HTC may be over the idea of including premium earbuds with its smartphones, but Motorola is stepping up to give it the ol’ college try with its Motosmart Mix XT550. The phone will sell in China for ¥1,699 and is targeted at “people who really car…
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Motorola Motosmart Mix XT550 masks its middling specs with a set of nice headphones
May 16th, 2012
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Google launches Knowledge Graph today, wants to understand real things (video)
May 16th, 2012
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Americans and Brits might chuckle at their respective understandings of words like chips, pants and biscuits — a search engine, however, can’t be quite so discerning. As it turns out, Google actually thinks it can, and has been working on its Knowle…
Xiaomi Phone gets a Youth Edition, a less powerful, cheaper alternative for students
May 16th, 2012
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Many of you are already familiar with the Xiaomi Phone and its reverence in the MIUI community, but now the Chinese manufacturer has introduced a less expensive counterpart to the original, which is aptly known as the Youth Edition. Priced at 1,499 y…
Kantar: Windows Phone clawing back share thanks to Nokia, but Android still rules the roost
May 16th, 2012
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It’s seldom the case that we get to look at world smartphone market share on a national level, but Kantar WorldPanel has given a rare peek that might give Windows Phone fans some good news to crow about. Even though things haven’t always gone well fo…
HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE delayed at customs due to ITC exclusion order
May 16th, 2012
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We’ve just received a statement from HTC indicating that two of its flagship devices — the One X for AT&T and the EVO 4G LTE for Sprint — have been delayed at customs due to an ITC exclusion order that was handed down last December at Apple’s b…
Google reportedly planning stable of Nexus devices with Android 5.0, will sell ‘em direct
May 15th, 2012
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Hand firmly grasping hat? Good. The Wall Street Journal is reporting on quite the bombshell today, noting that Google is about to cause its carrier partners in the States all sorts of grief — indirectly, of course. Just weeks after placing its heral…
Google’s Project Glass prototypes can transfer still images, do little else
May 15th, 2012
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This was probably a given, but there won’t be any freakishly detailed social profile overlay as you pass strangers on the street in the initial iteration of “Google Glasses.” Instead, current prototype functionality includes features like photo shari…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review
May 15th, 2012
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More Info Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 hands-on (video) PSA: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Galaxy Player 4.2 now available online When we review a second-generation product there are certain things we ten…
Google Chrome 19 Stable arrives, shares live tabs across your computers and phones (video)
May 15th, 2012
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Google first teased live tab syncing in Chrome 19 beta, and it’s now available for all of us who tread the safer path of Stable releases. If you weren’t living on the bleeding edge for long enough to try the syncing early, you’ll be glad to know that…
Tizen OS will run Android apps — with a little help from third-party software (video)
May 15th, 2012
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As Tizen’s open-source OS continues to make its first steps into the world, there’s some good news for anyone concerned with a weak app line-up. It looks like both Android versions and Samsung’s own Bada SDK will be supported through an application c…
Those suave Google glasses are now patent-protected
May 15th, 2012
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Google has successfully patented the “ornamental design” of its augmented reality eyewear. To you, me and Aunty Dee they might look almost like regular Ray-Bans, but there’s a lot of secret technology concealed within those sleek lines and Google evi…
HTC Desire C gets official ‘First Look’ video and UK pricing
May 15th, 2012
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Just a day after being papped in Portugal, the HTC Desire C has turned up in this official video. There’s not much new info to take away, bar a quick glimpse of the Sense interface. T-Mobile UK, however, has also been in touch to let us know its pri…
FXI Cotton Candy ICS-on-a-stick gets May release date, sweetened design
May 15th, 2012
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Is that an Ice Cream Sandwich riding shotgun atop your Cotton Candy stick? It may sound like a delicious carnival delight, but munching on this bad boy will send you to the hospital faster than a family pack of deep-fried Oreos. Keeping up the confec…
HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun
May 14th, 2012
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Vodafone Portugal was so excited to hear about HTC’s Desire C that it added it to the company’s summer brochure — despite it not being officially announced. The catalog reveals that the low-end handset will arrive with a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display,…
HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun
May 14th, 2012
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Vodafone Portugal was so excited to hear about HTC’s Desire C that it added it to the company’s summer brochure — despite it not being officially announced. The catalog reveals that the low-end handset will arrive with a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display,…
