Google is killing third party Voice apps as it expands Hangouts support

Messages are rolled into Hangouts in Android KitKat Google has big plans for Hangouts - but it's killing off third party Google Voice apps. Google Product Manager Nikhyl Singhal shared that news and more on Google+ yesterday afternoon, shortly after Google unveiled Android 4.4: KitKat and the Nexus 5. He said the new Android Hangouts app, which now includes...

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Sony teases Xperia Android 4.4 KitKat announcement for next week

Sony will reveal more about its plans for KitKat and Xperia next week Sony today dropped a small hint about its plans for Android 4.4: KitKat, the new Android update that Google detailed yesterday. The official Sony Xperia News Twitter account said to watch out for news from Sony next week. "Re. #Android @KitKat, we're excited – next week our news on:...

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Motorola Moto G specs and pricing confirmed

Motorola's upcoming midrange Moto G smartphone has been hinted at several times over the past few days, first as a phantom reference on Motorola's homepage next to the Moto X, then last night from @evleaks. Now, we've got a fresh promo card from our own tipster, purportedly destined for a Phones4u store. As you can tell from the image, the device is targeted at...

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Hands on: Google Nexus 5 review

Hands on: Google Nexus 5 review The new Nexus 5 manages to offer a huge step up in power while maintaining a brilliantly low price tag. The Google Nexus 5 is a phone that's the product of constant evolution, companies one-upping each other as they try to prove they can make the best Nexus. The Nexus One was HTC's only shot at the title, with Samsung making two...

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Google Nexus 5 & Android 4.4 Kit Kat: What they mean for business

Google Nexus 5 makes life easier for business users When the Nexus 4 was launched in November 2012, it offered the highest display resolution on the market, was the first mainstream handset to offer 2GB of RAM but alienated many potential customers by omitting a micro-SD card slot. The new Nexus 5 doesn't solve that issue but at least it offers twice the...

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The evolution of the Nexus

How has the Nexus brand evolved? The Google Nexus phone has, in many ways, helped revolutionise the mobile market in much the same way that the Apple iPhone has. It has also taken many hardware and software design cues from the iPhone, but then again so has nigh on every smartphone handset that we see today. Apple's iPhone has undoubtedly been the catalyst...

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Huawei Ascend W2 is a budget WP8 handset

In case you forgot Huawei is a Windows Phone partner. And the Chinese brought the first non-Nokia WP8 launch in a while, the Huawei Ascend W2 (the successor of the Ascend W1). The phone goes after the Nokia Lumia 520 by targeting "value-savvy" consumers. It has a 4.3" IPS LCD screen with WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels, 217ppi). It also features super sensitive...

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SA: Android takes a 81% slice of the Q3 smartphone pie

The analysts over at Strategy Analytics has posted a report on the global smartphone shipments for Q3 2013. For the period, over 251 million smartphones have been shipped worldwide. This marks a significant growth of 45% on an annual basis - Q3 2012 saw the shipment of 172.8 million smartphones. The main force behind the growth is "robust demand" for Android...

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Google's Nexus 5 takes a break, has a KitKat

The price is right It's OK, you can come out now. Halloween is over, all the trick-or-treaters are gone, and we hid all the really cool gadgets from the zombies. Let's all relax. It's November. Christmas is coming and the tech is getting PHAT (can we pull that off? We probably can't pull that off). The KitKat's out of the bag Yep, the Nexus 5 with...

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Black Nexus 5 16GB out of stock, others ship with delays

The Google Play Store was out of Nexus 5 16GB stock a couple of hours after the device was officially announced. The 16GB units are still out of stock in the US Play Store. There are 32GB units available – both Black and White – but the bad news is if you haven't pre-ordered one already you're in for a wait. The Nexus 5 32GB in the US Play Store comes with the note "Leaves...

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Apple iPad Air goes on sale today, iPad mini 2 nowhere in sight

Just as Apple promised at the announcement event, the iPad Air is up for sale now. The Apple Store, major carriers worldwide as well as select brick-and-mortar and online stores are offering the latest and greatest iOS slate. The Apple iPad mini 2 runs iOS 7 out of the box and boasts storage options ranging from 16GB all the way to 128GB. Color options are just Silver...

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Nexus 5 release date and price: where can I get it?

A day's wait? Not bad Blimey Nexus 5, we were starting to wonder if we'd ever see you. Now that Google has gone official with the Nexus 5, which is the first device to come packing Android 4.4 KitKat, the good news is that you don't have long to wait to get your hands on its chocolatey goodness. So we've pulled together a list of networks and retailers...

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HTC bringing Android 4.4 to all the HTC One in the US in 90 days

HTC has shown remarkable commitment to the HTC One regarding the software updates, eschewing traditional notions that OEMs don't update their phones in a timely manner. Sticking to that commitment, HTC has now announced that it will be updating the HTC One to Android 4.4 KitKat. Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC America, has confirmed that the carrier...

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Motorola to update DROID Mini, Max, Ultra and Moto X to 4.4

Yesterday, Motorola announced the Android 4.4 KitKat update, arriving on the Nexus 5 first and some of the other Nexus devices later. Now it's the turn of the Android OEMs announce when they will be bringing the update to their devices. Being a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, you'd expect Motorola to be the first one to confirm, and the company has delivered. ...

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