By John Biggs HTC has released a new commercial whose primary message is Be Different. While this would be fine in general, I suspect many of us will notice a distinct similarity between this commercial and a number of other commercials, including one filmed three decades ago, in which a troublemaker tears down the status…

Vivo teases the 6-inch X6 smartphone instead of unveiling the XPlay 5S. The upcoming handset may come running on Android 5.1 Lollipop and support dual SIM. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Xperia Z5 is Sony’s latest flagship and a huge improvement to its predecessor, the Xperia Z3+. With more powerful specs and enhanced design features, the Xperia Z5 has bigger reasons to compete aggressively against the iPhone 6s Plus and the Galaxy S6. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Samsung has trademarked BRITECELL in South Korea. The trademark filing hints a better camera for the upcoming Samsung smartphones such as the Galaxy S7. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Ingrid Lunden On the heels of a $75 million investment from Accel, Chinese drone king DJI is putting some of its funding to use by making some investments of its own. The company this week announced that it would be taking a stake in Hasselblad, a camera maker from Sweden that focuses (!) on…

By Kane Fulton With 1 million games downloaded every day, French publisher Gameloft is one of the planet’s biggest smartphone videogame developers. If you’ve ever whipped out your handset to take a look at the latest titles in the iOS App Store or Google Play Store, the chances are you’ll have come across Gameloft’s Call…

By Kane Fulton With 1 million games downloaded every day, French publisher Gameloft is one of the planet’s biggest smartphone videogame developers. If you’ve ever whipped out your handset to take a look at the latest titles in the iOS App Store or Google Play Store, the chances are you’ll have come across Gameloft’s Call…

Motorola has a new Moto G version in store, as an upgraded Moto G Turbo Edition is reportedly set to launch in Mexico on Nov. 13. With a higher resolution and a more powerful processor, this model will cost around $283. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Some of the best smartphone deals of the season have just been announced. Buyers can pick up a $99 iPhone 6s or $1 Samsung Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 sale for Verizon, Sprint or U.S. Cellular at Sam’s Club in a Nov. 14 pre-Black Friday sale. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Oppo A53 has been cleared by TENAA. The upcoming smartphone will have a 5.5-inch 720P display, 2GB of RAM, 13MP rear-facing camera and more. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The HTC One A9 looking like iPhone 6 was apparently just the beginning. A new HTC video ad now uses rather crude anti-Apple symbolism, while the commercial’s concept reminded everyone of a famous Mac ad. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Desire Athow Putting software first are what hyper-converged infrastructures are all about. Hardware, for once, takes the back seat, which is what worries some of the more traditional players. Combining commodity hardware with smart software to produce a self-sustaining system guided by the SDS (Software-Defined software) motto. Not surprisingly, it has disrupted the business…

By Desire Athow Putting software first are what hyper-converged infrastructures are all about. Hardware, for once, takes the back seat, which is what worries some of the more traditional players. Combining commodity hardware with smart software to produce a self-sustaining system guided by the SDS (Software-Defined software) motto. Not surprisingly, it has disrupted the business…

Samsung got a rough verdict from analyst Ben Bajarin: the company will stop making smartphones in five years, tops. Bajarin estimated that implacable factors may cause the premium Android smartphone OEM to end its mobile business. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Ingrid Lunden The writing is on the wall for more consolidation in the world of startups… both literally and figuratively. Today Anoto, a digital writing company based out of Sweden, announced that it would acquire longtime partner Livescribe, another a smart pen maker, for $15 million in a deal that is expected to close…