Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Oppo 3006 could be the company’s affordable 4G LTE offering for 2015

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Chinese Android OEM Oppo seems to have started focusing on the mid-range and lower end smartphones lately. The company recently released the N3 and R5 smartphones in a number of Asian markets, and is now gearing up to launch three new smartphones according to recent leaks. The Oppo 3005 and 3007 models were recently leaked...



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LG could launch its first Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone in 2015

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone didn’t quite manage to get off to a flying start when it was first introduced, but with Nokia joining the Windows Phone party, the platform has seen a significant jump in popularity. While Nokia (now Microsoft Mobile) was the poster boy for the platform this past year, we did see some interesting...



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Xiaomi Mi 5 spy shot reveals an almost bezel-less design

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Xiaomi’s co-founder and president Bin Lin recently confirmed that the company will be unveiling its next flagship smartphone in January 2015. Barely a few hours after he made this statement, an alleged spy shot of the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship smartphone in black has hit the web. The Xiaomi Mi 5 has allegedly leaked in...



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Monday, 29 December 2014

Rumor suggests Xiaomi foray into PC business

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Xiaomi, the ‘Apple of China’ seems to be all set to enter another category where Apple enjoys an enviable position – notebooks. The first alleged picture of Xiaomi’s first notebook computer has showed up online and surprisingly, or should we say unsurprisingly, it looks eerily similar to Apple’s MacBook Air design wise. It isn’t just...



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Galaxy Note 4 Snapdragon 810 variant announced for South Korean market

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Recently we learned about a possible Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 variant of the Galaxy Note 4 thanks to the SM-916 variant of the Samsung phablet appearing on Geekbench database. Apart from the specifications of the device that were confirmed by SamMobile two weeks back, there was no concrete info so far on when the Snapdragon 810...



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Huawei Honor X2 7-inch tablet spy shots leak

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Huawei launched its impressive Honor X1 tablet earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress and as we are heading closer to the New Year, reports of the company’s next 7-inch tablet have started surfacing. Pictures of the Huawei Honor X2 have showed up online and show off an impressive metal construction. The Huawei Honor...



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Samsung Galaxy A7 and Grand Max set to go official very soon

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The two devices will launch in South Korea in the near future according to a new leak. Samsung’s Galaxy A7 has been rumored quite often, but the Korean manufacturer has, for some reason, been keeping the device under wraps for a long time now. However, it seems the Galaxy A7 is finally ready to make...



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Metal-clad Galaxy Alpha nears extinction as Samsung shifts focus to low-end

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Farewell, metallic beaut, we hardly knew ye! An unexpected report originating in Korea suggests possibly Samsung’s most physically attractive smartphone yet could be nixed mere months after its commercial debut. And no sequel is in store, since, well, it’d be fairly stupid to release an Alpha 2… or a Galaxy Beta. But Galaxy Alpha’s legacy...



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Rumor: LG planning to go after Galaxy Note 4 with G Pen-toting 5.3-inch G4

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The purported spec sheet on the whole sounds too good to be true, with other highlights including Snapdragon 810 power, 4 GB RAM and a 20.7 MP camera. The days stylus support was deemed a gimmicky smartphone feature are long gone, and the rise of pen input in the mobile landscape is almost all on...



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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 to release on January 22nd

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Earlier this month, some information regarding NVIDIA’s next Maxwell chip leaked online. Now, Hermitage Akihabara has leaked the release date – January 22nd. The GeForce GTX 960, based on GM206, is likely to be showed off behind closed doors at CES 2015, with a release previously reported for later in the month. A release on...



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Saturday, 27 December 2014

Xiaomi Redmi Note successor rumored to arrive early next year

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2014 has been a great year for Xiaomi. The ‘Apple of China’ became the world third biggest smartphone maker this year and continues to register significant growth in China as well as other emerging markets like India. The company clearly wants to keep the momentum going and seems to be readying the sequel to its...



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Microsoft Lumia 1330 specs confirmed courtesy of GFXBench screenshot

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Last week, NokiaPowerUser revealed the specifications of the upcoming Microsoft Lumia 1330 phablet in an exclusive post. The report on the website shed light on all the major specifications of the phablet and also details on the announcement timeframe. Now, most of the specs that were leaked last week have been confirmed, thanks to a...



