Over a billion smartphones will be shipped in 2013 according to IDC

According to a forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC), more than a billion smartphones will be shipped in 2013. The number represents growth of close to 40% in comparison to 2012. According to IDC, a number of mature markets are nearing saturation. Future growth will be driven by demand for low-cost devices in emerging markets which include Asia/Pacific,...

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BBM Channels download exits beta, available to all BlackBerry owners

BBM Channels surfing BlackBerry's BBM instant messaging service is becoming a little more social today thanks to the launch of its Twitter-like BBM Channels feature. This update is available to all smartphone owners still wielding a BlackBerry after having been in beta since its debut in May, according to dedicated BlackBerry blog CrackBerry. After downloading...

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Leaked Xperia Z1 images show T-Mobile USA's phone

T-Mobile UK already has Sony's Xperia Z1 flagship, but its US-based counterpart is still to get it. Leaks of the US version of the Z1 continue though, and we now have both the front and the back of the device. The back is branded with the carrier logo (US carriers love their logos), while the front shows the Sony-customized Android 4.2 build and the 4G connectivity icon....

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QHD Vivo Xplay 3S scheduled for a December 12 unveiling

The Vivo Xplay 3S is rumored to be a venerable Galaxy Note 3 killer with a 5.5" 2,560 x 1,440 display, Snapdragon 800 with 3GB RAM and a USB 3.0 port. Other rumored specs include a camera of unknown resolution with an f/1.8 aperture and 4G LTE connectivity. Leaks of the phablet have been lacking in the spy shot department, but an invite to a launch party indicates we'll...

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HTC M8 release date, news and rumors

How do you follow a five star smartphone? How do you follow up a phone like the HTC One? It was only the third smartphone to garner a highly coveted five star TechRadar review and the Taiwanese firm has got a job on its hands to repeat the trick with its successor. HTC is working on something though, as a myriad of leaks, rumors and suggestive benchmark...

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Moto G 8GB available in the UK for £130

The Moto G hit the UK a couple of weeks ago, but availability hasn’t been the best. In fact, the 16GB version is still on pre-order. The 8GB version, however, is available right now from Amazon UK on the announced £135 price. Or you can grab it from Phones4U on £130. Both of these prices are for a SIM-free device, getting shackled with a contract for such a cheap...

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Nokia Lumia 925 review

Nokia Lumia 925 review Nokia has done what we asked: released a Windows Phone handset in metal. Except it's not all metal. And it's very similar to the Nokia Lumia 920. And it's in the high-end price bracket... but does a stunning camera warrant the extra cost? Last year's Lumia 920 was a decent handset. It married striking looks to a quality screen and an even...

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Android users get in on Spotify Connect's Wi-Fi speaker streaming

Connect has finally streamed over to Android Spotify Connect is a nifty little feature, letting you stream your music to select speakers locally over Wi-Fi and eliminating the need for any Bluetooth pairing faff. It's also something that iOS users have been able to rub in Android faces for the past couple of months. Now the feature has been made available...

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Sony Xperia Z1s could be Z1 Max, not mini

What's next for the Xperia Z1 There's been a lot of talk and rumours lately about the Sony Xperia Z1s, a handset believed to be a mini version of the Sony Xperia Z1. But as likely as that had previously seemed, a new image posted on Chinese site Digi-wo and found by Xperia Blog shows a phone that's supposedly the Xperia Z1s side by side with an Xperia Z1...

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ZTE Grand S II Dual leaks through benchmark database

The ZTE Grand S II Dual existence has been confirmed by the AnTuTu benchmark database. The phone is the successor of the ZTE Grand S and all the information available right now is its AnTuTu score. The ZTE Grand S II Dual managed to score a cool 33,357 points, which puts ahead of the competition in terms of performance. Its predecessor ran on the quad-core Snapdragon...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition gets Android 4.4

Samsung has started pushing out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Galaxy S4 Google Play edition. The update comes right after HTC pushed out the KitKat update for the HTC One Google Play edition. One of the reasons for getting these Google Play edition devices was the promise of getting Android updates on time, along with the Nexus devices and so...

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Microsoft may unify Windows Phone, Windows RT in the future

When you can't beat 'em, join 'em There isn't enough room in town for three separate versions of the Windows operating system, admitted Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Devices Julie Larson-Green. "We have the Windows Phone OS. We have Windows RT and we have full Windows. We're not going to have three," she confirmed last week at a UBS Global Technology...

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