To bolster their developer community Mozilla is now offering free FireFox OS powered smartphones to developers in the how they will create awesome applications for the new operating system.

To be eligible for a free FireFox OS smartphone, you’ll need to submit a proposal to Mozilla outlining the application you are considering building or porting to its new mobile platform.

If accepted Mozilla will then supply you with a free Geeksphone Keon, normally priced at $119 and equipped with a 3.5-inch screen. Powered by a Qualcomm 1GHz processor and a 3 megapixel camera, and 512MB of RAM, 4GB of ROM, MicroSD card slot,which has been designed by Mozilla for the budget conscious and lower end markets.

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The Nokia Lumia 928 is still not official, Nokia started teasing the handset yesterday on their website and now they have posted a video showing off the PureView camera on the Nokia Lumia 928.

The video below shows the Nokia Lumia 928 camera being compared to the camera on the iPhone 5 and the camera on the Samsung Galaxy S3 ... Read more »

A company called ShoreTel has unveiled an interesting, yet strange new accessory for the iPhone or iPad aimed at business users. The accessory is called the ShoreTel Dock and turns your iPhone or iPad into a desktop phone. The device is designed to allow users to slide their iPhone or iPad into the dock and get instant access to the comfort, battery life, and call quality of a business desk phone.

The dock has a power adapter and keeps the iPhone or iPad charged so the batteries always full. The docking system also works with mobility and conferencing applications from the company. Users can dial calls using the desk phone keypad or from the screen of the iPhone or iPad.

The device is expected to launch in Q3 of 2013. The price for the dock is set at $349. The idea with ... Read more »

Samsung recently announced their new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablet, the device comes with a 7 inch display, and now it looks like we will also see an 8 inch and a 10 inch version of the Galaxy Tab 3 later this month.

As yet we do not have any specifications on the 8 inch and 10 inch versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, although they are expected to be similar in terms of processor and more to the 7 inch version which was announced recently, you can see the specifications on this device below.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 features a dual core Cortex A9 processor with a clock speed of 1.9Ghz, plus a 7 inch WSVGA displays with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels at 169PPI, plus Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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Samsung has released a new software update for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4, the update brings a number of improvements to the handset which include improvements to the visual voicemail app and the ISIS app.

The update for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 is being released through Samsung’s KIES software updating tool and also as an over the air update.

You can check to see if the update is available for your Samsung Galaxy S4 via the setting menu on the handset or by connecting it to your computer and using the Samsung Kies software.

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It looks like Sony is getting ready to launch a new Sony Xperia smartphone in China, the device will apparently come with a 5 inch display and will be a dual SIM smartphone that can take two different SIM cards.

This new Sony Xperia handset is currently being referred to as the Sony C3, although this is the codename for the handset, and there are no details on exactly what it will be called.

We do not know much about the specifications on the Sony C3, although it is rumored to feature a similar design to Sony’s flagship Xperia Z smartphone, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

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In addition to the Acer Aspire P3 and Acer Aspire R7 devices unveiled by Acer this week, a new tablet has also been unveiled in the form of the Iconia W3 tablet

Unfortunately for Acer the new Iconia W3 tablet also leaked on to Amazon for $380, and revealed that the new tablet is equipped with a 8.1-inch 1280 x 800-pixel CrystalBrite LCD display.

The Acer Iconia W3 was also listed with 64MB of memory, 32 gigs of internal storage, 2GB of RAM, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, with a 2 megapixel front facing camera for video calling, and a 2 megapixel rear facing for video and photographs. As well as a 3500mAh ba ... Read more »

Microsoft has released some details on Windows Phone 8, the company has said that since the launch of Windows Phone 8 it has increased application downloads by 100 percent over Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft also revealed some information on paid apps, the company has seen an increase of 140 percent in paid app revenue since the launch of Windows Phone 8.

We continue to take steps forward on the path to establish a Windows Phone ecosystem characterized by quality, scale, and developer opportunity. We are seeing strong results for the ecosystem since the launch of Windows Phone 8 with more than a 100% increase in app downloads and nearly 140% increase in paid app revenue. Today I have a few enhancements to announce that can help you expand your app distribution reach ... Read more »

We know that Verizon will officially announce the Nokia Lumia 928 later this month, we have already seen some leaked photos of the handset, and now the device has turned up on an advertising billboard which you can see in the photo below.

The Nokia Lumia 928 will come with a 4.5 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, processing will be provided by a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with a clock speed of 1.5GHz.

Other specifications on the Lumia 928 include an 8.7 megapixel camera with a dual flash which features a Xenon and LED flash, plus Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8, we should have more details later this month.

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Epic and Mozilla have released a new video demonstrating the Epic Citadel Web Version being port with Unreal Engine 3 running in Firefox, and compiled from C++ source with Emscripten, running smoothly and efficiently without the need for plugins.

"To achieve the performance that makes these advancements possible, Mozilla developed asm.js, a highly-optimized subset of JavaScript that enables Emscripten-compiled applications to reach near-native performance. This baseline performance enables developers to create visually compelling and fast gaming experiences on the Web. With this technology, the Web simply becomes just another target platform for developers.”

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