AT&T to allegedly discontinue the HTC First due to poor sales

The first Facebook phone, it seems, has been a failure. Sales of the HTC First have been a disappointment, to the point where AT&T, the sole carrier of the device in the US, had to slash the price from $99 to $0.99 within a month of the phone's launch. And now, it seems, they will be discontinuing it altogether. According to the sources at BGR,...

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Jolla lotta 'love' expected for May 20 Salfish OS phone event

Jolla's been toolin' for a phone over which you'll be droolin' (credit: IBTimes) Most smartphone owners are looking forward to Android Key Lime Pie or Apple iOS 7, but Finish phone developer Jolla is promising an OS lovefest on May 20. "We are super excited to welcome you to hear about Jolla's next steps and get a sneak preview of what is yet to come,"...

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HTC First sales reportedly so bad that AT&T is discontinuing it

Facebook Home isn't doing so bad, but the HTC First may be another story AT&T will discontinue sales of the HTC First, sending all remaining stock back to HTC, due to extremely poor sales of the Facebook Home device, a report this morning claimed. As of last week, the HTC First had sold just 15,000 since its debut on April 12, according to BGR. Last...

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Motorola 'XFON' gets FCC layover en route to AT&T

Rumored Motorola 'XFON' resembles FCC filing Developers will start pouring into the annual Google I/O conference on Wednesday, but those wondering if the company's Motorola Mobility division could have something new to offer won't have to wait so long. Android Guys today reported that an unannounced Motorola XT1058 smartphone turned up at the U.S. Federal...

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Best Windows Phone - which should you buy?

The phone your phone could be When it comes to Windows Phone there's a new player in the starting line up in the form of Windows Phone 8 – Microsoft's latest attempt to make a significant dent in the mobile market. While Android and iOS lead the way when it comes to mobile operating systems, you can draw many similarities between the two which may leave...

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Official Nokia Lumia 925 photo emerges ahead of announcement

The first official photo of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 925 has been posted on the now famous evleaks twitter account. Previously dubbed Catwalk, this is the first all-metal handset to come out of Nokia in a while. While nothing has been officially confirmed, the material of choice for the Lumia 925 is believed to be aluminum. The device is said to feature a Snapdragon...

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Nokia Lumia 925 image hits the web ahead of tomorrow's big reveal

Bit fuzzy, evleaks - not quite up to your usual standards (credit: @evleaks) The Nokia Lumia 925 is poised to launch at an event in London tomorrow but a photo of the handset has broken free of its corporate shackles and made its way on to Twitter. Previously known as the Nokia Catwalk, the Finns previewed the handset in an ad on British television yesterday...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom camera sample leaks

Rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom have been heating up lately, but we are still not 100% sure whether that's a smatphone with a zoom lens or it's a new Galaxy Camera, which uses the S4 name merely for marketing purposes. The device was recently certified as a Samsung mobile phone by the Bluetooth certification body, but that only says you can take calls on it. It...

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New Android head quashes chances of Key Lime Pie being announced at Google IO

Well ain't that a Key Lime Pie in the face (credit: Homini on Flickr - used under Creative Commons license) Sundar Pichai, Google's new head of Android, has said that this year's Google IO will be heavy on the dev love, light on new launches - which means no slices of Key Lime Pie. Speaking to Wired, he explained that this year is "going to be different"....

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If you loved Street Fighter, you'll love these iOS fighting games

If you loved Street Fighter then you'll love these Sometimes it takes a sequel to fully develop and establish a great concept. The original Street Fighter - released by Capcom in 1987 in arcades and on myriad home platforms - included eventually iconic series elements such as the six-button control layout, familiar special movies, and leads Ryu and Ken. ...

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Photots of the white Nexus 4 surface again ahead of Google I/O

The white version of the LG Nexus 4 has posed for the camera once again after its extended photo shoot back in January. This time around, the photos aren't as clear or as many, but give enough reason to speculate on the phone's wider release. According to the owner of the device, it was purchased from "a local buy and sell site." The sides and the back of the device...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Activ certified by Bluetooth SIG, UA profile leaks

The water-resistant S4 valiant dubbed Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Activ was just certified by the Bluetooth SIG and its user agent profile showed up on Samsung's site. The Bluetooth certification doesn’t give us much, not even a confirmation on the Activ name (which is a little too easy to confuse with the Windows-based Ativ line). The user agent profile is slightly more...

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Split-second movie downloads a reality as Samsung achieves 5G breakthrough

Godspeed, guys (credit: Samsung Tomorrow) Forget 4G. While many still don't have access to the high-speed mobile network, Samsung claims to have made a breakthrough into the next generation of 5G. The mmWave Mobile Technology is the next step in network speed, which will provide data transmissions of up to several hundred times faster than 4G, with the...

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Samsung plans to offer 5G services by 2020

Samsung, the South Korean manufacturer has successfully developed a core technology of the 5G network and the company is aiming to bring the service to consumers by 2020. The latest wireless technology will enable users to access faster data service compared to the current 4G networks. The 5G service was successfully tested with a 28 Gigahertz waveband to transmit...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 chills out with Blue Arctic colour option

Arctic roll (credit: Rbmen.blogspot.jp) The Samsung Galaxy S4 will soon come in a new colour option dubbed Blue Arctic, also known as blue. The handset is already available in Black Mist (black) and White Frost (white), but it looks as though the Blue Arctic variant will be launching in Japan on May 15, with other countries hopefully set to follow suit....

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Sony announces Xperia ZR, the Z's more waterproof brother

Sink it, Sony Sony has introduced the Xperia ZR, built with up to 1.5 meters of water resistance for snapping photo and video in those submerged situations. To make sure those underwater snaps are both taken and viewed in decent quality, the phone comes with a 13 megapixel fast capture camera and 4.6-inch HD Reality display with the same Mobile Bravia Engine...

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Blue Arctic Samsung Galaxy S4 spotted in Japan

Samsung's fourth generation Galaxy S smartphone was launched with two color options - Black Mist and White Frost. The South Korean manufacturer's 2013 flagship might soon be available in a new color variant, though, according to a leaked promotional image from a Japanese carrier. The new color option is said to be called as "Blue Arctic" and it looks like NTT...

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