Another screenshot of next-gen Samsung TouchWiz leaks

Roughly a couple of weeks after its first appearance, a new screenshot of Samsung’s next generation TouchWiz user interface made the rounds. Once again, the capture got out on Twitter thanks to @evleaks. The screenshot shows a revamped UI in the works (click to expand) The screenshot reveals a radically new, tiled UI. Similar to the Magazine UX which launched alongside...

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Nokia’s unannounced Lumia 929 goes on sale in China

In a truly bizarre fashion, the yet to be announced, Nokia Lumia 929 went on sale in China. The top-end Windows Phone device is currently available for purchase in the popular online marketplace TaoBao for ¥3800 ($628). Also known as Nokia Lumia Icon, the smartphone is shown in a number of live photos, proudly wearing its Verizon Wireless branding. This is hardly...

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Dual-SIM Moto G hits Malaysia too, priced at $210

Just a day after the dual-SIM version of the Motorola Moto G went official in Australia, the phone has reached Malaysia. Thankfully, this time around, we also have a price for the phone. In Malaysia, the dual-SIM Motorola Moto G carries a price tag of $210 and $240 for the 8GB and 16GB models, respectively. The phone was announced at a joint event of Motorola and...

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Huawei queitly launches Ascend P6 S with minor changes

Huawei quietly put out an S version of its super-thin Ascend P6 smartphone. The Huawei Ascend P6 S is 0.3 thicker, but still only goes as high as 6.5mm, though it has the same battery capacity of 2,000mAh. The chipset has been bumped up a bit and now features a quad-core 1.6GHz processor (up from 1.5GHz). It’s not clear if it’s Huawei’s own chipset again, but there’s...

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LG to skip Android 4.3 and move to 4.4 KiKat for some smartphones

LG is allegedly planning to skip the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for some of its smartphones and move them straight to the latest Android 4.4 KitKat, according to a report from PhoneArena. In fact, some of the smartphones will also jump the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update and go from 4.1 to Android 4.4 version. The devices that are expected to get the KitKat release...

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Is this the Sony Xperia Z2 and will it launch Mobile World Congress next month?

Sony reportedly in a hurry to get the Z2 out there Sony has barely got a around to taking down the promo posters for the flagship Xperia Z1 handset, but a series leaked photos suggests its successor is already waiting to steal its spot in the limelight The Xperia Z1 was only announced at IFA back in September, but now a handset with the model name D6503...

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Cutting the cord: why wireless charging will finally power up in 2014

Companies like IDAPT are hoping 2014 is a big wireless year Wireless power today is mostly about convenience; not having to fish out a cable and get it the right way round when you plug it in. But once it becomes ubiquitous, it will change the way devices are designed; they can have smaller batteries or save space by not needing the power port at all. ...

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