News – Feb 15th

Word from Sony about the official launch of the Xperia Z in Germany popped up on the company's Facebook page. The smartphone will go on sale at the Sony Store in Berlin on the 21st.

While there is no word from the Facebook announcement on whether availability will also go for the rest of Europe from that date, we've also received an invite for an event outside of Germany, so likely February 21…

I have high hopes for Samsung’s three Project J devices. As we edge closer to an impending announcement from Samsung, the rumors are showing no signs of letting up. Project J is the codename given to the Korean company’s latest trio of devices gunning for the mobile market and beyond. Word on the street is Samsung’s three musketeers are somewhat predictable…

Just as promised, anyone that’s interested in trying out Ubuntu for phones will soon be able to do so, provided that they’ve got a Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4 laying around. Canonical announced today that the Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu will be released on Feb. 21. In addition to the previously-announced Galaxy Nexus support, the preview will be made available to the Nexus 4, giving folks with Google’s newest Nexus the chance to see Ubuntu in action as well…

The BlackBerry Z10 heralds the rebirth of a fallen leader in the smartphone market. It’s a clean break from the past with a big touchscreen and novel OS, but the same business mentality that made it the favorite of office dwellers around the world…

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Okay, not for real…

Archos has announced its new Platinum series of Android tablets.
The new line consists of 3 tablets: Archos 80 Platinum, Archos 97 Platinum HD and the Archos 116 Platinum.

All three share the same specs including:

High-Definition IPS display with capacitive multi-touch screen
QUAD core CPU at 1.2 GHz with 8-core GPU, with 1080p video decoding
2 GB RAM
Android 4…

It looks like anyone hungry for more HTC One details won’t starve in the days leading up to HTC’s big Feb. 19 event. A new purported press image of the HTC One has been posted by @evleaks on Unwired View, and this time it’s the black version that’s getting shown off. The unit itself looks pretty similar to the white model that leaked earlier this week, with some sensors in the upper left corner, a camera in the upper right and that unique button layout on the bottom, with an HTC logo smack dab…

Sony unveiled its first two flagship Androids for the year early on at CES – the C660X Xperia Z and C650X Xperia ZL – but there seems to be another high-ender on the way, the Sony C680X.

The model name cropped up at html5test.com, a website that benchmarks a browser’s compatibility with the HTML5 standards…

Lava Mobile has launched a new Android phone in India called the XOLO A1000. Unlike the previous XOLO X900 and the X500, however, the A1000 is not based on an Intel x86 processor.

The XOLO A1000 has a 5.0-inch, 1280 x 720 resolution IPS display with what Lava calls the One Glass Solution (OGS) that incorporates the display, the touch sensor and the glass in one layer, making the phone thinner…

The press image of the HTC One, which was previously known as HTC M7 was leaked in silver color variant earlier and now, a photo of the smartphone in black showed up.The latest press image comes from evleaks and considering their past record, it's probably the real deal.

The black variant seems to be the American press shot, as the silver version had earlier displayed London as the city…

Grab your deerstalker and get ready to do your best Sherlock Holmes impression, friends, because it’s time for an early morning mystery. The folks at MyNokiaBlog have spotted an unknown Nokia Lumia device in a new commercial for Dutch carrier KPN. The ad is for the Lumia 920, but at around the 5 second mark, a girl is shown using a yellow Lumia that’s definitely not Nokia’s current Windows Phone flagship…

In this Five on Friday, we’re talking about five behind the scenes things that you probably didn’t know about this business – and my role.  There are a ton of things that you don’t see on camera (or on the site) that contribute to keeping the business running.  While “playing with phones” and “shooting a few videos” are some of the incredibly enjoyable things about this industry, the conference calls, budget forecasting, and meetings all play a very important role in keeping…

The HTC One (codenamed M7) will be officially announced at a special media events held in both London and New York on February 19 and is expected to hit the shelves in Europe on March 8. But when it will be released in the US?

According to the latest rumors the HTC One will launch on March 22nd and will be offered by AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint for $199…

Above you see the top for selling devices on Expansys USA this week. Note anything in common with these devices? They are all Windows Phone yes, they are all imports and they are all “low end” devices here in the states. This makes me wonder why Microsoft is not launching these smartphone in all markets…

Earlier this month Samsung has announced its new low-end Android smartphone, the Galaxy Fame.
Check the video preview after the break.

The Galaxy Fame features a 3.5-inch (480 x 320) display, 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory expandable via microSD card, 5 megapixel main camera, VGA front-facing camera, NFC (optional) and run Android 4…

It’s certainly been a while since the HTC EVO 4G was in the news, but today the nearly three-year-old handset has made its triumphant return. Sprint today revealed in its official forums  that the EVO 4G will be receiving an small maintenance update that’ll bump the aging handset up to software version 5…

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