If Santa forgets to drop by your neighborhood this year, it may be because he’s been too busy selling the Galaxy Gear for Samsung. Saint Nick promotes the “miracle” smartwatch’s built-in camera, its ability to take calls, and other features in a new one-minute ad uploaded to Samsung’s YouTube channel.
Treating yourself to a new Nexus 7 this Christmas? You may want to add a Chromecast to your basket as well. If you buy both devices at the same time, Google will give you $35 of Google Play credit to spend on apps, games, movies, music, and more — effectively making the Chromecast dongle absolutely free.
Sprint has announced that it plans to launch a new Samsung Galaxy S4 variant that features support for its Spark LTE network. Spark promises faster speeds and better reliability over traditional LTE networks, and it’s already supported by Samsung’s Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy Mega 6.3.
How stock Android may look on a Lumia.
Nokia may be tucked up in bed with Microsoft, but that hasn’t stopped the Finnish firm from exploring other opportunities for its smartphone business. We’ve all been itching for the company to launch an Android-powered device with a trademark Lumia design, but will our wishes be granted?
Possibly. According to sources familiar with the company’s plans, Nokia is working on a budget Android-powered smartphone — but if it isn’t released Microsoft snaps up its smartphone business, then the handset may never see the light of day.
Google is in the process of pushing out an update for its official Translate application, which can be downloaded directly from the Play Store. This upgrade doesn’t bring much in terms of new features, but it does bring support for an additional 9 languages — bumping the total number up to 80.
