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As time passes, we’re gradually beginning to learn more and more about the BlackBerry Q10, such as the new Type and Go feature that Vivek Bhardwaj kindly demonstrated for us. As a souped up version of Universal Search, Type and Go brings actions to key words typed onto the Q10. It’s a fantastic feature, and sure to excite the heavy communicators among us.

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This isn’t the first time we’re telling you that Samsung and Google could be working more closely together to fight against existing and future Apple-related legal threats, as we heard that the two giants will work together in this regard a few months ago when the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was banned in the U.S. Since then, Samsung

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The Samsung Galaxy Nexus 2 (model number GT-I9260) keeps popping up in various leaks that seem to confirm earlier reports that suggested that we’re going to see in stores up to five new Nexus handsets and tablets by the end of the year. Some of those reports have even mentioned some of these upcoming devices

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Now that the iPhone 5 has been officially launched in several markets, we’re able to compare it with the hottest Android handsets in town. In fact we have already pitted it against the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Nexus, the HTC One X and the LG Optimus 4X HD. In case you’re also

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One of the valid arguments behind adopting an iOS device is the fact that Apple’s devices are always receiving updates on time and that carriers have no say in when these updates are rolled out – that also means they have no bloatware included in any iPhone version. But the more iOS devices come out

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The Samsung Galaxy S4, which is most likely what the Galaxy S3′s successor will be called, will be unveiled at MWC 2013 according to some, although others would deny that on their official Samsung Twitter account. But rumors and denials are part of our day-to-day tech news-reporting life, so we’ll just move on to the

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The Galaxy Note 2 has been just announced and it’s yet to hit stores anywhere in the world, so it’s definitely too early to think about next year’s Samsung tablet, a future Galaxy Note 3 that the Android maker will surely unveil at some point in the future. But Concept Phones has an interesting Galaxy

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So we Android fans have had our fun with the “Shit Apple Fanatics Say” mockumentary we wrote about last weekend. Our own Chris Smith said a similar video dissing Android “must just be around the corner.” Here it is! It seems it’s the Apple fanboys and fangirls’ turn to have a chuckle at our expense.

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A few days ago we heard from two official Samsung sources that the Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean update will be available at some point in October, which is not that bad, but not ideal either considering that the Android maker promised that some of its 2012 flagship devices including the newest Galaxy S version will

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The Galaxy Note 2 is Samsung’s latest addition to its high-end Galaxy-branded smartphone lineup, but we still have no idea when the device will hit stores. A recent leak revealed that German customers may get the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Note 2 LTE version in October and November, respectively, confirming what Samsung said on

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The sixth generation iPhone, called the iPhone 5 despite what some of us believed, was unveiled yesterday during Apple’s September 12 press event. The company also introduced a bunch of new products yesterday including the new-generation iPod touch and iPod nano, and iTunes 11 but the iPhone 5 was without a doubt the main star

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We keep talking about Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean updates for some of the hottest Android devices in town, Samsung smartphones and tablets included, but we’re yet to see any roll out details for any of them. Luckily for Samsung device owners, we’ve seen a variety of leaks for some of the company’s smartphones and tablets,

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September is a very busy month when it comes to media events announcing new products targeting the Christmas shopping season but also when it comes to rumors related to upcoming devices. With that in mind, we’ll remind you that Motorola and Google held yesterday their first joint media event since the extraordinarily expensive $12.5 billion

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Galaxy S3 buyers, and there are over 20 million of them already, know that Samsung promised during its IFA 2012 Unpacked event in Germany last week that its flagship devices will soon get updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The list includes the Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Note, although we expect other

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The main players in the mobile environment, are Apple and Google, which are fighting a fierce battle both in carrier stores for mind, market and profit share (although Google is yet to make any real money off of Android), but also in courts where an intense Apple vs Android war rages on. Apple has sued

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So the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the newest, shiniest toy in Android-ville. It’s both a smartphone and a tablet in one – a phablet in short – which has been unveiled during Samsung’s pre-IFA 2012 Berlin-based Unpacked event. Android Authority has covered thoroughly the second-generation Galaxy Note – including hands-on videos, specs and features,

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With the launch of the original Kindle Fire, it became clear that there’s an obvious market for budge-friendly but content-filled 7-inch tablets. Google soon saw the Amazon threat to its fragile Android ecosystem that was already taking a beating from the iPad, and pulled all the stops to make the Nexus 7, a Kindle Fire

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The Archos 101 XS was officially unveiled earlier today and if you’re already interested in this new piece of Android-running hardware then you’ll want to check out our first hands-on and video review of the device – that’s right, we got to play with this interesting beast already and see how it performs under pressure.

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