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- Sony C3 leaks, possibly Sony’s first MediaTek phone
- AT&T to release the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone Friday, May 10th
- Samsung to release Galaxy Core – a smaller, cheaper, and weaker GS3
- European Commission looking at Motorola Mobility’s potential abuse of patents against Apple
- Red HTC One shows up on UK retail website
- How to remove apps from the Google Play Store ‘My Apps’ list
- BlueStacks hits 10 million downloads in one year
- HTC slowly improving financially, releases unaudited April revenue
- Sony finally puts up Xperia Z for sale on US site
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 shows up in AnTuTu Benchmarks
| Sony C3 leaks, possibly Sony’s first MediaTek phone Posted: 06 May 2013 12:57 PM PDT Manufacturers in the Chinese market have been using MediaTek chips in their phones for a while now, as it’s a cost-efficient solution— the only problem is that most of these companies have not yet created an aesthetically-pleasing device using the chip. In March we reported that Sony would be bringing something to the table, and it looks like they will because the Sony C3 packed with a MediaTek chip leaked today. Rumors point to Sony building the phone using the quad-core MT6589 processor or the updated 1.5GHz MT6589T chip. We’ll let you guys know when more information is available. Source: GizChina
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| AT&T to release the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone Friday, May 10th Posted: 06 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT
Those of you AT&T customers out there who have been itching for the 32GB variation of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone are officially in luck— the wireless carrier has officially announced it will release the 32GB version this Friday, May 10th. The device won’t cost potential customers too much money as well as the device will run customers $250 on-contract— a modest $50 increase from the standard 16GB version. Considering there have been reports of the 16GB Galaxy S 4 only having roughly half of the on-board storage space available due to the preloading of massive bloatware, the Galaxy S 4 may not be such a bad option for customers— especially those who don’t want to fiddle with the use of microSD cards. Unfortunately, it appears that AT&T is the only carrier that will offer the 32GB version for now, but hopefully we will see other U.S. carriers with the variant sooner than later. source: AT&T Twitter
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| Samsung to release Galaxy Core – a smaller, cheaper, and weaker GS3 Posted: 06 May 2013 12:40 PM PDT With this year’s line of Galaxy devices from Samsung comes the Galaxy Core, a mid-range Android with specs at the level of a Galaxy S2. The new phone has a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU and a 4.3-inch WVGA screen. It also comes with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, an 1800mAh battery and a 5-megapixel rear camera. The phone will be available in two colors— black and white. As for UI, it’s running TouchWiz Nature over 4.1 Jelly Bean. It’ll feature Smart Stay, S Voice, and Smart Alerts. It is unclear which carrier(s) will make the phone available to their customers, but we do know that it will be released at some point this month with a dual-SIM feature. A single-SIM version will follow in July. We’ll wait for some more announcements from Samsung to update you guys on the new Galaxy Core. Hit the break for the full press release.
Samsung Introduces the GALAXY Core for Ideal Portability and Power The smartphone combines dual core processing power, compact design, and Dual SIM technology SEOUL, Korea – May 06, 2013 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in mobile technology and digital solutions, today announced the Samsung GALAXY Core, a smartphone designed to offer users dual core processing power for multitasking, Dual SIM technology for easy transition between work and play, and a wealth of innovative smart features. The GALAXY Core is a device that can operate seamlessly and effectively in all aspects of life. The GALAXY Core is the perfect device for the user looking for optimal balance of portability and power. Equipped with a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, the GALAXY Core performs data intensive tasks with speed and ease. The processing power is supported by 8GB of Internal memory and 1GB of RAM so that users can play feature-rich games, multitask and consume limitless media. All of these activities are aided by a beautiful 4.3 inch display, and a long-lasting 1,800mAh battery for extended usage. The device also comes equipped with a 5-megapixel camera, offering flawless and beautiful photos. These features are also supported with the GALAXY Core's Dual SIM technology, enabling users to access both SIM cards simultaneously. Offering innovative mobile solutions to enhance the user experience, the GALAXY Core's smart features provide advanced tools that continue to set the GALAXY series apart. Utilizing human interactions including voice, movement, and optical commands, the GALAXY Core has a wide array of smart features that include: • 'Smart Stay': Recognizes when a user is looking at the phone, and saves battery life when a user looks away by The GALAXY Core will be available in two different versions – Single SIM from July or Dual SIM from May, depending on the market. Network - HSUPA 5.76 900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 ＊ The availability of each Samsung Hub and Google service may differ by country.
