LG will be the first major manufacturer to port Open webOS, to replace their NetCast smart TV platform. LG will need more than just hardware to port Open webOS into; Open webOS needs lots of apps, too. It looks as though many of these applications are being designed in Enyo. Services like Netflix, CinemaNow, Pandora and YouTube are all on...
The Samsung Galaxy Note II has been priced by AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. The phone may set back AT&T users with a price of $299.99 on a two-year contract; the device will come with LTE on tap. T-Mobile is offering the device in Marble White and Titanium Grey, yet they have a slightly higher price – $369.99, and...
A live picture of the Samsung Galaxy Premier has been posted on Twitter, courtesy of @evleaks. From what’s seen the device follows the design scheme of the Samsung Galaxy S III mini, although the sensors above the display are on the right of the speaker, instead of on the left. The Samsung Galaxy Premier is rumored to feature a 4.65″...
The LG Nexus 4, under the codename Mako, has appeared in the GLBenchmark scoreboard, placed at the top 4th place, only behind the Pantech Vega IM-A850, Asus PadFone 2 and the Xiaomi MI-2. All of these, like the Nexus 4, have a Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with the Adreno 320 GPU. The Nexus 4 got 30.4 frames per second in...
Life’s Good for LG Electronics, which continues steadily walking on its way to recovery, this being observed also in the third quarter of 2012. The company has now reported a solid $138.6 million in net profit. Overall revenues (refers to the whole business of LG, including its household appliances and TVs) however have dropped 4% on the year to some...
The first 1080p smartphones are a reality, but the next generation of Android flagships promise most probably FullHD screens. MK News is reporting that Samsung is already working on a FullHD display, using the company’s trademark Super AMOLED technology. It’s too early to tell what kind of matrix they’ll use – the PenTile, like on the Galaxy S III, or...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is ending its contract with the Canadian based manufacturer of BlackBerry devices. The results are very bitter for RIM, and a cause for a big smile (grin?) for Apple, because the 17,600 ICE employees will be using the Apple iPhone instead of a BlackBerry device, since it “can no longer meet the...
HTC’s Windows Phone 8X and 8S devices not only have been priced in the UK, but one of them (they say it’s the more interesting one) has even been made available for pre-orders on AT&T in the US. Rumors about early November launch we have heard, too, but it’s only now that we get specific dates on the duo market...
In an interview with IBN Live LG’s Head of Mobile Product Planning, Amit Gujral, inadvertently (?) slipped a word that the much-anticipated and already not-so-secret LG Nexus 4 is real, and it’s going to be unveiled at Google’s Android event this October 29th (next Monday ). He also made it clear that the device will become available in India “by...
T-Mobile seems to have priced the Samsung Galaxy S III at $279.99, which is $80 more than what the other major carriers are charging for the 16GB model. A leaked image shows the pricing of the phablet sequel by the nation’s fourth largest carrier, and according to it, for the ‘Value Plan’ the Samsung GALAXY Note II will be $299.99,...