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Friday, 26 December 2014

HTC to focus on budget smartphones starting early 2015

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The Taiwanese manufacturer isn’t the first to understand the importance of the budget smartphone market. Despite making great devices like the One M8, HTC has failed to make a dent in the smartphone market, mostly due to lack of marketing power that bigger players like Apple and Samsung enjoy. The company has also stumbled in...



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Motorola restocks the Nexus 6 in all color and storage options

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Google’s kingsize phablet is available from both the Play Store and Motorola’s website. The Nexus 6 features a pretty gigantic display even by today’s standards, but that hasn’t made much difference when it comes to consumer demand for the device. Finding the Nexus 6 in stock has been hard to do ever since it launched...



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WhatsApp’s voice calling feature leaked in screenshots

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The screenshots show how the voice calling feature will work on Android. Rumors of WhatsApp introducing support for voice calls in its app have been making the rounds for many months, and Facebook’s acquisition of the popular messaging platform further iterated that voice calling in WhatsApp could be a reality. Now, screenshots of an unreleased...



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Thursday, 25 December 2014

Next-gen AMD and NVIDIA GPUs delayed

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According to a report from WCCFTech, both AMD and NVIDIA have delayed their next-gen GPUs – entirely due to supply constraints on 20nm and 16nm respectively. The GPU industry has been stuck on the 28nm process for an unprecedented 3 years now. While 2014 did bring TSMC’s 20nm process, the last 3 years has seen...



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Wednesday, 24 December 2014

GIGABYTE announces Force K7 Wireless keyboard

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GIGABYTE is following up the acclaimed Force K7 gaming keyboard with a wireless version. The Force K7 Wireless is essentially a Force K7 with 2.4 GHz wireless interface instead of a USB cable. While the high-end keyboard market is crowded with mechanical keyboards, GIGABYTE went a different direction with the Force K7 opting for slim-profile...



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Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Huawei Ascend GX1 Budget Phablet Leaks Ahead of Launch

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Chinese smartphone maker Huawei looks to be gearing up for the launch of yet another phablet device. The upcoming Huawei Ascend GX1 has been leaked by not just one but two sources. The first is the Chinese regulatory authority TENAA (Chinese FCC equivalent) and the being GizmoChina. The phablet is expected to arrive with a...



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Google shares SoC details for its modular smartphone coming 2015

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Interest in Google’s Project Ara is definitely very high among the tech loving community around the world. In the coming months, we expect to hear a lot more about the project as Google plans to launch the first device under the project by late 2015. The Mountain View based company recently shared some new information...



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12-inch Apple MacBook Air with slimmer chassis reportedly coming next year

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A new report on DigiTimes claims that Apple will be launching a new 12-inch variant of the MacBook Air next year. Apple reportedly conducted a pilot production run of the new MacBook Air recently and is expected to begin mass production in the first quarter of next year. DigiTimes claims the information comes from sources...



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Microsoft finally releases touch-screen sensitivity bug-fix update for Lumia 535

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Microsoft had recently acknowledged the issue with weak touch-screen sensitivity on its Lumia 535 smartphone recently and had assured that an update to resolve the issue will be rolled out before December 27th. Acting quicker than expected, the company has now started seeding the update in select markets around the world. The new update is...



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Expect 4GB RAM smartphones soon; Samsung 4GB LPDDR4 mobile RAM enters mass production

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Samsung today announced that it has started mass producing the industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 (low power double data rate 4) mobile DRAM on its cutting-edge 20-nanometer (nm) process. With this announcement, Samsung has paved the way for 4GB mobile DRAM for a new level of performance in smartphones. The first wave of smartphones...



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Samsung SM-G430 leaks with a 5.5″ 1080p display and Snapdragon 801 chipset

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The SM-G430 seems to be a run-of-the-mill high-end phablet. Samsung is currently working on simplifying its smartphone lineup by streamlining both its devices’ names and their model numbers (with simple model numbers like SM-E500 and SM-J100.) However, it looks like the company still has some cruft to get rid of, as a device with model...



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Sunday, 21 December 2014

Nintendo’s next console to be powered by AMD

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With all three major consoles released in the last couple of years, AMD’s recent statement hinting at a new gaming design win raised eyebrows. Now, Nintendo has strongly suggested that they are working on new hardware. The surprise here isn’t that AMD’s powering it, but talks of it are coming less than 2 years from...



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Samsung Galaxy J1 to be a low-end device with a 64-bit CPU and LTE connectivity

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The Galaxy J1 could be the Korean manufacturer’s answer to fierce competition in the budget smartphone market. Following the Galaxy A and E series of smartphones, Samsung is reportedly working on the Galaxy J lineup to take on the low-end Android market. Specifications of the Galaxy J1, the first device in the new lineup, have...



