ZTE to add Intel inside with Atom Processor Z2580 phones

Hot on Intel's Clover Trail+ At the heart of ZTE's next-generation smartphones will be Intel's dual-core Atom Processor Z2580 processor, the Chinese company announced this week. This strategic partnership incorporates the fastest of the three Clover Trial+ CPUs announced at Mobile World Conference 2013, with a clock speed of 2.0 GHz. That's significantly...

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Samsung Galaxy S3 catches the lockscreen security bug

The Galaxy S3 lockscreen is bugging out A new bug has emerged on the Samsung Galaxy S3, which when active, enables anyone to bypass the lockscreen with relative ease. By tricking the smartphone into allowing you to enter emergency contacts, the full device can be unlocked for anyone with bad intentions for your S3. Samsung isn't the first manufacturer...

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Samsung Galaxy S3 catches the lockscreen bug

The Galaxy S3 lockscreen is bugging out A new bug has emerged on the Samsung Galaxy S3, which when active, enables anyone to bypass the lockscreen with relative ease. By tricking the smartphone into allowing you to enter the emergency contacts, the full device can be unlocked for anyone with bad intentions for your Galaxy S3. Samsung isn't the first manufacturer...

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Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich finally take bite out of Gingerbread

Google's latest Android usage statistics reveal that Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean together have finally surpassed the older Gingerbread OS in usage. Google tracks the devices that access Google Play within specific 14-day periods and regularly publishes the results on the Android Developers website. The statistics published at the start of March peg Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with 28.6 percent of the Android world and 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean with 16.5 percent. Combined, that's 45.1 percent. In January,...

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Android Jelly Bean and ICS combined finally topple 2.3 Gingerbread

Which Android OS comes out on top? Google's latest Android usage statistics reveal that Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1/4.2: Jelly Bean collectively have finally surpassed the older Gingerbread OS in usage. Google tracks the devices that access Google Play within specific 14-day periods and regularly publishes the results on the Android Developers...

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Make room iTunes! Google Play gift cards arrive in the UK

Google Play gift cards hit Tesco and Morrison's iTunes Store gift cards have been popping up in more places than milk and sliced bread in recent years, but if your loved one is an avid Android enthusiast that easy, versatile present idea goes out of the window. Thankfully Google has remedied the ill preventing our generous gestures and (those of our own...

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HTC sales continue to plummet in February

It seems that poor HTC just can't catch a break. The company released the first 1080p smartphone in the US with the DROID DNA, followed by the first global 1080p smartphone - the HTC Butterfly and yet its sales have failed to pick up. Previously the company identified its poor marketing efforts as the cause for the unconvincing performance and promised to do something...

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Is Samsung readying a 5.9-inch Galaxy Note 3?

Small is better? Nah. With the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch just days away, word comes that the Korean company is preparing to unveil a new 5.9-inch smartphone later this year. This, indeed, could be the Galaxy Note 3, and with the source claiming that the new device will follow Samsung's habit of releasing a Note "in the latter half of the year", it's looking...

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Samsung prepares affordable Galaxy Pocket Neo for mid-May

Samsung is preparing yet another affordable smartphone to join its team of entry-level droids. Dubbed the Galaxy Pocket Neo, the upcoming droid is going to sit next to the Galaxy Young and Galaxy Fame. The information comes from a report by SamMobile which also claims that the Pocket Neo is going to come in a dual-SIM variant as well. The phone will feature a 3" display...

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20 best iPhone 5 apps and games 2013

Fill up your iPhone 5 with these top apps When the iPhone 5 first appeared, pundits moaned about how it wasn't really much of a progression over previous iPhones, presumably because it wasn't a giant pyramid made from holograms. In reality, there were some important changes: a widescreen display that was more vibrant; a faster chip (the A6) with superior...

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Sony Xperia L leaked as another mid-range marvel

Hey, you need a smaller phone The Sony Xperia L could well be part of the mid- and low-end handsets set to join the flagship Xperia Z in the Japanese firm's line up for 2013. Xperia Blog picked up the latest details on the Xperia L from a "reliable source" - although we're not getting carried away just yet. The specs are hardly headline-worthy, but if...

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Nokia celebrates 2 million Lumia devices sold in China

According to a report by WinP.cn, what you see below is the Nokia team celebrating two million Nokua Lumia activations in China alone. More impressively, it only took the company from December 5 through March 5 to achieve this. What's even more encouraging is the fact that there were severe Lumia 920 supply shortages at the end of last year, which undoubtedly slowed...

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Google Glass: what you need to know

Does Project Glass represent the next big step in mobile communications? When Google Glass was unveiled, the tech world instantly fell into two camps. Camp one was excited: we're living in the sci-fi future! Camp two, though, wasn't so happy. It's vapourware! some said, while others worried that Google just wanted to plaster ads on the entire world. Is either...

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Screenshots confirm Smart scroll and Smart pause for Galaxy S IV

Earlier this year Samsung trademarked Eye Scroll and Eye Pause and a couple of days ago the eye scrolling rumor reappeared. Today we can add several screenshots to the evidence that the Samsung Galaxy S IV will have both of these features. These screenshots have 1080p resolution, which also confirms the screen resolution rumors, and are our first look at Nature UX 2.0....

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Plastic still fantastic as Samsung hints it's good enough for Galaxy S4

Metal is so overrated. Anyone hoping that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will arrive sporting a new, brushed aluminium body at its launch event next week may be disappointed as the Korean firms sings the praises of plastic. Y.H. Lee, Samsung's executive vice president of mobile business told Cnet that a key factor in what materials are selected for its devices is...

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Android in Mar 2013: Jelly Bean grows, Gingerbread dominates

The platform distribution numbers for Android in February are out and they bring little surprises. The trends from the previous few months continue, with Jelly Bean gaining ground on ICS and the now long outdated Gingerbread. The Gingerbread userbase has dropped from 45.6% to 44.2%, but this is still enough to make it the most popular Android version globally. And...

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