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All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Acers-8.1-inch-Windows-8-tablet-now-official_id43185Earlier this month, we told you that Acer was working on an 8.1 inch Windows 8 tablet which would be the smallest screened tablet to run on Windows 8; the slate appeared on Amazon and then quickly disappeared, only to resurface a few days later when Denis Kutnikov, general director of Acer's Russian office, said that the tablet would be introduced on June 4th...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 17:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Acers-8.1-inch-Windows-8-tablet-now-official_id43185/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Dust-fix-for-Nokia-Lumia-920s-front-facing-camera-is-now-ready_id43183You might recall that back in March, there was talk that Nokia was going to issue a sheath to help fix a problem with dust that was accumulating on the Nokia Lumia 920; more specifically, the dust was settling underneath the front-facing camera and the proximity sensor on the device. According to a reliable source who works for Nokia Care the sheath is now available...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 16:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Dust-fix-for-Nokia-Lumia-920s-front-facing-camera-is-now-ready_id43183/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mobile-says-no-to-Google-Wallet-yes-to-ISIS_id43184Some owners of the T-Mobile branded Samsung GALAXY Note II are getting upset at the carrier's decision to block Google Wallet; but the decision not to allow Google's mobile payment service to run on T-Mobile models has to do with the operator's inclusion as a founding member of ISIS. This is a competing mobile payment service that was put together by Verizon, AT&T and yes, T-Mobile...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 16:17:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mobile-says-no-to-Google-Wallet-yes-to-ISIS_id43184/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-Lumia-920-stars-in-J-Lo-music-video_id43182The Nokia Lumia 920 is a veteran of product placements and this year, the phone showed up on Don Cheadle's House of Lies and Arrow; other handsets have appeared in movies, like the Sony Xperia T which was featured in the latest James Bond flick. Now, the Nokia Lumia 920 has made an appearance on a music video starring Jennifer Lopez...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 14:25:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-Lumia-920-stars-in-J-Lo-music-video_id43182/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/LTE-enabled-version-of-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-hits-T-Mobile-stores_id43181Perhaps more than just a tad late, it looks as though T-Mobile stores are now receiving shipments of the LTE enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy S III; not that it wasn't expected. The carrier had said from the get go that it would be offering this model once it started rolling out its LTE pipeline. Unfortunately though, the Samsung Galaxy S III wasn't equipped like the Samsung GALAXY Note II was...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 12:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/LTE-enabled-version-of-Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-hits-T-Mobile-stores_id43181/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-market-share-doubles-in-Canada-during-Q1_id43180Earlier Saturday, we told you about two polls taken at BlackBerry Live this past week that seem to show that the QWERTY equipped BlackBerry Q10 might just help the company grab some business away from competing platforms including iOS and Android; in Canada, this has already started, at least according to Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 11:32:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-market-share-doubles-in-Canada-during-Q1_id43180/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nearly-two-thirds-of-former-BlackBerry-users-hear-the-siren-call-from-the-BlackBerry-Q10_id43179Even before the QWERTY equipped BlackBerry Q10 started to rollout late last month in Canada and the U.K., it seemed to be obvious that this was the model that would make or break BlackBerry 10.; even BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins seemed to come around to the idea that the all-touch BlackBerry Z10 was not the device that BlackBerry fans hungered for...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 10:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nearly-two-thirds-of-former-BlackBerry-users-hear-the-siren-call-from-the-BlackBerry-Q10_id43179/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-Intel-inside-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-3-10.1_id43178Early Saturday morning, before the rooster was up to crow about the day ahead, we told you about the Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 getting to see the light of day in China; we mainly discussed that the phone has "Intel Inside". According to another GL Benchmark test, the GT-P5200 will feature a 1.6Ghz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 Clover Trail+ paired with an PowerVR SGX 544MP working on the graphics...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 09:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-Intel-inside-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-3-10.1_id43178/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Rumored-specs-for-the-rugged-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-reveal-a-different-processor-under-the-hood_id43177The so-called "rugged" version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that is expected to be released water and dust proof, has just been through the GFX Benchmark site and some interesting information has been revealed; first of all, according to the site, the name of the phone will be the Samsung Galaxy S4 J Active with one model (SGH-I537) heading for AT&T in the states, while another model (GT-I9295) will be released in Europe...