Friday, August 16, 2013

Apple might give the iPhone 5S the Midas touch

Apple may be entering the golden age with the iPhone 5S (credit: MacBoutic) Apple's had more trouble stopping leaks about the iPhone 5S than a sieve has had stopping water, but we're certainly not complaining. How else would we have learned about supposed fingerprint technology, dual-flash camera, or the expected launch event for Apple's next iteration...

Motorola Moto X coming to AT&T stores from August 23

Starting August 23 you can go to an AT&T store and pick up (or at least try out) a Motorola Moto X. The Woven black and woven white models will go for $199.99 for 16 GB and $249.99 for a 32 gig model with a two-year subscription. With AT&T's Next you can go for a lease where it's $27 a month for the 16 GB and $32 per month for the 32 GB model. Devices...

HTC One to finally hit Verizon on August 22

HTC One was announced way back in February and launched in March, but the Verizon users were initially left out of the fun. Nearly four months later Verizon and HTC announced the One flagship will hit Verizon's network this summer. And the great new is the wait if over and it's finally happening! HTC One will become available through Verizon's online and retails stores...

6-inch Alcatel One Touch Scribe Pro leaks

Alcatel has been doing mid-range and budget smartphones for quite a while but it seems the manufacturer is readying a phablet that'll challenge the big league's competitors. The Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has snapped a shot of an Alcatel official presentation showing the One Touch Scribe Pro and its specs. The phablet has a "massive" 6.0-inch display of unknown resolution...

Meizu MX3 to be unveiled on September 2

Meizu is getting ready to launch its new flagship - the Meizu MX3. It has already sent invitations for an event on September 2 in Beijing, China. There is no further official information on the event, but there are a few rumors and leaks on the Meizu MX3, so we bet we'll get to see it unveiled there. The Meizu MX3 has already leaked via a render image showing what...

Analyst: Apple will launch 128GB iPhone 5S

It is all but certain that Apple will be unveiling two new iPhone models, iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, on September 10. Both devices have been leaked numerous times and have provided us some valuable information and now, we have an interesting prediction from a popular analyst, who claims that Apple will be launching a 128 GB model of iPhone 5S. According to KGI analyst...

Ubuntu Edge sets crowdfunding record but it still isn't enough

Ubuntu, ubunthree, ubunfour... Canonical has now been pledged over $10.3 million to create its Ubuntu Edge superphone, surpassing the unofficial crowd-funding record set by the Pebble smartwatch on Kickstarter. The Edge is currently at $10,346,221 (around £6.6m, AU$11.3m) - but all that will be for nought if it doesn't manage to nab another $21,653,779...

10 best iPhone football apps for 2013/14

Stay ahead of the game with these top football-related apps As legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said: "some people believe football is a matter of life and death - it is much, much more important than that." That sentiment will ring true for any football fan, from those who stand on freezing terraces on Tuesday nights to those glued to the...

BlackBerry's ripe for the picking as Apple falls far from the tree

BlackBerry can't prop itself up anymore If we had to sum up this week in sounds, we'd choose two. One would be a sad clown playing an out of tune piano being thrown down a stairwell, and the other would be a high-pitched whooshing sound. The sad clown noise comes from Blackberry, the once-proud smartphone giant that's just put itself up for sale. The...

Nokia Lumia Amber update rolling out globally now

The long-awaited Nokia Lumia Amber update is rolling out for all Windows Phone 8-powered Nokia Lumia phones. The update is built on top of the WP8 GDR2 update from Microsoft, but has some exclusive features, developed by Nokia. This includes a brand new camera app, the Smart Camera. This app launched with the Lumia 925 and will now be available to all other WP8 Lumia...

Apple seeds iOS 7 beta 6 to registered developers

Apple has released the iOS 7 beta 6 to developers. The latest beta comes just a week after Apple released beta 5 and oddly near the end of the week when usually the betas are released on Monday. The general consensus is that the update was released in a hurry to patch some major bug in the previous update. Apple's changelog mention that the new update...