LG announces red and gold versions of G2

The gold-painted LG G2 leaked a couple of days ago, but as it turns out it wasn't the only new color the Korean manufacturer has been working on. The company officially announced two new limited edition colors for its flagship smartphone - Red and Gold. LG introduced the new paintjobs to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday season. Both new versions sport a textured...

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LG G Flex hits UK pre-orders, but getting ahead of the curve sure is expensive

LG G Flex is scheduled to hit the UK next month The LG G Flex is coming to the UK soon and is available for pre-order. Hooray! However, It'll cost a staggering £689 to buy off contract. Boo! Carphone Warehouse is now taking reservations for the 6-inch 720p curved smartphone, but isn't yet bold enough to say when it'll actually be released into the wild....

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International LG G2 won’t be getting Android KitKat this month

It turns out that the international version of the LG G2 might not be getting an update to Android 4.4 KitKat this month. In a new tweet, LG Mobile Saudi Arabia apologized for releasing wrong information earlier today. We apologize for the previous wrong tweet regarding G2 Kit Kat upgrade schedule,the date was for upgrading the KnockOn feature to Lii series— LG Mobile Saudi (@LGMobileSaudi) January 15, 2014 Instead of Android 4.4 KitKat for the company’s smartphone flagship, LG Mobile Saudi Arabia announced that the popular...

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Major carrier and CDMA support for Ubuntu Phones is in the far future

Ubuntu wants a open-source phone future The road to Canonical's Ubuntu smartphone has been long and it seems to only be getting even longer as the open-source software company makes a play for the major leagues. Canonical's Community Manager Jono Bacon (yes, that is a real and awesome name) admitted that the first Ubuntu Touch smartphone for major OEMs...

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Pandora gets personal with artist recommendations on iOS, Android

We know what you want! With so much streaming music flying all over the place, how can a listener find the stuff that's right for them? Pandora may have the answer, at least for smartphone and tablet owners. Pandora today announced the addition of personalized music recommendations on its iOS and Android apps, which serve up to six suggested artist stations...

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Nokia Lumia 521 now just $30 on MetroPCS

Just when you thought that the price of the Lumia 521 couldn't get any lower, MetroPCS comes in and offers the handset for $29. It's worth mentioning that this is the price of the phone after a mail-in rebate. You'll have to shell out $49.00 initially (plus taxes), but you get $20 back with a mail-in rebate. If you already use, or don't mind switching to MetroPCS as...

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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact hits China as Z1 Colorful Edition

Sony has announced the Xperia Z1 Compact for China. It will be oddly called Xperia Z1 Colorful Edition instead of Compact, but the rest is pretty much. The specs of the Xperia Z1 Colorful Edition are similar to those of its global sibling - a 4.3" 720p Triluminos display, a Snapdragon 800 chipset, a 20.7MP camera and IP58-certification for dust and water protection....

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Blackphone unveiled, gives you full control over your privacy

One of the biggest problems in recent times is the digital surveillance by that invades our personal privacy. Well, with the upcoming smartphone named Blackphone, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Silent Circly in association with Geeksphone has announced Blackphone, which according to the firm is the world's first smartphone that gives you full control over your privacy....

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Motorola: 'it doesn't matter what camera your smartphone has'

Can the Moto X make it in the UK? Motorola has announced that it's bringing the Moto X to the UK on February 1 2014, six months after it was launched in the US, and trailing in the footsteps of the excellent Moto G. We've already questioned the handset's arrival in the UK and its £380 price tag, which seems a lot when compared to the bargain basement Moto...

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Mid-range Oppo Neo now official, costs $215

After yesterday's tease of the upcoming Oppo Neo, the Indonesian branch of the Chinese phonemaker just made the phone official. The Oppo Neo is built around a 4.5" IPS LCD display, which is extra sensitive and is capable of detecting touches even when you are wearing gloves. The screen packs a rather low resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of...

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Samsung set to supercharge Galaxy S5 battery

I want it charged NOW! Hot on the heels of news that the Samsung Galaxy S5 won't pop up at MWC 2014 comes a little more detail about what we can expect at the South Korean's mid-March launch. According to a tip sent to Phone Arena, the Galaxy S5 will sport a much-improved 2900mAh battery, up from the S4's sizeable 2600mAh power pack. News of a larger capacity...

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Microsoft to pay Samsung and Sony to make WP8 phones

Before Microsoft bought out Nokia's phone division, the software giant was subsidizing the phone maker to the tune of $1 billion a year. That was a big incentive for Nokia to go with Windows Phone over other alternatives. The company may be offering the same deal to other companies as well – at least according to Eldar Murtazin, whose prediction accuracy has gone down from its heyday. Microsoft going to pay to each company for creating one wp8 model. No matter how they call this money, its not a real business for MS— Eldar Murtazin...

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Sony Xperia E1 to cost €140, T2 Ultra will go for €400

Sony announced two budget-minded devices – the Xperia E1 and Xperia T2 Ultra – both of which have optional dual-SIM versions. However, the company neglected the most important part – how much do they cost? It seems that the entry-level handset, the Xperia E1, is currently listed at €139 in Germany for the single-SIM version and €149 for the dual-SIM. That matches...

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Secure phone that the NSA will hate set to launch at MWC 2014

Yes, Black really is the new black It looks like privacy is set to be a big deal at MWC 2014 and Spanish mobile company Geeksphone is first out of the gates with its Barcelona-bound Blackphone. Thanks to a certain Mr Snowden, the whole world knows that the NSA has been paying attention to our private conversations, going so far as to access our offline...

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Android 4.3 now available on AT&T's Galaxy S4 Active

Samsung is now seeding the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for the AT&T's Galaxy S4 Active. The update is available both via Kies and over the air and weighs about 770MB. The Android 4.3 firmware update brings Galaxy Gear support, Knox security, TRIM support and better RAM management and Daydream. There's also the usual batch of performance tweaks and bugfixes....

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It's official: international LG G2 KitKat rollout starts this month

LG Mobile's official Twitter account for Saudi Arabia has confirmed that the Android 4.4 KitKat update will arrive for the local LG G2 smartphones by the end of this month. This marks the beginning of the update rollout we knew was coming in this quarter after it hit the Korean G2 units at the end of November. There's no official word for LG G2 smartphones outside...

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Perzo: a military-grade messaging service that keeps the NSA at arms' length

Safe messaging Perzo chief David Gurle knows a thing or two about communications. A messaging expert who previously founded Microsoft's Lync video conferencing service and once ran Skype's Business division, Gurle's latest app is a military-grade messaging system designed to keep private communications away from prying eyes. Launched in December 2013, the...

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