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 02:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Rumored-specs-for-the-rugged-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-reveal-a-different-processor-under-the-hood_id43177/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Parting-images-and-wrap-up-from-the-last-day-of-Google-IO_id43172Another year, another Google I/O conference comes to a close and unleashed unto the world are...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 02:02:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Parting-images-and-wrap-up-from-the-last-day-of-Google-IO_id43172/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Benchmark-powerhouse-Lenovo-IdeaPhone-K900-is-released-in-China_id43176You might remember the Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 as the 5.5 inch device from China whose AnTuTu Benchmark score edged the scores tallied by some of the most high powered Android devices now available; models taken down by the device include the Samsung Galaxy S4, the HTC DROID DNA and the Samsung GALAXY Note II...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 01:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Benchmark-powerhouse-Lenovo-IdeaPhone-K900-is-released-in-China_id43176/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-to-get-updated-to-Android-4.2.2.-in-a-matter-of-weeks_id43175The HTC One currently is powered by Android 4.1.2, but according to an insider, the phone is just weeks away from getting updated to Android 4.2.2; considering that Android 4.2.2 has been rolling out to various devices since February, it is not such a surprise that owners of the device want the later Android build on their phone...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 01:02:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-to-get-updated-to-Android-4.2.2.-in-a-matter-of-weeks_id43175/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoos-Board-to-meet-Sunday-to-discuss-1.1-billion-all-cash-deal-for-Tumblr-press-event-set-for-Monday_id43173On Thursday, we told you that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is fixated on buying hosting site Tumblr for $1 billion and according to people close to the situation, Yahoo's board is going to get together on Sunday (that's why they earn the big bucks) to discuss an all-cash $1.1 billion offer for Tumblr; sources in tune with Mayer's thinking say that Tumblr will be the property that Yahoo will use as the base for the company going forward...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 23:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoos-Board-to-meet-Sunday-to-discuss-1.1-billion-all-cash-deal-for-Tumblr-press-event-set-for-Monday_id43173/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-has-some-fun-Easter-eggs_id43167We all know that Google loves Easter eggs. The company puts them in many of its products, and the newly released Google+ Hangouts is no exception. There are actually six different Easter eggs for Hangouts users, but unfortunately, they aren't available on mobile, only in either the Chrome app or inside Google+ itself...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 21:53:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-has-some-fun-Easter-eggs_id43167/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Fitbit-now-supports-Galaxy-S4-syncing-but-not-with-S-Health_id43162One of the thousands of features that Samsung has packed into the Galaxy S4 is S Health, which promises to track all sorts of things (assuming you have the right accessories). The Fitbit is an established player in the personal health tracking game, and the app has just been updated to support syncing on the Galaxy S4, but unfortunately it doesn't work with S Health...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 20:44:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Fitbit-now-supports-Galaxy-S4-syncing-but-not-with-S-Health_id43162/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/PhoneArenas-John-Velasco-talks-about-the-geek-life-in-an-interview_id43171For those of you following our site for some time now, you know John as one of our resident reviewers, but in this interview, he dives deeper into what it’s like living the geek life. From answering questions such as “what makes you a geek” to others like “your favorite comic book hero...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 17:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/PhoneArenas-John-Velasco-talks-about-the-geek-life-in-an-interview_id43171/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Itsdagram-is-back-in-Windows-Phone-Store-includes-filters-for-full-Instagram-experience_id43170The closest thing that Windows Phone users have to Instagram these days is Itsdagram; originally launched without photo filters, the app was published last Friday before it was quickly pulled to fix some bugs and add some new features. We are happy to report that the app has returned to the Windows Phone Store with a new UI that allows users to "like" and add comments from the feed view...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Itsdagram-is-back-in-Windows-Phone-Store-includes-filters-for-full-Instagram-experience_id43170/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-demo-of-Epson-Moverio-glasses-and-YouTube-functionality_id43169Epson and APX Labs are at Google I/O showing off the development which will allow YouTube viewing and...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 16:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-demo-of-Epson-Moverio-glasses-and-YouTube-functionality_id43169/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-iRadio-hits-another-snag-WWDC-launch-in-jeopardy_id43168Back in March, and again last month, we passed along the word that the failure of Apple to reach a deal with Sony Music was delaying the launch of iRadio; unless you've been in an isolation chamber these last few months, you know that this is Apple's free streaming music service with which it will compete against services like Pandora and Spotify...