Samsung Galaxy S IV will reportedly feature eye scrolling

It looks like the headline-grabbing Smart Stay feature of the Samsung Galaxy S III will be taken even further in its successor. According to a New York Times report, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S IV will have eye scrolling on the list of its software tricks. The word on the Samsung Galaxy S IV's software talent is reportedly coming from an anonymous Samsung employee...

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Purported Galaxy S4 mockups and specs tango on Twitter

What will be left to know come next week? As the days to Samsung's New York City Unpacked event tick away, we're seeing bits and pieces of the Galaxy S4, set to be unveiled during the March 14 blockbuster event, leak with increasing ferocity. Who better than the @evleaks Twitter account to give us the latest batch of covert goods? The usually reliable...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 mockup and specs fly onto Twitter

What will be left to know come next week? As the days to Samsung's New York City Unpacked event draw near, we're seeing bits and pieces of the Galaxy S4, set to be unveiled during the March 14 gathering, leak with increasing ferocity. Who better then to have the @evleaks Twitter account to give us the latest batch of covert goods? The usually reliable...

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SpaceX Dragon capsule docks at ISS, overcomes thruster anomalies

Hawthorne, we have a problem The SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station this weekend, overcoming anomalies in its thrusters and successfully delivering 2,300 pounds of cargo. The thrusters glitch occurred shortly after liftoff on Friday, when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket delivered the Dragon spacecraft to its orbit. "Issue with Dragon...

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Google Chrome snaps, crackles and pops in new system updates

Chrome updates add features and security fixes Google released updates for its Chrome browser across Windows, Linux, Android and iOS on Monday, adding minor features and tweaks to all four operating systems. Chrome iPhone and iPad were updated to version 25, adding "long press" on the back button, which lets users view multiple recently visited pages, plus...

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BlackBerry 10 users will have to get their Netflix fix elsewhere

Netflix a no show on BB10 BlackBerry hinged a lot of hope on its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and new line of phones, but its users are steadily becoming subject to some serious app apprehension. Even though BlackBerry hasn't made any sales data available for its touch-touting Z10 smartphone, released in January and February in some regions, consumers...

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Report: smartphones to eke out first win over feature phones in 2013

Smartphones are finally taking over the world A report published Monday by research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that 2013 will be the first year in which smartphones outsell feature phones at a global level. It won't be by much, though, the report says - smartphone sales in 2013 are forecast at 918.6 million units, which IDC said will...

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Microsoft confirms 'other' storage issue with Windows Phone 8

Microsoft confirms Windows Phone 8 storage oddity If you're a Windows Phone 8 user who has noticed a chunk of your storage capacity consumed by the mysterious "other" category, Microsoft is finally speaking out on the problem. PhoneArena reported Saturday that an inquisitive Windows Phone 8 user went straight to the source in an effort to find out why their...

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Sony Xperia ZL to hit US soon, get a new color option

Sony Xperia ZL will soon be available in the United States as the smartphone has been officially listed on the company's local online store. The C6506 version of the Xperia ZL is said to support LTE in Band I, Band II, Band IV, Band V and Band XVII. Surprisingly, the Sony Xperia ZL will be made available in three different color variants, including the previously...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 to sport ridiculous octo-core processor after all?

So. Much. POWER. The Samsung Galaxy S4 could well pack in an eight-core processor as part of a spectacular line up of specifications. Reports on the Korean firm's next flagship smartphone have jumped between quad-core and octo-core chips, with the latest details coming via Android benchmarking app Antutu. According to the results picked up by Italian site...

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Nokia EOS could sport decadent chassis and fancy waterproof technology

Is Nokia about to show its metal? Nokia's next flagship device could be a corker if recent reports are to be believed suggesting a flashy metallic frame and some waterproof smarts. According to perennial mobile phone warbler Eldar Murtazin, Nokia's next top-flight smartphone will feature an aluminium body, which a select few were apparently lucky enough...

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Galaxy S IV specs all but official thanks to an AnTuTu scorecard

The Samsung Galaxy S IV specifications are now all but officially confirmed thanks to a leaked AnTuTu benchmark test that the phone has undergone. Samsung's upcoming flagship will sport an Exynos 5 Octa 5410 chipset with a CPU running at 1.8GHz, 2GB of RAM and a PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. Previously the Galaxy S IV was rumored to sport the Exynos 5 Octa 5450 chipset rather...

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Sony aiming to become 3rd overall smartphone manufacturer

The current top spots amongst smartphone manufacturers are taken up by Samsung and Apple, who combine for the lion's share of the market, making other manufacturers seem like they're arguing over scraps. Nevertheless, Sony hopes to take over that elusive 3rd position, which, as of December 31st, was occupied by China-based manufacturer Huawei with its...

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Sinister Samsung Galaxy S4 video teaser puts a kid in charge

Don't open the box Jeremy. Don't open the box... Samsung has unpacked a video teaser ahead of its big Galaxy S4 launch later this month, but it's giving nothing away. In the video, the gift of a box apparently containing the new handset (although it looks disconcertingly like a box that's the right size to house a human head) is given to young Jeremy, a...

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Nokia: 'Windows Phone 8 can be the biggest OS in the world'

The future number one? Nokia is pretty confident about the potential of Windows Phone 8, with CEO Stephen Elop saying it could topple Android and iOS in the future. Speaking to Bloomberg during MWC 2013 Elop said: "It [Windows Phone 8] can be the biggest operating system in the world." Elop was quick to note that WP8 isn't ready for super stardom just...

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Next major Windows Phone update due by Christmas

Windows Phone - big changes coming Microsoft is advertising for a new software development engineer and the job ad let slip that the next big Windows Phone release is on schedule for 'the holiday of this year'. Now, we're not sure what exactly this next big release will be called - it's currently codenamed Windows Phone Blue but whether it will launch as...

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