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by Stephen Schenck | May 20, 2013 12:47 PMRead OnIt's sure seemed like Samsung was planning a whole series of Galaxy S 4 models, from the original smartphone to variants like the GS4 Mini, Zoom, and the Active we just got a chance to look at. Over the weekend, some new evidence arrived that just might point to another GS4 family member, taking its name from the manufacturer's new Mega line. A screenshot purporting to show the update details for the latest version of the Samsung WatchON app, arriving yesterday, notes that it "added support for upcoming S4 Mega, S4 mini, and S4 Active." That same line is missing from the "what's new" text ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 20, 2013 11:10 AMRead OnThe idea of a Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active has been floating around for months now, and back in April it finally started to take shape as a waterproof version of the GS4 itself. Since then we've heard about a possible launch next month, and seen AT&T mentioned as a potential carrier in the US. What we haven't had has been a solid understanding of the phone's hardware, nor any kind of look at the facade itself. Today we get both, and it's all largely good news. That means a phone that keeps a lot of GS4 design cues, as well as hardware components. While what we can see here adds some bold ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 5:01 PMRead OnLast month, Samsung announced the first Galaxy Tab 3 model, a seven-inch tablet. Obviously, more Tab 3 options would follow, and at the time we heard rumors about a few other hardware configurations. One of those included an eight-inch model with some nice specs like an AMOLED screen. As we wait for official word, some new specs have leaked for the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, along with a possible render. Bad news first: this falls way short of those rumored specs. That means a regular old LCD screen (1280 x 800) and instead of a quad-core SoC, only a dual-core 1.5GHz component – no word on if ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 4:20 PMRead OnWe've been talking about streaming music services from Google and Apple for what seems like forever. Google's All Access finally went official earlier this week, while Apple has yet to announce its own offering. Rumors have suggested that it, too, could be nearly ready to launch, and that news might just arrive at this year's WWDC. However, a new report suggests that Apple has yet to secure the licenses it needs, and such an announcement is still some time off. This is a tale we've heard before: Apple struggling to get license-holders on board with its design for a streaming music service. ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 17, 2013 5:45 AMRead OnIt's time to be skeptical! The "real PureView" Windows Phone was not unveiled at the London event on the 14th of May despite many were hoping for the rumored Nokia EOS to appear. Instead, we got the Lumia 925 and some more time to dream about the 41-megapixel Windows Phone. The rumors and reports continue though, with the latest talking about the EOS. Someone has allegedly seen the phone and said that it's a polycarbonate phone as thick as the Lumia 920 but heavily tapered towards the edges. To quote the rest: "The lens housing is round in shape and does not protrude much. The flash is ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 16, 2013 5:03 PMRead OnOver the last few days, you may have noticed a number of new pics and video surfacing of the white edition of the Nexus 4. We've brought you coverage of these kind of spottings in the past, but no matter how many times they pop up, they never seem to lead anywhere. Is this latest volley a sign that the phone's actually about to drop? At least one rumor claims that's what's going on, and that the white Nexus 4 could introduce the Android 4.3 that was a no-show at Google I/O. According to unnamed sources, Android and Me reports that Google intends to start selling the white Nexus 4 through ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 16, 2013 4:21 PMRead OnGoogle's just-announced Hangouts app is the new hottness (unless you're AT&T, apparently), so it's no surprise that Google is excited about spreading the word. To that end, it's thrown together a video demo showing some of what Hangouts is capable of, and how it lets you connect with your friends. In the process, Google just might have revealed a new Nexus tablet... or is this just some dumb prop model we're getting needlessly worked-up over? Just around twenty seconds into the clip below, you can see a tablet in the seven-to-eight inch range with a beveled edge and a glowing ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 16, 2013 2:52 PMRead OnOne rumored Sony Android we've been hearing about for a while now is the smartphone codenamed Gaga. Back in March, a rumor suggested that Gaga could eventually end up launching as the Xperia UL. Today, we get what could very well be our first look at