Hasta La Gadget!

They say that an accident knows no boundaries, and these people are definitely correct in saying so. The thing is, we on our part, are able to reduce the risk of bad stuff happening in an accident. Take David McGregor for instance – he did hook up his iPhone 4 to himself while he went kayaking, wrapping the smartphone in a waterproof Optrix case. Unfortunately, when he was out at sea paddling away, his iPhone 4 did not make it and fell right into the waters there. The more amazing thing was this, the handset actually managed to remain workable (after charging up its battery, of course) despite spending 82 days under water prior to being washed up on the beach.

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iPhone Survives 82 Days Of Being Submerged original content from Ubergizmo.

BlackBerry’s ship has been in troubled waters for the past few years now, and the waters don’t appear to be calming down any time soon. One of the company’s divisions that’s not bleeding money like devices and hardware is BlackBerry Messenger, which has actually experience some growth after it was opened up to Android and iOS last year. The company continues to add more features across all platforms and has also committed to launching BBM for Windows Phone this summer. It also has plans to branch into mobile payments, at least that’s what BlackBerry enterprise unit president John Sims tells Re/code.

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BBM Could Be Used To Facilitate Payments original content from Ubergizmo.

The Walt Disney Studios today released a free iOS app called Disney Movies Anywhere. This iTunes integrated app allows users to stream digital Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies they have already purchased and also lets them browse through a catalog to buy new ones. Disney Movies Anywhere is also available on the web. The app has only been released for iOS devices now and its compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It hasn’t said if and when an app for Android will be released.

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Disney Movies Anywhere iOS App Offers Easy Access To All Movies original content from Ubergizmo.

Earlier today, a Galaxy Note 3 as reached a download speed of 300Mbps, and with its Snapdragon 805 processor, it became the fastest and most powerful device of its kind. The bad news is that you won’t be able to purchase it: it’s a unique prototype built for the sole purpose to demonstrate LTE Category 6 (Cat6) which is even faster that the best wireless networks deployed in the world: South Korea’s Cat4 LTE networks.

This Galaxy Note is has a Gobi 9×35 modem (a cousin of the Gobi 9×30) that is twice as fast as anything found commercially, and it features Snapdragon 805, which brings a boost of 30%-40% over the original Snapdragon 800 of the Note 3. [note: the image above is NOT the actual Note 3 used in the test] (more…)

Samsung and Qualcomm Build World’s Fastest Galaxy Note 3 original content from Ubergizmo.

The other day LG announced the LG F70 which was a mid-ranged phone. This came as something of a surprise given that LG had previously unveiled the LG G Pro 2 and the L90, L70, and L40 handsets ahead of MWC 2014, so we had thought perhaps that was all LG had to offer this year.

Well it looks like apart from the LG F70, the company also has an LG F90 which they have also unveiled. Just like the F70, the F90 will not be a high-end affair so if you’re looking for a smartphone with all the bells and whistles, chances are the LG G Pro 2 will be your best bet for now. (more…)

LG F90 Mid-Ranged Handset Unveiled original content from Ubergizmo.