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Believe it or not, this is the next-generation walking cane from Fujitsu

Enrique February 28, 2013 3

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I never thought I would be saying something like this, but here we are. In perhaps one of the stranger announcements at MWC this year, Fujitsu has shown off a prototype for its next-generation walking cane.

So just what makes this the cane of the future? Well, turns out it’s [...]

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Google head of Android Andy Rubin denies plans to open Google’s own retail stores

Ashraf February 26, 2013 3

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A couple of weeks ago rumors surfed on the Interwebz that Google was planning on opening its own retail stores in the United States. You know what they say about rumors… erm, actually, never mind — I can’t think of something clever to say. Let’s just get to the meat [...]

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Samsung officially unveils Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet: 8-inch 1280×800 display, 1.6GHz quad-core processor, and the ability to use it as a comically large phone

Enrique February 25, 2013 7

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After all the leaks and rumors, Samsung has finally officially shown off its latest addition to the Galaxy family: the Galaxy Note 8.0. The Note 8.0 slides right in nicely with Samsung’s current lineup, coming in between the smaller Galaxy Note II (5.5-inch) and the larger Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.[...]

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HTC will kick off a “new sound and camera experience” for 2013

Enrique February 6, 2013 6

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HTC has published a “A Brief History of Photography” on its official blog, and entries for 2012 and 2013 are particularly interesting. For 2012, the company says that the “Megapixel Wars Escalate” with Nokia releasing the 808 PureView with 41 megapixels. Of course, they don’t forget to mention that a [...]

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Nokia Windows Phone with 41-megapixel camera coming soon [Rumor]

Enrique February 5, 2013 2

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Remember the Nokia PureView 808? Sure, it ran the obsolete Symbian operating system at a time where everyone had mostly forgotten about it, but it’s 41-megapixel sensor was a first for phones — and it was also amazing. Take a look at these specs!

  • Primary camera sensor size: 41.0 megapixels
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The next HTC flagship phone is coming, and this is HTC chanting its name

Enrique February 2, 2013 0

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If there was any doubt that HTC’s upcoming flagship phone was going to be called the M7, let this video end it all. In a year-end party held in their home country of Taiwan, HTC CEO Peter Chou leads the company on-stage in a series of enthusiastic chants — one [...]

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Samsung rumored to release Linux-based Tizen phone in 2013

Enrique January 2, 2013 1

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The Tizen OS has been around for quite some time but has never had its own official phone. That might change this year if rumors prove to be true, as Samsung is reportedly working on building a phone with the Linux-based operating system.

According to the Daily Yomiuri, Samsung [...]

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