Samsung Galaxy Note 3 might come in three sizes

Engadget takes a look at the model number for the Note III and finds that Samsung has developed at least three different sizes for the device: One that's 5.5 inches large, one that's 5.7 inches and one that's 6 inches. All three models were shipped to India "for R&D" purposes, however, so it's not clear whether Samsung really plans to release all of them. The latest rumors on the Note III's specs indicate that it will feature a 5.7-inch display, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor,  3GB of RAM, Android 4.3 and support for LTE-Advanced.
Source: BGR

2013 Nexus 7 from Google with wireless charging

A sharper display, wireless charging, quad-core processor, and rear-facing camera: Google's 2013 edition of the Nexus 7 proves you can get plenty of bang at a cheap price.
Though the Nexus 7 tablet bears the same name as its predecessor, its new look and long list of feature updates including the much-anticipated Android 4.3 —give it the aura of an entirely new gadget.
The only similarity between 2012's Nexus 7 and this year's model is its 7-inch diagonal screen size. Indeed, the two tablets are so different, they really should have different names. Google's new tablet is thinner and sleeker—Hugo Barra, vice president of Android product management at Google, explained that the side bezels were reduced by 3mm on each side so that the device would be easier to hold with one hand. Shaving off that 6mm provides a "much more comfortable grip," Barra said at the event.
Google also stuck with a pure black-on-black design with the same soft touch that Barra says "everyone loved in the original Nexus 7." Rather than stick with Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 chip, the Asus-built device now features a Qualcomm 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. It's the same chip featured inside the Nexus 4 handset announced late last year, though according to Android Police , initial Nexus 7 performance benchmarks show the processor performing just a bit better inside the tablet. This particular chip should help increase battery life, as well as speed up software multitasking. The tablet's RAM has also been increased from 1GB to 2GB to help support processing power.
Photo-frantic users will appreciate that the new Nexus 7 adds a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera to the mix, complementing the front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera that was available in the original model. There's also a Slim Port on the back of the device that enables you to pipe 1080p video to your TV with an HDMI cable.
And to help add to that experience, the new Nexus 7 will feature dual speakers on each side of the device. Google teamed up with Fraunhofer, a German engineering firm, to integrate virtual surround sound for the onboard speakers and any connected headphones. Barra compared this new features to a "5.1 surround sound system… just using the device speakers or any pair of headphones."
Other hardware perks include the ability to wireless charge the device with an Qi-standardized wireless charger, a feature that is only available on a limited variety of Android devices. You'll be able to simply plop down the device on a compatible charging base and have it refuel overnight. The Nexus 7 will also have NFC capabilities, and unlike its predecessor, Google and Asus will only offer a 16GB and 32GB variant of the Android tablet, priced at $229 and $269, respectively. You can also pick up a 32GB LTE version for $349. Last year's Nexus 7 is now listed as "no longer available" in the Google Play store.
Source: Engadget

iPhone 5S will be in short supply @ launch, no new ipadmini launch.

KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo has a good track record when it comes to details surrounding unannounced Apple products, and he reported in a research note on Tuesday that manufacturing issues will leave the iPhone 5S in short supply when it launches in late September.

Kuo didn't elaborate, though an earlier report claimed the production issues are related to the iPhone 5S's new fingerprint scanner. Supply is expected to pick up in October and November, according to Kuo's note.

The analyst also said that Apple's entry-level plastic iPhone will launch later this year, but he claims Apple will not launch a new iPad mini model alongside the overhauled fifth-generation full-size iPad. Instead, he claims Apple will debut two new iPad mini models in 2014, a high-end Retina iPad mini and a cheaper update to the current model.

"Samsung Gear" smartwatch to debut in September.

Samsung plans to release it's own smartwatch this september during the annual IFA trade show
in Berlin, Germany. A new report from Patently
Apple claims that Samsung is planning to show
off the new "Samsung Gear" smartwatch in early
September during a press conference that will
also see the Galaxy Note III unveiled. The site
makes no mention of any sources, anonymous
or otherwise, in issuing the report. Apple might not debut theirs- the iWatch till next year.

Nokia's biggest Lumia phone

Nokia unveiled its new Lumia 625 on Tuesday and it will position the new handset as a remarkably affordable mid-range device. Spec highlights include a 4.7-inch WVGA display, A 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 512GB of RAM, 8GB of memory, microSDXC support, 4G LTE and a 5-megapixel camera. The Lumia 625 will retail for €220 before any subsidies and it will debut in China, India and elsewhere in the coming months. No U.S. launch plans have been announced at this point.

