Panasonic Toughpad phones hit India in Android, Windows flavors

If you're down and dirty doing business in Chennai or Mumbai, you'll probably need to ask your local channel representative about these phones.

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LG budget Windows Phone gets an Android clone

Same can, different taste? Is this LG’s “new Coke?” Okay, maybe for a budget phone, this decision won’t be making too many waves. But does this decision mean anything more just because of the lower profile of this LG device as well as Windows Phone? Maybe.The Windows Phone 8.1-powered LG Lancet for Verizon now has an Android 5.1.1 clone. The LG Lancet for Android shares almost every last detail ...

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LG V10 with “Second Screen” goes official, on Korean shelves this month

This fall’s flagship for Korean OEM LG has a lot of people scratching their heads at how the company will mix up the user experience with a screen ticker and two front-facing cameras. All the leaks told us about them. The hair’s been cut. Now, the wraps are off.The 2.1-inch “Second ...

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Back to the Future specs with the Coolpad Rogue on T-Mobile

Guess what? It’s 2015. And guess what else? Starting on September 30, you’ll see a top-of-the-line phone from 2011 make its way to the shelves of T-Mobile.We’ve seen what the HTC Desire 626 do with a Snapdragon 210 processor and while the company tried to make the phone viable at $200, we might think otherwise. So, what does Coolpad have to offer at $50 a pop? Apparently, a device called ...

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Some Android Lollipop lock screens can be hacked through

Lollipop’s troubles have been made very visible by the tech media to the national media. In the second case, it was with Android 5.0’s Stagefright vulnerabilities that led to the pouring of vows to step up security updates. And while the move to

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Nexus 6 on Project Fi to receive Android 5.1.1 over the next few days

You’d think that Google’s smartphone would be updated to Google’s latest software first on Google’s own carrier brand, right? Well, you’d be wrong if that’s what you thought – the Project Fi Nexus 6 model has indeed not received the update to Android 5.1.1, with other models of the Nexus 6 across other carriers joining in the party earlier than this one. But the time has come for the Project Fi Nexus 6 to get a little love of its own – it has just been announced that this model will be receiving the Android 5.1.1 update over the next few days.As a ...

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Lollipop for the Motorola Droid Turbo is finally landing

After entirely too long, Motorola and Verizon are finally making the Android Lollipop update available for the Droid Turbo.We’ve been following this tale for months now, from January’s promises that 2014 Motorola phones (including the Droid Turbo) would be getting Lollipop “really soon,” to word in March that the Droid Turbo would skip right ahead to Android 5.1. But all the while, the update still ...

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Motorola starting Droid Turbo Lollipop soak test (finally)

The road to Android Lollipop on Motorola’s Droid Turbo has been a long and frustrating one. As if the months and months of waiting haven’t been bad enough, there have been the false starts, like a few weeks back when Verizon started advertising Lollipop availability for the Droid Turbo when the release was actually still under internal testing. And while we haven’t seen the update emerge just yet, it finally looks like we’re really getting down to the home stretch here, as Motorola ...

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US Cellular Galaxy S6 and S6 edge get Android 5.1.1 update

Feeling a little left out, US Cellular Galaxy S6 and S6 edge owners? Following the rollout of the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update to the T-Mobile and global variants of the smartphones, it’s slowly making its way to other carriers, with US Cellular the next on the list for the update.The update, base band version G920R4TYU2BOF7 or G925R4TYU2BOF7 depending on whether you have an S6 or S6 edge, can be pulled from the phone’s software updates screen in Settings. Alternatively, you can utilize Samsung Kies to pull the update – check the source link and put your phone name in ...

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T-Mobile brings Android 5.1.1 to the Samsung Galaxy S5

T-Mobile is not only serious about its “un-carrier” strategy, but also about its plan to gain a lot of mind share through software updates. The carrier was first in bringing Android 5.1.1 to the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge a few weeks ago, something extremely odd for any US carrier. If you thought this will only apply to phones launched this year, think again.T-Mobile has just launched Android 5.1.1 for the

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AT&T Nexus 6 receives software update, Android 5.1.1 in tow

It was last month when the Android 5.1.1 update began rolling out to Nexus 6 devices across the globe, though those who purchased their units from AT&T were out of luck at the time. Sure, it was a minor update over the build of Android 5.1 the phone was already running on AT&T, but it represented an important bug-fixer nonetheless – for good reason, users wanted to have it. Those people are in luck today, as the Nexus 6 Android 5.1.1 update is finally rolling out to users of the AT&T variant of the device.The OTA comes in at a fairly small (at least in the land of ...

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Sprint’s LG G Flex 2 gets Android 5.1.1 update

Now that the G4 is out, let’s not forget about LG’s first big phone of 2015, the G Flex 2. Announced at CES 2015, the phone still remains relevant – relevant enough that we gave the phone not one, but two reviews (one for when it came to Sprint in the United States). Sprint also thinks the phone remains relevant, apparently, since today the Sprint LG G Flex 2 Android 5.1.1 update has landed over-the-air for ...

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