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Samsung Galaxy S IV will be made of plastic; shocks no one
CNET had a chat with YH Lee, Samsung’s executive VP of mobile business, who appears to confirm that the upcoming Galaxy S IV will continue Samsung’s trend of making their devices from a light, thin plastic despite most other manufacturers going for a more premium look-and-feel for their recent devices. Lee told CNET that Samsung [...]
Samsung Galaxy S IV design possibly leaked
The guys over at @evleaks may have just leaked the design of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S IV on Twitter. The two images that have been posted show a squarer phone than the previous Galaxy S III which matches up with the cases we have seen making their rounds on the internet. One of the [...]
Galaxy S IV specs leaked on Antutu?
Looks like someone is either trolling hard or has accidentally let the cat out of the bag a little early. Results have appeared on the Antutu benchmarking site which could possibly be the Samsung Galaxy S IV, which is due to be released next Friday morning Australian Eastern Time. 4.99″ Full HD (1920×1080) screen 1.8GHz [...]
Rumour: Galaxy SIV to come in 2 colours and 3 storage capacities
In the first of what is sure to be dozens of rumors surrounding the upcoming release of the Galaxy SIV on March 14th, information is coming to light of two colours and three storage capacities giving us six variations on the device. White 16gb White 32gb White 64gb Black 16gb Black 32gb Black 64gb The [...]
Hewlett-Packard to build Android tablets?
According to the Verge, Hewlett-Packard is building Android tablets, and is considering building an Android smartphone as well. We all remember how spectacularly HP failed with the webOS-powered TouchPad, but considering that its failure was largely attributed to HP’s hardware decisions rather than the software itself, it will be interesting to see if they’ve learned [...]
New Motorola Google smartphone said to be a “game changer”
When Google took over Motorola Mobility, we — and others — thought that this would mean a range of co-designed phones and tablets which would run close-to-stock Android and generally set the standard for the industry. This didn’t quite happen. We have certainly seen some great handsets from Motorola in the RAZR M and RAZR [...]
Next-generation Nexus 7 could ditch NVIDIA in favour of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro
It looks like NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 won’t be making an appearance in the next-generation Nexus 7. At least, according to ZD Net who are citing Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell. So why the change from NVIDIA to Qualcomm? Well, although Tegra 4 is quite powerful, it doesn’t have an integrated 3G/4G modem. Instead there’s a [...]
Hint at possible unification of Google’s Messaging Services?
Are we looking at an early piece of evidence that Google is working on a unified messaging client? A developer and serial crawler of the Chrome OS tracker named François Beaufort has posted a screenshot of the rich notification system set to hit Chrome OS, complete with Google Now-esque cards that display messages, Google+ notifications [...]
Rumour: Nexus 4 on sale in Australia at 8AM AEDT?
If you’ve been hanging out for the Australian Play Store to receive stock of LG’s Nexus 4, you might not have to wait much longer. Android Police yesterday reported a tip stating that the Nexus 4 would become available in the US Play Store today, which proved to be correct. According to the same tipster, [...]
HTC hosting media events in NYC and London on February 19
Since HTC only make phones, and considering that the invites to the press event were sent to Android Central, it’s a pretty safe bet that they’re about to announce a new Android phone. It’s probably a pretty big release, as they’re hosting two press events in two major cities contemporaneously, and hopefully we’ll get a [...]
Is LG making a white Nexus 4?
To me, white phones always seem cooler than their black counterparts. On that note, we bring you a photo of the back of a phone that looks suspiciously like a Nexus 4, but white. Phone Arena posted this picture from an anonymous source that clearly shows the Nexus branding and distinctive sparkly pattern on the [...]
Play Store updates Nexus 4 status to ‘Temporarily Out of Stock’
Today, Google updated the Nexus 4′s page on the Play Store from ‘Sold out’ to ‘Temporarily out of stock’. Google and LG have been working hard to produce more stock of the much-sought-after phone, and considering that the Nexus 4 will be available from Harvey Norman on Friday, and that it’s currently available from Best [...]
More pictures of Galaxy Note 8.0 show up
We’ve heard bits and pieces about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 in the last week or so. We had it confirmed by Samsung’s J K Shin that the Galaxy Note 8.0 would launch at the Mobile World Congress in February 2013. Then we saw some advertising imagery shown around the web. Now it looks like [...]