Samsung’s Z3 Tizen phone gets a possible announcement date

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Tizen isn’t quite dead in the water yet, folks. Even though Samsung continues to keep its Tizen platform out of the spotlight – selecting Android for most of its smartphone offerings – the operating system continues to live on. New information has appeared today about a Samsung Z3 announcement perhaps happening later this month at the Tizen Developer Summit.The Z3 is expected to be Samsung’s next Tizen phone, a follow-up to its mid-range Z1 offering. According to sources of SamMobile‘s, the ...

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Even with Galaxy S6 launch, Samsung predicts seventh straight drop in profits for second quarter

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 was all that – or perhaps even more than – most of us expected out of a Samsung smartphone. It enjoyed warm and glowing reviews from a majority of evaluators, but even that hasn’t been enough to turn the company’s profit losses trend around. In its second quarter earnings guidance report, another Samsung profit drop has been predicted.The company’s operating profit in the second quarter of 2014 was about 7.2 trillion won (US$6.26 billion). It’s expected by Samsung to drop four percent, to 6.9 trillion won (US$6.12 billion) for the same ...

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BlackBerry’s upcoming Dallas and Venice smartphones show up in certifications, import records

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No, it’s not 2009. You haven’t time traveled. Yes, it’s 2015, and we’re on the eve, apparently, of not one but two new BlackBerry smartphone launches. We’re hearing from three separate sources about the existence of a BlackBerry Dallas as well as a BlackBerry Venice.First, the BlackBerry Dallas – SQW100-4, as it’s otherwise known – made appearances in IDA and e-CoM certification for Singapore and Malaysia. It was also spotted in Indonesia through e-POSTEL.The device also went on to appear in Indian imports tracker Zauba, along with what’s ...

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Possible HTC Aero display information leaks: Gorilla Glass 4, QHD, 2.5D glass?

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For some, the HTC One M9 was enough. It didn’t bring the radical new approach to smartphone making that Samsung took with the Galaxy S6 (at least, in comparison to its previous flagship, the Galaxy S5), though it performed respectably and handled as a flagship should. However, this approach hasn’t quite translated into the sales HTC seeks – the company is struggling and back in the financial red again. So it appears the company is attempting to make up for this by introducing a high-end ...

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Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace makes appearance on retailer website

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It’s been about six months since we saw the initial Samsung Galaxy J1 debut – it was the device that kicked off the entry level Samsung Galaxy J-series devices. As the empirics show, Samsung has a tendency to release slightly tweaked or modified versions of its smartphones after the initial release with a different name. The Galaxy S6, for example, already has an Active variant, with more likely on the way. The latest device to get this modification treatment could indeed be the Galaxy J1, as a Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace model has been spotted on a Dutch retailer ...

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Want to watch YouTube videos on your Android Wear watch? Now you can

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Have you ever looked at your Android Wear smartwatch and thought to yourself “Gee, wouldn’t it be great if I could watch a YouTube video on this tiny wrist-mounted screen?” Neither have I. But just in case you’re the adventurous type and are wondering what it really is like to watch a YouTube video on a low-res, circular (or square), and underpowered device, you’re in luck. A new third-party Android Wear YouTube app has been released today that’ll allow you to do just that, if that’s what you’re into.The free app flies under the long-winded ...

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John Legere promises exciting news for next week, says Apple Music will be joining Music Freedom soon

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There’s no denying that John Legere is one of the coolest CEOs on the planet, even without the context of the company he’s running. He’s shaken up the wireless industry by denouncing bad carrier practices, and hasn’t shied away from making quite the name for himself – he’s crashed CES parties, and dropped some pretty foul language even in official press events for new Uncarrier announcements. So in true Legere fashion, the executive took to Periscope yesterday to voice some thoughts. And we got some John Legere teases for exciting news next week, as well as ...

