Alleged screenshot from HTC M8 appears on Twitter

The latest bit which the rumor mill brought on the HTC M8 is a possible glimpse of its homescreen. Alleged screenshot captured from the upcoming device made the rounds on Twitter, courtesy of @evleaks. Alleged screenshot from HTC M8 (click to enlarge) The purported screen capture from the successor of the HTC One showcases the previously seen on-screen navigation buttons,...

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Redesigned HTC One 2 homescreen gets its turn in the leak light

This is just a peak at the M8's homescreen (credit: @evleaks) The HTC One 2 is all but confirmed, thanks to a veritable truckload of leaks from every corner of the internet. Among the more prolific leakers has been none other than @evleaks, and today the Twitter tipster is back at it with an image that may reveal the forthcoming phone's redesigned homescreen....

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Verizon approves the HTC One 4.4 update, OTA inbound

Better late than never Verizon Verizon HTC One owners your Android 4.4 KitKat ship has come in. Mo Versi, HTC product manager, announced on Twitter that Verizon has approved 4.4 over-the-air update for the HTC and it will begin rolling out shortly. Coming with the 4.4 update is a slew of Sense 5.5 improvements to the phone. Sense 5.5 already made its...

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Samsung denies asking athletes to cover iPhones during Olympics

The Sochi Olympics opening ceremony could be a sea of this Samsung has denied the accusation that it's demanding athletes cover up their iPhones and other non-Samsung logos during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Samsung is heavily involved in the games, giving every athlete a Galaxy Note 3, sending a "Galaxy Team" of 80 athletes around the world on a large-scale...

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Apple dives into deeper colors, patents quantum dot enhanced Retina displays

A splash of color Apple's Retina displays helped the iPhone and iPad reach new resolution limits and soon they might do even more with the help of quantum dots. The US Patent and Trademark Office published four new patent applications from Apple that were first spotted by Patently Apple. The most interesting of these new documents describes using quantum...

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Woz pitches an Android iPhone, Hell reports zero snowball sightings

Steve and Steve, probably giggling about Apple Android phones in the 70s Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has suggested a novel way for the company to combat the march of the Android army... start building Android phones! Speaking to Wired, the flamboyant computing whiz Wozniak said there's nothing keeping Apple from making Android phones that would out-style...

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Even the LG G Pro 2's speakers are supposed to be more awesome

The G Pro 2's speaker will reportedly be 30% stronger than its predecessor's The latest LG G Pro 2 leak suggests that the upcoming LG flagship will sports impressive 1W speakers and a "thickened bass booster" that will blow the competition away. This tidbit comes from ETNews, a Korean site that's spilled similar beans more than once in the past. The speaker...

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Apple goes big on fitness as it drops another iWatch hint

'Now drop and give me 20' 2014 is the year that Apple gets fit, and it just published evidence of its intentions. Apple put up a job advert for a "User Studies Exercise Physiologist" which could very well be tied to a little thing currently known as the iWatch. There are a number of requirements for the role, including "Good understanding of physiological...

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Best Android phone - which should you buy?

Which is the best Android phone for you? We've got the answers Our verdict on the best Android phones - constantly updated There's one key way in which Android is massively different from its Apple-branded smartphone competition - the number of phones out there running Google's hot mobile OS. The latest wave of phones rocking up are running Android Jelly...

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Dual-SIM Motorola Moto G now getting KitKat too

Motorola is now seeding the official Android 4.4 KitKat firmware update to the dual-SIM version of Moto G. It is available over the air and weighs about 230MB. Currently the update is seeding in Malaysia, but we expect other markets to get it very soon. Just as on the other Moto G versions, the update brings Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Project Svelte...

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XOLO A500 Club goes live with dual front speakers

XOLO, the smartphone and tablet manufacturer based in India, has announced today its latest smartphone based on the already availableA500. The A500 Club ups the processing power of its predecessor to a 1.3GHz dual-core CPU, while keeping the same 4-inch 480 x 800 IPS display, 4GB of expandable memory, and 512MB of RAM. It's runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and...

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Sony sold 10.7 million smartphones last quarter

Sony's new quarterly financial report is out and it shows improving performance. The company's Mobile Products and Communications division responsible for Sony's Xperia and Vaio devices reports improving smartphone sales, but was dragged down by the stale PC business. If you haven't heard already, Sony is selling its PC business. The Xperia line, however, moved 10.7...

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Apple's own graphics a no-go as future iPhones will be powered by Imagination

But could this be the final time the two sign the papers? It looks like Apple won't opting for its own GPUs any time soon, as it's just inked a deal to keep Imagination powering graphics in future iPhones and iPads. Apple and Imagination have extended their partnership under a multi-year deal that will keep the two working closely together on future devices....

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Firefox Android launcher will do the thinking for you

Mozilla goes mobile, again Mozilla has certainly been busy lately. Not only has the company built its own mobile OS, but it's also working on an Android launcher and has just unveiled a screen grab of it in action. Mozilla describes its homescreen replacement as a way to 'discover the content you want in any moment.' It's powered by EverythingMe, another...

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Android 4.4 KitKat now seeding to Korean Galaxy S4 LTE-A

Samsung has just launched the latest Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Korean Galaxy S4 LTE-A units that are based on Snapdragon 800 chips. Reportedly the new firmware is available both via Kies and OTA. The new firmware is said to make the Galaxy S4 LTE-A phone even faster, with better RAM management and improved TouchWiz user interface. The latest TouchWiz version...

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HTC One 2 faces the camera for new round of leaked images

Flagship or fakeship? (credit: MobilTelefon.RU) Two new images claiming to be of the HTC One 2 have surfaced, giving us our first clear look at the front of the device and revealing some deviations from the design of the HTC One. The photos, found by Russian site MobilTelefon.RU, show a phone that looks remarkably similar to the HTC One. It's the same...

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HTC regional director says M8 photos are fake

The regional director of HTC for the Benelux region, Mark Moons, tweeted that the leaked photos of the HTC M8 (One's successor) were fakes created in Photoshop. It's not clear if he's referring to the ones that show the back or the front, but probably both. HTC doesn’t normally address rumors (just like most companies), so to call this out it must really be a fake....

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