AndroidArchos splurge sees arrival of four new tablets and a smartphone
still going although it's not the household name it once was, but perhaps a new portfolio of products will help it claw back some customers.First up is the Platinum tablet range with the pick of the bunch being the Archos 97b Platinum HD which features a quad-core processor, aluminium body, full HD display and Android 4.... -techradarWill the Galaxy S5 have a full metal jacket? Another rumor says yes
of Samsung's Galaxy line is metal, not polycarbonate, if a report issued today can be believed.Samsung's Galaxy S5 will be housed in an all-metal chassis, according to Korean site ETNews (via Android Community).The Galaxy S4 disappointed some with its polycarbonate frame, though it... -techradarGoogle Android VP exits to join Chinese phone maker
more familiar faces at Google is leaving the company to join a Chinese phone maker. Hugo Barra, vice president, Android Product Management at Google, is taking off to become vice president at Xiaomi Global. Barra was a fixture at Mountain View events, such as IO, and product unveilings, includin... -techradarTizenGoogle Android Brain Heads to Chinese CompetitorChina's mobile phone industry is working hard to rise in the global economy -- or at least get more of its citizens to buy into devices made in the Communist nation. But an executive move by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi comes with especially high ambitions.
-mobile-tech-todayWindows PhoneNokia Lumia 1520 shows up to the party a month early
cting the rumoured Lumia 1520 to be uncaged at the end of September in New York, but unfortunately for Nokia there's this thing called the internet where pesky leaks are all too common.The latest of which is a picture purporting to show the new Nokia phablet side by side with the Lumia 1020.Now, we're no strangers t... -techradar
AndroidSamsung Galaxy Gear may wrap wrists in 6GB and 8GB versions
ttp://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/ifa-2013-all-the-latest-news-1159615">IFA 2013 is less than a week away, so it's no surprise that talk of the now-confirmed Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch is heating up.A new report from AmongTech, quoting sources at the Samsung Warehouse in Texas, brings us a load of new sp... -techradarWindows PhoneDelta Attendants Handle In-Flight Orders with MS DynamicsA new tool for processing meal orders is flying at Delta Air Lines. The transactions are conducted by flight attendants using a Windows Phone connected to Microsoft Dynamics for Retail.
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HTC One Max specs point to Android 4.3 as HTC One has a case of the blues
TC has yet to figure out how to stopper its many, many leaks, as three separate sources are providing insight into the Taiwanese company's upcoming handset plans.First there's the HTC One Max, which rumor has it could drop by the end of the year.The Chinese site RBMen published an alleged specs sheet f... -techradar
AndroidAppleApple's grip on China's tablet market has loosened as Asian tech companies increase sales with cheaper Android tablet computers, a market report showed Thursday.
-mobile-tech-todayIn Depth: The 10 moments that defined BlackBerry's rise and fall
neer and leading light in the smartphone market, BlackBerry is in a potentially terminal downward spiral. The Canadian company, formerly known as RIM, established an iron grip on the enterprise and successfully bridged the gap from pager, to handheld computer, to smartphone. In the last couple of years Apple's... -techradarBBM for iOS and Android user manuals bumble about online
a long time coming, but BlackBerry Messaging looks ready to ripen on iOS and Android.The company formerly known as Research in Motion published the manuals for BBM on iOS and Android online before promptly taking them down, reported Pocketnow, a sign that the material is ther, just that BB isn't ready to send it on its merry way. Thos... -techradarTizenTizen OS might manifest during Samsung's Oct. dev conference
a long time since we received any official word on Tizen, the open source smartphone OS based on Linux.Unofficial word will have to do, then, and the blog Tizen Indonesia has just that.Samsung will launch Tizen officially at the company's first global developer conference at the end of October in San Francisco, according to the site.However, give... -techradar
AndroidAll Things Appy: 5 Best Radio Apps for AndroidListening to radio on a smartphone or tablet via headset is one of the killer features of the mobile platform. In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the must-have, free radio apps for Google's Android operating environment, including ones for terrestrial and Internet-based radio aggregation, music, news and talk and public safety. No. 1 on our list this week is TuneIn. -technewsworldAnalysis: Ballmer leaves Microsoft. But in what shape?