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A new Android One phone will be landing in India this month

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Amidst its moonshot initiatives like Projects Loon and Ara, it’s oftentimes quite simple to forget that Google sanctions projects like Android One as well. Android One, if you need a refresher, is a program that creates affordable (but yet usable) Android smartphones and then distributes them in growing markets where smartphones aren’t so popular. The latest Android One smartphone will be hitting the Indian market this month, manufactured by local company Lava.According to a report from the Economic Times, the smartphone will be going official on July 14. The Lava phone will ...

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AT&T Galaxy S5 gets small software update

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If you’ve been rocking a Galaxy S5 on AT&T, you might be jealous at this point of the Android 5.1 updates hitting other carrier models of the smartphone – unfortunately for you, that update is indeed finished and rolling out, but not for your smartphone. We’re sorry to disappoint, but today’s AT&T Galaxy S5 software update isn’t bringing that update either; this one’s just for bug fixes.The update will take your S5 unit from the OC4 firmware to OF2. Unfortunately, AT&T hasn’t posted up a software update changelog on its website quite yet, ...

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iOS 8.4 removed iTunes Home Sharing support

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On Tuesday, Apple introduced its new streaming music service Music through the release of the iOS 8.4 and iTunes 12.2 software updates. For iOS users, it was required to update to the latest version of the OS in order to use the service – that’s the only way to get the updated Music app. But what some eagle-eyed individuals are learning today about iOS 8.4 is that Home Sharing for iTunes is gone in the new update.This isn’t any accident either; apart from the various reports in Apple’s Support forum, the Apple support page for Home Sharing has also been updated to show ...

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Moto 360 sees hefty price drops at multiple retailers as new model approaches

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The time is summer 2015, and what that means is that we’re easing slowly into a period of very high-profile mobile releases. The IFA 2015 trade show is incoming, we’re gearing up to see what Apple has to announce separately, and a couple Android manufacturers are also expected to hold their own events, including Motorola. It was last summer when the Moto 360 was first announced, so it’s about time that we look forward to a sequel to the device… which means Moto 360 price drops.At three different retailers – the Google Store, Amazon, and Motorola’s own web ...

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Xiaomi sold 34.7 million smartphones in the first half of 2015

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The Asian smartphone market has been growing at a breakneck pace as of late, and while we often don’t acknowledge the trend here in the U.S. of A., it’s becoming exceedingly difficult to ignore rising Asian manufacturers – especially as they make plans to enter the American smartphone market. One of the biggest of these smartphone players is Xiaomi (as you’ve seen in some of our reviews of Xiaomi smartphones), and today Xiaomi smartphone sales for the first half of 2015 have been announced.Unsurprisingly, the company absolutely killed it on the numbers front. It took to ...

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Samsung’s next Tizen phone could be the Z3

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We’ve been hearing rumors this week that new Tizen phones are on the horizon from Samsung, and the first of those to hit the market may be the Samsung Z3, if a new leak perpetuated by SamMobile today turns out to be accurate.The website says that Samsung will be the skipping the “Z2″ branding for reasons that are unknown – it makes no sense to us that the company would go from Z1 to Z3, but that’s just the state of the world and we’re going to have to deal with it. SamMobile ...

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New OnePlus 2 info arrives as models spotted in Bluetooth certification, benchmarks

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The OnePlus 2 is coming this month – that much, the company has not hesitated to let us know ahead of time. But even though we know about some key hardware details already, the majority of the phone’s details have yet to be uncovered. Which is why it’s so exciting to see leaks when they do happen – and we’re learning ...

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Motorola will give you a free leather back if you purchase a second-gen Moto X

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Even though we’re deep into 2015 at this point, last year’s Motorola Moto X still represents one of the best Android smartphones you could possibly purchase today. With fast updates to the latest (and very near-stock) versions of Android, and some impressive and high-quality specs, it remains a fan favorite. So if you were on the edge on whether or not to purchase the device, this latest Moto X 2014 deal may be just enough to convince you – for a limited time, the company will be throwing in a complimentary leather back with the purchase of a 2014 Moto X.The deal will last ...

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