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 15:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-iRadio-hits-another-snag-WWDC-launch-in-jeopardy_id43168/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-talks-and-does-Braille_id43154One of the interesting sessions held at Google I/O was the “Enabling Blind and Low-Vision Accessibility on Android...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 14:49:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-talks-and-does-Braille_id43154/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-buys-spectrum-and-customers-from-U.S.-Cellular_id43165The nation's third largest carrier, Sprint, has agreed to purchase some PCS spectrum and a large number of customers from U.S. Cellular; Sprint will receive in the deal, 20MHz of PCS spectrum in various Midwest markets including Chicago, South Bend, Indiana and Champaign, Illinois. The carrier also will be adding 10MHz in St. Louis...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 14:45:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-buys-spectrum-and-customers-from-U.S.-Cellular_id43165/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Picture-specs-leak-for-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-3-8.0_id43166Last month, we passed along some speculation involving the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0; now, the buzz around the water cooler is that late next month, the Korean based manufacturer will launch both the 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 Wi-Fi (SM-T3110) and the 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 3G (SM-T3100)...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 14:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Picture-specs-leak-for-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-3-8.0_id43166/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-TecTiles2-now-available-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S4_id43164While the Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with an NFC chip that makes it incompatible with the original Samsung TecTiles, the Korean based manufacturer has started offering TecTiles2 which will work on the latest Android flagship model. TecTiles are programmable stickers that use NFC to make a phone perform a specific task when it taps the sticker...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 11:45:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-TecTiles2-now-available-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S4_id43164/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-iOS-game-revenues-top-dollars-spent-on-games-for-dedicated-players-in-Q1_id43163For the first quarter of this year, consumers spent more for games to be played over iOS devices than was spent for games to be played over dedicated handheld gaming units; the latter includes handheld models like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo 3DS. The report was released by research firm IDC and App Annie...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 10:50:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-iOS-game-revenues-top-dollars-spent-on-games-for-dedicated-players-in-Q1_id43163/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-Apple-iPad-mini-2-displays-to-be-built-by-Sharp-LG-and-AUO_id43160According to Taiwan based sources in the supply chain, AU Optronics is expected to ship just 2.5 to 2.8 million panels for the Apple iPad mini during the current quarter; the company appears to be pulling back from production of the display for the original 7.9 inch slate while waiting to hear from Apple if it will be among those producing panels for the next iteration of the smaller Apple tablet...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 09:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-Apple-iPad-mini-2-displays-to-be-built-by-Sharp-LG-and-AUO_id43160/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-tied-in-fight-with-Apple-over-supply-chain-control-as-only-10-of-Galaxy-S4-units-have-Exynos-chip_id43161The Samsung Galaxy S4 has become the fastest selling device for the company as it is about to sell in 10 million volume less than a month after launch and to secure stable supply…]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 09:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-tied-in-fight-with-Apple-over-supply-chain-control-as-only-10-of-Galaxy-S4-units-have-Exynos-chip_id43161/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/First-unofficial-details-about-Nokia-EOS-surface_id43159The Nokia EOS is a device we’ve been hearing for months now. The supposed Windows Phone-based successor to the best cameraphone on the market…]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 08:35:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-unofficial-details-about-Nokia-EOS-surface_id43159/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-solves-its-supply-issues-HTC-One-production-will-double_id43158The HTC One was announced way back in February with the intention of landing on store shelves before the Samsung Galaxy S4 and thus gaining traction…]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 08:03:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-solves-its-supply-issues-HTC-One-production-will-double_id43158/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-gets-first-update-seems-to-add-Nexus-7-support_id43157Last night, Google+ Hangouts received its first update through Google Play in its short life. Unfortunately, Google didn't see fit to include a changelog with the update, so we don't know exactly what changes were made. But, we've asked around and it looks as though the update has added support for the Nexus 7 at the very least...