More details leak on the HTC One X a.k.a. Endeavor: S-LCD and no microSD slot

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  • February 17, 2012 at 5:57 pm

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HTC Endeavor with Android ICS and Sense 4.0 - lockscreen

The HTC One X a.k.a. Endeavor a.k.a. Edge is the company’s worst kept secret. We first heard of the quad-core Tegra 3 smartphone back in November last year and information has been trickling in since then. We already knew that the HTC Endeavor would be sporting a large 4.7-inch optically laminated display with a 720p resolution, but now we some additional information. Namely that it will utilize a Super LCD instead of an AMOLED panel. HTC has been going with S-LCD displays for its most recent flagship smartphones, with both the Sensation and the Rezound featuring the technology.
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HTC Sensation and Sensation XE handsets getting an early taste of Android Ice Cream Sandwich

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  • February 16, 2012 at 5:37 am

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HTC Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC has already promised March 2012 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) updates for its Sensation series smartphones worldwide, but some lucky users might be getting an early taste very soon. The company just sent us word that it will be updating a limited number of Sensation and Sensation XE handsets in Europe to the latest version of Android and its own Sense 4.0 UI.

HTC is calling it an “early access preview” so that a few hundred users can play around with the new software and hopefully share the experience with the rest of the Android community. HTC will be doing similar sort of previews with other handsets in the future. As a reminder, the HTC Sensation, Sensation 4G, Sensation XE and Sensation XL should all get Android ICS updates by the end of March.
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Rumored LG X3 flexes its quad-core Tegra 3 muscles in Android 4.0 benchmarks

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  • February 15, 2012 at 12:36 pm

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LG X3 smartphone render

NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad-core SoC is said to appear on more than one device at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by the end of the month. One of these is the LG X3, which we first saw last month.

We’re pretty sure this will be LG’s flagship Android handset for 2012, with a 4.7-inch screen and 720p resolution. It will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich on a, as mentioned, 1.5GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip, which features some pretty smart power saving features so hopefully it won’t be too taxing for its 2,000mAh battery.
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Scalado Remove mobile device software technology lets you remove unwanted ‘objects’ from your photos on the fly

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  • February 14, 2012 at 10:25 am

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Scalado Remove mobile device imaging software

We’ve all more or less faced the same issue. You’re trying to take the picture of a loved one or a postcard worthy photo of a beautiful monument, yet all these other moving ‘objects’ keep coming into your frame. Well you could take a number of photos and then use a PC photo editing application, like Photoshop, to get rid of unwanted people in the photo but that’s hardly very convenient. The solution comes from Scalado, a mobile device imaging specialist. The company has just announced a new software technology called Remove that allows you to remove unwanted objects from images on the fly.

First, you take a shot with your mobile device’s camera, then you select unwanted objects from the captured image by using your device’s touchscreen. The software takes a number of additional shots and using some clever imaging technology, stitches them up on the fly to produce a cleaned-up result. Of course Remove only works with moving objects, i.e. people or other members of the animal kingdom.
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Quad-core Tegra 3 HTC Edge smartphone becomes the HTC Endeavor

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  • February 12, 2012 at 6:09 pm

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HTC Endeavor leaked image

We’ve been following the HTC Edge in its long road of becoming the world’s first quad-core smartphone for some time now. The Edge was first leaked back in November last year and while we are expecting an official announcement soon, it seems that it has been renamed to Endeavor.

Besides the name change, the HTC Endeavor is still the same at heart, said to be running on a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC maxing out at 1.5GHz. It will have a large 4.7-inch optically laminated 720p HD display — optical lamination gets rid of the air gap between the touchscreen and the front glass, improving image quality and touch experience. HTC’s new flagship smartphone with run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC’s new Sense 4.0 UI.
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LG Optimus Vu 5-inch 4:3 aspect ratio smartphone teased, sumo wrestles with the Galaxy Note (video)

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  • February 12, 2012 at 2:10 pm

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LG Optimus Vu 5-inch 4:3 aspect ratio smartphone teaser

Although Dell was first to test the waters with a 5-inch smartphone/tablet (or phablet or tabletphone), the Streak 5 met very lukewarm response and has been defunct since last summer. Yet Samsung’s 5.3-inch stylus-friendly Galaxy Note smartphone has been quite a success.

