HTC removes HDR microphone from the One's spec sheet

HTC has removed the HDR microphone from HTC One's specs sheet, promo pages and local official websites. This is a result of the legal battle between Nokia and the supplier - ST Microelectronics. In case you've missed the news, HTC's flagship smartphone - the HTC One unwillingly got itself into trouble because of its HDR microphone. Nokia tried to issue a ban over the...

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Samsung Galaxy Note III to pack Exynos 5 Octa, 8-core Mali-450

The Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa platform couldn't make it to all the Galaxy S4 flagships, so it was replaced by the fastest Snapdragon chipset available at that moment - the Snapdragon 600. According to SamMobile's trusted insider, all Galaxy Note III smartphones will be powered by the Exynos 5 Octa platform. There is even more: the GPU inside the chipset will be Mali-450...

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LG Optimus G2 spotted at Bluetooth SIG and in benchmarks

It's been six months since the LG Optimus G was released and it seems we have already come across its successor. The Optimus G2, as it is being called, was spotted getting its Bluetooth certification at the Bluetooth SIG and also in AnTuTu benchmark scores. The benchmark scores reveal three variants of the G2, the F320K, F320L and F340L. The F320K has...

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Motorola XT1055 leaks and world screams "X Phone!"

To be or not to be? A handset going by the model number XT1055 has popped up on a benchmarking app, leading people to believe it could relate to the new Motorola flagship smartphone. Spotted on the Antutu Android app by Japanese site Rbmen, the XT1055 apparently runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean while packing a juicy 1.7GHz quad-core processor. The Motorola...

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HTC posts complete Q1 2013 results, projections for Q2 2013

HTC is still in a downhill slide, posting negative growth numbers quarter after quarter. Today, the company has released its consolidated results for the first quarter of the year and everything is down compared to the same quarter last year. The only positive development is that the company's expenses are lower, too. Things are looking unchanged compared to the unaudited...

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Jelly Bean now bigger than Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread still dominant

Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread - are we at a kid's birthday party? Manufacturers are finally getting their heads around the idea of updating devices to the latest version of Android as Jelly Bean overtakes Ice Cream Sandwich for the first time. In the 14 days leading up to May 1 Jelly Bean found itself on 28.4 per cent of devices worldwide,...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 specs leak, hints at eight-core beast

This, but with even more POWER The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is set to be the most powerful smartphone in the world if the latest set of leaked specifications are to be believed. Details of the supposed Galaxy Note 3 have appeared over at SamMobile, who claims that its "trusted inside sources" have let slip on some key specs - and the site does have a decent...

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Mophie Juice Pack Helium for iPhone 5 review

Mophie Juice Pack Helium for iPhone 5 review Unless you spend your life within a metre of a power socket or never actually use your iPhone, it's likely that at some point you'll get frustrated by your iPhone dying at an inconvenient moment. We've come to love Mophie's battery cases, and often depend on them when away from power for a day. Now there's a version...

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Android in Apr 2013: JB overtakes ICS, Gingerbread still rules

Google unveiled the latest numbers showing the adoption of the various Android versions in the past month (April 2013). This report is the first to use the new, more realistic metric. It keeps track of how many users manually visited the Play Store. Previous scores were calculated based on how many devices connected to a Google server (even automatically, behind the scenes)....

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iOS 7 to feature a major UI redesign with a flat new look

We have already talked about iOS 7 getting a major redesign under the leadership of Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design - Jony Ive. Now we are hearing more reports from the people familiar with the matter that iOS 7 will be going for a flatter look for the UI, a ‘very, very flat’ look, in fact. Ever since the first version of the OS,...

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