Kyocera has just announced a new entry-level Android smartphone, the Hydro Wave. The smartphone will be available in the US over at T-Mobile and MetroPCS, T-Mobile’s prepaid subsidiary. The handset comes with pretty basic hardware, such as 5-inch display running a resolution of 540 by 960 pixels at a PPI of 220, a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset paired …

We’ve all been hearing and writing about the growth of Chinese companies, and now, after we’ve witnessed having seven of the top phone makers be from China (the only exceptions are Apple from the United States, and Samsung and LG from Korea), financial reports for the first half of the year show that those companies are only solidifying their positions. …

Last year’s popular mobile game Threes made a lot of money with a $3 price tag, but releasing a free version last month proved to be a great business decision for the developer. Asher Vollmer, creator of Threes, revealed on Twitter that the free version has doubled the game’s revenue. Making money solely from advertisements, the free game charted nearly …

  It brought him some extra spending money and a surprising amount of notoriety, butHockey Night in Canada‘s chief play-by-play man Jim Hughson doesn’t miss his side gig. Calling sports video games, like EA Sports’ fantastically successful and increasingly realistic NHL series, can make a man famous and whip his mind to mush. “At one point I was doing the …

It appears that the domestic vendor Intex is all set to add a new entry-level smartphone to its Aqua series. The company has listed the Intex Aqua Y2 Power on its official website. The phone runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat and comes with a quad-core processor. The Intex Aqua Y2 Power offers a compact 4-inch display bearing a screen resolution of …

Last September, Motorola launched its flagship smartphone, the Moto X 2nd-gen. In addition, the company also introduced a new smartphone accessory, the Moto Hint, a tiny wireless Bluetooth earbud that lets you control your Moto X using voice commands. Now it appears that Motorola will launch the second-gen Moto Hint at its July 28th eventalongside the Moto G 3rd-gen and Moto X …

  Oh, the times we live in, when everyone can make a crowdfunding campaign and design their own take on the gadget of our time – the ubiquitous smartphone. That is exactly what the Ubik startup is doing with their first flagship, aptly named the Uno. Unlike most other Kickstarter campaigns, the Uno has already been designed, and the founders …

Remember that antimicrobial cover glass that Corning invented not long ago? Well, it has matured to retail production now, and the ZTE Axon will be the first phone to employ it, says a joint press release. The germophobes of this world will rejoice when they hear that Corning has incorporated antimicrobial tech in its Gorilla Glassfranchise, which is supposed to …

Although the general consensus among analysts seems to be that the tablet market has started to pique, it also looks like the tablet is here to stay as one of the main device form factors. One of the reasons why the tablet is not going to fade away into anonymity anytime soon is an increasing demand for tablets in the …

An Android software update is rarely a smooth transaction, and if you’re aMoto X (2013) owner on AT&T, you’ll be not-so-pleased to learn that your Android 5.1 Lollipop update is buggy to the point that the carrier has suspended it. Owners of the OG Moto X have slowly begun seeing Android 5.1 Lollipop these past few weeks, and AT&T customers would have been grateful …