News – Feb 22nd

The Xperia E dual was announced by Sony in December 2012 and now is available for pre-order in the US.

The Xperia E dual (as most of the dual SIM smartphones) is a midrange device featuring 3.5 inch screen with resolution of 480×320 (165 ppi), single-core 1GHz processor with Adreno 200 GPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB), 3…

The Samsung Galaxy S III is one of the most popular smartphones in the market beyond any shadow of a doubt. As a testimony to its success, Samsung has officially launched the dual-SIM version of its flagship device.

Samsung Galaxy S III Duos comes out with similar specifications to those of its single SIM variant…

There has been plenty of news floating around the web the past 24 hours in mobile, but one story caught my attention. Our news hound Alex Wagner reported that Nvidia is teaming up with ZTE to release their first Tegra 4-powered smartphone . Yes, ZTE. And, to my surprise, a report earlier this month recognized ZTE as the world’s fourth largest smartphone manufacturer just behind Samsung, Nokia, and Apple…

The Samsung Galaxy S III has been enjoying itself as top-selling Android flagship for a while now. At the same time rumors are steadily building up around its successor – the Galaxy S IV. If the rumor mill would have it its way, the SGS IV will be launched on March 15, it will sport a 5" 1080p Super AMOLED screen, a 13 MP camera, run on Samsung's quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU with four auxiliary…

Today is a good day for HTC EVO Design 4G owners, because Sprint has revealed that it’s rolling an update out to the aging EVO family member for the first time since July 2012. The update is a fairly minor one, packing in just a few changes, but that it’s new software for the EVO Design 4G. Included in this update are improvements for mobile hotspot while on a GSM network, improved loading time for the Messages app and the Sprint Connections Optimizer, which is a software tool is meant to…

It seems all the hype about instagram coming to the new BlackBerry devices may have been a little premature. According to “sources close to Instagram” there is not a native app planned for BB10 anytime soon. (There isn’t even a Windows Phone app yet) In fact the quote that All Things D got from the source was very, very clear: “There will be no [native] Instagram for BB10 for now, “frankly, I’m not sure there will ever be…

Today, Sprint announced that the ultra-rugged Kyocera Torque will be available starting March 8 for $99.99 with a nqw two-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate.

The Torque is built to Military Standard 810G (MilSpec) and can withstand dust, shock, vibration, solar radiation, humidity, blowing rain, low pressure, salt fog and extreme temperatures, and IP67 standards for dust, sprayed water and can be fully immersed of up to one meter deep for up to 30 minutes…

Sprint made the ruggedized Kyocera Torque officially official nearly a month ago , but while the carrier was happy to talk up the device’s toughness at that time, it was a little less forthcoming about the Torque’s availability. That’s changed today, as Sprint has revealed that the Kyocera Torque will be rolling onto its shelves on March 8 for $99…

After taking the wraps off of the Sony Xperia Z and ZL at CES last month, a new rumor suggests that Sony’s got another new Xperia up its sleeve for MWC next week. The folks at XperiaBlog claim to have been told by a “trusted source” that Sony is prepping a device known as the Xperia SP (also known as C530X and “HuaShan”) that’ll include a 4…

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LG is launching its Optimus G smartphone in Europe, which has seen some improvements since its launch in other markets last year, mostly software related.

For one, the European Optimus G comes with Android 4.1.2 out-of-the-box. Then again, the 4.1.2 update has started rolling out to existing Optimus G devices, so this is not exactly a major new feature…

In today's rapidly-growing market, it's the push for more CPU cores and (mega)pixels that has been driving the industry forward. But every now and then, an extraordinary gadget emerges to explore new and exciting dimensions. Devices like the…

Sony Xperia SP already made a few appearances online, enough to get out attention. The first time we saw it pose in front of a camera back in the end of January. A few days later we learned that this mysterious phone will be called Xperia SP and it will be most probably released with another sibling – the Xperia L…

LG Optimus G was initially launched last year in selected markets and finally its improved version arrives in Europe.
 
Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company said:
“Since the successful initial launch of Optimus G, LG has continued to improve the smartphone to offer better usability and value for our customers…

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Time for a rant…

While 4G LTE is great for consumers that are hungry for speedy mobile data, it can be a pain for manufacturers that want to release their hardware on several carriers, as all of the different bands that are used by different operators often forces device makers to create multiple variations of the same product…