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Samsung’s $90 Tizen OS Z1 smartphone specs and spy shot leaks

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Samsung had big plans for Tizen when the company drew support from other major hardware players to position it as an alternative to Android. A Tizen smartphone with equivalent spec-sheet to the flagship Galaxy devices was planned by the company, but the project couldn’t materialize after Samsung’s Tizen partners backed off. Samsung is still holding...



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Saturday, 20 December 2014

Xiaomi Redmi 2S specifications and pictures leak

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The Redmi 2S is expected to feature the same great feature to price ratio as its predecessor. The Redmi 1S has been a major success in markets like China (where it sold as the Hongmi 1S) and India, thanks to the phone’s eclectic mix of powerful hardware and an extremely low price. It should come...



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Google starts rolling out Android 5.0.2 update to Nexus devices

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The original Nexus 7 is the first device to receive the second minor Lollipop update. With Android 5.0 one of the biggest updates Android has ever received, it’s only natural that it has considerably more bugs and issues than previous versions of the OS. Thankfully, Google seems to be working really hard on making sure...



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Friday, 19 December 2014

Tim Cook unhappy with BBC documentary on Apple labour conditions

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BBC ran a documentary yesterday on the BBC One channel as part of its Panorama series, showing the pitiful conditions of the labors working at Pegatron factories on the outskirts of Shanghai, where the latest iPhone models are manufactured. BBC undercover reporters visited the factories and discovered that the workers at the factories were forced...



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Sony Xperia Z4 design revealed courtesy of hacked Sony Pictures Email

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Like its predecessors, the Xperia Z4 has also seen extensive leaks much before its scheduled announcement at around MWC next year. While there are plenty of rumors out there on the alleged specifications of the device, no actual pictures of the device itself had leaked so far. That has now changed, as we seem to...



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Rumor Points to an aluminum clad Samsung Galaxy S6 with curved display

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 is certainly shaping up to be a mighty impressive device. By now we are aware of almost all the major specifications of the device, thanks mainly to the Antutu benchmark leaks. Now a new rumor has surfaced on Italian blog HDblog.it that describes the design of the device in some more...



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Thursday, 18 December 2014

Android 5.1 Lollipop update reportedly coming out February

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Google’s latest Android release – 5.0 Lollipop is one of its biggest ever and comes with a number of changes that make it perhaps the most important Android update yet. Android 5.0 Lollipop has been on devices barely for a few weeks now, and rumors about the next Android update have started coming in already....



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Micromax launches Cyanogen powered YU Yureka for $143

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It’s finally here. After teasing its first YU smartphone for a few days, Micromax has finally made its Cyanogen powered smartphone official. The first YU branded device has been named Yureka and comes with a mouthwater price tag of just INR 8,999 ($143), making it the cheapest 4G LTE smartphone on sale in India. The...



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Beta Android 5.0 Lollipop firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 leaks

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The leaked firmware can be downloaded by anyone and offers a bug-riddled preview of Lollipop on the device. Galaxy Note 3 owners have already gotten a look at what Android 5.0 Lollipop will look like on their device, and now they can try out the new version of Android as well. A beta Android 5.0...



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BlackBerry ready to lay out full 2015 plans at MWC in March

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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nigh, but many industry veterans seem to be looking towards the more distant Mobile World Congress for their next product announcements. When it comes to teasing and hyping unreleased gadgets, BlackBerry often walks a very different path from its rivals and counterparts. Vague and mysterious aren’t words you’d normally...



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Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet Ultra could totally obliterate Samsung Galaxy Note Pro

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The rumor mill is spinning out of control in relation to outlandishly powerful Xperia devices that could see daylight at CES in January. Game over, Samsung, and for you, Apple, the gargantuan tablet Olympics are done before they could even begin. There’s no way Cupertino can out an iPad Pro as impressive as Sony’s rumored...



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OnePlus launches a portable battery, opens sale of OnePlus One to all

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OnePlus is celebrating its first anniversary with the launch of the external power bank. It was only a year ago that OnePlus started its operations, and in the months that have followed, the company has earned quite a reputation, both for selling an amazing smartphone – the OnePlus One – at a very low price...



