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HIGHS

  • Same great specs as Android version
  • High-end metal design
  • Longer battery life than Android version

LOWS

  • Limited app selection
  • Somewhat slippery to hold
  • Only at Verizon

No manufacturer has ever made the exact same device with the exact same specs for Android and Windows Phone. The HTC One M8 is now available for both Android and Windows Phone. Even though the two devices are identical, down to the very core, the two M8 models seem like completely different phones beca

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Samsung has announced the Galaxy Alpha, a phone it describes as having a “new design approach,” separating it from previous entries into the Galaxy smartphone range.

Updated on 08-13-2014 by Andy Boxall: Added in early pricing information.

It’s the first Samsung Galaxy phone to feature a metal frame, but from the pictures, it appears the back is covered in the same soft-touch, perforated material used on the Galaxy S5. The design is certainly eye-catching, thank

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Amazon launched its Fire Phone smartphone at an event in Seattle Wednesday.

Amazon entered the smartphone business Wednesday — and made a big splash doing it.

At an event in Seattle, the retail giant unveiled the Fire Phone, a high-end, 3-D smartphone. It is the first smartphone Amazon has produced on its own.

“Can we build a better phone for our most engaged customers?” asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the event. “Can we build a better phone for Amazon Prime members? Well, I’m excited to tell

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The Galaxy S series has been a huge success for Samsung, tallying more 200 million units sold, according to company president and CEO JK Shin. Samsung expects those numbers to rise with the Galaxy S5, the latest iteration of the flagship phone, unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.

The Galaxy S5 retains some of what has made its predecessors so popular. Most notably, it looks almost identical to the S4, just slightly larger, measuring 5.1 in

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NOKIA IS MAKING ANDROID PHONES!!

 


The speculation about a Nokia Androidsmartphone has been building, and today at MWC in Barcelona we learned about three of them. Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop unveiled the Nokia X, the Nokia X+, and the Nokia XL.

The Nokia XL features a 5-inch IPS WVGA display, a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and auto-focus and a 2-megapixel front camera.

The Nokia X and the Nokia X+ both have 4-inch touchscreens and Nokia’s signature mono-body design in various colors. The difference b

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By Andy Boxall 

Galaxy S4 Leak

With less than ten days to go until Samsung’s Galaxy S4 launch event, you can bet the phone will remain in the news right until the last moment, by way of both official Samsung promotions (like the follow-up to its awful teaser video) and through leaks such as the latest from @evleaks.

The often reliable @evleaks Twitter account has published a supposed picture of the Galaxy S4 along with a few spec details; which although interesting, doesn’t mention the two most

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Apple Developing A Low Cost iPhone

Stop me if you have heard this before, but we have another rumor that substantiates earlier stories indicating that Apple is indeed working on a low cost iPhone. The goal of Apple in developing this new smartphone is to create a device that can compete with the cheap Android phones that are available.

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The iPhone 4S remains probably the most popular of mobile phones, but it is confronting growing competition from a number of competing manufacturers, particularly those which use the Android software, HTC as an example. In this article I am going to review a few main features of the Apple iPhone 4S with those of the brand new HTC One X, the manufacturer’s newest flagship smartphone.

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One of the most noticeable differences between the Apple iPhone 4S and the HTC One X is the measurements

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PlayStation Vita back

A purportedly leaked Blockbuster UK flyer pegs Sony's PlayStation Vita -- both the 3G and non-3G versions -- for an October 28 release.

 

Sony has already stated clearly that the plan is to launch the PlayStation Vita this year. Two big questions remain though: where and when? Popular opinion puts the initial launch in Japan, since the hardware maker’s country of origin is also where the PlayStation Portable kicked off the previous generation of handheld gaming devices. Other rumors have point

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Facebook phone details revealed

Insider claims cloud-centric cell is just around the corner.

Following word yesterday about an HTC-made, Android-packing Facebook phone, more hot gossip about a blower built for the world’s favourite social network has hit the web.

 

A tipster has spilled the beans to the chaps at BGR, delivering deets on just what we can expect when a Facebook phone does get the official nod. And it’s all about using the cloud and your location.

 

The Facebook phone is unlikely to have any local storage,

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Someone's been a little bit cheeky and let the PlayStation Phone further out of the bag, with a video demonstrating the upcoming Sony Ericsson device running Rage Racer and Resident Evil 2.

Known as the Xperia Play, the mobile phone runs an Android operating system and includes an application that is said to run PSP games using the sliding controls seen below. Obvious cues have been taken from the PSP Go, with the curious addition of what appears to be a touch pad in the middle. Unfortunately thi
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10 must-have Android apps


If, like me, you have come to love and depend upon your Android-based phone, you’ve no doubt discovered the wealth of applications on the Android Market. But as with the iPhone App store, not every app is a gem. So you’ve probably found yourself installing and quickly removing plenty of apps from your phone, hoping to find ones that are truly useful.

To help in this quest, I’ve narrowed the field to 10 indispensable applications. These apps serve a number of purposes with little overlap. Some

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