Future Samsung devices will pack house-made CPUs, 560ppi displays

Samsung’s mobile devices will feature house-made CPU core and displays with 560ppi in the near future. The word arrived during today's conference call, where the company’s executive team spoke about what lies ahead. The move of CPU core production in house will be a particularly important shift for Samsung, as currently, the company’s chipsets feature CPU cores licensed...

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Three customers: No more sales or upgrades from Carphone Warehouse

Three hangs up the Carphone Three UK customers will no longer be able to do their shopping at Carphone Warehouse, after the network decided to cut ties with the high street retailer. From earlier December, the UK's smallest major mobile network will no longer sell devices, service plans or upgrades through Carphone's website or brick and mortar stores. ...

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KitKat will soon use your Google+ Profile image for Caller ID

Smile, we can see you! (credit: Google+) Time to freshen up those Google+ profile photos, because the latest flavor of Android will start using them to identify users as part of the new Caller ID by Google service. Google Engineering Director Attila Bodis announced Tuesday on his Google+ page that the company's Caller ID by Google service will be getting...

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LG G Flex hits Korean on November 12

LG has unveiled the official release date of the G Flex curved smartphone for Korea - November 12. Its major rival - Samsung Galaxy Round is already available though in extremely limited quantities. The LG G Flex is different from the Galaxy Round - it comes with a truly flexible body, screen and even a curved battery. It is powered by the same Snapdragon 800 chipset...

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Apple tops US smartphone OEMs while Android still leads

The latest comScore report for the three month period ending in in September has Apple solidifying its role as the number one smartphone OEM in the US with a 0.7 point increase to 40.6%. Samsung also enjoyed its own 1.2 point increase over the previous quarter to 24.9%. This comes at the expense of HTC and Motorola, who suffered 1.4 and 0.4 point losses, respectively....

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Android 4.4 ROM for the T-Mobile US Motorola Moto X on XDA

Just a few days ago Motorola was among the first to announce it will update its most recent phones (Moto X included) to Android 4.4 KitKat. The schedule is yet to be revealed, but the first leaked Android 4.4 ROM for T-Mobile's Moto X is now available for download. The KitKat ROM popped up on XDA Developers yesterday and seems to be a dump from a developer edition...

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Samsung sets sights on 4K smartphones in 2015

The display race hots up It's only a matter of time until we see 4K displays make their way into our pockets, and Samsung has revealed its intentions to bring the screen tech to smartphones in 2015. The information was disclosed during Samsung's second ever Analyst Day, where the company predicted when displays with an eye popping 3840 x 2160, 4K resolution...

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Free games and movies for Xperia Z1, Z Ultra and Tablet Z owners

A pre-Christmas bonus, but for the elite few It seems the folks over at Sony are getting into the Christmas spirit a little early, announcing that owners of the Xperia Z1, Xperia Z Ultra and Tablet Z can get their mitts on a range of digital goodies. In this digital party bag comes access to 10 games and 5 movies, all completely free. Sony's offer also includes...

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Ex-HTC bods launch 'straight thinking' Kazam Android smartphones

Alla-kazam There's a new phone manufacturer on the block and it's not afraid to swear or pour scorn on phone-related "gimmicks": meet Kazam. Not to be confused with the file sharing app Kazaa, beloved by teens of a certain late-90s era, Kazam was founded by two ex-HTC execs and launches with six phones up its sleeve. The entire Android-running line up...

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Samsung to ship 100M Notes this year, refocus on software

Samsung's heads held a conference call with investors and gave interesting insight into the company's near future. For example, Lee Sang-hoon, President and CFO, thinks the industry is shifting from a hardware race into a software one. This has been evidenced by Samsung's strive for more and more software features, especially on its flagship products. The company...

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HTC One Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update lands in UK

With KitKat arriving in January, will Jelly Bean placate users? Android 4.4 KitKat might have just launched with the Google Nexus 5, but as with seemingly all Android updates, other handsets are still waiting for the older software. We reported the other day that Android 4.4 KitKat will arrive to HTC One handsets in January, but with many of HTC's flagships...

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