Nokia Lumia 620 Does Better than the Samsung Galaxy S3 in BenchMark Tests + MORE

The wave of quad-core Android phones with 5-inch 1080p displays is coming, and according to a new report, Sony’s contribution could be shown off as soon as CES in January. This rumor comes to us from Chinese site ePrice, which claims that Sony’s Xperia Z (rumored to be the final name of the Yuga) will be shown off at the big show in Las Vegas…

Looks like Toshiba’s Excite 7.7 isn’t the only tablet from The Tosh that’s getting treated to a Jelly Bean update. According to a report from Android Police, the Toshiba Excite 10 is also in the process of being updated to Android 4.1.1. The update is said to be rolling out in stages to both the AT300 and AT305 models, and there are some users in Toshiba’s official support forums that are reporting that they have indeed received a Jelly Bean update…

Main features & specs:
3.7″ 16M-color capacitive Super AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
Pixel density one of the best in the class at 252ppi
Dual-band 3G with HSDPA 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76Mbps

1.4GHzQualcomm MSM8255Snapdragon CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, 512MB of RAM
5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
720p video recording @30fps
8GB of built-in storage
Standard 3…

LG is bringing a bag full of high-resolution displays to CES for the geeks who were good this year. Practically every size is covered – from 4.7" phone screens to 84" TVs – and they bet on thin bezels and high resolutions.

The pocketable screens start with the 4.7" unit, which aims to impress with a bezel that's only about 1mm thick, so phones that use it should be more compact than current…

AT&T is the last of the four major US carriers that will bring Multi-Window feature to its Samsung Galaxy Note II customers.

The carrier in a statement to Engadget announced that the update will start to roll out today, December 27th.
AT&T plans to begin rolling out a software update for Samsung Galaxy Note II customers that includes the Multi-Window feature, which allows the user to divide the screen into two active “windows” creating a split screen that enables fluid multitasking between applications…

The latest generation of Samsung devices is already enjoying the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. Samsung is working hard to update the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note for quite some time and as it seems the Note update is just around the corner.

Samsung has just announced the so-called Premium Suite for the original Galaxy Note N7000 (similar to the one the Galaxy S III is getting)…

 

With the upcoming release of BlackBerry 10, many people are excited to see what RIM has in store for the New Year. With updated features such as widgets, an updated version of BlackBerry Messenger, and an overall much-needed refreshed interface, RIM will hopefully be in the running to pick up some new business this year…

The guys over at Engadget got a chance to put their hands on a Yota prototype device and talked with the guys behind the project. Check the hands-on video after the break.

Yota prototype device features a 1,280 x 720 LCD display, a 200 dpi E Ink back display, dual-core 1…

Just a little under a year after Huawei introduced us to its Ascend D1 smartphone, it looks like that device’s successor is nearing a debut of its own. Some images have been posted by Chinese site ITHome showing the Huawei Ascend D2 in the wild, complete with a white paint job and on-screen navigation buttons…

It seems the upcoming low to mid range Nokia Windows Phone the Nokia Lumia 620 is making waves already. Over at GSM Arena they have been lucky enough to get their hands on one, have been testing it out and found out something interesting. The Nokia Lumia 620 beats out a lot of other higher end devices in benchmark tests including the Samsung Galaxy S3…

I have hardly had a decent night’s rest in the last four or five years. Part because I snore and have sleep apnea and part because I just have trouble laying down and dozing off. Unlike a few years ago, however, it’s not insomnia. It’s no longer that I lay in bed awake for three or four hours before getting tired and slowly drifting off to sleep…