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 07:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-gets-first-update-seems-to-add-Nexus-7-support_id43157/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-officials-confirm-5.9-inch-Note-III-will-come-at-IFA-in-September-Galaxy-S4-to-hit-10-million-sales-next-week_id43156The Samsung Galaxy S4 has already become the fastest selling Android smartphone ever having hit 4 million shipments within the first five days of availability…]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 07:14:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-officials-confirm-5.9-inch-Note-III-will-come-at-IFA-in-September-Galaxy-S4-to-hit-10-million-sales-next-week_id43156/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-Lumia-928-Review_id3311Verizon Wireless is getting its own variant of the 920, which should no doubt put Nokia’s name near the top of the ladder within the carrier’s Windows Phone selection. At its core, the recently announced Nokia Lumia 928 might seem like a subtle variant of the version that AT&T has been selling for some time now, but there are some notable differences that should make Big Red’s customers feel proud they’re getting something new...]]>ReviewsFri, 17 May 2013 06:22:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-Lumia-928-Review_id3311/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Images-and-summary-from-day-2-of-Google-IO_id43142It was a day packed with information sessions and sandbox exhibits for the developer community...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 06:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Images-and-summary-from-day-2-of-Google-IO_id43142/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Googles-new-location-APIs-the-biggest-change-to-location-since-Android-launched_id43153Google I/O 2013 is more focused on developers and while there are no product launched or Android versions unveiled that does not mean that there is no innovation…]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 03:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Googles-new-location-APIs-the-biggest-change-to-location-since-Android-launched_id43153/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-introduces-its-Xpress-Now-app-for-personalized-browser-recommendations_id43150Nokia has introduced its Nokia Xpress Now app for its Asha line; available in India where it currently is in beta, the app works together with the Nokia Xpress Browser, relying on the wisdom of 80 million monthly users of the Nokia Xpress Browser together with a user's personal browsing preferences, to make real-time personalized recommendations of what is hot on the internet...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 03:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-introduces-its-Xpress-Now-app-for-personalized-browser-recommendations_id43150/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-S4-video-recording-stabilization-gets-tested-in-offroad-conditions_id43152The Galaxy S4 doesn't have the advanced optical image stabilization of some smartphones like the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC One, but it does have some form of digital image stabilization...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 03:12:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-S4-video-recording-stabilization-gets-tested-in-offroad-conditions_id43152/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Foxconn-says-it-needs-more-time-to-cut-back-on-overtime_id43149Foxconn, the company that earns 60% to 70% of its revenue by assembling Apple products, says it needs more time to comply with a July 1st target set by the Fair Labor Association to cut the amount of overtime at its plants; last year, Apple asked the FLA to investigate working conditions at Foxconn factories after a series of suicides and accidents at the plants between 2010-2012...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 02:29:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Foxconn-says-it-needs-more-time-to-cut-back-on-overtime_id43149/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sonic-the-Hedgehog-Sega-classic-arrives-on-Android-and-iOS-remastered-and-you-can-play-with-Knuckles-and-Tails_id43121Sonic the Hedgehog, the original Sega game classic we as kids played in the 90s, has now arrived on Android and iOS, but it is not just a simple port…]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 02:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sonic-the-Hedgehog-Sega-classic-arrives-on-Android-and-iOS-remastered-and-you-can-play-with-Knuckles-and-Tails_id43121/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-pushing-for-quick-adoption-of-its-VP9-video-compression-technology_id43148At Google I/O on Wednesday, Google discussed its VP9 video compression technology; the company sees this open source technology replacing the current H.264 codec. Already, Google is testing V9 on Chrome and YouTube. According to the company, VP9 requires only half of the bandwidth required by H.264...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 01:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-pushing-for-quick-adoption-of-its-VP9-video-compression-technology_id43148/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoo-rumored-to-be-buying-Tumblr-for-1-billion_id43147With Yahoo trying to make itself relevant once again to the young and hip, the company is rumored to be on the verge of shelling out $1 billion for hosting site Tumblr; this could easily be a win-win deal as Yahoo needs the infusion of young blood while Tumblr is looking for liquidity. There is speculation that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has had her eye on the company for a while and has already met with its executives including Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 00:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoo-rumored-to-be-buying-Tumblr-for-1-billion_id43147/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Concept-for-iOS-7-allows-users-to-turn-flat-UI-on-or-off_id43146With WWDC getting closer every day, it means that we are closing in on the introduction of iOS 7 and the new skeumorphic free, flat design of the new UI. As we've already discussed, iOS 7 supposedly does away with the real-life icons that the late Steve Jobs and former Apple software head Scott Forstall favored and replaces it with the flat, gloss-free look that Jony Ive wants...