Worldwide smartphone shipment has reached 327.6 million units in Q3, 2014 reporting a 25.2% of increase from the same period a year ago, as per a latest report from IDC.
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Lenovo to form new smartphone company in China next year
In a bid to tap one of the largest smartphone markets, Lenovo has announced that it will set up a new smartphone company in China. The company will set up a new subsidiary next year on April 1 to focus on smart devices and Internet sales in China.
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Samsung to reportedly build next Facebook Phone
Facebook is apparently in talks with Samsung to build its next smartphone, according to a latest report from Korea Times. The rumors about the possibility of a new Facebook Phone has surfaced owing to a recent meeting between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong in Seoul.
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Philips gearing for Aurora I966 smartphone launch next week
Philips is set to launch Aurora I966 smartphone next week that will come with YunOS 3.0. It is a version of the original OS that was released in August 2011.
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Google releases Android 4.4.4 Kernel Source Code for Android One smartphones
Google launched Android One smartphones in India two days back with three different manufacturers. Today, Google is releasing Android 4.4.4 Kernel Source code for these three Android One smartphones.
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Panasonic rolls out Lumix CM1 Android smartphone with 1 inch camera sensor
Panasonic has unveiled its first Android powered camera phone. Dubbed as LUMIX Smart Camera DSC-CM1 the ‘connected camera’ comes with a 1-inch MOS sensor.
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Qualcomm introduces 3D printable robot Snapdragon Micro Rover
Qualcomm has unveiled a 3D printable robot Snapdragon Micro Rover with an aim to harness the computing power and capabilities of a smartphone and apply that to interesting applications in robotics.
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Logitech launches keyboard with special dock for smartphone and tablet at $50
Logitech has announced the launch of a new keyboard that can be used for computer, smarthphone and tablet. The Logitech K480 multi-device keyboard has a dock that can handle your smartphone and tablet.
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Lenovo X2 receives TENAA certification
Lenovo is planning to launch a high end Android smartphone that will go by the name X2. The company will apparently launch two versions of the X2 according to a certification from TENAA which is Chinese FCC.
Smartphone ‘kill switch’ bill passed into a law in California
With an aim to put a curb on growing smartphone thefts, Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed the ‘Kill switch’ bill into a law. Starting July 1st, 2015, the law will require all smartphone makers to install kill switch on the phones that lets users remotely lock them in case they are stolen.
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Sony working on selfie centered smartphone or a compact camera?
Sony released Xperia C3, a selfie focused smartphone with 5MP camera in July. Today two different reports are suggesting that the company is making a selfie centered smartphone or a compact camera.
Firstly, digi-wo has posted a bunch of photos of the Sony device that has a camera situated at the top of the phone in the center. According to the photos, it will have a swivel camera that we have already seen on Oppo N1 and Gionee Elife E7 mini. The camera lens is encompassed in a transparent rectangular case over the top of the phone.
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Motorola Shamu rumored to be Nexus 6 spotted at GFX Benchmark
There were reports last month stating that Google and Motorola are working on a large screen Nexus device that is code named Shamu. Today, the Motorola Shamu has made an appearance at GFX benchmark.
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Sony releasing a selfie focused smartphone tomorrow
Rumors that were looming around for a while suggested that Sony will be launching a smartphone in second half of 2014. To add more fuel to these speculations, images of alleged selfie smartphone by Sony has emerged online. Also, the company has released a tweet on Twitter that reads “See your #selfies in a whole new light”.
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Samsung’s Tizen based ZeQ smartphone leaked in new photo
Samsung announced its first Tizen based smartphone Z earlier this month. Today, photos of Samsung ZeQ have surfaced via FCC who had approved the smartphone in December last year. The photo of the device that was first spotted by SamMobile shows NTT Docomo variant that was set for launch in Japan.
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Huawei Honor 6 with 5 inch display and octa-core chipset announced
Huawei has officially announced it high-end smartphone the Honor 6. The phone boasts of a 5 inch 1080p display which covers 75.7% of the front thereby leaving only 2.86 mm of bezel.
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