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TomTom offers new premium navigation and mapping app for Android
3/25/2015 12:06:00 PM

TomTom is now offering its new GO Mobile navigation and mapping app in the Google Play Store. GO Mobile replaces TomTom's previous navigation app although the older service will be supported through October 1st. Map updates will continue on the discontinued app through that date.

The new TomTom GO Mobile app will include the company's latest navigation technology, TomTom traffic services for life, more accurate traffic jam alerts that show you precisely where slow downs begin and end, warnings for Speed Cameras and Danger Zones, access to all of TomTom's maps including 3D maps, and support ...

 

Best Buy promo offers Samsung Galaxy Note 4 for $100 less, Galaxy S5 is free on contract
3/25/2015 10:43:00 AM


It's just two weeks until the brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 hits retail shelves and early whispers already say that the interest is sky-high for the new Samsung flagship. This short time before the arrival of the new phone is great for another reason: older models get pretty significant discounts and this weekend is the start of this huge discounts (we expect to see more of them in the near future).

This one is a limited-time offer, though, ending on Saturday, and it brings the price down for the following devices:

Samsung Galaxy ...

 

Video from Qualcomm shows you how much faster Quick Charge 2.0 fuels your battery
3/25/2015 10:35:00 AM

To show how much faster its Quick Charge 2.0 technology recharges a smartphone battery, Qualcomm shot a video starring a trio of Nexus 6 handsets. Each one was having its 3200mAh battery charged from 0%. The first Nexus 6 on the left was using a conventional charger running at 5Volts/1 Amp. The second unit employed a conventional charger running at 5Volts/2 Amps. The third Nexus 6 was using Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0. which uses as much as 3 Amps.

As the video shows, the Nexus 6 that used the Quick Charge 2.0 was able to charge up to 50% in 40 minutes. At the same 40 minute mark, the 2 ...

 

Xiaomi CEO tells suppliers to prepare well, as the company aims to ship a large amount of smartphones in 2015
3/25/2015 10:33:00 AM

Xiaomi held a global supplier conference today, where CEO Lei Jun revealed the company's target for shipped smartphones this year – and it's between 80 - 100 million! Just for reference – the official data for 2014 says that Xiaomi shipped 65 million units during that year – no doubt thanks to the huge success of the Mi 3 in India and its lovely Mi 4 successor. Does a jump from 65 million to 100 million sales sound a bit far-fetched? Maybe, but let's not forget that Xiaomi has more than once stated that its willing to push out of the Asian markets and on to global distribution (you can still buy ...

 

15 best RPG games for iPhone and Android (2015 edition)
3/25/2015 9:35:00 AM


We might not yet have Diablo for Android and iPhone, but this does not mean there aren't some great role-playing (RPG) games on mobile. We dive in the depths of Google's Play Store and the Apple App Store to find the 15 best RPG games you can play so far in 2015. 

While there is quite a few original RPG releases for iPhone and Android, it's impossible to do such a round-up without mentioning some PC classics that have recently been adapted for touchscreens. Thanks to the consistent work of game studios like Square Enix, good news is that we ...

 

6 essential apps for your car (Android, iOS, Windows Phone)
3/25/2015 9:15:00 AM

Despite manufacturers starting to pay more and more attention to the quality of the infotainment systems they integrate with their vehicles, it's more than fair to say that the industry as a whole is just now starting to play catch-up. And even if you're one of few folks out there with a brand new card with support for either Android Auto or Apple Car, literally billions of vehicles out there are still limited to either horribly outdated solutions that do little other than multimedia (and even that), or have no such system at all.


Luckily, our smartphones can nowadays easily ...

 

Spotlight: BreakingSports delivers real-time sports updates the second they happen
3/25/2015 8:15:00 AM

Gather round, sports fans! The BreakingSports app enters the field, delivering breaking sports news by automatically sourcing them from social media. This means you can stay focused on the game, while BS scouts social networks for real-time updates and up-to-the-second in-game & news alerts. The app employs fancy natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to filter content and deliver fast updates about things you want to know about. 


To get to know you better, BreakingSports lets you choose which leagues, teams, and players you want to follow. This ...