Google and Motorola's Moto X phone leaks.

Well known insider @evleaks published images over the weekend showing the Moto X at several different angles in both white and black. The images reveal nothing new, however they represent the clearest look yet at Motorola's upcoming hero phone, which will be the first smartphone to have been heavily influenced by Google. At the same time, Android Police has published photos of what it claims to be benchmark tests running on the Moto X, and they likely reveal the device's complete specs. The leaked Moto X specs follow below along with several images of the upcoming handset.

• Dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960DT 1.7GHz CPU, Adreno 320 GPU

• 2GB of RAM

• 4.7-inch 720p display

• 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera

• 10.5-megapixel

• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi

• Android 4.2.2

• 16GB of internal memory

• NFC

• 2,200 mAh battery

• Case measures 128.5mm x 65mm
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BBM for Android

BBM for Android will reportedly launch by the end of September. Sunil Lalvani, managing director for BlackBerry India, apparently confirmed in an interview with IBN Live that BlackBerry Messenger will launch on Android in the next two months. The executive reiterated earlier statements made by BlackBerry that the service will launch this summer, however he was quick to add that in North America summer doesn't end until September.
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Nokia's 41mega-pixel Lumia 1020 finally released(See pics and specs)

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Nokia Lumia 1020 has been revealed. The phone which comes with a 41mega-pixel camera was released during a news conference in New York.
The new handset features a 4.5-inch AMOLED display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 32GB of internal storage, 2GB of RAM and the Windows Phone 8 operating system, but the star of the show was clearly the 41-megapixel PureView camera. Nokia's industry leading camera includes Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, a xenon flash for photos and an LED flash for video, Nokia Rich Recording, full HD 1080p video capture support and a backside-illuminated sensor. It also features new Nokia Pro Camera and Smart Camera modes that bring all new software features to Nokia's Lumia line. The Lumia 1020 will be an AT&T exclusive in the U.S. and it will launch on July 26th for $299.99 on contract.

New blackberry OS7 phone confirmed as 9720.

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Blackberry 9270 leaks(See pics)

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iPhone 5S camera to have slow-motion feature

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iPhone 5S camera is said to possess feature known as. "Mogul" mode. The feature, which was spotted in the iOS 7 beta, reportedly enables the iPhone to capture crisp and clean videos at 120 frames-per second and will also allow for a slow-motion option. Interestingly enough, the iPhone's closets competitor, the Galaxy S4, already has a slow-motion feature and the ability to record video at 120 frames-per-second. The phone is expected to be released in september with a faster processor and better camera.

Nokia's Lumia and other windows smartphone set to dominate Russia has largest wireless carrier dumps the iPhone

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Windows phone market has gotten so big in Russia such that the country's largest wireless carrier drops supprot for iPhone because it thinks Apple isn't offering a fair deal.
"Apple wants operators to pay them huge money, subsidizing iPhones and their promotion in Russia," Andrei Dubovskov, CEO of OAO Mobile TeleSystems, told Bloomberg. "Now it's not beneficial for us. It's good we stopped selling the iPhone as these sales would've brought us a negative margin."
They wouldn't have been able to do this if there isn't a good alternative with a large market. First quarter reports reveal that windows phone sales almost equal iPhone sales, this as also been made possible as a result of Nokia's traditional strength in Russia.

Samsung's $300 million HQ(See Pics Inside)

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By 2015, samsung's $300 million offices will be ready as Samsung continues to rival Apple in the technology business. The office is in Jose, Carlifonia, just a stone throw away from Apple's Cupertino HQ.
The HQ will house about 2000 samsung employees when completed in the next two years.
The facility will feature a two 10-story towers and an amenity pavilion, and it will be divided into two sections that split the R&D and sales departments.

Why microsoft wants you to have a microsoft account before using windows 8.1

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Microsoft plans to gather user's local search data and plans to use it to know which ads you'll see when using microsoft products.
As InfoWorld puts it, Windows 8.1 "not only searches your computer for the string you specify it also, all by itself, gathers up the terms and runs them through a Bing search" so that terms you search for on your hard drive result in advertisements for similar products on Amazon, eBay and other websites. InfoWorld also notes that Microsoft is encouraging users to set up a Microsoft account as a prerequisite for using Windows 8.1, similar to how Android devices encourage users to create Google accounts capable of tracking them across multiple services.

Samsung's shares fall

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Samsung shares fell on friday last week by 4% amidst despite the company's quarterly profits increasing 47% on 2012. Analysts are with the feeling that Samsung's beginning to face saturated markets as Apple faces. China is the fastest growth area in smartphones, but at low prices with highly competitive markets. Samsung has been releasing cut-down versions of the S4 to try to protect its market share from rivals such as ZTE and Huawei.

