HTC has sold its final 25-percent stake in Beats Electronics, cutting remaining ties with the headphones and audio company and making a little extra cash in the process over its initial investment. The deal sees HTC sell its last shares for $265m to Beats, as the audio firm takes sole control of its business, and […]
Though the folks at BlackBerry decided to hold off on their regularly scheduled earnings report, the report has indeed come out – and it’s not looking good. This second fiscal quarter for the company here in 2013 showed sales of $1.6 billion, but a loss on those sales of $965 million. This loss came in […]
Nokia might have agreed in principle to sell its phone business to Microsoft, but it is working to pump out a few devices under its iconic brand name. The company has an event scheduled on October 22nd in Abu Dhabi where it is expected to unveil as many as six new devices. A Windows RT powered Nokia tablet and a Windows Phone 8 powered Nokia phablet are already expected to be announced at that event. Nokia might also be working on a low end Lumia smartphone that’s focused on music. The device may internally be known as Nokia “Glee.”
Infamous Twitter leak maestro @evleaks was first to break word about the Nokia Glee. The tweet was quoted by expanded upon by a well known journalist, who added that the Glee is actually a low end Lumia smartphone that’s music centric. Nothing else is known about this device right now, so we can’t just conjure specifications and features out of thin air. The interesting thing to note is the fact that this smartphone is supposed to be music centric. Is Nokia about to launch a new music service, or is it going to unveil something that revamps the music experience on its line of Lumia devices? Obviously there’s no saying if the company will reveal anything about it on October 22nd, but its likely that we’ll hear more rumors about this device in the near future.
Nokia ‘Glee’ Music Centric Device Rumored original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Like its predecessor, the iPhone 5s is one of the best handsets you can buy. But more importantly, it’s laying the groundwork for the smartphones of tomorrow.
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Some people will look at the iPhone 5c and just see an iPhone 5 with a colorful plastic case and a price drop. But that’s not the point.
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This international, and open-ended contest is a fantastic opportunity to
get recognition for your personal reimagining of nearly any sort of
care-related object, while pushing for a chance to win a whole bunch of
cash!
Inflatable buildings are definitely an interesting way of creating temporary structures, like for concerts, weddings, etc. This particular blow-up building concept has been in the works for at least a year and it looks pretty impressive.
Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor collaborated to make this concert hall dubbed Ark Nova. The concert hall will tour the areas of Tohoku, Japan that have been ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
It takes about two hours to inflate the building, and it can hold about 500 people. It’s filled with wooden benches made from tsunami-damaged cedar trees.
Ark Nova makes its debut in Japan today. It will be interesting to see if other mobile venues like this start popping up.
[via Telegraph via Spoon & Tamago]
Just when you had given up on trees, wooden buildings are back! Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the firm behind the Sears (aka Willis) Tower, One World Trade Center, and many other extremely tall buildings wants to make a 42-story skyscraper out of wood.
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If you’re the proud owner of an unlocked HTC One smartphone, you should now have access to an Android 4.3 update. If you picked up a locked device from a US carrier, you’re likely out of luck, but global users can now snag the latest version of Jelly Bean. According to Android Highlights, improvements include a battery charging percentage indicator, boosted low-light camera performance, Sense 5 enhancements and increased stability overall. Check the update menu to see if your device is eligible.
Update: HTC President Jason Mackenzie tweeted that carrier-issued HTC One handsets will score Android 4.3 after the previously announced September 30th deadline.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, HTC
Via: Phone Arena
Source: Android Highlights
Virgin Mobile will offer the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c from October 1, the carrier has confirmed, one of the few opportunities to pick up Apple’s newest smartphones with service but without an ongoing contract. Both handsets – along with the existing iPhone 4S – will be offered with Virgin Mobile’s “unlimited data & messaging” […]
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