Amazon is currently testing a smartphone with a display between 4 and 5 inches, a new report claims. Rumors swirled last week suggesting that Amazon is working on an own-brand smartphone, though details were limited. The Wall Street Journal chimed in on Wednesday morning, citing anonymous sources within Amazon’s supply chain in claiming that Amazon is indeed testing a smartphone with partners. The report notes that if Amazon moves forward with ... Read More
Sony announces the Xperia sola, with ‘floating touch’ navigation [video]
Sony on Tuesday announced the Xperia sola, the latest addition the company’s Android portfolio. The handset is equipped with a 3.7-inch Reality Display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, NFC and Android 2.3 Gingerbread with an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich promised for the summer months. The Xperia sola also features “floating touch” navigation, which enables “magic” web browsing without physically touching the screen. “Xperia sola comes with the power of Sony and ... Read More
CyanogenMod 9 Alpha Build Now Available for HTC EVO 3D
If you’re the proud owner of an HTC EVO 3D and are looking to augment your device with some exciting new features you’re in luck. It’s just been announced today that an unofficial alpha build of the highly sought after CyanogenMod 9 has been made available for the 3D display touting device. If you’re not familiar with CyanogenMod 9 it’s based off of Google’s latest Andoid ‘ICe Cream Sandwich’ 4.0 and ... Read More
White Nokia Lumia 900 leaked?
Yesterday the white Nokia Lumia 800 was officially announced to the public, and today we’ve got yet another white Lumia to look forward to: the Nokia Lumia 900. Nokia was supposed to publish photographs of the white Lumia 800 on its Facebook page, but due to an unfortunate mistake or intentional move, it put up pictures of a white Lumia 900 instead. If you look carefully you can see that ... Read More
T-Mobile keen to help iPhone users, plans to offer new procedures for unlocked phones
The iPhone might not officially be on the magenta network, but T-Mobile isn't about to turn its back on a million paying customers, either. According to a document obtained by TmoNews, the network plans to offer new "common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions" to iPhone users starting Monday. T-Mobile has long had an open-door policy for customers with unlocked iPhones, since it doesn't have ... Read More
Pink Samsung Galaxy S II Hits the Scene
Samsung has struck gold with their latest Android powered smartphone: the Galaxy S II. While the device has yet to get updated to the latest Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ 4.0 it continues to sell like hot cakes – a point that shouldn’t come as a surprise considering it’s one of the more powerful Android powered devices on the market. If for some reason you or someone in your life needs a ... Read More
Lenovo K800 smartphone runs on Intel Medfield processor
CES 2012 at Las Vegas is certainly a hotbed for new technologies, and it is no surprise to see Lenovo branch out and show off a phone (in addition to its Ultrabook range, of course), known as the Lenovo K800. This will be powered by Intel’s new Medfield processor that was specially engineered for use in mobile devices, and we do know that the Medfield processor will see action in ... Read More
Lenovo brings its S2 smartphone to CES: confirmed with 3.8” display, Gingerbread flavor
Lenovo unveiled the LePhone S2 back in November, but since then we haven’t heard much about the device. At CES 2012, the company brought it on the showroom floor and confirmed the specs. Appearing as the Lenovo S2 (sans the LePhone name), the handset has a 3.8-inch WVGA display and runs on heavily skinned Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The focus with this device falls on corporate security as it ships with ... Read More
HTC Rhyme patronises in purple in our video review
Imagine our scepticism when we heard rumours that HTC was holding focus groups for females in their 20s and 30s and was on the brink of releasing a phone named the Bliss. Eyebrows were raised and frowns deployed. how to get your ex girlfriend back>The launch came and went however, and instead of the Bliss, we got the HTC Rhyme -- a 'lifestyle' phone with a plethora of accessories, all of ... Read More
HTC Vivid to Receive Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Android OS, Priced at only $159
Smartphone and tablet manufacturer HTC recently announced that their Vivid 4G Android smartphone running on AT&T’s 4G wireless broadband network will receive an over the air upgrade to Android’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system in early 2012. The handset arrived on November 6 sporting the second largest display in the mobile marketplace at 4.5 inches. Android’s Gingerbread 2.3.4 operating system is currently installed, and Facebook, YouTube, Picasa and Twitter ... Read More

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