Google admits current Motorola devices not up to their standards

About nine months ago when Google acquired Motorola, the company also inherited about 18 months worth of product pipeline. This included models such as the RAZR HD and the RAZR M. It seems, however, that none of these products are up to Google's standards. While talking in a conference, Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Patrick Pichette said...

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Cheaper iPhone rumors flare afresh, said to have 4.5-inch display

Clues to the budget iPhone keep emerging Fresh speculation is afoot, with a rumor coming from a Japanese blog of a fairly reliable reputation about an entry-level iPhone hitting the market in 2014. Macotakara (via AppleInsider) reported Thursday that Apple is developing a polycarbonate iPhone measuring 4.5-inches, a few stitches more than the 4-inch iPhone...

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YouTube iOS app update lets you send content to compatible devices

Mobile to Google TV: get connected Veteran YouTubers with iOS devices will be happy to learn the most recent update (v. 1.2.1) to the YouTube app finally adds "send to TV" functionality. The update will allow iPhone 5, iPad 4, and iPod touch users to pair their mobile devices to a television set equipped with Google TV, which will make it possible to control...

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YouTube iOS app update lets you to send content to compatible devices

Mobile to Google TV: get connected Veteran YouTubers with iOS devices will be happy to learn the most recent update (v. 1.2.1) to the YouTube app finally adds "send to TV" functionality. The update will allow iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to pair their mobile devices to a television set equipped with Google TV, which will make it possible to control...

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Motorola's upcoming products fall short of 'wow,' according to Google CFO

Motorola's current and upcoming products fall short of Google's standards Google has certainly had an interesting week, what with co-founder Sergey Brin touting Google Glass as the next big thing for alpha males, and moving up the release date of the augmented-reality specs. Not to be outdone by Brin, Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President...

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Sense 5.0 confirmed for HTC One X, One X+, One S and Butterfly

HTC One - the only Sense 5.0 handset, but only for now HTC has confirmed that it plans to upgrade a select number of handsets to the newly-announced Sense 5.0. The news came first through the phone makers Facebook account, then via an HTC statement. Currently only running on the HTC One, Sense 5.0 should be coming to the HTC One X, HTC One X+, HTC One S...

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Sense 5.0 confirmed for HTC One X, One X+ and One S

HTC One - the only Sense 5.0 handset, but only for now HTC has confirmed that it plans to upgrade its One Series of handsets to the newly-announced Sense 5.0. Currently only running on the HTC One, Sense 5.0 should be coming to the HTC One X, HTC One X+, HTC One S and HTC Butterfly in various guises. Not all the handsets will be able to support all the...

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HTC One will be HTC's only flagship phone this year

HTC's One and only HTC is streamlining its approach to smartphones this year, making the new HTC One its sole flagship handset. Executive director for U.K. and Ireland, Phil Roberson, revealed that the HTC One will be true to its name, with the Taiwanese firm betting big on sleek iPhone-like Android handset. "We just said, let's just create one flagship...

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MWC 2013: what we saw and what we didn't see coming

Barcelona, we bid you goodbye. But before we part ways here are our final sentiments. What stood out this year? What made an impression and what slipped under the carped into irrelevancy? What we saw and what we didn't see coming? It's the GSMArena breakdown and you have the front row seat. There was a time when the Mobile World Congress was the echelon of industry...

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UK judge who forced Apple apology now legal expert for Samsung

UK judge under fire as Samsung hire How's this for irony: The U.K. judge who ruled Apple must publicly apologize to Samsung as part of a patent appeal is now an expert on the Korean manufacturer's legal team. Foss Patents reported Thursday that Professor Sir Robin Jacob, a retired U.K. judge-turned-professor who famously forced a public apology out of Apple...

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The latest devices from the MWC get priced in Germany

A few online retailers have already posted prices on several of the devices revealed at this years' MWC. Keep in mind that most of these are pre-orders, which means that you likely won't be getting your device right away. Nokia's new smartphones, the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720, are available for pre-order for €199 and €378, respectively. Nokia Lumia 520 • Nokia Lumia...