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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

OnePlus gets banned from selling devices in India

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The sales ban comes just a few days after Xiaomi faced a similar ruling in the country. It seems the Gods are not favoring manufacturers that are trying to change the Indian smartphone scene with devices that offer high-quality hardware and specs at low prices. After Xiaomi was banned from selling its devices in India...



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HTC Hima on deck for March 2015 intro at MWC-separate event

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And the Mobile World Congress just became slightly less exciting than anticipated. HTC’s financials may not show it, but the Taiwan-based company remains a name to be reckoned with in the mobile industry. Or so its execs would like to believe, taking a page from Apple and Samsung’s playbooks again and planning a special press...



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The most Googled gadget of 2014 was the iPhone 6, but Flappy Bird eclipsed it overall

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Not only did people search for Flappy Bird more than Apple’s latest, but the indie mobile game also exceeded notorious terrorist organization ISIS and cinematic phenomenon “Frozen”. Looking at sales numbers and counting the money made off consumer electronics is perhaps the easiest way of assessing popularity and success. But perhaps just as important for...



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Monday, 15 December 2014

Microsoft might not release a Windows Phone flagship before September 2015

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Microsoft will supposedly focus only on mid-range and low-end devices for the most part next year. It’s no secret that the little success Windows Phone has seen since its inception has been in the budget smartphone segment. Devices like the Lumia 520 have been hugely responsible for the increase in the OS’ market share, and...



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Leaked Windows 10 build shows Cortana integration

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The build’s screenshots also reveal a new Xbox app and other changes. Windows 10 is shaping up to be an important update for Microsoft’s desktop OS, and a newly leaked test build has revealed some of the changes that the Redmond giant is making. One of those changes is integration with Cortana, the digital assistant...



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Motorola to bring affordable 4G smartphones to India in 2015

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The Lenovo-owned company wants to get an early start in India’s upcoming 4G market. Motorola single-handedly kicked off the budget smartphone race with the original Moto G, which offered near-mid-range specs at a price usually associated with low-end devices. Since then, the company has continued to perfect its ability to make great low-cost handsets with...



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Friday, 12 December 2014

Surprise, surprise: Microsoft’s Xbox One console outsold PS4 for November

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After dominating the US console sales charts for almost a year, the PlayStation 4 has now dropped to the second place as Microsoft finally clinched the top position from Sony for November. The PlayStation 4 had been the best-selling game console in the US market ever since it launched late last year. Overall console sales...



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Micromax “YU’ smartphone with CyanogenMod arriving on 18th

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Micromax is all set to launch the first device under its new ‘YU’ brand of smartphones on the 18th of this month. For those who aren’t aware, Micromax announced its new YU brand last month. YU branded devices will run Cyanogen software, like the OnePlus One and Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Edition smartphones. The company is...



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First alleged picture of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 appears

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Look what we have here folks. The very first Galaxy S6 leaked image has leaked on the web. After the specs of the device leaked out via Antutu benchmark a few days back, the first Samsung Galaxy S6 spy pic comes courtesy of toptienmobiel.nl. The picture shows a device that looks to have very thin...



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LTE version of Google Nexus 9 goes on sale in the US for $600

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T-Mobile is the first North American carrier to start selling the LTE-enabled model of Google’s latest tablet. For a cutting edge tablet like the Nexus 9, it doesn’t exactly make sense not buying the version that supports LTE connectivity. Starting today, consumers in the US no longer have to constrain themselves to the Wi-Fi-only variant...



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Thursday, 11 December 2014

Google confirms it has stopped production of the Nexus 5

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Consumers will soon have only a phablet-size Nexus phone option for purchase. The Nexus 6 went up for sale last month, and it looks the 6-inch device will soon be the only option for those looking to buy into Google’s Nexus lineup of smartphones. Google has officially confirmed that it has stopped production of the...



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Samsung Galaxy Alpha and Galaxy Note 4 feature Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4

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The two devices are the first in the industry to come with the latest iteration of Corning’s Gorilla Glass. The Galaxy Alpha was the first Android smartphone from Samsung to feature a metallic construction, but that wasn’t the only thing the Galaxy Alpha has going for it. Corning has announced that the Galaxy Alpha is...



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Windows 10 could bring interactive Live Tiles to phones

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The new feature will reportedly expand on existing Live Tile functionality. Windows 10 is expected to be a pretty major update for both PCs and Windows Phone devices, but when it comes to Windows 10 for phones, not much is known in terms of what features Microsoft is planning to implement. However, thanks to Windows...



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