BlackBerry's board is reportedly pushing for quick sale

It looks like Nokia might not be the only mobile tech heavyweight which is going to be sold this year. According to WSJ sources, the management team of the troubled BlackBerry is pushing for a sale of the company before the end of November. The freshly emerged report claims that BlackBerry's special committee has already spoken to potentially interested parties, and...

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Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review

Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review The Galaxy Note 3 does exactly what we thought it would do: takes over the mantle of the world's most powerful smartphone, although the gap is a lot smaller this time. Samsung seems to have run out of ideas when it comes to improving the specs on its smartphones, and that's a jolly good thing. It's meant that the company has...

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November pain? BlackBerry reportedly chasing a quick and easy sale

Sell out with me oh yeah, sell out with me tonight BlackBerry looks like it may be the next former smartphone kingpin to admit defeat in its battle to rejoin the mobile elite, with the ailing Canadian company reportedly looking for a quick and painless sale. Just days removed from Nokia's sale to Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal claimed BlackBerry has...

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Hands on: Qualcomm Toq review

Hands on: Qualcomm Toq review What's this, another smartwatch is entering the fray? Yep, the Qualcomm Toq was a rather surprise announcement at the firm's annual Uplinq conference in San Diego this week, following swiftly in the footsteps of the Samsung Galaxy Gear. Before you get too excited though we will start with the bad news. The Toq will only be available...

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Android 4.3 for Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 reportedly gets a release date

Android 4.3 in your hands, courtesy of a wristwatch There's one benefit to the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch even if you don't want to attach one to your wrist: the battery-friendly Android 4.3 update is reportedly being prepped for Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The Android 4.3 release date for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 is set for October, according...

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Qualcomm wants to give you a 'digital sixth sense'

Why have five when you can have six? Qualcomm loves mobile. And let's be honest, who doesn't? But now it's looking to add to your touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing with something it's calling the "digital sixth sense". While that sounds pretty brazen there is a deeper meaning behind the showy name, with Qualcomm aiming to connect all our devices and...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs. Galaxy Note 2

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was unveiled at Samsung Unpacked on September 4, and it didn't throw any real surprises at us. The massive smartphone or phablet--a word we still refuse to accept into the English language despite what the Oxford Dictionary says--is an incremental upgrade to its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 2. Samsung's latest smartphone is bigger and better...

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Samsung announces Galaxy Note 3 and new Galaxy Note 10.1

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has been officially announced today at IFA 2013 in Berlin, complete with 4K UHD video recording at 30fps. As expected, the device sports a 5.7-inch fullHD display of the Super AMOLED variety. It runs on a 2.3GHz quad-core processor, 32/64GB internal storage, 3GB of RAM, and a 3200 mAh battery. It comes in Jet Black, Classic White, and...

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