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Although Chinese tech giant Huawei has been making some noise in the global smartphone market with the unboxing of the Ascend 2 smartphone at last week's World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, the company's CEO has the ambitious dream of becoming the world's number one in smartphone sales across the world.

Boredom is one thing that happens after a month or so using the current UI of your Android device and a lot customisation is something that the open-source OS can do for you. Launchers are one way to kick that boredom away out by downloading them from the Play Store, but the LG Optimus 3.0 UI exclusive to LG Optimus handsets is considered one of the smoothest and coolest UI ever made.

New rumours claimed that Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be announced on summer of 2013, which is the speculated release date of iPhone 6 and/or iPhone 5S.

The Ice Cream Sandwich Android-based Samsung Galaxy Victory has received a Jelly Bean 4.1.1update online. The device is a 4G smartphone running on the new 4G LTE system by Sprint in United States.

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is practically a heartbeat way from being unleashed but many of the over 40 million owners of its predecessor, the Galaxy S3, will likely stick with this proven winner of a handset for a bit more time.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to resemble the Samsung’s latest phablet Galaxy Note 2 rather than its predecessor, Samsung Galaxy S3, according to a mobile analyst.

The aging but still useful Samsung Epic 4G is finally getting some taste of Jelly Bean with the help of CyanogenMod 10.1. The release is the first official CM10.1 nightly build ROM to the device. CyanogenMod 10.1 features lockscreen widgets, Quick Settings, and tweaks which are normally found in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and Xda developers are willing to share the blessing.

Purported release dates have become staples of tech news about Apple but new suggestions that the tech giant is pushing for an August 2013 outing for two new iPhone models also pointed to fresh and interesting power-packed features.

Galaxy S2 users are looking forward to an update of Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean from Samsung and for those who are waiting, an AOKP update for the device running 4.2.2 Jelly Bean is now available. AOKP ROMs or Android Open Kang Project are one of the favourites used to update devices or change from stock to custom ROMs. AOKP ROMs are basically fast, very steady, and based on the AOSP release of the Android OS. Below are the how-to instructions on updating a Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android 4.2.2 Jelly ...

Apple is speculated to introduce both iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 this year. The two upcoming handsets set to be released August of this year and early next year, respectively.

Astronomers have captured on photograph the birth or formation of a new alien planet. The photo was taken at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Sony Xperia Tablet Z pre-orders may now be done in Australia through at least one online store. The Tablet Z price tag carries the $749 figure for the 16 GB and $899 for the 32 GB variant. How much power can a user draw from this high-end Android device?

South Korea tech company Samsung is set to announce the successor of its phablet - Galaxy Note 3.

We know that the Episode 1 launch planned by Samsung on March 14 is for the Galaxy S4, but is it possible that the flagship device’s little twin brother, the Galaxy S4 Mini, will crash the party too?

Apple's rumoured iPhone 6 will probably be available to Japanese techies as the Tokyo District Court did not ban the sale of iPhones and iPads and other Apple devices in Japan.

Samsung will limit the colour variants of the Galaxy S4 to black and white, likely ditching the colourful flavour mixes that partly made the Galaxy S3 a global hit, a new report said.

Apple is wrapping the next generation iPad in a complete package, adding a magnetic stand for its leading tablet computer as shown by recently published patent application.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is a very powerful device running Android 4.1.1 Jelly bean which can be upgraded to version 4.1.2. The device is powered by four-core processors with 1.6GHz clock speed, 2GB of RAM, holds up to 16, 32, or 64 GB of internal storage depending on the user upon purchase, and support an additional 64GB using a microSD card. It also feature a Super AMOLED HD screen with 5.5-inches in size, boosted by TouchWiz UI for smooth response, and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2 agains...

Google Glass isn’t the only head-mounted display that you should look forward to as Sony, Brilliant Service, Sony, and Canon bring their own concepts of HMD technology to the table.

The iPad mini 2 release date has been widely believed to coincide with the first anniversary of the original mini. But at least one analyst has been frequently quoted as saying Apple's small iPad will arrive mid-year. For some buyers, the more important information bits are about the mini 2 specs - will there be deal breakers (again)?

Apple intends to crash into the entry-level market but its debut will likely come next year via an iPhone built on polycarbonate material and priced $US330.

Rumour has it that the Samsung Galaxy S4 may have two different kinds of processor upon its release date.

Japanese blog Macotakara, which has reported accurate details surrounding unannounced Apple products in the past, claims that the upcoming iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S prep with a 4.5-inch screen display and polycarbonate body has a 2014 release date.

Giving a sign hope for Samsung Galaxy S3 phone owners with the Jelly Bean taste, SamMobile announced a latest 4.2.1 firmware of the Android OS with a build number of I9300XXUFMB3. It is a confirmed test coined from one of the XDA developers forum member Saturn who gave out the dumped files from his device.

In releasing the new Asus PadFone Infinity, its maker envisions the fusion of two gadgets in one premium package that commands an asking price of €999, in Euro because for the time being this gizmo is exclusive for Europe.

The latest version of Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean has been recently released by Google and the Nexus device lineup would be the first to feel a new experience. Many Android devices are still not up-to-date including those from the LG lineup such as LG Optimus G. In October 2012, LG made a press release about the Jelly Bean update for Optimus G supposedly available two months after the announcement.

The MWC Congress is the stage for several smartphones and tablets, but there are some handsets that grab your attention.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has not been announced yet but consumers now have some clue on the features of the popular Samsung phablet.

Recently announced HTC One is set to hit the market in March but reports claimed that the phone is now available in China.