Nintendo being one of the most popular gaming companies have gotten several requests to bring its games to the small screen, smartphones that is. Apparently, the wait will finally be over this year as they are looking to launch their first smartphone game in March 2016.
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Smartphones of late have often resulted in both companies and users having to make choices. You either get superior materials, build quality and design or have features such as removable battery and microSD expansion. Companies like Samsung went for the former while LG chose the latter and it affected their sales as a result. It now appears as if LG have a new trick up their sleeve that combines the best of both worlds.
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CES 2016 is set to take place in Las Vegas between January 6th and 9th 2016. However, as with most events, the big brands hold separate events right before the conference starts. Samsung too is holding such an event on the 5th of January.
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LINE has just updated its Android application to version 5.3.0 and one of the main new features is called “Keep”. Keepis basically a personal storage feature that users can use to save text, images and other content on LINE.
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2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth, according to a latest forecast from IDC. The research firm has predicted that worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units.
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The touchscreen on a smartphone is probably the biggest consumer of battery life compared to other components and devices. This is why despite manufacturers trying their best to increase capacities, the battery life still remains poor especially since the display size and resolution too keep increasing.
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FCC, the certification agency in USA has listed two new smartphones on its website. The smartphones are the successors of the Samsung Galaxy A3 and the Galaxy A5.
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If you probably thought that smartphones don’t have large enough batteries then MACOOX is a brand that agrees with you. They have announced the EX1 smartphone which has a battery capacity that is probably bigger than the capacity of most portable battery packs that people carry.
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Swipe has launched Swipe Junior smartphone specifically for kids. The smartphone that is targeted at children in 5-15 age group is aimed at increasing creativity and making learning fun without compromising kids safety and security.
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If you are someone who dislikes wearing or carrying fitness trackers or simply does not want to invest in a tracker then this should be good news for you. Researchers at MIT have come up with a way for you to track you pulse using just your smartphone even if it is not in your hand.
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Renders of the upcoming Blackberry Vienna smartphone have just surfaced and the phone seems to be packing a physical keyboard just like the Priv. However, the keyboard isn’t hidden and instead it has a candybar form factor much like the classic Blackberry. Continue reading “Blackberry Vienna Android smartphone renders surface – Features a physical keyboard”
The latest smartphone from OnePlus, the OnePlus X has a 13 Megapixel primary camera with an ISOCELL sensor, LED flash and maximum aperture of f2.2. The front camera is an 8 Megapixel unit with a wide angle lens and f2.4 aperture which bests the OnePlus 2’s front facing 5 Megapixel camera in terms of resolution. We have put together a series of photo samples for your viewing pleasure.
UMi has just announced a new smartphone called the Iron Pro which the company claims to be the world’s most secure smartphone. It costs just US$ 179 but comes with a lot of high end features and touches such as the metal body, fingerprint as well as iris scanner.
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million smartphones worldwide in Q3 2015, up 6.8% from the 332.6 million units in Q3 2014, as per the latest report from IDC.
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UC Browser by UCWeb is the top used mobile browser in India with a market share of 49% according to StatCounter as of August 2015. We take a closer look at the latest version of UC Browser 10.7 to see what are the top features that makes this the top browser in its category.
