Advertisements Over the last few days, there have been reports about the presence of region-lock on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 smartphone but it turns out the overall situation is not all that bad. According to a report in All About Samsung, the region-locks are only valid for the first-time activation of the smartphone. So, you […]
Advertisements HTC’s troubles don’t seem to be ending. A report from Reuters indicates that HTC is facing problems with casings of its One Mini smartphone. According to the news agency, these component shortages are hampering the company’s shipments and it is not able to meet the consumer and telecom demand of the smartphone. Reuters adds […]
Advertisements Remember the recent reports, which revealed that Nokia was secretly working on an Android-powered Lumia smartphone prototype (codenamed MView); well it turns out that despite Microsoft’s plans to buy Nokia’s devices unit, the development of this prototype in still underway. According to a report in Chinese publication CTechnology, Nokia plans to continue the development […]
Advertisements According to a report in Digitimes, HTC has been forced to use the older Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor in its upcoming One max smartphone because of the supply issues with Snapdragon 800 CPU. As all major smartphone manufacturers including LG, Sony and Samsung are using Snapdragon 800 in one or the other smartphones, […]
Advertisements Turns out, Nokia was secretly testing Android on its Lumia and Asha phones in case its Windows Phone efforts didn’t succeed. According to a report in NYT’s Bits blog, a team within Nokia had working Android-powered Lumia phones long-before Microsoft deal came into picture. NYT writes: A team within Nokia had Android up and […]
Advertisements Former Android VP Hugo Barra, who recently announced that he is joining China’s up-and-coming smartphone maker Xiaomi, revealed some interesting details in an interview with tech blog AllThingsD. Barra talked on various topics including why he went to Xiaomi and what are his plans for the company. To remind you, Hugo Barra has joined […]
Advertisements Well, this didn’t take long. In light of the Apple iPhone 5s announcement, which packs A7 64bit processor, Samsung co-CEO and Mobile chief JK Shin has revealed that their next smartphones will come with 64-bit processing power. He was speaking at his regular weekly meeting with chief executives of Samsung’s key affiliates, reports The […]
Advertisements Intel today formally announced the launch of new Intel Atom Z3000 processor series (Bay Trail) for tablets. Based on next-generation 22nm Silvermont architecture, the new processors reportedly bring 2x CPU and 3x GPU performance improvements over Clover Trail processors. According to Intel, we can expect to see Android tablets or hybrids from manufacturers including […]