Huawei recently announced their latest Android smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P1, and now according to a recent report the company may be about to release an LTE enable version of the P1 along with a larger capacity battery.

The new comes from the guys over at Blog of Mobile who have managed to get their hands on a leaked image of the new LTE enabled P1, which you can see in the second photograph[h below, the first photo is of the Huawei P1 that was announced recently.

Apart from the addition of LTE and a larger capacity battery, the new Huawei P1 LTE is expected to feature the same specifications as the P1, which include ... Read more »

We have featured a number of new technologies here  started to incorporate transparent displays, Such as the Samsung Smart Window. Now designers Shaocheng Huang & Yuyin Huang have imagined what it would be like to have a transparent screen on your smartphone.

Then you concept smartphone called the Brick, is equipped with a large transparent screen which can be used for a number of different applications. Including being able to translate or magnify text. Together with allowing the user to be able to take photographs and view video.  Watch a brief video after the jump to see the concept applied to a few new applications.

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Samsung has launched a HD version of their Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone in other countries around the world, we are yet to see one launch here in the UK although that may be about to change.

One online retailer, MobiCity has a listing on their website for a Samsung Galaxy S II HD, it looks like the listing has now been removed, but you can see the second photo below which was taken from their website by the guys from MoDaCo.

The Samsung Galaxy S II HD was announced with LTE in South Korea back in October of 2011, and the device has become available in different countries and it is currently available in the US. ... Read more »

Google is currently testing a new login feature for their Gmail users which now allows you to login to your Gmail account using a QR code rather than typing in your username and password.

The new logging feature is currently being tested by Google to make their Gmail service more secure for users who need to login to their mail account via public or potentially insecure Wi-Fi networks. The use of a QR code is hoped to help keep your login details safe from possible malicious hackers who could use it to access your account using key logging software that will record what you type while on public networks.

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Any Apple device owners in the UK now have the chance to recycle their old and unwanted Apple electronic equipment using Apple’s Reuse and Recycling Program which has now arrived in the UK.

The Reuse And Recycle scheme has already been running in the US and Canada and has been very successful in recycling old and unwanted Apple devices, and even allows the owner to receive money for any devices that can be reused.

To recycle unwanted devices simply visit the Apple website and answering ... Read more »

It looks like CyanogenMod 9 will bring a new music app to Android devices when it is released, and it comes with some interesting features which include motion controls for music playback as well as gesture controls.

The new CyanogenMod 9 Android music app also comes with integration for custom lock screens and downloadable themes, and it has been developer by Andrew Neal.

The new music app is designed to replace the stock music app for Android with CyanogenMod 9, and it is designed to be fully customizable, have a loo ... Read more »

It looks like owners of Google’s flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus are experiencing another problem with their new Android Ice Cream Sandwich device.

There have been a number of reports of a bug that causes the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to randomly reboot and the problem appears to be happening to owners of both the GSM version and the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus.

A number of users have reported the problem over at the Google support forums, and Google have said on there that they are aware of the issue, although they haven’t released any information on a ... Read more »

Microsoft has announced that it will be bringing a range of new games to its Window Phone platform, plus a range of games in conjunction with both Electronic Arts and Nokia and the games are expected to be available in February.

Some of the titles announced for Windows Phone include Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction and Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp.

As well as these games for Windows Phone devices, Nokia has teamed up with Electronic Arts and they will be bringing over 20 of the worlds most popular games to Windows Phone devices.

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With Verizon about to launch the new Motorola Droid 4, they have decided to drop the price of the Motorola Droid 3 before the new model goes on sale, and the device can now be had for $99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with Verizon.

As a reminder the Motorola Droid 3, which originally went on sale last June comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and it features a 4 inch qHD touchscreen display.

The display comes with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, and it also comes with a slide out QWERTY keyboard, processing is provided by a dual c ... Read more »

Samsung has launched a new version if its massively popular Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone for Japan, the Samsung Galaxy S II WiMax which will be available with Japan’s KDDI au.

The new Samsung Galaxy S II WiMAX comes with new specifications over the original Galaxy S II handset, and it features a 4.7 inch Super AMOLED HD display.

The 4.7 inch Super AMOLED HD display has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, which means it is capable of displaying HD video and content in 720p.

Processi ... Read more »