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Galaxy S III’s TouchWiz UI Ported to Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II
One of the most appealing features that Samsung’s new Galaxy S III handset arrives on shelves with is the new TouchWiz UI that the handset vendor loaded on top of Google’s Android operating system. It brings along a more appealing visual appearance, icons structured on four or five ...
Google’s Nexus tablet to launch in July, report claims
Google’s Nexus tablet will reportedly ship in June with an initial volume of 600,000 units per month, according to Digitimes. The slate, which is being co-developed by ASUS, is set to be released in July according to the report. The publications claims that Google originally planned to release its 7-inch ...
Sony’s Xperia P, Xperia U and Xperia sola Available in Asia and Europe
Sony has started to push its latest Android devices to more markets around the world, and it has them now on shelves in various countries in Asia and Europe. We’re referring here to the Xperia P, Xperia U and Xperia sola handsets, all of which can now be ...
Rundown of Exclusive Apps for Nokia’s Lumia Phones
Last year, Nokia unveiled to the world its first handsets running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, and it promised the availability of exclusive apps for them, to differentiate in a crowded market. No other Windows Phone handset would have these apps, nor would they be available on ...
Apple remains world’s most valuable brand
Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is also the world’s most valuable brand according to a recent study by market-research firm Millward Brown. Over the past year, the Cupertino-based company has boosted its brand value by 19% to $183 billion. Facebook, the world’s largest social network, is said to now placed ...
NVIDIA’s Kai strategy aims to make $199 quad-core Android tablets a reality
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang previously mentioned that more Tegra 3-powered tablets would be coming to the market this summer, starting at the low price of $199. At the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting last week, vice president Rob Csonger revealed Kai, a plan to democratize its quad-core Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip. NVIDIA ...
Samsung’s Galaxy S III smashes preorder records in U.K.
Samsung’s Galaxy S III hasn’t even launched yet and it’s already setting records. News of the high demand among carriers for the upcoming flagship Samsung smartphone emerged last week, and now U.K. carrier Vodafone has confirmed that it has received a record number of end-user preorders for the Galaxy S ...
Facebook’s record-breaking IPO put into perspective
Facebook made its initial public offering last Friday and while it didn’t go as smoothly as many had hoped, the offering was still the largest of its kind. Facebook stock began trading at $42 on Friday before closing just above $38, the IPO price set by bankers the night before. The ...
Google did not infringe Oracle’s patents with Android
In the widely publicized patent infringement case between Google and Oracle, a San Francisco jury on Wednesday found that Google’s Android operating system does not infringe Oracle’s patents. Jurors have been dismissed and Judge William Aslup of the U.S. District court of Northern California exonerated the Internet giant of any ...
Apple’s design boss says the best is yet to come
During an interview with The Telegraph published on Wednesday, Apple’s design boss Jonathan Ive said that his most impressive work at Apple has yet to come. While Apple’s late co-founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs still takes center stage when the company’s current product line is discussed, Jobs’s knack ...
AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900 Only $9.99 for Upgraders at Amazon
Mobile phone users in the United States interested in taking advantage of LTE connectivity and of the features and capabilities that Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform has to offer to them can head over to Amazon to purchase a Nokia Lumia 900 handset at a reduced price. The mobile ...