BlackBerry may have refused Apple advances, saved fans from the enemy capture

BlackBerry soldiering on for now, but how long can it survive? BlackBerry recently refused offers to sell of various chunks of the company to interested parties like Apple, Microsoft, Google and Lenovo, Reuters reports. The stricken Canadian firm believed that breaking up the company and flogging off bits and bobs would have been detrimental to the interests...

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Limited edition Oppo N1 with CyanogenMod gets announced

Oppo announced that it will sell a limited edition of its N1 flagship with CyanogenMod out of the box. The smartphone will be available next month for the same price as the regular N1. As expected, the CyanogenMod version of the Oppo N1 will support all the device’s features, including its tricked out camera. Furthermore, the device will come with unique retail box...

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Snapdragon-powered Xiaomi Mi3 to launch next month

The Xiaomi Mi3 can be ordered in Tegra 4 form but up until now we had no clues as to when you could get the other version, running the faster Qualcomm processor. Well if the Tegra 4's TD-SCDMA support isn't enough, you can soon order the Snapdragon 800-enabled Xiaomi Mi3 for the same 1,999 Yuan. According to Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, the Xiaomi Mi3 with Snapdragon 800 will...

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra review

Sony Xperia Z Ultra review The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is a phone that takes the best of the internet and lets it all fly across an impossibly large screen. With the best of Sony's technology inside, does the 6.4-inch screen put it out of reach for most people? Let us paint you a picture: a man walks into a bar. Pulls out his phone. It's got a five-inch screen. The...

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Google: the Nexus 5 has lost your X Factor

...AND STAY OUT! What's the point in Google's Nexus device program these days? I mean that literally - what is the point in it? I used to know, but now, I just don't get it. Is it a developer device? Is it a consumer item? Is it both? What day is it? Google's only just announced the new Nexus 5 and for the first time since the Nexus One joined the party,...

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LG G2 goes free on Verizon, deal expires November 11

The LG G2, which is part of the smartphone elite at the moment, has just gone for free on Verizon Wireless. All you need to do is sign a two year deal with the carrier, add the phone to your cart (showing you a price of $49.99) and add the promo code VZWDEAL. That code will convert the price to null. However the deal is said to last until November 11 so you'd...

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A guide to Android 4.4 KitKat

Your own personal walkthrough Android 4.4 KitKat has made its entrance with the LG Nexus 5, bringing the latest flavour of Google's homegrown mobile OS to the table. KitKat doesn't mark a massive leap forward for Android as we were possibly hoping to see with version 5.0 - formally known as Key Lime Pie - but there are still a few tweaks and new features...

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Apple: it just works (eventually)

Freezing MacBook Pros? There's a patch for that Slogans are powerful things, but they can often become sticks to beat their creators with: how many times do you think Google's execs wished they'd never come up with "don't be evil"? Apple's equivalent is probably "it just works", which pretty much everyone on the planet is familiar with. Other firms' products...

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Samsung folds, Apple's gold and the greatest console story ever told

The iPad Air became our first five-star tablet If you haven't read our round-up of the best tablets in the world yet, we'd advise you do it now, because we're about to spoil the ending. For the first time in history, we've given the full five stars to a tablet. And no, it wasn't the Argos MyTablet. Of course the recipient was Apple's spanking new iPad Air....

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Microsoft announces Nokia Lumia 1520 pre-orders

A couple of days ago AT&T detailed its Nokia Lumia 1520 launch plans and today it's Microsoft's turn. The Redmond company has officially detailed the Lumia 1520 availability and launched a pre-order campaign for the phablet. Microsoft is going the extra mile with this particular pre-order. For everyone who pre-orders the phone, they'll throw in a $50 Microsoft...

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LG G Flex and its hefty price tag headed for Europe after all

Bend me, shape me any way you want me as long as it's pretty much just this way We're still not sure if the LG G Flex will make it to the UK, US or Australia, but we now know that it will hit French shores next month after launching in Korea. So the signs are good for a possible December release - although it's not good news for your bank account, with...

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Dual-SIM Samsung SM-G7102 leaked via FCC website

An unannounced Samsung SM-G7102 found its way to the FCC for testing and its user agent profile is up on Samsung's site. The G7102 is an Android 4.3 Jelly Bean smartphone with a 5.25" 720p screen. Despite the relatively low pixel density of the screen (288ppi), the processor clockspeed is listed as 2.3GHz, which can only be a quad-core Snapdragon 800 chipset. It's...

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64-bit chip for Samsung Galaxy S5 looking more likely than ever

2014 is set to be a 64-bit party It's looking increasingly likely that Samsung will push out a 64-bit chip on its phones next year, and we suspect it might even appear on the Samsung Galaxy S5. Digitimes, admittedly not always the most reliable of sources, is reporting that Samsung Display and Japan Display will "begin volume production of WQHD displays...

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