Posts Tagged ‘smartphone’

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How smart is the Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone?

The Samsung Galaxy S3, revealed a couple of days ago, definitely sports some of the best hardware specs around, but it also looks like Samsung have managed to integrate software functions that give a new meaning for the word “smart” in smartphones. Marketed by Samusng as human-centric functions, these are features exclusive to the Samsung [...]

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Sony ST21i Entry-Level Smartphone Outed

Hello friends, we have the first idea and glimpse of what will be the new standard-bearer for entry-level smartphones. The long-rumored Sony ST21i (also known as “Tapioca”) looks to be the newest addition to the Xperia family. It was recently outed by tech blog Techblog.gr and reveals an impressive design of the device. As you can see, [...]

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Reports Indicate HTC And Facebook Are Collaborating On Another Smartphone

 The latest news from the rumor mill sure is intriguing. Word on the street is HTC and Facebook will be participating in another joint venture to develop a smartphone. If you recall friends, both companies joined together to create the Facebook Phone last year, so yes friends, we will likely a follow-up to the oh-so familiar Facebook-centered [...]

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Wondering how a quad-core unibody smartphone looks on the inside? Wonder no more

There are many reasons to dismantle a device, including changing the battery, repairing some internal parts, or if you are just curious about what’s inside. Granted, the last point is primarily for tech geeks, with most people not really caring about what is inside, as long as the device itself works as promised.Teardowns are especially [...]

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And the best LTE smartphone is…

Things have changed a lot for LTE fans over the past year or so. Back in the first days of LTE (a time when Verizon was the only LTE carrier in the US), the number of possible choices faced by a potential buyer was restricted to a couple of smartphones, period. But as it stands, [...]

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Oppo Leaks Image Of 6.65mm Smartphone, Gives Huawei’s Ascend P1 S Some Competition

Think the upcoming Huawei Ascend P1 S smartphone is thin as thin can get? Well, you may want to think again as there’s a new kid on the block aiming to have the title of “World’s Thinnest Smartphone”. Chinese company Oppo has leaked out a photo of its upcoming device that will be only 6.65mm thick— which [...]

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Chinese web giant Baidu working on its own Android-based smartphone

Dell Streak Pro D43What do you get when you combine Baidu and Foxconn? If rumors are to be believed, the two Chinese tech powerhouses are planning to collaborate on making an entry level smartphone targeted at the local market. The Baidu-branded phone is expected to have a 3.5-inch touchscreen, high-res camera and a 1400mAh battery. Not [...]

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First Intel-based Android smartphone shipping later this week

During the company’s Q1 earnings call, Intel CEO Paul Ottelini revealed that the first smartphone to utilize an Atom-based Medfield CPU would ship later this week. He wasn’t too clear on which device that may be, but there are only a handful of possibilities. The Lenovo K800 was the first handset announced with Intel’s platform [...]

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Picture of HTC Golf surfaces, entry level smartphone with 3.5-inch display

A new handset is set to join HTC’s smartphone lineup this year, but it’ll be one without the, well, One branding. For now, the codename given to the smartphone is Golf. According to reports, the HTC Golf is the designated successor to the HTC Wildfire S, and it’s likely that we’ll see it in stores branded [...]

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Watch Coachella’s livestream this weekend on your Android-powered Google TV, tablet or smartphone!

We can’t all be at Coachella this weekend, which sucks. Hard. But that doesn’t mean we’re going to miss out on all the incredible music. Youtube again will be streaming more than 60 acts, and that’s where Android comes in. Probably the best way to watch is going to be from Google TV on a [...]

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