Samsung Galaxy Round announced as the world's first curved smartphone

Bend me shape me any way you want me (credit: evleaks) Update: Samsung official announced the Galaxy Round, straight-up declaring it to be the world's first smartphone with a curved display. It's anything but straight, though. The concave phone has a unique 5.7-inch AMOLED screen, which makes it the same size as the recently launched flat Galaxy Note...

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Samsung Galaxy Round with curved display goes official

Shortly after we saw it in leaked press images, Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy Round – the world’s first smartphone with curved display. The peculiarly designed handset will be available in Korea on October 10. Undoubtedly, the biggest highlight of the Samsung Galaxy Round is its curved display. The latter is a 5.7” Super Flexible AMOLED unit with Full HD resolution...

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Images of a Samsung smartphone with curved display leak out

Alleged press images of the rumored Samsung smartphone with curved display leaked out, courtesy of @evleaks. The smartphone reportedly carries the model number SM-G910S and is said to be bound for its domestic market. The handset surely doesn't look ordinary (click to enlarge) The Samsung SM-G910S looks a lot like a Galaxy S4 which has been slightly curved. The back...

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Qualcomm backpedals on calling Apple's 64-bit chip a 'marketing gimmick'

Did I say bad? No, I meant it's bad... as in good. Qualcomm looks as if it's calming its chief marketing officer, who dismissively called Apple's 64-bit iPhone 5S processor a gimmick in a recent interview. "I think they are doing a marketing gimmick," said Anand Chandrasekher last week. "There's zero benefit a consumer gets from that." Maybe not zero benefit...

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Google Chromecast now shipping outside the US, via Amazon

Chrome goes global. Sort of... Google's Chromecast streaming dongle can now be obtained by those outside of the United States, thanks to some newly-available international shipping options on Amazon. The small HDMI dongle, which enables content to be streamed from a smartphone or tablet, directly to a hi-def television set, has previously only been available...

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AT&T exec hints at Voice over LTE smartphone coming this year

AT&T's LTE networks could gain VoLTE support soon AT&T could launch a Voice over LTE-capable smartphone as early as this year, according to one AT&T executive. AT&T Labs President Krish Prabhu said during a keynote at the PCIA wireless infrastructure conference in Florida that there "might be a VoLTE-compliant device for the holidays this...

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Screenshots of HTC Sense 5.5 surface, show its new features

HTC's Sense 5.0 was introduced seven months ago and we all knew that the new version was just around the corner. Well, the screenshots of the upcoming version 5.5 of Sense UI have been leaked, showing us the changes and the tweaks that are coming with the new version. HTC introduced the Blinkfeed with the Sense 5.0 and the user never had an option to turn of...

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Google Hangouts SMS and MMS rumor 'all but confirmed,' says site

Alleged leaked screenshots show Google Hangouts SMS in action (credit: Android Police) It's been rumored for months that Google Hangouts will get SMS and MMS message support, and a report from yesterday made that seem even more likely. Android Police rated its confidence in the SMS for Google Hangouts rumor "a 9 out of 10," saying "it's almost a sure...

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Patent-infringing Samsung phones get an import ban in the US

President Obama's administration (well the part of it that's working anyway) has decided to uphold ITC's import ban on several Samsung devices found to infringe on Apple patents. As a result, the Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Continuum and Transform have been restricted from being imported into the US. Currently, all of these phones are discontinued, so the Korean...

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Office for iPad on the way, but not before 'touch first' for Windows

Touch first, Windows first There is indeed an iPad version of Microsoft Office coming down the pike, but the company is initially saving that touch-friendly experience for its own Windows devices. The Verge today reported that Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has confirmed the existence of Office for iPad - but it's no closer to landing on...

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Nexus 5 release date and price leaked out of Japan

The upcoming Google Nexus 5 has been leaked several times already, showing off what is expected to be the first Android 4.4 KitKat-running device. Now, new information out of Japanese retailer redstar reveals that the Nexus 5 will be hitting retail on November 14, for the price of 44,600 yen (~$460) for the 16GB model, and 49,800 yen (~$513) for the 32GB model. ...

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Unofficial changelog reveals some new WP8 GDR3 features

Some new changes to the upcoming Windows Phone 8 General Distribution Release 3 have surfaced along with information on Nokia's Bittersweet shimmer firmware. Aside from support for 1080p displays and more advanced chipsets, GDR 3 brings support for 3 medium or 6 small tiles on one row for devices with WXGA (1280 x 768) or higher resolutions. That means the Lumia's 920,...

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Samsung import ban goes ahead as Obama refuses to step in

'Sorry Sammy, it's bad news' President Barack Obama has refused to veto a ban on Samsung products in the US. Back in August the International Trade Commissions ruled a ban on the import of certain Samsung smartphones and tablets for infringing Apple patents. The devices in the list include the Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Fascinate and Captivate...

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Nexus 5 price leak also points to bigger battery

It's almost in touching distance We've got more rumoured info on the Nexus 5 – which means that now you should wonder what don't we know about the forthcoming Google superphone. Well, there are a couple of new tidbits of just-surfaced info which we weren't aware of, concerning the differences between the two versions of the handset. According to a source...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy Mega to get Android 4.4

An internal Samsung KNOX document has revealed the company's update plans for some of its smartphones. The document in question shows a list of devices that are bound to get Samsung's security app pre-installed on them and the Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy Mega are to do so once they get updated to Android 4.4 KitKat. The document doesn't specify which Galaxy Mega (the...

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HTC unveils limited editin gold One, charges £2,750 for it

HTC has decided to join on the smartphone golden rush by making a special batch of five 18 carat gold One smartphones. This is the company's way of celebrating the 18th anniversary of the MOBO awards, which prize the best of UK's urban music artists. The gold HTC One is the most expensive product made by the Taiwanese company and is going to cost £2,750 ($4,400)...

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Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet hinted at on firm's own site

Nokia tablet incoming? There have long been rumours suggested that the Finnish smartphone manufacturer could be working on a tablet and now am intriguing link has been found on Nokia's website. The tablet currently goes under the moniker Lumia 2520 and a search for this on Nokia's US site reportedly, until recently, offered up just one result - an FAQ defining...

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Nokia Lumia 1520 leaks in more live photos

The long rumored Nokia Lumia 1520 has leaked yet again via two new live shots. We already saw the phablet confirmed by various live pictures, a press image, even by an official Snapdragon tweet. We already know most of the Lumia 1520 key specs - the phable is going to feature a 6.0" 1080p display and will be powered by a Snapdragon 800 chipset. At the back there's going...

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HTC sends out invites for Oct 16 event, One Max unveiling is close

The HTC One Max has refused to stay under wraps, leaking multiple times. The guessing game is almost over though as HTC has sent out invites to the announcement of the phablet. It seems HTC will hold multiple events on consecutive days to unveil the One Max (okay, the invite doesn’t call out the phablet by name, but what else could it be after a torrent of leaks). ...

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LG ties a knot with its new flexible smartphone batteries

LG's new batteries could give our phones a little more juice LG Chem has announced that it now has curved batteries in mass production, which will fit in not only phones but also glasses and watches. The curved design makes them ideal for phones with the curved displays that LG and Samsung are currently working on. But that's not all. The company has also...

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Limited edition Gold HTC One trumps iPhone 5S and Galaxy S4

You are Gold! (Gold!) Meet the most expensive smartphone HTC has ever produced; the 18ct, £2,750 (around $4,400, AU$4,700), limited edition Gold HTC One. If you've got a large wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket and fancy getting your mitts on one of these then you're out of luck as only five actually exist and one of those is already reserved for...

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