Although ZTE is not yet a major player in the high-end global smartphone game, the official intros of the Grand S and Grand Memo during this year’s CES and MWC seemed to hint at the Chinese OEM looking for worldwide fame by the end of 2013. The Grand S had everything it needed to take more »

One of the greatest upsides of using Android-based hardware is the freedom and openness of the operating system, which theoretically lets you tinker with it at will. Only many phone and tablet manufacturers go out of their way to shove “special” user interfaces and custom launchers down people’s throats and then lock the bootloaders, thus more »

Ultimate Ears has introduced the UE BOOM, a social music speaker made to play your music loud. It’s designed to make the most of digital music’s convenience, while making it less of a solitary experience. UE BOOM is the first-ever social music player, a wireless speaker that’s packed with a specific set of features that sets more »

It’s been a tough past couple of years for HTC, the company that was once widely regarded as Nokia’s successor to the smartphone throne, but that saw its sales numbers essentially dip fiscal quarter after quarter ever since the second half of 2011. And 2013 didn’t debut any better for the Taiwanese, despite very strong more »

With a massive 6.1-inch phone out for a couple of months now and a 6.5-incher allegedly prepped for the summer, you can say Huawei has quite the dreams of grandeur. But not every device in the company’s line-up has to be big, given a slender and petite Ascend P6 is rumored to be coming our more »

It’s a paradox. Verizon is most of the times (unfashionably) late at high-profile US smartphone launches, but still tops its competition and remains number one in the wireless service provider ranks, with over 115 million customers. The latest launch party Big Red failed to attend on time was that of the Samsung Galaxy S4, which more »

On Thursday Amazon updated its Android Appstore to version 5.0. The update brings along one major feature which I’m pretty certain has been awaited by many Android device users, including yours truly. This is the availability of the Amazon Appstore in more than 200 countries, my country included. This means that you can now partake more »

Say, did you happen to take advantage of Amazon’s special LG Optimus G Pro offer yet? I hope not, because we’ve just heard word of a far more lucrative promo. This sees the 5.5-incher’s price drop to just $99.99, which is half of its regular price with AT&T contracts. That’s also $70 bucks less than more »

Had enough of HTC’s additions to the Desire smartphone family? No? Then it’s time to rejoice, as the Desire 600 has been made official, with an ETA set for early June in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East. Rocking a design that’s become emblematic for the Desire line, the 600 steps things up a notch more »

After hitting it big with the Galaxy S2 and huge with the GS3, there was never any question that Samsung had what it took to make the “next big thing”, the S4, a massive commercial hit as well. And now, less than one month after the 5-incher’s release, we have the first official confirmation. Furthermore, more »