ent Microsoft reorganisation really was Steve Ballmer's last throw of the dice. In the biggest news to hit the PC industry for some time, the CEO has decided now's the time to go.But in what shape does he leave the company? Ballmer is a sales guy, so figures first. Microsoft recorded a whopping $77.85 billion in revenue, with operating income ... -techradarExplained: What is BYOD and why is it important?
departments struggle to keep up with yearly technology changes, company employees increasingly want to use their own devices to access corporate data.It's part of a growing trend dubbed Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), which encompasses similar Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT), Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) and Bring Your Own... -techradarIntel reportedly blazing new 'Trails' for tablet processors in 2014
e Intel ramps up production of its 22nm Bay Trail-based processors with Silvermont, the chip maker is already looking ahead to its line of new processors for 2014, according to a report this week.The company's next-generation tablet processors, Cherry Trail and Willow Trail, now have release windows, claim... -techradarCall-making, GPS-capable smartwatch scores Kickstarter backing
twatch that can make calls, send texts, access web content and do GPS navigation, independently of a smartphone, has achieved its modest Kickstarter funding goal. The Omate TrueSmart, which is more watchphone than smartwatch, reached its $100,000 (about £64,000, AU$111,000) funding goal in one day and is now sittin... -techradarWindows PhoneBlip: Windows Phone set to be hipster hero as Instagram app confirmed
ttp://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/operating-systems/windows-phone-8-1086692/review">Windows Phone is surely already a pull for the hipster crowd what with it not being mainstream, dull as dishwasher Android or iOS, but it's about to gain another feather in its incredibly trendy hat in the form ... -techradar
AndroidOpinion: HTC needs to figure out what the heck it's doing, pronto
fering from a crisis of direction and identity, and it needs to get a grip fast.Though the Taiwanese company can lay claim to one of the most highly regarded phones in the world, it's struggling for sales. Its stock price is reportedly at an 8-year low, audio partner Beats is said to be plotting an ouster and exe... -techradarFabled LG G Pad drops by FCC, exec chats up smartwatch and Firefox device
ning to sound more and more like LG will once again venture into the crowded tablet market with the rumored LG G Pad we've been hearing so much about.After learning the potential device could feature an 8.3-inch screen complete with 1920 x 1200 resolution, as well as a quad-core processor and 2GB of memory, we'd be... -techradarAndroid gamers now outspending Sony PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS counterparts
artphone and tablet owners are now spending more on games than is being outlaid on software for the Nintendo 3DS and Sony PS Vita consoles combined, according to a new report. In more bad news for Sony, and especially Nintendo, spending on games on the Google Play has increased while revenue from g... -techradarTizenFirst run of Firefox OS-powered ZTE Open smartphones sell out
mes to buying new technology, it pays to be quick - a lesson fans of Mozilla's open-source Firefox OS were taught over the weekend.The Telegraph reported this week that Chinese manufacturer ZTE sold out the first production run of its highly anticipated Open, one of the first smartphones powered by Firefox OS.A... -techradarWindows PhoneOver a third of BlackBerry's 120,000 apps are made by a single developer
is year BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins touted a much-improved 120,000 apps in the App World store. What he failed to mention was that one single developer accounts for far more than his fair share.According to a Berryreview.com report, developer S4bb has an incredible 47,000-plus applications ... -techradarIn Depth: Can the Lumia 1020 take on a compact system camera?
