The best phablets money can buy
The first handheld phone was released by Motorola in the early 80s, called the MicroTAC 9800X. The phone took around 10 hours to charge, which allowed for 30 minutes of talk time. It also weighed a...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy Note 3….. Now
When the Galaxy Note line was first released, people didn’t know what to make of it – after all, phones were still quite small, and the very idea of the smartphone was not as ubiquitous as it is...
View ArticleSamsung Note 3 KitKat 3rd party accessory ‘bug’ fix starts rolling out
Last month the Android 4.4 update for the international Note 3 started rolling out to quite several countries in Europe and Asia. Although the update brought the power of KitKat, it also brought some...
View ArticleSamsung’s back at bashing Apple in its latest ads, and they’re pretty good
The Galaxy S3 and the Note 2 were huge hits thanks in part to the cheeky, funny ads that compared Samsung’s new Big Thing with Apple’s iPhone. We all remember the spots making fun of Apple fans...
View ArticleNote 3 Android 4.4 update starts rolling out to Sprint and U.S. Cellular
While some international Note 3 users already started to see the update to Android 4.4 KitKat late last month, the update has yet to reach stateside — until today. The Note 3 KitKat upgrade has now...
View ArticleLG G Pro 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 quick look (MWC 2014)
MWC 2014 Coverage brought to you by: Bitdefender Mobile Security & Antivirus for Android. LG is bringing the fight to Samsung in the phablet category with the recently-announced LG G Pro 2. Both...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy Note 3 quick look (MWC 2014)
MWC 2014 Coverage brought to you by: Bitdefender Mobile Security & Antivirus for Android. The Galaxy Note 3 is one of the best smartphones of 2013, bringing together everything you’d ever need in...
View ArticleSamsung stops skewing benchmarks results with KitKat update
Recently Samsung and other Android manufacturers started to artificially boost their numbers in benchmark apps, but it appears that practice is starting to come to an end with Samsung’s KitKat update....
View ArticleNote 3 Android 4.4 update starts rolling out to T-Mobile
Following last month’s Note 3 KitKat update for Sprint and US Cellular users, we have now received several tips that confirm the Android 4.4.2 update is now starting to roll out to T-Mobile customers...
View ArticleOppo Find 7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 quick look
The Oppo Find 7 has officially been unveiled, and as was the case with the Find 5 and the N1 before it, Oppo has aimed to push the boundaries once again with its latest flagship smartphone, with the...
View ArticleSamsung’s latest selfie stunt involves Barack Obama
Getty Images via Washington Post How do you top the most retweeted tweet ever, the “selfie” that Ellen DeGeneres and an ensemble of giddy Hollywood stars took on the Oscars night? I don’t know, maybe...
View ArticleRegion locking on the Galaxy S5 is a bit different than on the Note 3
Note 3 region locking sticker The Samsung Galaxy S5, going on sale today around the world, is region-locked, just like the Note 3. But Samsung made a small change to the way users can unlock it, as the...
View ArticleOnePlus One vs Galaxy Note 3 first look
OnePlus just launched its first device and, we have to say, it’s a very impressive debut. Packing high-end specifications, an attractive design, and the power of CyanogenMod out of the box, the...
View ArticleNote 3 Android 4.4 update finally arrives to Verizon, requires Kies or...
Although Verizon occasionally one-ups its fellow U.S. carriers by pushing an update out swiftly, more times than not, Big Red leaves its customers in the dark much longer than its competition. This...
View ArticleSimple root for Verizon/AT&T Galaxy S5, Note 3, and more released by geohot!
Hacker superstar George Hotz just released a simple root method for most Android devices running an unpatched version of the Linux kernel, including the previously unrooted Galaxy S5 on Verizon and...
View ArticleGalaxy Note 3 international update brings Download Booster, Kids Mode, and...
Samsung continues to bring features that initially launched on the Galaxy S5 to its other high-end devices. Following the update of the Galaxy S5, today it’s time for the international Note 3 to begin...
View ArticleGalaxy Note 4 vs Galaxy Note 3 quick look
Samsung has just taken the wraps off the latest entrant to the Note lineup, the Galaxy Note 4! It’s natural to wonder how much of an upgrade it is from its predecessor, and that’s what we find out, as...
View ArticleVerizon rolls out VoLTE to just 2 phones
HowardForums Verizon promised that when it rolled out their Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service, there would be a “robust” lineup of devices that could use the service. Yet now that Verizon has officially...
View ArticleVideos: Note 3 survives the test that bent the iPhone 6 Plus
Apple is learning firsthand about the challenges of building large phones. And we’re not talking about the massive footprint of the iPhone 6 Plus, which is positively larger than most Android devices...
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