T-Mobile HTC One phones to receive Android 4.3 update on Monday

HTC One and not quite done By now, HTC One owners on T-Mobile were supposed to have Android 4.3 up and running, but the overdue Jelly Bean update has been delayed until next week. "It has been held until Monday," tweeted HTC U.S. President Jason Mackenzie. "Apologies for the delay, but this one is out of our control." Mackenzie personally apologized to...

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Google makes a Play-date, event set for October 24 in New York City

Here's hoping we get some Nexus 5 tidbits After all the recent hubbub about the Nexus 5's brief appearance on the Google Play site, it only makes sense that we should get some official news soon. Which makes a Google Play New York City event slated for October 24 a strange coincidence, does it not? The "night out" invite briefly lists an array of activities...

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Sony Xperia Z Android 4.3 update rumored to in November

A word has arrived on the potential availability of the much-awaited Android 4.3 Jelly Bean for the Sony Xperia Z. The latest Android Jelly Bean version will reportedly make it to the device in the last week of November. There is no word on the features which the update will bring to the Sony Xperia Z. Rumor has it however, that the new version will bring significant...

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Google Play Music adds 'I'm feeling lucky radio' to ease musical indecision

We're listening to Play Music to Get Lucky? (credit: AndroidPolice) Google's 'I'm Feeling Lucky' search button, which takes users directly to the first page in the listing, has been around forever, but is thought to be deployed in less than 1 per cent of all queries. So the company will hope it finds a more appreciated home within the radio portion of...

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Oreo flavored Nexus 5 spotted in alleged leaked retail box shots

These photos allegedly show the Nexus 5 in a new color (credit: underkg.com) It's a good week for Nexus 5 leaks - first the new Google and LG flagship made a brief surprise appearance in the Google Play store, and now some alleged box shots have appeared showing the phone in a never before seen white and black color scheme. The Korean website underkg.com,...

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Apple says it couldn't read your iMessages even if it wanted to

Could Apple really read your iMessages - or hand them to authorities? Research firms QuarksLab claimed on Thursday that Apple can theoretically intercept users' iMessages and read them or hand them over to authorities, but Apple responded that that's simply not true. "iMessage is not architected to allow Apple to read messages," an Apple spokesperson told...

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Nexus 5 memory options and battery info leaks

The upcoming Nexus 5 announcement is drawing near (just 10 days left to go) and the rumors are intensifying. Today we saw it briefly in the Google Play store and now information has surfaced detailing the memory and battery capacity of the upcoming pureblood Android. According to unofficial sources the Nexus 5 will come with either 16 GB or 32 GB of built-in, non-expandable,...

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iPhone 5C review

iPhone 5C review Ratings in depth The iPhone 5C marks a new era in Apple's mobile onslaught, as the Cupertino-based firm finally breaks rank from premium design and price by offering up a device which is slightly more affordable. Slightly being the key word there....

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Nokia sells 90% of all shipped WP8 devices

AdDuplex, the largest promotion network for Windows Phone and Windows 8, has come up with yet another detailed report on the Windows Phone deployment worldwide. As it turns out Nokia Lumia smartphones running on Windows Phone 8 account for almost 90% of the entire Windows Phone 8 flock around the globe, 5 percent points more than it was in July and 3 percent points higher...

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Google Q3 earnings beat estimates

Google has released its financial results for the third quarter of 2013 reporting a revenue of $14.9 billion. This marks a 12% year-over-year growth compared to last year's $14.10 billion in revenue. Motorola Mobility, which Google bought in 2011, marks a decline in revenue compared to the same period last year. In Q3 2012, the phonemaker made $1.78 billion in sale,...

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Nokia Lumia 1520 looks cool in cyan

We've seen it in red already, and we're very certain it's getting official on October 22. But now we're seeing the Nokia Lumia 1520 in cyan, courtesy of a Twitter leak by Moroleaks. Nokia Lumia 1520 in cyan We've already seen the upcoming Nokia phablet in live photos as well. Unconfirmed information states the Lumia 1520 will likely feature a 6" display, 20 MP camera...

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Forget Touch ID, the Samsung Galaxy S5 may scan your eyeballs

Look into my eye scanner... Here's something to get excited about: the Samsung Galaxy S5 could feature eye scanning technology as part of its security system. Questions have been raised over how Samsung would respond to the TouchID fingerprint scanner Apple stuck in the iPhone 5S, but instead of going down the same route as this and the HTC One Max, the...

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Hugh Jackman says get a Micromax Canvas Turbo

Micromax has enjoyed success as the company behind the Canvas line of smartphones for quite some time now. So much so, that they've been able to employ the talents of actor Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador. Jackman, who you'll undoubtedly recognize from his portrayal of Wolverine in many feature films, makes a brief appearance in the following teaser showing off Micromax's upcoming flagship, the Canvas Turbo. Not much is known about the Canvas Turbo right now, except that it's set to run on a quad-core 1.2GHz MT6589 processor, and...

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A cavalcade of cameras, a huge cameraphone, Windows and a wristband

Things have come on a bit since this bad boy It's been a brilliant week for photography fans: not only do we have a whole bunch of handy hints for smartphone snappers, but for serious shooters there's a veritable cornucopia of new cameras to choose from. Has Sony just released the ultimate bridge camera? The RX10 certainly looks the part: it's a premium...

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Archos releases four new Titanium dual-SIM droids

In partnership with MediaTek Archos has outed its Titanium line of Android-powered smartphones, each featuring Dual-SIM capabilities, expandable storage, dual-core MediaTek 6572 dual-core chipset and a low price to boot. Specific availability is yet to be announced. The biggest handset is the 53 Titanium, featuring a 5.3" FWVGA (854 x 480) display, ample 2,500 mAh battery....

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World's first 2K display smartphone on its way

Who wants a 2K smartphone? (credit: Weibo) You may not of heard of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo, but the firm is making waves in the mobile space with the announcement of its latest device, the Vivo Xplay3S. That may not be the most exciting name for a phone, but the Xplay3S has one standout feature - a 2K display. A world first on a smartphone....

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Apple's crucial multitouch patent claims confirmed by USPTO

Apple feeling validated... The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has upheld 20 of Apple's patent claims after re-examining what is being coined the "Steve Jobs patent". The part of the filing that was being targeted specifically deals with the "touchscreen device, method and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics."...

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