the handset, upon some leaked pics arriving which claim to show the UL in the flesh. As you can see up top, that label clearly marks this model as Gaga. Presumably this image comes from some late-stage testing of the phone, as that "SAR" on the same label likely refers to Specific Absorption Rate testing, one of the parameters looked at by ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 16, 2013 9:32 AMRead OnAs we've heard at the beginning of the month, Microsoft might be ready to announce it's second generation of Surface tablets in June. Then came those ugly rumors according to which we'd have to wait until 2014 to see some Microsoft slates and we're now, more recently, hearing confirmations that it might still be June for the second-wave Surface RT tablets. Whether our wish-list for the next Surface will be taken into consideration or not, only time will tell. However, Digitimes reports that second-generation Surface RT is expected to land in June. It should be an eight-incher and should ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 16, 2013 9:00 AMRead OnRemember those rumors according to which Samsung was allegedly worried about the build quality and hence was reportedly planning on something different for the upcoming Note III? Ok, now forget them! However, get your skeptical suit on. According to more rumors, this time, based on insider info, Samsung will release the Note III with a design similar to the Galaxy S 4 (and Note II, and Galaxy S III). The flexible display rumors and the probable metal body hear-say have been debunked, by more rumors. The report continues with some specs we'll supposedly see on the next Note phablet, ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 15, 2013 10:40 AMRead OnTaking a break from the Google I/O news for a moment, some new leaked pics have arrived of a phone we were talking about just a little bit earlier this morning, Samsung's Galaxy S 4 Mini. The GS4 Mini has appeared on-camera a number of times in recent days, and while all the sightings may only add up to circumstantial evidence, they sure all do seem in line with rumors that the phone could get a formal announcement before the month's out. As for specs, there have been some mentioned in various leaks, but we're still not 100% on what to expect. It would be great if rumors of an Exynos 5 ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 15, 2013 10:12 AMRead OnAs promised, last-minute Google I/O rumors continue to hit our desk, and the latest we want to share with you is some talk about the idea of Google introducing a new streaming music service. Unlike the locker-like system currently used by Google Music to let you stream your own library, this would be a subscription-based system more in line with what you get from a company like Spotify. Supposedly, Google has secured deals with both Universal and Sony that would allow it to feature the companies' music in this service. It looks like there could be multiple ways Google intends to use such ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 15, 2013 8:47 AMRead OnWe're now only hours away from Google I/O bringing us the latest announcements concerning Android, but that gives us just enough time to check out some last-minute rumors. It may be too early still for news of a Nexus 5, but could we learn of something a little different but up that same alley? One rumor claims that Samsung could bring word of a Nexus-like pure Android version of its flagship Galaxy S 4. Supposedly envisioned to address demand for a higher-end premium phone that offers a Nexus-like software experience, Samsung and Google would announce a Galaxy S 4 Google Edition running ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 14, 2013 2:06 PMRead OnLate last week we talked about a theory regarding the launch of Verizon's version of the HTC One. While it was heavily based on speculation, the idea that Verizon might take advantage of an event during the upcoming CTIA conference to announce the smartphone seemed pretty darn logical. Verizon continues to remain tight-lipped about the situation, but we get a little bit of circumstantial evidence supporting the One launch theory today, upon seeing Verizon heavily discount the HTC Droid DNA. After all, the predominant theory for why Verizon has kept its distance from the One concerns last ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 13, 2013 3:41 PMRead OnLast month's discovery of the framework for a new Google Play Android gaming service made it look like this project was just about to launch. Many of the pieces seemed to be in place, and all we needed was for Google to go official with it all (possibly at Google I/O). Since then we've heard some less-than-convincing stabs at a name for the system, but today it looks like we can finally confirm that it will arrive, simply, as Google Play Games. Sure enough, it looks like the missing pieces to Play Games will arrive with the next big Google Play Services update. Android Police managed to ...
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