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Court rules Apple is to pay $330K a day over Facetime patents

Last November a jury in Texas decided that Apple was to pay VirnetX, a firm that holds patents relative to Apple services FaceTime and iMessage, royalties that amount to $368 million. On Tuesday evening that ruling was upheld and the four patents in question were reaffirmed as infringed. The patents relate to creating a virtual private network between two devices (or VPN)....

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Here's the worst picture of the Samsung Galaxy S4 yet

Mostly-black images proving a theme for the S4 Impressively completing the phone-leak triumvirate of being shadowy, blurry and grainy, this picture supposedly shows the Samsung Galaxy S4. What you can see there is the phone's boot screen, which seems to confirm the name 'Samsung Galaxy SIV' and the model number of GT-I9500. Beyond that, there's not...

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Qualcomm: How we're making future 4G LTE devices work anywhere

Qualcomm's new RF360 supports around 40 bands Complete 4G roaming is very much on the cards, says says Qualcomm's Roberto di Pietro. Qualcomm has just announced the RF360 - a single chip that provides access to over 40 mobile bands globally. 4G LTE is provided on many frequency bands in different countries and it's this variation that's made the RF360 necessary....

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Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie release date, news and rumours

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie has started baking Google's showing no signs of slowing its pace of Android development, with Android 4.0 appearing on the Galaxy Nexus late in 2011, followed in July of 2012 by the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release that arrived powering the super Nexus 7. But, forward-looking, update-obsessed people that we are, we can't help but imagine...

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Galaxy S IV to premiere at Times Square on March 14

Samsung has already sent out invitations for a press event on March 14, where it will unveil the Galaxy S IV smartphone. It seems though its plans for the announcement are much bigger. Today Samsung invites all of its social network followers to join the Galaxy S IV premiere in New York. Everyone is invited on March 14, 7PM at Times Square. The people there will...

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You're all invited to the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch in Times Square

Is Times Square ready for the invasion of the phone geeks? Hey Samsung fans, get thee to Times Square on March 14 and you can be part of the big Samsung Galaxy S4 launch event. Samsung is inviting all and sundry down to the famous shopping-cum-advertising mecca to watch a live stream of the launch event, as well as getting a chance to see the phone in the...

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Are these record-breaking browser benchmarks from the Samsung Galaxy S4?

We're ready for the show, are you ready for the show? The Samsung GT-I9500 (better known as the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4) has popped up and busted out some record-breaking stats in new benchmarking data. If legit, when testing the handset's browser the Browsermark 2.0 benchmarking tool reckoned the S4 managed a score of 2710 (with Chrome 25 as the browser)....

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HTC Sense 5 coming to One X, One X+, One S and Butterfly

Wondering if your HTC One X, One X+, One S or the Butterfly will be getting the new Sense 5 from the HTC One? Well, you don't have to anymore, as HTC has revealed that it does plan to do so. Replaying to query on Facebook, HTC clarified that it does intend to update the above mentioned handsets with the new Sense 5 software features from the new HTC...

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Samsung Galaxy S IV said to come with different CPUs

In a manner similar to last year's dual arrangement, Samsung might offer its upcoming Galaxy S IV flagship with different CPU types. They reportedly include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 in the US or Exynos 5 Octa for areas where LTE networks are not present. The latest information comes from a note to investors from a Taipei-based JPMorgan analyst. It falls in line with...

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Samsung GT-I9500 captures the Browsermark 2.0 top spot

Samsung GT-I9500 made an appearance in Rightware's Browsermark 2.0 database by recording the most impressive score to date. The device is likely the soon to be unveiled Samsung Galaxy S IV. The result you see above is the best we've encountered in our experience with the Browsermark 2.0 benchmark. It is also higher than any score recorded in Rightware's own powerboard....

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23% of people can't be happy without apps?

"All my apps and data were wiped. I feel so empty" Back in the good ol' days, between walking a mile to school shoe-less, in the snow, you'd make you're own fun with a cardboard box and a piece of string. Or so my Dad tells me. In 2013, people seek entertainment on their phones, with 23% of the people surveyed by Apigee saying they "would be unable to feel...

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