Tag: smartphones

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Bigger display for a big phone

Since the introduction of the first Samsung Galaxy Note in 2011, competitors have placed on the market many phones billed as “bigger than ever before.” But none could match Samsung’s success or give the users a compelling reason to own such a big smartphone. Samsung smartly created a sub-market for the device that’s primarily a […]

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Double iPhone Launch Event

5C and 5S debut

Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, and Phil Schiller shared the stage presenting the much awaited updates from Apple earlier this month. The presentation started with news about what’s next for the iDevices (iOS 7 with now free built-in apps), but the stars of the event were the two iPhones that will be available starting today (Friday, […]

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Ubuntu Phone OS

Over the Edge

Canonical’s Ubuntu Edge won’t happen after the company’s effort to raise $32 million via crowdsourced funding fell short with nearly $13 million raised in 31 days. However, the experiment proved that mass market phone companies can’t rest too easy – there are still ways to tackle the status quo, and room for innovation that many […]

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Asus Fonepad & Padfone

Tablet + phone

Is it a tablet, is it a phone? Why not two in one? Asus keeps coming up with very interesting technology and based on their latest release, one could say that they’re having a good time experimenting with the industry’s most popular mobile devices: the smartphone and the tablet. At the Mobile World Congress they […]

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Mobile Goes Global

2013 Mobile World Congress

Europe hosts the world’s premiere mobile event, a supersized tech fair that recently brought together over 72,000 participants from more than 220 countries and over 1,700 companies. Held this year in Barcelona, the Mobile World Congress is where the latest innovations in the mobile ecosystem are revealed, with emphasis on the technology behind the scenes […]

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Samsung Unpacked

New Smarrtphone Launch

Samsung has announced that it is Ready 4 the show, inviting fans on March 14th to New York for a special event where the newest device from the South Korean company will stand in the spotlight. The event will be live streamed on YouTube, announcing the next Galaxy. The star will be the Galaxy S […]

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BlackBerry Buzz

RIM's new OS comes out Jan. 30

Once considered the go-to phone for the business elite, today BlackBerry struggles to stay above water in a marketplace dominated by iOS and Android operating systems. Three years ago, Research in Motion (RIM) held 50 percent of the smartphone market in the US; in September of 2011 there were eighty million worldwide subscribers to BlackBerry, […]

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Yo, YotaPhone

Two-sided Russian smartphone

The ‘YotaPhone’, a two-sided smartphone out of Russia, has been a topic of much tech chatter for the past few days. Industry buzz calls the development a surprise, as Russian technology developers have thus far kept a low profile in the mobile phone market. Will they profoundly impact our next generation of smartphones? With this […]

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Traveling Light

Apps for the road

The holiday season is official upon us. Whether you’re traveling near or far to visit friends and family this year, there are dozens of smartphone apps you can download to help you get where you’re going – and help you navigate a new city once you get there. Here are a few recommended apps to […]

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Let’s talk smartphones

Apple Conference 2012

Ever since Apple’s rebirth as a tech leader, the company’s release conference is one of the most talked about industry events of the year. The tight-lipped culture of Apple usually means that Mac rumors were largely speculative – no one on the outside really knew what to expect until the day finally arrived. While there […]

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