Archives for March 24th, 2014
Four Sony Xperia handsets pick up Red Dot 2014 design awards
Sony’s design prowess has once again led to the company picking up a number of design awards for its mobile products. The 2014 Red Dot Design Awards saw Sony pick up “Best of the Best” awards for the Xperia Z Ultra and QX10/QX100 lens-style cameras. Red Dot awards were also won by the Xperia C, ...
Pre-Order the AT&T or Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 at Amazon
The Samsung Galaxy S5 can now be pre-ordered through Amazon! Amazon is offering pre-orders on the 16GB version of the device from either AT&T or Sprint. Sammy’s new toy will run you $199.99 when you sign a new two-year contract with AT&T or Sprint, or $699.99 off contract. Amazon is currently only offering black and ...
Download the Official Samsung Galaxy S5 Firmware and S Voice App Now!
Even though the Samsung Galaxy S5 isn’t set to be released until the first or second week of April, the guys and gals over at SamMobile have gotten ahold of the official firmware for the beefy device. SamMobile also managed to extract the S Voice app from the firmware, which is available for those adventurous ...
Spanish football stars dress as Spider-Man to advertise the Xperia Z1 Compact
Spanish soccer stars from Barcelona and Real Madrid starred in a recent ad to promote The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the Xperia Z1 Compact. Barcelona stars Andrés Iniesta and Víctor Valdés dressed up as Spider-Man along with Real Madrid stars Diego López and Alvaro Arbeloa. The stars play a wacky version of soccer pinging shots ...
New Android 4.3 firmware certified for Xperia M (15.4.A.0.23) and Xperia M dual (15.5.A.0.18)
New firmware builds have been certified for the Sony Xperia M (C1904, C1905) and Xperia M dual (C2004, C2005). These new firmware versions are likely to be Android 4.3 builds and are incremental revisions over the previously certified versions. The Xperia M has moved from build number 15.4.A.0.21 to 15.4.A.0.23, whilst the Xperia M dual ...
Infographic: What’s Using All The Bandwidth? Porn, Obviously.
With internet usage at higher rates than ever before and mobile internet accessible devices release across the globe, humanity sure is using a lot of bandwidth. Most of it is spent watching cat videos (and *ahem porn) checking our Facebook pages and Instagramming pictures of our delicious meals. While the end-user (That’s you!) isn’t too ...
Xperia Z2 goes on sale in Taiwan
Taiwan is the first region to see the Sony Xperia Z2 go on sale. The handset will set you back NT$23,900 (£474, €565, $782) in Taiwan, with all three colours available (black, purple and white). This price includes the MDR-NC31EM noise cancelling headphones and DK36 magnetic charging dock. If you buy before the 30 April, ...
A New Look at the LG G Watch, Powered by Android Wear
If last week was a song, lyric, it’d be a take on Puff Daddy’s (P.Diddy, whatever) All About the Benjamins, and would go something like this: “It’s all about the wearables, baby.” Why? Well, last week saw the announcement of Google’s dedicated wearable platform, Android Wear and Motorola’s Moto 360 smartwatch. LG also teased its Android Wear ...
Watch: 14 Minute Hands On Video Starring the ‘All New’ HTC One (M8)
Tomorrow will undoubtedly be a busy day for HTC, as the company is holding dual press conferences in New York and London to unveil the company’s 2014 flagship smartphone, the ‘All New’ HTC One (M8) and releasing the device for purchase shortly thereafter. We’ve seen about all there is to see regarding HTC’s hot device ...
Rumor: Android 4.4.3 in Testing Phase?
Is Android 4.4.3 KitKat on the horizon? According to developer , it sure is. tweets that the update carries a build number of KTU72B, and will fix some bugs, including the camera bug found on the Nexus 5. Aside from the camera bug fix, we’re not sure what to expect from Android 4.4.3. The update ...