Wednesday, July 10, 2013

This is the phone that will save Nokia

Is the light at the end of the tunnel for Nokia a Xenon flash? It's a bold statement, I know. But the Lumia 1020 is going to be the device that not only reminds people how good Nokia used to be, but will also herald a real change in the company's fortunes… and bottom line. If you're not familiar with the new handset incomng from Nokia (and let's face it,...

Meet the family: Motorola Droid Mini poses with siblings in leaked snap

Moto's Droid family for 2013? Another day, another purported Motorola Droid handset has broken cover. This time it's the as-yet-unheralded Motorola Droid Mini. Courtesy of yet another press shot Twitter leak artist @EVLeaks, the Droid Mini is pictured alongside the Droid Ultra and the Droid Maxx, devices also touted for the first time within the last week...

New HTC One and 2014 successor incoming, says source

What's next for the HTC One? A report today claimed that HTC will release a new, updated version of its 2013 flagship the HTC One before the end of the year. Further, the new HTC One will be followed in 2014 by a successor: an HTC One 2, codenamed "M8." The report comes from Pocket Lint, which claimed to have spoken with "a source familiar with the matter."...

Blackberry A10 to sport a 5-inch screen? Bold 9720 leaked again?

The BB7 9720 out in the wild again? Is BlackBerry about to jump into the era of 5-inch smartphones with its rumoured, flagship A10 handset? According to Boy Genuis Report's 'trusted sources,' the smartphone maker formerly known as RIM is preparing to launch its largest ever handset, with a high-quality, 5-inch Super AMOLED display The BGR report said the...

Apple rumored to go all-in with Sharp IGZO displays next year

IGZO could power Apple iPad, MacBook next year The rumor mill has been attempting to connect the dots between an Apple HDTV and Sharp's IGZO display panels for more than a year, but the real deal could be going down elsewhere in Cupertino's product line. Patently Apple today reported that Apple is in "serious talks" with Sharp for a big shift into the company's...

Motorola DROID family photo surfaces: Mini, Ultra and MAXX

evleaks is on fire today, and following the leaked camera sample of the Motorola DROID Ultra, now the popular leakster has outed an official photo of the front panels of the Droid Mini, Ultra and MAXX. The photo reveals the design of the 2013 Motorola DROID series of phones. In a true Moto fashion, they are boasting Kevlar encasing, which helps not only durability...

Oppo Find 5 limited Red Edition goes on sale, priced at $488 

Oppo has officially launched its limited edition red Oppo Find 5. The Oppo Find 5 limited Red edition is a collaboration with the local Chinese medical organization and the revenue earned from the sales of the smartphone will be donated to the medical funds in China. Limited Red Edition of Oppo Find 5 The Oppo Find 5 Red Edition represents love and only about...

Budget iPhone rears its colourful head again

Choose your destiny (credit: @SonnyDickerson) The budget iPhone is a colourful, mythical beast that just won't quit. Its existence is almost a dead cert, and we've been getting plenty of pictures to prove it. Including another one today. The picture was tweeted by Apple blogger Sonny Dickerson, who told TechRadar that the picture came from a source claiming...

LG Optimus G2 coming August 20, Nexus 5 unveiling on October 5?

The day after LG sent out invites for the Optimus G2 unveiling, a massive leak gave us an up-close look at the device. The event is planned for August 7, but the device will launch in its home market a couple of weeks later on August 20 according to the new info. The Optimus G2 will have a 5.2" IPS display with 1080p resolution and a razor thin bezel (which we saw...

Samsung and Intel not giving up on Tizen with $4 million app incentive

Will you take part in the Tizen App Challenge? While Samsung is clearly focused on the Android ecosystem at its core with the likes of the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 arriving this year, it hasn't forgotten about the feature-smartphone hybrid Tizen. Samsung ditched its home-brew feature phone OS, Bada, a while back as it looked to merge its efforts with...

Pirate Bay co-founder proposes Prism-proof messenger

Get out of town, snoopers Don't think that the whole NSA Prism thing is going away any time soon. And despite Apple telling us that iMessages are highly encrypted, for example, it's hardly convincing people that their chats are safe from prying eyes and ears. Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, is one of the ones leading the way of snoop-proof communications,...

Image of Xiaomi Mi3 leaks, 5.5-inch 1080p display in tow

We've been seeing rumors about the third-generation Xiaomi smartphone for some time now and we even got a glimpse of it thanks to a few leaked images. Now, another image of the Xiaomi Mi3 has been leaked. The source that leaked the images of the Xiaomi Mi3 prototype suggests a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, which is a nice upgrade...

First Motorola DROID Ultra camera samples pops up

The first camera snapshots taken with the Motorola DROID Ultra has appeared thanks to evleaks. This is the first time that we get to see the smartphone's camera in action. The leakster did a good job of snatching an official photo of the phone's front and back, too. Here's the camera samples themselves. Note, that this isn't the full resolution. You can check out...

HTC One gets a price cut to $49.99 on AT&T and Sprint

HTC One, the flagship smartphone from the Taiwanese, which boasts a powerful hardware and a premium design, is now available for only $49.99 from AT&T and Sprint on a two year contract. The HTC One can be picked up from the Amazon Wireless for a discounted price, letting you save $150 of the original pricing of both the AT&T and the Sprint variants. Furthermore,...

New Google Maps navigates on to Android, gets lost en route to iOS

Great views from your sofa Google's major Maps update is currently making its way on to the Google Play store, bringing souped up traffic tools and new exploratory features with it. Although it's not actually available in the iOS App Store yet, the revamped app is based on the design of the existing iPhone Google Maps App. But it brings some new bells...