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by Michael Fisher | March 29, 2013 7:01 AMRead On
At the halfway mark of the last decade, the Motorola i930 was a beast. It packed a 180MHz processor, 32MB of RAM, a VGA camera, and Windows Mobile 2003 into a 167g casing more than 30mm thick. It was a hard-core, ruggedized device built at a time when rugged feature phones still commanded a premium, and durable smartphones were practically unheard-of. It also packed ...
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by Jaime Rivera | March 29, 2013 7:00 AMRead On
With so many questions day by day about viewers still considering a Galaxy S 4 or an HTC One, we know the ropes are complicated this spring if you're close to being eligible for a phone-swap. 2013 has shown just how great technology can evolve in mobile, and there's a lot to chose from. Watch today's Top 5 as we talk about our top picks for your next smartphone during ...
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Windows Phone
by Anton D. Nagy | March 29, 2013 5:46 AMNot that long ago, with the occasion of HTC's One launch, we've seen Florian Seiche, the company's President of Europe, Middle East and Africa, on stage, talking about how people can experience the new phone in London. Fast forward to today and an interesting bit of information caught our eye. Florian Seiche will leave HTC and join Nokia as head of European sales ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | March 29, 2013 5:37 AMRead OnWe all remember HTC's 2011 efforts with the F-button on the Salsa and the ChaCha but those phones, while mid-range Android devices back in the day, were mostly disappointing in what they tried to achieve. According to recent rumors HTC and Facebook are at it again, teaming up once more, this time for a "real" Facebook phone. "Come see our new home on Android" says the ...
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Windows Phone
by Anton D. Nagy | March 29, 2013 5:10 AMRead OnThin and light, bulky or consistent, small or large, we could go on forever and still have some more options at the end. Depending on the way we use our phones, the perfect phone is something else for everyone. This, of course, without considering the eternal question: Android, Windows Phone, iOS, BlackBerry, or another platform. Let's talk about the perfect phone for ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 7:51 PMRead OnEver tried to repair a smartphone yourself? Maybe it's off-warranty (or you voided the warranty) and something needs replacing – the glass, or an internal battery perhaps? With a little care, patience, and tiny screwdrivers, you can get a lot done yourself with certain smartphones. Don't plan on adding the HTC One to that list, as a teardown of the new handset ...
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by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 7:20 PMRead OnSony's Xperia Tablet Z was one of the hottest tablets at the Mobile World Congress, seriously impressing us with its sleek, slim, refined design. At the time, we heard that the tablet would go up for sale during the second quarter of the year. Since then, Sony placed the model up for pre-order on its website, and in the UK at least, was forecasting availability in ...
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by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 6:49 PMRead OnHas T-Mobile just become the hot new retail destination for unlocked smartphones? After all, it's getting phones like the iPhone 5, Galaxy S 4, and BlackBerry Z10, and it's looking like this whole no-subsidies installment plan system it's dreamed up could offer some big discounts over direct off-contract sales. Why, just look at how its pricing for various storage ...
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iOS
by Taylor Martin | March 28, 2013 6:25 PMRead OnFrom the moment the Pebble Kickstarter began, nearly one year ago, it has stolen the spotlight in the smartwatch sector. Although quite simplistic in nature, it is the best implementation of wearable technology to reach consumer hands to date. Pebble will not turn you into a super spy. It won't drastically change your life. And it's not going to knock your ...
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Android
by Joe Levi | March 28, 2013 5:37 PMRead OnIt's been almost a month since I've been wearing my own Pebble smart watch. Make no mistake, despite a few short-comings, this is the best watch that I've ever worn. It gets notifications pushed to it from my Nexus 4. I don't have to constantly pull my Nexus 4 out of my pocket to check and see if that alert I just received is important or not. Most of the time it's ...
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by Jaime Rivera | March 28, 2013 5:22 PMRead On
The idea of comparing Sony's new Xperia ZL against Samsung's phablet is crazy in its own way. The Xperia ZL on one side is the perfect incarnation of a device that gives you big features on a footprint you can actually manipulate with one hand. The Note II by contrast is focused on showing the world that bigger is better. One of these products is designed to cater to ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 5:05 PMRead OnA couple weeks back, we heard a number of rumors about the Motorola X phone, including the compelling tidbit that the phone would be sold to-order with some degree of customizable hardware options. Now that same source is back with more details about this eagerly-awaited Android. First up, some new info on that customizability. The source now claims that "the options ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 4:24 PMRead OnSometimes there are good technical reasons for why one version of a smartphone runs one chipset, and another version of the very same phone is powered by different silicon. A lot of times, that has to do with wireless connectivity, and especially with the rise of LTE over the past few years, that could mean that LTE-supporting hardware had to be put together with ...
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Windows Phone
by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 3:45 PMRead OnIt's been just over a month since the Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 went official at the MWC in Barcelona, where we had the opportunity to go hands-on with the phones. While neither is particularly high-end, at least they add a little more variety to Nokia's Windows Phone 8 lineup while providing some new options for budget-conscious users. A variant of the 520, the Lumia ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | March 28, 2013 2:43 PMRead OnSince T-Mobile's announcement the other day that it's finally bringing the iPhone on board, we've learned a bit about just how this hardware will work. While it's largely the GSM iPhone 5 already available on AT&T, the phone's radio compatibility is being tweaked to function not only on T-Mobile LTE, but also on its 3G bands. From what we heard, phones with these ...
