Feb
22
2012
LG is going to be one busy company at next week’s Mobile World Congress. We’ve already heard about the Optimus Vu, the Optimus 3D MAX / Cube, and the L-Style phones. We’ve also been reporting about the X3, but it looks like it will have a different name, the Optimus 4X HD. Since it features NVIDIA’s quad-core [...]
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Feb
22
2012
We’ve been hearing about the possible followup to the LG Optimus 3D (LG Thrill in the states) as the Optimus 3D Max. LG just made it official, but if you live in Korea, it will be called the Cube. Although the 3D Max name will be available in Europe, it’s unlikely to bare that name [...]
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Feb
21
2012
We heard back in December that U.S. Cellular was planning on adding the Samsung Galaxy S II to its lineup, and now it’s a reality. They just officially announced that it will be available soon for $229.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. Not a bad deal, but unfortunately it won’t be compatible with their upcoming LTE [...]
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Feb
21
2012
Samsung just announced the followups to the Galaxy Ace and the Galaxy mini. Of course they are appropriately named the Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy mini 2. They continue the trend of catering to users with active lifestyles who want something affordable. The Galaxy Ace 2 (top left) features a 3.8-inch WVGA (800 x [...]
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Feb
20
2012
NVIDIA and ZTE just announced the ZTE Mimosa X, which is the first smartphone powered by all NVIDIA processors, the Tegra 2 and the Icera 450 modem. It will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a 4.3 qHD (960 x 540) display, 5MP rear camera, front camera, and 4GB of storage expandable [...]
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Feb
20
2012
A couple of days ago we told you about the much needed update coming soon to DROID X owners. No it’s not Ice Cream Sandwich, but it will fix a lot of bugs that have been a mainstay ever since Gingerbread landed on the device. We have good news because the soak test has officially [...]
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Feb
20
2012
A few months ago Panasonic made it clear they wanted to sell smartphones outside of Japan, and shortly after, a water/dust proof device was revealed for this spring. Panasonic just made it official with the unveiling of the Eluga (pictured above) for Europe. Panasonic also just announced the P-04D for NTT DoCoMo and 102P for Softbank [...]
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Feb
20
2012
Foursquare is the King of check-ins, but it looks like Google is about to get into the game with a new feature as part of Latitude that will most likely find its way to Google+. You already have the ability to check-in now, but they’ve added a new feature called Leaderboards, which will rank you [...]
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Feb
19
2012
We’ve already heard about Qualcomm’s latest processor, the Snapdragon S4, which will be quad-core and utilize LTE. Qualcomm took the time to give us some details ahead of Mobile World Congress. The new SoC now supports up to three cameras (two in the back for 3D and one front-facing), 20-megapixels, and recording video at 1080p [...]
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Feb
17
2012
When Samsung announced the Galaxy Note back in September, we all wondered when the U.S. would get this bad boy. It may have taken longer than we wanted, but hey, better late than never right? You will have your chance to buy one in either carbon blue or ceramic white starting this Sunday at AT&T for $299.99. [...]