by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 months ago

Happy new year, folks! No, we’re not greeting you a month too late for 2013, but rather we’re welcoming the Year of the Water Snake, along with our friends in China, Chinese fans elsewhere, and…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 months ago

Build-your-own device schemes are popular in the computer market, with major manufacturers offering spec customization at point of purchase. This kind of setup might just be around the corner for smartphone buyers, that is if…

by Chris Smith, 3 months ago

In addition to all the new Android handsets and tablets that we have already seen in various reports and which Samsung is said to launch in the coming months, we have one more unannounced device to show…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 3 months ago

Chinese users are warned against malware circulating around app repositories that hijack the smartphone’s messaging system to send spam messages. Dubbed “Bill Shocker,” the advisory on the malware was made by security research firm NQ…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

Sony’s Xperia Z seems to be the most sought-after Android smartphone around (okay, maybe the second most), but we’re still waiting for actual shipments to start. Japan is likely to kick the festivities into gear…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

Who here thought ZTE’s bases were all covered for 2013 and there was simply no way the company would dare to unveil yet another Android smartphone? I’ll admit, I’m guilty as charged. After all, it’s…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

Remember when we (jokingly?) called Huawei crazy for coming out with the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate “phone”? Well, you can say ZTE is officially joining the cuckoo club now, although the company’s Grand Memo is a…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

There’s very little to set all the recently revealed 1080p smartphones apart, what with basically all of them sporting 5-inch displays, quad-core S4 Pro CPUs, 2 gigs of RAM and Android Jelly Bean. It’s true,…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

With Sony’s Xperia Z making the most unexpected waves and the HTC M7 and Samsung Galaxy S4 rumors gaining traction, the Oppo Find 5 pretty much fell off our radar. Which is a shame if…

by Gary Sims, 3 months ago

Launching a new touch screen mobile operating system in the already crowded market is ambitious. It has been tried by big names like HP with dismal results. Even stalwarts like RIM and Microsoft are finding…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

Quick, how many names of Acer smartphones can you list without Googling any devices? Not even one? Well, that can’t be good for Acer, right? It’s true, there aren’t in fact very many, but the…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 3 months ago

While we can’t really claim secrets are better kept in the Android décor than in Apple’s world, especially now, we can’t help but laugh our behinds off whenever iPhone clones looking exactly like the originals…

by Joe Hindy, 3 months ago

It’s become apropos in recent years for devices to get a second release in new colors. They have done it with the Samsung Galaxy S 3, the Note 2, and most HTC devices get a…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 4 months ago

Ever since Huawei and ZTE have decided to go for the Western gold in the high-end smartphone niche in addition to the entry-level one, things have gotten a bit crazy. It’s not only harder to…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 4 months ago

Huawei has been one of the most active players in the Android community these first weeks of 2013, including during CES. Nothing quite out of the ordinary there, but unlike other times we’ve talked more…