ionThe Nokia Lumia 1020 may have changed the mobile photography landscape, but is it going to cause any disruption in the compact system camera class, too? If you aren't already familiar with the Lumia 1020's camera, it's basically a point-and-shoot or compact camera stuffed into a smartphone body. Sort ... -techradar
Samsung Introduces the GALAXY MegaSamsung's GALAXY Mega features a 6.3 inch display, 1.7GHz dual core processor, Android 4.2, and comes in both LTE and 3G versions. -mobiletechnewsMultitasking made easy in latest YouTube iOS update
be the algorithmic brains behind Android, but the company is playing fair with Apple devices by updating its YouTube iOS app at the same time as the Android version we demoed yesterday.That's good news for multitasking iPhone and iPad owners who find that watching just one video isn't enough sometimes. The big change here is... -techradar
AndroidOpinion: How Apple could change the world again with the iPhone 5S
iPhone rumour mill is one of the most confusing things in the world to pick through, the idea that the iPhone 5S will come with a biometric fingerprint scanner is one that won't go away.Apple has spent a fortune buying AuthenTec, a company that specialises in this technology, has multiple patents in the biometric space for the mob... -techradarHTC One should nab the Android 4.3 update by the end of September
nfirmed that it will release the Android 4.3 update for the HTC One just as soon as the software is certified - which it reckons should mean a late September roll-out. Tweeting in the style of a 13-year-old, HTC president Jason Mackenzie said:"Lots of questions re 4.3 release for... -techradarYouTube Android update brings in-app multitasking, playlist searches
reshed its YouTube Android app today with update v5.0.21, enabling in-app multitasking, playlist searches and expanded Chromecast support.Multitasking is particularly helpful. It allows users to minimize videos by flicking the screen in a downward motion, putting the still playing YouTube video in the bottom right co... -techradarHTC One Developer Edition to update to Android 4.3, leapfrogging 4.2.2
-late-than-never Verizon HTC One is releasing this month with Android 4.2.2, making many owners of the phone's premium Developer Edition upset that they're stuck with Android 4.1.2."How is it possible that the Verizon One will launch with 4.2.2 when us Dev Edition buyers are still stuck on 4.1!?... -techradarCould the HTC One Max come carrying a fingerprint scanner?
ney Jr. didn't herald its arrival (yet), but a new leak may give us a peak at something we've yet to hear about on the HTC One Max.Some pictures posted to Chinese website ePrice purportedly show the One Max towering over the HTC One Mini and HTC One. Average enough for a leak, but smack ... -techradarWindows PhoneNokia to steal a march on rivals with 6-inch Windows Phone handset?
en plenty of talk about a Nokia Windows Phone phablet in recent months, but things just got a little more serious thanks to some reportedly leaked specs that surfaced on Monday.According to The Verge, the Finnish manufacturer plans to launch the 6-inch handset, currently codenamed 'Bandit' later this year, in an alr... -techradar
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ecent flagship handset to come out of the Japanese firm was the Sony Xperia Z at the beginning of this year and while it's only be around for eight months it's apparently time for a new model, the Xperia i1.We're hearing the Sony Xperia i1 is lined up for a special launch at IFA 2013 in Berlin, and there's been a w... -techradarIs Beats about to pull the plug on HTC?
be about to lose a whole chunk of street cred as reports emerge that hip young headphone-maker Beats wants to sever ties with the smartphone maker.The Wall Street Journal reports that Beats Electronics' (of Dr. Dre fame) is considering buying out HTC's 25% stake in the firm as it looks to expand its options in the market.Beats Audio ... -techradar
AndroidAndroid quest for global domination continues, according to new figures
obile operating system may be fragmented, but Android as a whole stills eats up the smartphone pie chart with 79 percent market share in the second quarter of 2013."Android continues to dominate with nearly 80 percent market share," wrote market research firm Gartner in a press release to... -techradarSamsung said to be Gear-ing up for a September 4 smartwatch launch
ll launch the heavily-tipped Galaxy Gear smartwatch during its Unpacked event early next month, according to a report today. We do recommend a shake of salt for this one.SamMobile, the often reliable independent Samsung site, claimed it received information that confirms the South Korean company will in... -techradarGoogle Search to add personal touch by tapping into your Gmail, Calendar
our smartphones have become miniature personal assistants, there's still the matter of having to dig through our calendars to find out appointment times, or scan through our emails for those pesky package tracking numbers. Ever have to dig through emails to figure out your flight info? We've been there, too.With a... -techradarBlip: Catamarans, trolls and Iron Man star in senseless HTC spot
ted to its "here's to change" ad campaign today by debuting its first full-length ad starring Iron Man himself, Mr. Robert Downey, Jr.The ad, in which RDJ attends a board meeting and explores the various meaning of the acronym "HTC," was teased earlier this month with a short clip.Contrary to pop... -techradarLG G Pad tablet tipped to stretch over eight inches, pack cell capabilities
s about an LG tablet, dubbed the LG G Pad, popped up again when sources came forward claiming they've held the device in their hands.According to the Greek site TechBlog (via PhoneArena), these slippery sources spilled the beans about some of the G Pad's stats.Allegedly... -techradarWindows PhoneWindows Phone Moves Up to No. 3, BlackBerry No. 4With Google's Android and Apple's iOS maintaining dominating positions among mobile platforms worldwide, the race has been on for the third position. On Wednesday, industry research firm Gartner released a report showing that Microsoft Phone 8 has now taken the third position for the first time, moving past BlackBerry.
