News – Feb 28th

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With the redesigned PhoneDog website just around the corner, we are updating graphics and changing some formats.  One of the changes includes the featured user review segment slimming down from the top five smartphones highlighted each week, to the top three.  So be sure to get your votes in each week on the Official Smartphone Rankings so your favorite devices stays on top…

Alcatel has announced two new mid-range Android handsets, the One Touch Snap and the One Touch Snap LTE. Check the specs hands-on videos after the break.

The One Touch Snap features a 4.5-inch qHD (960×540) touchscreen, a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel back camera (720p video), a 1…

Looks like Huawei is planning to make another addition to its Ascend line of smartphones that’s already included the original Ascend, the Ascend II, the Ascend Q and the Ascend Y. A new image posted to Twitter by @evleaks shows a device referred to as the “Huawei Ascend Plus,” a new Android 4.0 smartphone that features TracFone branding on its face…

Jolla didn’t introduce a Sailfish device at MWC 2013 but they took the opportunity to demo some of the new features implemented in the OS and to announce the release of the first Sailfish Alpha SDK. Check the Sailfish demo after the break.

The SDK is available only for the Linux operating system at the moment, the SDK kit for Windows and Mac will be made available later…

Hot on the heels of a Microsoft executive’s confirmation that Windows Phone 8 will be upgradeable, a new report claims to have some details on the Redmond firm’s Windows Phone update plans. Yesterday, a rumor emerged claiming that a device codenamed the HTC Tiara will be coming to market in May with the Windows Phone 8 GDR2 update preinstalled, making it one of the first handsets to feature that new software…

 
One of the things I love most about Android is that so many different manufacturers have the ability to create phones for this platform, thus giving them the freedom to dictate which features and designs they think would work best with the popular mobile OS. With Android you have limitless possibilities regarding designs, and new designs come out every few weeks…

Cricket has long been touting its Muve Music service as an important part of its smartphones since it launched in January 2011, and now it looks like the carrier wants to make the subscription service available to even more users. Cricket has revealed that it’s planning to spin Muve Music off into a separate company with the hope doing so will convince other carriers to license the service…

There has been a lot news floating around lately about the Windows Phone update cycle between “GDR”, Apollo Plus, and Windows Blue it’s easy to see where you would be getting confused. Being a little bit confused myself I went digging for some information on these updates, what they are, what they mean and when we can expect them…

Wondering if your HTC One X, One X+, One S or the Butterfly will be getting the new Sense 5 from the HTC One? Well, you don't have to anymore, as HTC has revealed that it does plan to do so.

Replaying to query on Facebook, HTC clarified that it does intend to update the above mentioned handsets with the new Sense 5 software features from the new HTC One, except for those tied to the…

We’ve caught ourselves in some twisted back-and-forth with our favorite device manufacturers. Several years ago, they didn’t care so much about software updates. A few years ago, we didn’t care so much about software updates. I can’t quite place when the transition happened, when we all suddenly became so focused on those future pieces of software, but there’s no denying that it’s not just the people talking about it anymore…

The newly announced Optimus G Pro books LG a spot in the Android hall of fame. A quad-core Snapdragon 600 chipset, a 5.5" FullHD display and a 13MP camera is the right kind of ammo of a proper flagship. The bar has been consitently raised…

In a manner similar to last year's dual arrangement, Samsung might offer its upcoming Galaxy S IV flagship with different CPU types. They reportedly include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 in the US or Exynos 5 Octa for areas where LTE networks are not present.

The latest information comes from a note to investors from a Taipei-based JPMorgan analyst…

The most anticipated and probably the best looking racing game to date, Real Racing 3, is officially released for iOS and Android. The game is free to download and you will say wow great, the best racing game is FREE!, but there’s a catch. Check the video review after the break.

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This year we’ve seen some pretty  fascinating technology being showcased at Mobile World Congress 2013, and while I’d like to say all of them are my favorite there are some that I would have to say impress me over others. It was a tough decision narrowing down my top five favorites, but I think after careful considering I’ve figured out exactly where to place each one…

Samsung GT-I9500 made an appearance in Rightware's Browsermark 2.0 database by recording the most impressive score to date. The device is likely the soon to be unveiled Samsung Galaxy S IV.

The result you see above is the best we've encountered in our experience with the Browsermark 2…

Samsung has already sent out invitations for a press event on March 14, where it will unveil the Galaxy S IV smartphone. It seems though its plans for the announcement are much bigger.

Today Samsung invites all of its social network followers to join the Galaxy S IV premiere in New York. Everyone is invited on March 14, 7PM at Times Square…