Google to start selling the Moto X on the Play Store, too

Yesterday, Motorola finally announced the Moto X, which will soon go on sale in the US on all the major carriers on a contract. However, Google has now announced that you will also be able to purchase the Moto X from the Play Store as well. The Google Play edition of the Moto X will be similar to the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One, where it would come with...

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Motorola Moto X goes live with X8 chipset, 4.7" AMOLED screen

Motorola has officially taken the wraps off the Moto X - the first phone that has been entirely developed under the supervision of Google. It's also the company's first phone in a while to be fully assembled in the USA. The Motorola Moto X is build around a 4.7" AMOLED display with full RGB matrix and 720p resolution. This results in a pixel density of 316 ppi. The screen...

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OK Moto X: Motorola highlights new phone's voice command powers

No need to play telephone with the Moto X Update: To clarify: your phone is actually listening for you, and to you. Actively. If the Moto X is on, the microphones are on, and should be able to pick up your voice from about 30 meters away depending on your location. There are also three microphones in the top, bottom and back of the phone for better vocal...

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Front panel and innards of the iPhone 5C leak

Hours after the purported camera module of the cheaper Apple iPhone 5C got snapped, now photos of the phone's display and framing have surfaced. Said parts of the rumored cheaper iPhone 5C have been leaked by a company called Chinese C Technology. It claims that there are minor differences between the iPhone 5 and the device they claim is the affordable iPhone 5C....

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Play Store beats Apple App Store by downloads for the first time

For the first time ever, the Google Play Store served more app downloads in a quarter than the Apple App Store, about 10% more according to App Annie. However, the iOS store still brings in 2.3x more revenue than the Google реpository. The main moneymakers in both were games, accounting for 40% of downloads during Q2 of this year. Games accounted for 75% of...

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More Sony Xperia Honami live photos appear

A new set of Sony Xperia i1 Honami images have popped up online and they go nicely with previous leaks we've seen. The smartphone's Omni Balance design is a certainty at this point with the front and back covered in glass. This time we get a closer look at the camera lens along with the "G-lens" label and some placeholder Xs to cover what will be the megapixel and focal...

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Healthy Xperia sales give Sony's bank account a boost

Sony Xperia Z - helping to save Sony A bit of good financial news for Sony: the company confounded expectations with its latest results, with smartphones leading the charge and a bucket of hope riding on the PS4. Sony reported operating profit of $396.68m for April to June 2013 after analysts predicted a mere $256.4m for the quarter. It's even better...

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Sony sells 9.6M smartphones, turns small profit in Q1

Sony ended its fiscal 2012 year on a good note and it's starting off 2013 in the black too. The fiscal Q1 (April-June) saw an increase in sales and operating revenue by 13% year on year and a net profit of $35 million (it doesn’t sound like much, but in Q1 2012 the company posted a net loss $248 million). The increase in revenues improved due to favorable currency...

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Apple patents a three-sensor camera for the iPhone and iPad

No blind spots here... The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Apple a new patent that indicates the tech giant may be developing a new camera for the iPhone and iPad that uses three separate sensors, each with their own lens. The US patent No. 8,497,897 is for "Image capture using luminance and chrominance sensors" on mobile devices....

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