Andy Rubin teases a radically re-imagined compact smartphone – GEM

Andy Rubin, creator of Android and CEO of Essential just tweeted out a colorful glimpse into one of the most radically re-imagined compact smartphones we have ever seen. It’s long, it’s thin, there’s a huge camera at the back and also a fingerprint scanner. The guys at Essential call this device “GEM” and the first tweet from Andy (after almost an year) shows how color-shifty the design is. But it didn’t stop there.

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New teaser suggests ultrasonic fingerprint sensor on the LeEco Le 2

LeEco Le 2 had surfaced in leaked images earlier this month. Now, the Chinese smartphone maker has released a teaser on Weibo (Via) which suggests a Qulacomm’s ultrasonic fingerprint sensor for upcoming device, most likely LeEco Le 2.

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Sony to launch a Pink Xperia smartphone on 12th January – Likely the Z5

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Sony has been teasing the launch of a pink coloured Xperia smartphone on its Instagram for a while now. Apparently, the company is set to launch a pink coloured smartphone on 12th January and is likely to be the Xperia Z5.

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Windows Phone 8.1 File Manager app teased, may come this month

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File management is one of the most underrated features of a mobile operating system. For any platform to be truly independent, a file manager that allows local storage and management of any kind of file, is a necessity and with Windows Phone 8.1, this is finally happening. After moving to WinRT APIs for its latest mobile release, Microsoft has finally added the ability to download or upload files on the phone’s browser or through various apps, using the file picker. The file picker naturally necessitates a file manager, which will be released as a standalone app by Microsoft, as revealed and teased on a Reddit AMA, by the company’s Windows Phone champion, Joe Belfiore. The app is almost ready and is reportedly set to release this month.

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Huawei calls Apple the “Fruit” and Samsung “Some song” in its bizarre MWC14 teaser

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Huawei is gearing up to introduce a range of new products at the Mobile World Congress event this year, but before doing so, the Chinese company has readied a bizarre teaser to explain the kind of products it is launching. First off, why the video is bizarre is because it uses an “Apple” iPhone with a Siri-like voice assistant, to mock “Apple” and Samsung, calling them the “Fruit” and “Some song” respectively. Nevertheless, it gives us a taste of what we can expect from the company, when it reveals its products at this year’s biggest mobile event, the Mobile World Congress. Here’s the video –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKa1Lx3IJio

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Nokia teases #NokiaFG on Twitter, possibly an accessory?

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Nokia has started teasing some of its products as the Mobile World Congress event is heading closer and closer. Among many of the teasers on various social networks, the company has posted an image of various phones stacked together, and tagged it as “2014’s hottest fashion… #NokiaFG coming soon ;)” which makes no sense for us, but the picture may has some clues.

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Samsung teases the Galaxy S4 in a unpacked video [Update: New video]

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It was already known just a week back that the launch is going to happen on March 14th, but Samsung has gone and just unveiled a teaser video for the Samsung Galaxy S4, undoubtedly one of the most awaited flagship devices this year. The video has “4” prominently written all over it and suggests all kinds of adjectives for the upcoming phone, in a white unpacked box. Here’s the teaser –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEfNaNCkKM

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