41mega-pixel Nokia: More leaks revealed

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Nokia is hosting an event on July 11, 2013 where it is rumoured it will reveal a smartphone with 41-megapixel sensor. The code name of the phone is nokia EOS. Twitter user @evelaks said the device will be called Nokia Lumia 1020, however according to information from @evleaks, it will now be released as the Lumia 909. The naming scheme makes sense because the 909 is the successor to Nokia's earlier 41-megapixel smartphone, the Symbian-powered Nokia 808 PureView. The latest rumors suggest the phone will include a polycarbonate case and a 4.5-inch display with 720p resolution.

New leak reveals Nokia's 41-megapixel phone will be called Nokia Lumia 909.

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Nokia is hosting an event on July 11, 2013 where it is rumoured it will reveal a smartphone with 41-megapixel sensor. The code name of the phone is nokia EOS. Twitter user @evelaks said the device will be called Nokia Lumia 1020, however according to information from @evleaks, it will now be released as the Lumia 909. The naming scheme makes sense because the 909 is the successor to Nokia's earlier 41-megapixel smartphone, the Symbian-powered Nokia 808 PureView. The latest rumors suggest the phone will include a polycarbonate case and a 4.5-inch display with 720p resolution.

Nokia 1020 rumoured to come wit 41-megapixel camera.

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Nokia is hosting an event on July 11, 2013 where it is rumoured it will reveal a smartphone with 41-megapixel sensor. The code name of the phone is nokia EOS. Twitter user @evelaks said the device will be called Nokia Lumia 1020.
The smartphone seems to be very similar in design to the Nokia Lumia 920. Some of the earlier leaked pictures suggested that the Nokia Lumia 1020 will come with a metallic body rather than a polycarbonate one. However, from this image it is hard to ascertain whether Nokia EOS will indeed come with a metal-clad body. Earlier rumours suggest the Nokia EOS will sport an OLED display, has a screen resolution of 768X1280 pixels and 32GB of internal storage. It is also touted that the Nokia EOS will offer Xenon flash. This smartphone is also expected to run on Nokia's 'Amber' Windows Phone software update. The Amber update was unveiled at the time of the launch of Nokia Lumia 925.

Android security flaw that can make hackers get total control of your android phone.

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Bluebox, a mobile security company said yesterday that it discovered a vulnerability in Android that
makes any Android device released in the last four
years vulnerable to hackers who can read your
data, get your passwords, and control any function
of your phone, including sending texts, making
phone calls, or turning on the camera. That's almost 900million users globally based on the number of android account activations world-wide.
"A Trojan application … has the ability to read arbitrary application data on the device (email, SMS messages, documents, etc.), retrieve all stored account & service passwords," Bluebox CTO Jeff Forristal posted. "It can essentially take over the normal functioning of the phone and control any function."

Inventor of the computer mouse dies at 88.

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The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug
Engelbart, has died aged 88. Engelbart developed the tool in the 1960s as a wooden shell covering two metal wheels, patenting it long before the mouse's widespread use. He also worked on early incarnations of email, word processing and video teleconferences at a California research institute.
The state's Computer History Museum was notified of his death by his daughter, Christina, in an email. Her father had been in poor health and died peacefully on Tuesday night in his sleep, she said. Doug Engelbart was born on 30 January 1925 in Portland, Oregon, to a radio repairman father and a housewife mother.
Culled from BBC News.

Samsung Galaxy Note2 rumoured to be a power house

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Korea Economic Daily reports that the Galaxy Note3 will feature an industry leading 3GB of RAM when it debuts this fall. Other rumored specs include a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, a 6 inch full HD Super AMOLED display, a 13-megapixel camera, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and improved S Pen support. Samsung is reportedly planning a September 4th press conference to debut the new Galaxy Note III .
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Google's Motorola reveals Moto X- The first smartphone that can be customized to a user’s specific liking.

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According to ABC News, buyers will be able to choose from "a palette of different colors" for the back case and trim of the phone. There will also be an option for users to personalize the Moto X with a custom engraving on the back of the device, as well as uploading a personal photo to be used as the phone's wallpaper. Users won't be able to customize the internal hardware, however. The latest rumors suggest the Moto X will be equipped with a 720p display, a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and a 10-megapixel camera.

Blackberry 10 phones will be able to connect to each other blackberry 10.2 leaks reveal.

