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Next Browser for Android mashes up its rivals’ greatest hits (video)
Posted On 24 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
When few (if any) web browsers do everything well, many of us have more than one client just to cover all the bases. The GO Launcher Dev Team's just-launched Next Browser for Android tries to solve this in the simplest way possible: it cherry pick...
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Automatic delays connected car platform until August as it seeks to perfect iPhone app
Posted On 24 May 2013 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
It's an age-old problem: do we clamor for a company to ship a product that's not ready, or do we swallow delays with grace as it aims to deliver when things are good and ready? Such a choice has to be made when it comes to Automatic, the Californi...
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Rumors persist of HTC One with stock Android, despite the official denial
Posted On 23 May 2013 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
Is Russell Holly a seer of the future, or did he just manage to get lucky? That's the question we're currently kicking around at Engadget. You see, when he first revealed that a Galaxy S 4 would be introduced at Google I/O with stock Android, we q...
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Samsung web profile shows GT-i8805 sporting Tizen and mid-tier specs
Posted On 23 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung committed to launching Tizen devices almost as soon as 2013 began, but there has been little to show for its promise outside of a developer phone. To our relief, there are signs of sustained interest in the project: Techtastic has spotted ...
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Samsung thinks the strangers who take pictures of you could do a better job
Posted On 23 May 2013 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
Everyone's found themselves in this situation at one time or another: you're in a picture-perfect setting, but a selfie at arm's length won't cut it. You want to be in the picture, so you wait for a friendly looking passerby and ask them to take i...
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Huawei Ascend P6 leaks in official imagery, may launch on June 18th
Posted On 23 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Huawei's upcoming Ascend P6 must be as slim as we've heard, because it just keeps slipping out -- this time, in an official rendering obtained by @evleaks. The imagery appears to validate what we've previously seen in photos, including the wafer-l...
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Huawei Ascend Mate review: a supersized phone with supreme battery life
Posted On 23 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
When Huawei revealed the Ascend Mate at CES this year, it felt like smartphones had reached an end point -- they surely couldn't get any larger. We've since been proven wrong by Samsung's Galaxy Mega 6.3, but the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate has gone on s...
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AT&T to carry Samsung Galaxy S 4 in Aurora Red on June 14th
Posted On 23 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Looks like there are more smartphone-loving vampires than we first thought. Following Samsung's plans to offer the Galaxy S 4 in multiple new colors, AT&T has scored a US exclusive for the smartphone in a very distinctive Aurora Red. The crims...
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HTC Desire 200 and Desire 600 turn up in leaked certification page, benchmark results
Posted On 22 May 2013 By Sarah Silbert. Under: Uncategorized.
HTC's Desire line of mid-range Android smartphones have typically used the alphabet to denote different models, but the company is now switching to numerals. At least according to a Taiwanese certification page, we can expect a Desire 200. Some le...
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LG invites you to splash around with Optimus GJ, a water-resistant phone for Taiwan
Posted On 22 May 2013 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
Come next month, NTT DoCoMo users won't be the only ones to benefit from a water-resistant version of the Optimus G. Similar to the L-01E for Japan, LG has introduced the Optimus GJ for Taiwan, which carries IPX7 certification that allows for worr...
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