Three new wooden back covers are coming soon to Moto X.
The customizable Moto X will soon be available with backs made from three new types of wood. Shoppers using Motorola’s Moto Maker website will be able to pick from ebony, walnut and teak starting Jan. 21, and the natural options will add just $25 to the cost of the phone.
BlackBerry and Windows Phone might be having a hard time trying to break up the monopoly on mobile software held by Android and iOS, but that hasn’t stopped the Chinese government from having a go with a platform of its own.
Built by a company called Shanghai Liantong in conjunction with ISCAS (Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences), COS — which stands for China Operating System — aims to take on Android and iOS by providing better localization for things like language input and cloud services.
ZTE today launched its latest entry-level smartphone in the United Kingdom, and it is one of the most affordable Jelly Bean-powered handsets at just £60 off-contract. It’s called the Blade Q Mini and it’s exclusive to Virgin Mobile’s pay-as-you-go network, and you can pick one up today at Argos stores across the country.
The upcoming HTC One successor is set to deliver a larger display and a new twin-sensor, rear-facing camera, Bloomberg reports. According to sources familiar with HTC’s plans, the updated device will retain its predecessor’s name and come in a very similar physical design.
Finger prick testing could soon be a thing of the past for people with diabetes, thanks to new smart contact lenses being developed by Google that measure glucose levels in your tears. The lenses have tiny chips and LEDs embedded within them, which light up to notify the wearer that their glucose levels have crossed certain thresholds.