 

Opera Mini beta for Windows Phone gets a makeover in the form of an updated UI
3/25/2015 7:27:00 AM

For those looking for another browser to use on their Windows Phone handset, Opera Mini has been a choice since last September when a beta version of the app was made available. Websites go through Opera's servers first with Opera Mini, where they are compressed before being sent to your phone. This way, you are using less data when browsing, saving the sweet stuff for other things. According to Opera, the compression means that websites are sent to you at just 10% of their normal size. Looking at it another way, viewing a website on Opera Mini instead of most other mobile browsers will save you ...

 

HTC schedules "More than One" event for April 8th: dual-camera One M9+ in tow
3/25/2015 5:40:00 AM

We have seen the countless leaks of the HTC One M9 Plus (One M9+) in the past few days, and now HTC has scheduled an official event for April 8th that will likely lift the cover off the not-so-mysterious upcoming high-end phone.

The event will be held under the "More than One" slogan, and the teaser image for it shows a device with a similar design to the HTC One M9, but with what looks like dual cameras. HTC has already used this dual-camera approach in last year's One M8 where the practically identical secondary rear camera was used to achieve some bokeh-like effects for images.

HTC's ...

 

Live images of the HTC One M9 Plus crop up again, confirm specs
3/25/2015 5:10:00 AM

While the HTC One M9 Plus (or M9+, as some sources insist) isn't yet a market reality, our expectation is that the company is prepping an announcement, and it has a date in mind that will be upon us sooner rather than later. A whole bunch of renders, dummies, and even supposed prototypes have leaked already, and today we add two more to the mix.


This time around, we have something a bit more legit-looking, for the duo of live images also show a China Mobile logotype etched on the back of the alleged One M9 Plus. This could, of course, be an elaborate fake, but the information ...

 

Deja Vu: Report has Samsung and Apple once again finishing 1-2 in smartphone shipments for 2015
3/25/2015 4:28:00 AM

A report published on Wednesday predicts that Samsung will wind up on top of the list of top smartphone manufacturers for 2015. The forecast, produced by Digitimes Research, has the company shipping 330 million units this year. With 230 million iPhones expected to be in transit during 2015, Apple is going to place second on the list. According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung and Apple were ranked numbers one and two respectively, in smartphone shipments last year. Samsung shipped 317.2 million units in 2014, while at the same time Apple sent out 192.7 million iPhones.

Lenovo is the first ...

 

Samsung official says foldable phones possible in 2016
3/25/2015 4:09:00 AM

Samsung and LG have both definitely made great advances in terms of display development – the LG G Flex pioneered the bendable smartphone display tech, while the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge was the first smartphone to have a curved glass. The companies are not done, however, as representatives of both have spoken with Business Korea and revealed possible branches of the display tech that each has been working on.

LG spoke about transparent display tech – something that currently exists for niche applications, such as heads-up displays for aircrafts and luxury vehicles. According to the company, ...

 

5 forward-looking LG G4 concept renders imagine the company's next big thing
3/25/2015 4:00:00 AM

A little over a month or so – that's how long the rumor mill says we have until LG gets up on a stage somewhere and lifts the veil off its new flagship, the G4. The next LG powerhouse is speculated to be a lot of things – curvy, awfully tech-ridden, and as compact as always (relative to its screen size).


But how do the more artistic among us envision LG's upcoming G4? We sought to answer that question, and dug deep before rounding up 5 different concept renders that show us 5 different takes on the device. Most of them seem to be in an agreement over one feature – ...

 

Xiaomi to introduce new devices on its fifth birthday at the end of this month
3/25/2015 2:41:00 AM

It is hard to believe, but on March 31st Xiaomi will turn five. What a five years it has been as Xiaomi quickly has became one of the largest smartphone manufacturers on the planet, exceeding the market share of many companies who have been around for much longer. To celebrate its anniversary, Xiaomi has announced that it plans on introducing some new devices on the last day of the month.

We could see the unveiling of Xiaomi's smartwatch at the event. Earlier this month, there was some speculation that the timepiece would carry a large display and use pulse wave velocity identification to ...

 

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