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CyanogenMod 9 on Samsung Galaxy S II – Now its official !

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Right after the release or should rather say “leak” of the Android 4.0 Ice-Cream Sandwich firmware for Samsung Galaxy S II we were expecting more ICS based custom roms for the Samsung Galaxy S II including the two most famo...


Rumor: iPad mini will come in Q3 2012, Samsung Security document says

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While it sounds like a Samsung commercial, a leaked Samsung investment bank document has revealed Apple is readying an iPad mini. The rumor of the iPad has appeared countless times since the original tablet was uncovered in Jan...


iPad 3 price will have the same $499 starting price

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As we inch towards the official launch of the iPad 3, the enigma of Apple’s next-generation tablet is slowly being solved. There was a rumor roundup recently saying that the iPad 3 will likely cost $70 more than its predeceso...



Air Force is set to purchase 18,000 iPads

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The US Air Force has secured $9.36 million to purchase 18,000 iPad 2s, Captain Kathleen Ferrero, a military spokeswoman, said a couple days ago. Air Mobility Command decided to lose the paper manuals and navigation charts carri...


iPads using a Retina display and iOS 6 are browsing the Web

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While digging through their logs, the guys at Ars Technica have found 346 visits from a device with a screen resolution we expect to see from the iPad 3, which is rumored and confirmed to feature a Retina Display. While the dev...


Nearly half of American adults own a Smartphone

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If this trend continues, owning a feature phone will put you in the minority in the United States. According to the latest study published by Pew Research Center, the percentage of Smartphone owners is approaching the 50% mark....


Mannheim Court shuts down third Samsung 3G lawsuit against Apple

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Judge Andreas Voss has ruled in the third Samsung versus Apple lawsuit over a 3G/UMTS essential patent, just like the previous two, in favor of Apple today. However, Friday was a very busy day, at least for both Samsung and App...


Almost one third of mobile Web users intend to buy an iPad 3

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Nearly 30% of mobile Web users are ready to purchase Apple’s next-generation tablet computer, InMobi, the largest independent mobile ad network has found. After surveying 689 US mobile users, distributing the survey on InMobi...


Samsung Galaxy S III Coming in April, To be Announced this Month

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Oh Samsung, you’ve bagged all the gold once again. Yesterday, we wrote about Samsung’s grand victory at the 17th Annual Global Mobile Awards held at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain when it won the Best...


HTC Flashes ImageSense via HTC One Photos

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A new trend arises from this year’s Mobile World Congress. If you are wondering what it is, we’re talking about quad-cores. Does that ring a bell to you? Early on at the MWC, HTC introduced its series of HTC One sma...


iOS global market share is up in February

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Apple’s mobile operating system market share skyrocketed last month, at least according to Net Applications. The analytics firm released its latest numbers covering global Smartphone and tablet usage; the results show Apple t...


Picture leak: this is what the iPad 3 digitizer looks like

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Just days before the official launch of the iPad 3, Repair Labs was rushing to post some exclusive images of the iPad 3 digitizer. While this part was leaked last week by the Chinese micro-blogging site Sina Weibo, the Repair L...


New Google Privacy Policy Draws Public Outcry

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Anyone familiar with technology has been hearing a lot of negative things about the new Google Privacy Policy, but most don’t know that this new policy will effect not only Desktop and Laptop users of Google, but also And...


Motorola can start withdrawing its Smartphones and tablets from Germany

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Motorola Mobility devices infringe Apple’s EP2059868, “portable electronic device for photo management” patent, the Munich I Regional Court has ruled today. Apple came out triumphant for the third time in a week in its le...


Rumor: Apple will introduce 8 GB iPad 2 alongside iPad 3 on March 7

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Apple is ready to announce the release of the iPad 3 in less than a week. With this information already confirmed by the invitations sent out to the press, Digitimes has created some confusion amid the overwhelming information ...


Review: Readability for iOS

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Readability for iOS is finally here. In fact, it arrived after three months of the original announcement that it would hit the market, but as Richard Ziade, founding partner of Readability, has pointed out, it took a really lon...


Nokia 808 PureView HD Specifications

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Nokia 808 PureView HD phone is expected to be available in the European Markets for €450-480 Operating System Symbian (Belle, Feature Pack 1) Camera Camera: 41-Mega Pixel Carl Zeiss Lens with Nokia 808 PureView imaging techno...


Nokia launches the Nokia 808 PureView with 41-mega pixel camera!

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Nokia unveiled the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone at the Mobile World Congress 2012 with a breath taking, earth shaking 41-mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens! Yes you read it correctly, it is NOT 14 and it is not 4.1 it is 4...


Mobile App downloads performed better in January than in the holiday season

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Although most of the App marketing programs usually receive a boost during the holiday season, a recent study published by Fiksu, a mobile App marketing company, shows that App downloads outperformed December downloads last mon...


Core Wireless claims that Apple is infringing eight of its wireless patents

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After Apple won the legal battle against Motorola in Germany a couple days ago, it faces another wireless communication patent litigation, this time from a Luxembourg-based company, Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l. Core Wireles...