Well, this is a pleasant surprise! Not long after we got the Amber update (or, most of us, anyway. Adam informed me that Lumia 520 owners still haven’t had the Amber rollout, boo MS!), it’s been announced in the official developers blog that a new batch of updates is underway.
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HTC One Max: 5.9-inch Full HD Display, Snapdragon 600 CPU, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
HTC have just announced the biggest brother in the One Family (the other members being the original HTC One and HTC One Mini), the HTC One Max . Being the big brother, it comes with a gargantuan 5.9″ display, making it the family’s phablet contender. Much of the specs, however, is borrowed from HTC One.
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Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update Firmware now available
An Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update is now available to download for all geeky Galaxy S4 users. The roadmap which was leaked late last month was true after all, as a leaked test firmware can now be installed on certain S4 variants.
Posted inTech Rumors
LG G Flex Alleged Render Surfaces
And the rumor mill keeps spinning! To be fair, this phone has been rumored and, most importantly, hinted at by LG themselves long before Samsung’s Galaxy Round was even announced.
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New ROM Coming Our Way: OmniROM
A new ROM was featured over at XDA’s site a couple of days ago. Called the Omni ROM, it promises to correct the “mistakes” of other custom ROM. Personally, though, I find most of these jabs are against the wildly popular CyanogenMod ROM.
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Finally! The Sort-of Flying Car We’ve All Been Waiting For! Two Years to Go!
Ever kept watching Back to the Future Part II or The Fifth Element (or heck, any other SciFi set in the future) and kept wondering, “When will we get that flying car that SciFi kept promising us? And Milla Jovovich, when can I get to clone Milla Jovovich?
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Own a free LG G2 smartphone with Globe’s Plan 1799
The LG G2 is now available as a free bundle (no cash-out) in Globe Telecom’s postpaid plan, starting at Plan 1799.
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Sony Xperia Z1F Features, Specs, Availability
Of the several devices unveiled in NTT Docomo’s annual winter lineup in Japan, two smartphones stood out and marked their first official unveiling. We’ve already covered the Samsung Galaxy J, so now we introduce the Sony Xperia Z1 f, the little brother to the Xperia Z1 flagship.
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Leaked Nexus 5 Hands-on Roaming Around the Interwebs
Why stop on one rumor when there’s another one just as juicy? Now, there’s been a lot of rumors regarding the Nexus 5’s capabilities, the most awesome of which is the Lytro-like capabilities of the camera.
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Gionee Elife E6 Hands-on Review: Quad-core CPU and Full HD in iPhonesque Unibody
A couple of days ago, Gionee launched their latest and greatest flagship phone in the country, promising to deliver stronger performance and increased user friendliness to exceed the needs of smartphone users.
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Acer Chromebook C720 offers Haswell performance, 8-hour battery life, 16GB SSD for only $250
Chrome OS-powered laptops are selling like hotcakes these days. That said, Acer recently made its Chromebook C720 official, offering better hardware than its predecessor without overly increasing the price.
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Nokia Lumia 2520 Gets Leaked! They Still Love Cyan! [UPDATE]
We’re usually not privy to rumors and leaks here at NoypiGeeks, but we’re making a rare exception on this one. It’s simply too juicy to pass up. The Nokia tablet has been rumored for like forever, even having blurry cam leaks and FCC diagrams.
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Watch and Weep: LG G2 Drop Test
I see these drop tests as necessary evil. On one hand, it’s heartbreaking to see such an awesome phone bite the dust. But then again, the scenario of these kinds of tests fall under the “things likely to happen” category. So it’s good to know how well or badly the phone will fare.
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Samsung Galaxy J announced in Japan
Another variant of Samsung’s latest Galaxy S4 flagship is now official. Known as the Samsung Galaxy J, this 5-inch smartphone is headed for NTT Docomo and comes with specs tailored for the Japanese market.
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LG G Pro Lite is Officially Announced
LG announced an entry level version of their LG G Pro phablet, the unimaginatively named LG Pro Lite. The “Lite” in the name means that it’s light on features, as it still sports a 5.5″ screen. Other specs include a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, and 8GB internal storage, an 8-megapixel rear camera complemented by […]