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 23:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Concept-for-iOS-7-allows-users-to-turn-flat-UI-on-or-off_id43146/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Congress-worries-about-Google-Glass-and-privacy-rights_id43143Worries about Google Glass infringing on U.S. citizen's privacy rights was the subject of a meeting Thursday in Washington D.C. between eight members of Congress and Google CEO Larry Page; a letter, signed by members of the congressional bipartisan 'privacy caucus, asked what safeguards Google built into the specs to "prevent Google Glass from unintentionally collecting data about the user/non-user without consent"...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 21:32:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Congress-worries-about-Google-Glass-and-privacy-rights_id43143/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Glass-unlocked-and-loaded-with-Ubuntu-live-at-IO_id43145When we first saw it on the schedule, we knew that something good would come out of the Google I/O session titled "Voiding Your Warranty: Hacking Glass", and we were not disappointed. Apparently during the session, Google Glass was unlocked, given root access, and loaded up to run Ubuntu...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 21:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Glass-unlocked-and-loaded-with-Ubuntu-live-at-IO_id43145/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BBM-will-be-smartphones-only-when-it-first-comes-to-Android-and-iOS_id43144A couple days ago, BlackBerry announced that BlackBerry Messenger will finally be released on Android and iOS this summer, but today BlackBerry is managing expectations a bit. It seems that the company will be focusing its efforts and only bring the app to smartphones when it is first released...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 20:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BBM-will-be-smartphones-only-when-it-first-comes-to-Android-and-iOS_id43144/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-Archos-80-Xenon-tablet-is-coming-next-month-for-199-featuring-quad-core-processing-power_id43141Archos expects to introduce the 8 inch Archos 80 Xenon tablet in June, priced at $199; the 8 inch screen offers resolution of 1024 x 768 and the tablet is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor under the hood. While 1GB of RAM is on board, the slate has just 4GB of native storage although that can be expanded by use of the 64GB capacity microSD slot...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 20:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-Archos-80-Xenon-tablet-is-coming-next-month-for-199-featuring-quad-core-processing-power_id43141/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nexus-Q-officially-dead-new-version-of-Play-Music-doesnt-support-it_id43138One of the more odd rumors that cropped up in as we got closer to this year's Google I/O was that the Nexus Q might make an appearance at the conference. We're not really sure why anyone would believe that, let alone start the rumor in the first place, but we can say that the device is officially dead. Months after the Q was listed as no longer for sale on Google Play, the device has been left behind completely: the new version of Google Play Music does not support it...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 20:17:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nexus-Q-officially-dead-new-version-of-Play-Music-doesnt-support-it_id43138/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-look-at-the-new-Google-Maps_id43140Google Maps was featured during the Google I/O keynote with some significant upgrades for mobile...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 19:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-look-at-the-new-Google-Maps_id43140/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-All-Access-hands-on_id43139Among the many announcements made at yesterday’s keynote event, perhaps the most consumer-centric...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 18:43:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-All-Access-hands-on_id43139/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Glassware-available-for-Google-Glass-includes-apps-from-CNN-Twitter-and-Facebook_id43137The second day of Google I/O has brought a number of new apps to Google Glass from some household names like CNN, Twitter and Facebook; other updates are being offered from fashion site Elle, microblogger Tumblr and reminder note app Evernote. Google has been trying to get developers to write apps, which it calls Glasswear, for the specs...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 18:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Glassware-available-for-Google-Glass-includes-apps-from-CNN-Twitter-and-Facebook_id43137/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Downloads-vs-installs-how-Apple-and-Google-count-app-numbers_id43135Yesterday was a big day of news. Moreso for Google than Apple, but Apple did get in one interesting piece of information. Just a few hours after Google had announced that the Google Play Store had reached 48 billion app downloads, Apple announced that its iTunes App Store had reached the 50 billion app marker. At the time, we noted that it was unclear how each company counts app installs, so we weren't totally sure how to compare the numbers, but now we have that answer...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 17:23:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Downloads-vs-installs-how-Apple-and-Google-count-app-numbers_id43135/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/White-Nexus-4-rumored-to-launch-June-10th-could-bring-Android-4.3_id43136It's Google I/O, so things are moving fast, and a lot of rumors are swirling. Just a couple hours ago, we told you that there was a pretty flimsy rumor that Android 4.3 could be released in July along with the 2nd generation Nexus 7 tablet. Well, half of that info is already questionable. We were reluctant to put much faith in the Android 4.3 part of the earlier rumor, and it seems we had the right idea, because a new rumor has Android 4.3 and the white Nexus 4 being released June 10th...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 17:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/White-Nexus-4-rumored-to-launch-June-10th-could-bring-Android-4.3_id43136/commentsPhone Arena