Not to be outdone by its fellow Korean competitor, LG is getting its own oversized device ready and has posted a teaser video of the Optimus Vu, a 5-inch smartphone with an old-school 4:3 aspect ratio IPS display and a 1024 x 768 resolution. The 4:3 ratio gives the Optimus Vu a more stocky profile, compared to the Samsung Galaxy Note’s 16:9 1280 x 800 screen, though it would be better suited for certain taks like web browsing or reading books in portrait mode. You can see a side-by-side comparison of the two below.
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Acer CloudMobile 4.3-inch optically laminated HD Android 4.0 smartphone revealed

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  • February 10, 2012 at 4:16 pm

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Acer CloudMobile 4.3-inch HD Android 4.0 smartphones

Well, well, Acer must be bursting with pride, as its until now announced smartphone won the iF design award for 2012. The Acer CloudMobile is a curvy Android smartphone to be presented at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona at the end of this month. The device is the first phone to offer AcerCloud technology, hence the name, which in real terms means that it gives you access to your data, like photos, documents and music, from Acer’s cloud storage.
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Samsung Galaxy S III to launch May and be 7mm thick say ‘industry sources’

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  • February 6, 2012 at 1:10 pm

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Samsung Galaxy S II profile image showing its 8.49mm thickness

The Samsung Galaxy S III (SGS3), rumored successor to the incredibly successful Galaxy S II, is a hotly anticipated device, so expect to be bombarded with rumors and supposed insider leaks until it becomes official. Samsung has stated that we will not be seeing the SGS3 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month, but rather at a dedicated Samsung event in the first half of the year.

After Samsung threw the gauntlet to the rumor mill, we’ve heard of reports for a potential release of the SGS3 in March, April and July. Now you can add May to the mix as well, since a Korean publication citing industry sources claims that the SGS3 will be released in May.
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White Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming to the UK starting February 13th

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  • February 6, 2012 at 10:25 am

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White Samsung Galaxy Nexus back and side

Getting a white version is an important milestone in a gadget’s life. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is about to get a new body color to match its Ice Cream Sandwich innards. Although some UK mobile phone retailers had pegged the launch of the white Galaxy Nexus for this week, today there’s been official word from Samsung that the device will be available in the UK starting February 13th.
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Behind the scenes on the Nokia Lumia series body color palette

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  • February 4, 2012 at 11:00 am

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Nokia Lumia polycarbonate body cyan and magenta

In a tech world dominated by black and silver, Nokia took a different path when designing the polycarbonate body for its Lumia smartphone series. In a post at Conversations by Nokia, materials designer Tiina Aarras takes us through the long decision process that led to the iconic cyan, magenta, black and white bodies of the Lumia N9, 800 and 900.

An integral part of the design is that the plastic in not painted on top, the color that you see is the color of the plastic. So if you scratch the body, you would still have the same bright original color. From the designer’s mouth, it’s not just plastic, it’s a single piece of polycarbonate plastic. And they’re not just colors – they’re the most saturated, intense colors you’ll find on a phone.
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Samsung Galaxy S Advance gets £350 pre-order price, shipping in time for MWC

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  • February 3, 2012 at 2:45 pm

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Samsung Galaxy S Advance Android smartphone

Samsung already made it clear that the Galaxy S III won’t be making it to MWC 2012 in Barcelona this month. Instead we’ve been promised other “exciting new mobile products.” One of these new products is the 4-inch Super AMOLED Samsung Galaxy S Advance, which was announced early this week.

Well now we have confirmed pricing and a shipping date for the smartphone loaded with a 1GHz Exynos 4210 dual-core SoC, 768MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and a 5-megapixel rear and 1.3-megapixel front cameras. The device is already up for pre-order in the UK for around £350 ($550) including VAT and without a contract. Shipments are expected to begin on the week of February 27th, i.e. the same week as the MWC.
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