price
Hoping to shed its image of cheap Chinese phone maker, Huawei unveiled a high-end smartphone. The Huawei G520 rocks a 4.5-inch IPS 720p HD display, a quad-core MediaTek processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 512MB of Ram, a 5 MP rear camera...
MeMo Pad Launched; ASUS Has Cheaper Spin-off to Nexus 7
Following the success of the $199 Asus/Google Nexus 7, last year's best-selling budget-tablet, ASUS has introduced an even cheaper tablet, the $149 MeMo Pad ME172V. The Asus Memo Pad is a lower-end version of the Nexus 7 -- it...
Apple Said to Cut Orders for iPhone 5 Parts Due to Weak Demand
Apple has cut orders for iPhone 5 parts due to weaker-than-expected demand, according to separate reports from The Wall Street Journal and Japanese financial daily Nikkei. Apple has reportedly asked LCD panel suppliers to cut...
Nokia Back on Track as Lumia Sales Soar
Nokia, previously the worldwide smartphone leader, has lost market share from the likes of Samsung and Apple, but it turns out the Finnish handset maker is not quite on its death bed yet. Nokia reported that it sold a better-than-expected...
Huawei Confirms World's Thinnest at MWC, 8-Core CPU This Year
Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu confirmed to Engadget that the Chinese company will unveil at the MWC in February a new Ascend "P" series phone, which will be the world's thinnest. Yu stated that the new handset...
Apple Exec. Splashes Cold Water on Cheap iPhone Rumor
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing of Apple shot down reports that Apple would be selling a cheaper version of the iPhone. Reports from reputable sites Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal had said...
Kogan's Agora Pairs Budget and Phablet Together
Australian retailer Kogan is making technology more affordable for everyone Down Under by unleashing an Android phone with a massive five-inch display and a super-low $150 price tag. As expected with the price, the Kogan Agora...
Lenovo K900 Flaunts Intel Clover Trail+ Powered K900
Lenovo is making the phablet war interesting, announcing at the CES 2013 the first smartphone using Intel's new Clover Trail+ CPU clocked at an insanely high 2 GHz. Aside from a powerful latest-generation Intel Atom CPU, the Lenovo...
Dell Lowers Cost to Purchase Windows 8 Tablet
Dell is turning into a serious player in the tablet market with a low-cost Windows 8 tablet that's able to provide a full PC experience. The first wave of Windows tablets has failed to woo price-conscious consumers: Microsoft's...
Cheaper iPhone Reportedly to Sell as Low as $99
Rumors about a cheaper version of the iPhone could end up true after reputable news sites The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News confirmed that Apple is working on a cheaper phone in order to gain more following in emerging...
Polaroid Joins Tablet Party with Very Affordable M7 and M10
The brand known for its photography products is venturing into the lucrative tablet market. The Polaroid M7 features a 1,280 x 800 pix resolution 7-inch IPS display, a dual-core CPU, microSD support, a decent 2-MP front-facing...