Sadly, Christmas Day has n0w come to an end, but at least we have the Boxing Day sales to wake up to! Starting today, Thursday, December 26, 2013, Amazon U.S. is offering the unlocked version of HTC’s current flagship smartphone, the One, with a discounted price tag of $480.00 — that’s a whopping reduction of $169.99 off the usual price.
The popular British independent communications retailer, Phones 4u, have published details for what it refers to as its post-Christmas sale, scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 26. The press release states that a range of Android-powered smartphones will face significant price reductions.
Today, Sony began pushing out the much-anticipated Android 4.3 Jelly Bean over-the-air update to all its unlocked Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z devices currently located in the United States. In addition to the upgraded build of the open-source operating system, this update also brings a newer version of Sony’s Xperia user interface, plus a multitude of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations, together with the Japanese company’s newly released “Social Camera” app.
HTC has revealed a new addition to its rapidly-growing lineup of dual-SIM devices. The Desire 400 was listed on the company’s Russian and Ukrainian websites, without either showing an official announcement. However, both sites reveal that the device will ship with dramatically different internal specifications, but the overall external appearance will remain the same.
A new book called Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution by Fred Vogelstein revealed the mechanism by which Apple influenced the direction of Android — shock and awe.
Yes, the introduction of the iPhone changed the direction of smartphones. But I don’t think it’s going to happen again in the wearables market. Here’s why.
