LG Optimus G review

LG Optimus G review LG's road to smartphone success has been rockier than most. After false starts with the Optimus series, LG basically took 2012 off; a sabbatical from the top-tier end of the market to gather its thoughts. During this time it focused on the pre-paid and BYO segment with its cheaper L-Series models like the Optimus L5, and having enjoyed some success...

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More HTC First images emerge, reveal its Facebook Home UI

Less than 24 hours before its scheduled unveiling, a number of HTC First photos made an appearance. Unlike yesterday's image however, today's images reveal the Facebook device's Facebook Home UI of its Android OS. The photos of the device reveal a minimalist UI with full-screen imagery, and stock Android icons. The app drawer on the other hand, reveals buttons for...

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Test drive BlackBerry OS 10 through iPhone, Android browsers

Log in through the browser on your phone to try out the new BB 10 system BlackBerry knows that success with its new BlackBerry 10 OS relies on getting the new software into the hands of the people it hopes to convert. What better way than through the devices they are trying to overthrow. In a cunning marketing move, BlackBerry has designed an interactive...

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Twitter app for Android features time-saving redesign

Twitter app for Android plays catch-up Today’s update for the Twitter app on Android devices just made tweeting 140 characters a little easier thanks to a much-needed redesign. “Its new design reflects a native Android experience,” said Twitter technical lead for Android Jonathan Le. First and foremost, that translates into a Twitter app with wider and...

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Vdio pay-per-view launches in UK and US, but only for Rdio subscribers

Vdio has content from most major studios and networks (credit: GigaOM) The Rdio streaming music service that launched in 2010 has been joined by a related pay-per-video video service known appropriately as Vdio. Unlike Rdio, though, Vdio has more in common with iTunes' video on demand model than it does with Netflix; Vdio is pay-as-you-watch, allowing...

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Is this what the Facebook Home UI looks like?

All the alerts you need to know Yet more has leaked out about what Facebook supposedly plans to show during an event at 10 a.m. PDT Thursday. Thanks once again to @evleaks, we may have our first fleshed out look at the Facebook Home UI. Published by 9to5Google, which has provided a number of details over the last few days regarding Facebook Home and a...

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AT&T reconsiders, lowers Samsung Galaxy S4 price to $200

AT&T was one of the first carriers to announce the Samsung Galaxy S4 availability at the Unpacked event day. A few days ago the carrier also revealed the official pricing and the date when the pre-order campaign kicks off. As it turns out the previously announced $250 price with a two-year contract applies for the 32GB Galaxy S4 model, while the most common 16GB...

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Samsung aims to sell 500 million phones in 2013

Samsung's golden run at the top continues and the Koreans are aiming to increase the gap to its followers in the cellphone market. The company's success relies heavily on its popular Galaxy series of smartphones and the incredibly large portfolio of phones it has, which has helped Samsung to achieve great heights. The latest aspiration of the South Korean giant is to sell...

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Tony Stark downgrades to an Alcatel One Touch Idol in Iron Man 3

Well, if it's good enough for Iron Man... Tony Stark has a new phone in Iron Man 3 and he's slumming it with an Alcatel One Touch Idol - a handset we branded "a middle of the road smartphone" when we got our hands on it at MWC 2013. It's not clear exactly what the narrative impetus behind Stark's phone-buying decision is but we imagine that Marvel will...

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Fingerprint scanning to come to iWatch as well as iPhone 5S?

Yes, this will help you tell the time The much-longed-for Apple Watch may come packing fingerprint scanning, according to the latest rumours. Word on the analyst street is that the fingerprint tech expected to show up in the iPhone 5S could surface in the iWatch too. Oftentimes we wonder where analysts dredge these rumours up from but this time there's...

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Chinese HTC One 802w has microSD card slot, two SIMs

A Sina Weibo user with early access to the HTC One version tailored for China Unicom has pictured the One 802w smartphone. The picture reveals a removable back cover, two SIM slots (WCDMA) and a microSD card slot just under the 4 MP camera lens. Taking a peak under the HTC One 802w back cover The HTC One will globally be available with either 32 GB or 64 GB of storage...

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iOS 7 release date, news and rumours

What will Apple introduce in iOS 7? The last major iOS 6 update for Apple's mobile devices, the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, was mostly hit, but there was a big Maps-shaped miss. Lots of people were rightly angry about Apple ditching Google data, but beyond that mis-step there were things to like: a more useful Siri (App launching plus the recognition that...

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iOS 7 behind schedule but will be a 'significant' overhaul

Time to say goodbye to our beloved app layout? It's all systems go at Apple HQ right now, with word that the Cupertino is doing everything it can to get the new-look iOS 7 out the door and onto devices. However, it looks like the new operating system might be running a little behind schedule. John Gruber, who blogs over at Daring Fireball, says that iOS...

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Android in March: 4.1 grows, 4.2 adoption still slow

Google released the latest numbers for Android OS distribution and announced that the way this statistic is gathered will be changing the next time around. First things first, Android 4.1.x Jelly Bean has jumped from about 15 share to 23% share, catching up to Ice Cream Sandwich, which grew slightly to 29.3%. The growth was under 1%, but it’s surprising since its share...

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iPhone 5S production begins this quarter, looks to summer release

The production lines are firing up Like clockwork, Apple is rumoured to begin production of the iPhone 5S over the next three months. The Wall Street Journal reports that the next iPhone will look very similar to the iPhone 5, something we're not particularly surprised to hear. The next handset is expected to be unveiled as the 5S, keeping to Apple's usual...

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Samsung makes Galaxy Star and Pocket Neo official

The venue is the Samsung Forum in South Africa and the news are the Samsung Galaxy Star and Galaxy Pocket Neo. Both handsets are now official and have been updated with specifications but we're yet to find about their respected availabilities and price. The Galaxy Star comes with a 3" QVGA screen, Android Jelly Bean 4.1, 1 GHz single-core processor, a 2 MP camera and...

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