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Blackberry 10.2 is expected to arrive later this year, the company previously confirmed that the update will bring support for Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean apps to its BlackBerry Runtime service, in addition to standard Unicode emoji, multiple alarms, level 1 notifications and reminder timers. More leaks posted in the crackberry forums shows the OS update will have "actionable notifications" that will allow users to reply to messages and emails by simply tapping on a notification. The update will also bring support for Wi-Fi direct, enabling BlackBerry devices to connect directly to each other through a Wi-Fi connection.

Apple no more the world’s most respected company

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For 3 years in a row, Apple has been named the world's most respected company on the Baron's list of world's most respected companies. The coveted title now goes to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, and Disney jumped into the No.2 spot on the list. Apple has fallen from first to third-place, and Google and Coca-Cola round out the top-five.

HTC Security: FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against HTC America Inc.

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HTC software has been found to contain security flaws that placed information of millions of customers at risk.
The FTC's
press release follows below.
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges
Against HTC America Inc.
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that HTC America Inc. failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones and tablet computers, introducing security flaws that placed sensitive information about millions of consumers at risk.
The settlement with HTC America, announced by the FTC in February 2013, requires the company to develop and release software patches to fix vulnerabilities in millions of the company's devices. The company is also required to establish a comprehensive security program designed to address security risks during the development of HTC devices and to undergo independent security assessments every other year for the next 20 years.
In addition, the settlement prohibits HTC America from making any false or misleading statements about the security and privacy of consumers' data on HTC devices. Violations of the consent order may be subject to civil penalties of up to $16,000 per violation.
The Commission vote approving the final order and letters to members of the public who commented on it was 3-0-1, with Commissioner Ohlhausen recused.

Facebook mistakenly sends out Android users' phone numbers over the internet.

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It was discovered that the world's largest and most
popular social networking site was inadvertently
obtaining phone numbers from its users without
their consent. Facebook's mobile application was sending individual phone numbers from Android users over the Internet to its servers. Statistics from google play shows the facebook app has been downloaded 100 million and 500 million times in the past 30days. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Symantec that it has investigated the issue and will provide a fix in a future update. As for the phone numbers, the company claims it did not use or process the information and has since deleted them from its servers.

Samsung Galaxy Note III rumored for September 4th debut

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According to a report from Android Geeks that cites an unnamed source, Samsung is planning to hold one of its customary "Unpacked" press conferences on September 4th in Berlin, Germany to unveil the Galaxy Note III. If the report is accurate, Samsung's event would come just two days before the start of the annual IFA trade show in Berlin, where Samsung unveiled the first two generations of its Galaxy Note smartphone. There's been previous reports that the device will be released in September and is said to feature a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, a full HD Super AMOLED display measuring between 5.7 and 6 inches diagonally, a 13-megapixel camera, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and improved S Pen support.

Apple files for ‘iWatch’ trademark in preparation for iWatch launch.

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The iWatch would mark Apples entry into the wearable devices market after Google's release of the Google Glass. It has been discovered that Apple recently filed documents in an effort to trademark the name "iWatch" in Japan, Bloomberg reported. This is the second country in which Apple has attempted to trademark the name — the first was Russia — and it is the most solid evidence yet that the company plans to launch a smartwatch in the future.

Iphone 5S to come with LTE-Advanced networks, which is more than twice as fast as current 4G LTE networks.

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Apple's Iphone 5S to come with LTE-Advanced networks, which offer peak speeds that are more than twice as fast as current 4G LTE networks. The report cites an unnamed insider at South Korean carrier SK Telecom, which is said to be holding negotiations with Apple concerning the launch of an LTE-A compatible iPhone 5S on its network later this year. If Apple launches the phone with LTE-Advanced support, it may use Qualcomm Modem in the device. Apple's iPhone 5S will reportedly launch this fall with an faster processor, a better camera and possibly even a fingerprint scanner.

Android 4.3 leaks for Galaxy S4, rumored to launch in July

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The next version of Google's mobile operating system will reportedly be released this month. SamMobile reportedly released an early build of Android 4.3 for Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition and posted some screen shots of what is expected. The leak shows the OS is just a minor adjustment and still carries the "Jelly Bean" name

Former Apple CEO advises Blackberry to dump hardware before it's too late.

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In an interview with Bloomberg, Sculley says that BlackBerry can still be a successful company but only if it stops building the hardware and focus on software. Specifically, Sculley said that BlackBerry can "come back if they drop hardware and focus on secure messaging," although he also cautioned that "the clock is running out" on the company. Sculley is seen as dubious as a result of the mistakes he made at Apple that left Apple at the brink of collapse and for pushing Steve Jobs out of Apple in 1985.