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| European Commission looking at Motorola Mobility’s potential abuse of patents against Apple Posted: 06 May 2013 11:34 AM PDT
It looks like Google’s Motorola unit may be in some potentially hot water because of Motorola abusing some of its advantages and power over Apple. According to some objections made the European Commission, Motorola may be abusing some of its extensive patent portfolio, not allowing Apple to have a fair opportunity or chance to at least agree on some sort of licensing terms. Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia highlights:
So in other words, the EC believes that Motorola is well… “pulling an Apple” and abusing its patent portfolio so that Apple can’t get any bigger in Europe than it is now. What’s unknown at this point is which exact patents are identified as ones where Motorola is exerting its heavy hand and power, but we’re sure we will see more details of this potentially serious case soon. Naturally this is in the early stages now, but it will be interesting to see how the EC will move forward based off of its investigation and findings. source: Reuters
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| Red HTC One shows up on UK retail website Posted: 06 May 2013 11:19 AM PDT
Around the announcement of the HTC One, we saw a red variant float around as a color option. HTC pretty quickly dismissed it and told everyone it doesn’t exist, but it looks like it’s shown up on a UK website, HandTec, again. While the image is still pretty blurry, it’s still a fairly detailed, clean render, so I definitely think HTC plans on putting this out at some point in the future. Hit the link below to check out the listing for yourself, but don’t try to buy one. It’s shown up as out of stock since the listing was created, unfortunately. source: HandTec via: Phandroid
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| How to remove apps from the Google Play Store ‘My Apps’ list Posted: 06 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT Is your Google Play Store “My Apps” section filled with too many spur of the moment apps that you will never download ever again? This can make it a royal pain finding those previously downloaded apps that you actually care about. Thankfully Google made it really easy to remove those unwanted apps which will make things a lot more manageable. The process is pretty painless, but may take some time depending on how many apps you have in the list. I was able to get rid of 429 unused apps in about 15 minutes and my list of apps looks a heck of a lot cleaner now. So without hesitation hit the break below to check out our quick guide to cleaning up your previous Play Store acquisitions.
1 – Open up the Play Store. 2 – Be it on screen or physical button hit the Menu button and go to My apps. 3 – Swipe over to the right and go from INSTALLED to ALL. 4 – Here's the kicker: Press and hold onto an app listed. It will highlight that app and you will see a checkmark at the top left along with “1 selected” and an “X” at the top right. 5 – Start tapping the apps that you want gone and number of selected apps will go up. Note: You won’t be able to select any apps that are currently installed. 6 – Once you have selected all the apps that you want deleted, hit the X in the top right corner, and tap OK to remove all of them. You can also remove apps one by one by tapping the “X” that is to the right of every app listed (or circle with a line through it in older versions of the Play Store), but it’s not as efficient since you have to tap OK again for each app you want to remove. While it may not be as simple as having a purchased apps tab, it will at least gives us a chance to clean those purchased and free apps up a bit. Maybe someday we’ll get that purchased tab back, but until then this may just be the next best thing.
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| BlueStacks hits 10 million downloads in one year Posted: 06 May 2013 08:58 AM PDT BlueStacks, the software that lets you run Android apps on a desktop computer, is celebrating just over a year of availability in beta status with news of hitting the 10 million download mark. Rosen Sharma, CEO of BlueStacks, indicated in a recent interview that the team had made predictions on where they would be in one year and “no one said 10 million.” No one was even close as the most optimistic was just in the few hundred thousand range. BlueStacks’ senior VP for marketing notes that downloads do not necessarily equal users running the software on a regular basis. However, the number is described as being “spooky high,” which is a good sign that there is interest out there on the part of users trying to access Android apps on non-Android hardware. One issue the BlueStacks team is working on is trying to update the version of Android the app player uses with a Jelly Bean compatible version in the works. This effort is no doubt helped by the partnerships BlueStacks continues to work on, like the recently announced effort with Lenovo to install BlueStacks on Windows 8 PCs. source: AllThingsD
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| HTC slowly improving financially, releases unaudited April revenue Posted: 06 May 2013 08:47 AM PDT
HTC has announced their unaudited revenue for April 2013. While they did improve from March, bringing in $660 million, up from $540, this April was still quite a dip from April of last year, where HTC had $1.2 billion in revenue. Still, though, it’s easy to see that the HTC One is pulling its weight for HTC, and now that it’s launched in the US (which didn’t happen until late April) I think we can expect revenue to jump up quite a bit next month. HTC’s projected Q2 2013 revenue is $2.73 billion. source: HTC
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| Sony finally puts up Xperia Z for sale on US site Posted: 06 May 2013 08:36 AM PDT
Sony has finally given US customers the chance to get their hands on the unlocked version of the dustproof and waterproof Xperia Z through Sony’s web store. It’ll run you $629.99, but that’s about average for an unlocked phone. Unfortunately, though, there’s no LTE on board like the Xperia ZL, but you will be able to use the phone on AT&T and T-Mobile’s HSPA+ networks. If you have to hold out for LTE, you may want to wait for T-Mobile’s rumored LTE version. If you’re ready to open your wallet, hit the link below. source: Sony Store
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 shows up in AnTuTu Benchmarks Posted: 06 May 2013 07:06 AM PDT Samsung already announced the 7-inch version of the Galaxy Tab 3, but rumor has it they are working on a 10.1-inch version as well. Further evidence shows it in AnTuTu benchmarks with a model number of GT-P5200. How do we know this is the Galaxy Tab 3? All you have to do is look at the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 model number of GT-5100 and you will come to the same conclusion as us. Ironically though, this probably won’t be the final model number when it’s released since Samsung is probably going to go with a different scheme, as in SM-Txxx.
Based on the score, we expect it to have a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 or an Exynos octa-core. Either way, we do know that it’s clocked at 1.6GHz. The only other information that we know is that it sports Android 4.2.2, which isn’t unusual. As far as the display, the tab devices aren’t reserved for high end so don’t expect anything better than 1280 x 800. We will certainly let you know more as soon as we hear it. source: Ringer’s Blue Men
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