-mobile-tech-todayDid HTC plot to offer customized phone options before the Moto X?
s attempting to sparks a user-first smartphone revolution with its customizable Moto X phone, but it may not have been the only one to cook up such an idea.According to a new report, HTC at one time considered getting in on the personalization act, too.Sources familiar with HTC's plans told The Verge the company p... -techradarImproved imaging is the marque feature of Nokia's Lumia Amber update
irmed its Lumia Amber software update has started to roll-out for the company's Windows Phone 8 devices.The headline feature in this fairly significant software bump is the new imaging experience, which brings other WP8 Lumia handsets up to speed with the Lumia 1020 (obviously minus th... -techradarWell that was fast: Google blocking Microsoft's re-released YouTube app
t this week that YouTube finally returned to Windows Phone, and Google has already blocked the new app.Microsoft and Google were supposed to collaborate on a new version of the Windows Phone YouTube app after bickering over it for months, but apparently the results weren't up to Google's snuf... -techradar
Opinion: How the hell did BlackBerry last this long?
reviewer, I can tell you that the BlackBerry loyalist is one of the most vocal of all the smartphone tribesmen - and with good reason. Once upon a time, as I've so often been told, the BlackBerry was the original smartphone.Well, that's not strictly true, but it was one of the first truly mass-market devices and made... -techradarUpdated: 80 best free Android apps 2013
Android apps: 1-20The open source nature of Google's OS means there are plenty of fantastic apps for Android to be found.And most of the good stuff on Android is free, thanks to the work of developers who do it for love alone. So here's our pick of the top free Android apps you should install.10 best tablet PCs in the world todayYo... -techradar
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to believe that Windows Phone 8 doesn't feature rotation lock until you attempt to watch a video and it rotates with the slightest vertical shift of your Nokia Lumia 920.However, that feature is said to be working its way into the next Windows Phone update, known as General Distribution 3 or G... -techradar
AndroidLG G2 won't come in a pure Android Google Play edition
firmed that it has no plans to launch a Google edition of its new flagship, the LG G2. The Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One both come in a Google-flavour sold through Google Play - both handsets were among the first to get the Android 4.3 update because there's no pesky Sense or Touchwiz overlay to worr... -techradarGoogle's All Access music streamer hits Google Play in the UK today
a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/google-play-music-all-access-subscription-service-hits-crescendo-during-google-io-keynote-1151325">All Access music streaming app lands on the UK Google Play store today. You may remember Google Play Music All Access from such launches as that time it l... -techradarAndroid scores strong shipment growth, but Windows Phone scorches
d iOS are still the two mobile operating systems to beat, but Microsoft has finally earned some bragging rights of its own when it comes to Windows Phone 8.According to market research firm IDC, over the past quarter, no other smartphone OS showed as much growth in shipments year-over-year as Windows Ph... -techradarEarly View: LG G2 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One vs iPhone 5
the unveiling of the LG G2 in New York and if you think we missed an 'Optimus' in there, we didn't. LG has decided to drop the Optimus branding and keep things simple with just a letter and a number.The LG G2 is the South Korean company's latest and hopefully greatest phone. With a 2.26GHz qua... -techradarReaction: TechRadar Reacts: LG G2
exactly a secret that LG would launch its Optimus-less LG G2 today - so were there any surprises in store?We're not all sold on the idea of having buttons on the back of our phones, but the souped-up Qualcomm processor and dishy 5.2-inch screen is certainly getting a few of us hot under the collar...For a more in-depth l... -techradarWindows PhonePayPal launches high street payment app
developed a mobile phone app for consumers to use in retail shops, with the first trial just gone live in 12 shops in Richmond.The online payment service has made the app available free of charge through the relevant stores for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. It highlights nearby shops and restaurants that accept PayPal,... -techradar
