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Voice commands are becoming a staple when it comes to phones and tablets these days. Apple pushed it into the lime light with Siri and Google refined it with Google Now. While some of the features seem to be for novelty sake companies like Samsung and LG are taking a look at using it for navigational purposes. With that being said it appears that LG is working on a phone that will debut some time in 2014 that will feature voice commands at the core of its system. This functionality will be used to navigate through various system functions. This will help, for example, in the car where handsfree voice navigation is crucial. One function may include zooming in and out of maps, but from what it sounds like voice navigation will work throughout Android itself. That’s about it on the software front. On the hardware side of things the device may sport a Snapdragon 800 processor which should help the software run smoothly. Other than that there isn’t much to go on. LG hasn’t said anything regarding such a device. Voice navigation seems to be a logical step in a hands free world. How about you folks out there? Does the idea of voice navigation on a system wide level intrigue you? source: GottaBe Mobile Come comment on this article: LG said to be working on a phone with always on voice commands that will arrive in 2014 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

HTC One users shouldn't have to go without the latest version of Android for too much longer. Engadget reports that HTC is still planning to upgrade its flagship smartphone to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean at some point, although the site says that "users may need to wait a little longer before it becomes available" for download. The HTC One originally shipped with Android 4.1.2 when it launched this past spring, although HTC vowed that users would be able to upgrade to version 4.2.2 at an undetermined time. Given how quiet HTC has been about the upgrade lately, it's good to hear that the company still plans on making it happen if we don't have any idea of when it might occur.

While it hasn't shown up yet on the beta version of iOS 7, Apple is said to be thinking about baking LinkedIn integration right into the new build of Apple's mobile OS; Those who are familiar with the plans say that it looks similar to how social networks like Facebook and Twitter appear with their integration in iOS 6 and will include the use of share sheets to allow iOS 7 users to add content to LinkedIn...Photos:

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We're been hearing more and more about the HTC One Mini recently. We got confirmation that the name of the device will in fact be the HTC One Mini, and we saw some evidence saying that the device could be coming to T-Mobile. But, what we can now say for sure is that the HTC One Mini will be coming to AT&T, according to a source close to HTC...

We got an early chance to benchmark the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. The results weren't pretty...for the other guys. Originally posted at

If you're genuinely interested in how effective BlackBerry 10 security is then you'll most certainly be interested in checking out the upcoming Black Hat US 2013 conference being held in Las Vegas July 27th - August 1st. At the event, there will be a briefing held by Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, who is a research associate at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg. As noted on the Black Hat 2013 site, his briefing will cover BlackBerry 10 from a security perspective: Read More »

In general, when we see benchmark results that blow the roof off of what we've seen before, there is always the question in the back of our minds, "Okay, but will it actually matter in real world usage?" For the most part, differences in benchmarks are designed for the spec fetishists, and don't make much difference in the real world. But, new benchmarks from the Snapdragon 800 MDP make us think that this time around, we'd feel the difference...Photos:

According to market researcher Berg Insights, sales of smartphones powered by quad-core processors rose to 40 million units in 2012; total smartphone sales amounted to 690 million units last year, up 47% from the 470 million sold in the prior year. Breaking down the data even more, we find that most of the increase in smartphone sales last year came from top-shelf models...

July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Sprint has been jilted at the altar. Dish Network said today that it would not make a new offer to buy Sprint Nextel, in time for the Tuesday deadline. Instead, Dish will focus on its attentions on wireless provider Clearwire. This is the latest event in the never-ending Sprint-Dish-Clearwire-SoftBank saga that is more dramatic than a soap opera. A long-lost cousin with an evil alter ego will be entering at any moment. Last year, Sprint agreed to sell 70 percent of the company to Japan’s Softbank for $20.1 billion. The deal was meant to help Sprint manage its debt and avoid potential bankruptcy, as well as support deployment of its LTE 4G network across the U.S. Around the same time, Sprint announced its intent to buy out Clearwire for $2.2 billion in a move that would give Sprint much of the spectrum it needed for the LTE 4G network. Sprint had previously spent $1.6 billion to bail out Clearwire in December 2011, sold of its Clearwire majority voting rights in June 2012, and then reclaimed its majority voting status in October for $100 million, after Softbank said it was paying Sprint $20.1 billion. The sordid tale continues. In January 2013, Dish Network made an offer to acquire a large stake in Clearwire. Sprints offer was contingent on Softbank buying 70 percent of the company, and so Dish swooped in and threw out a last minute offer that was 11 percent higher than Sprints. A month later, Clearwire took $80 million in financing from Sprint to stay afloat, even as it flirted with Dish for a buyout. Why were Dish and Sprint battling it out over a failed wireless provider, you might be wondering? It all boils down to spectrum. Sprint desperately needs more spectrum to build out its LTE network in the US, and Dish was gearing up to provide its own LTE service. Spectrum is a highly desirable resource and companies will go to great lengths to get it. Oh, but the saga keeps going. In April 2013, Dish announced that it was willing to buy Sprint for $25.5 billion. That’s one way to edge out the competition. Softbank appeared undaunted by these advancements and issued a statement saying that its terms of transaction with Sprint were “superior” to Dish’s “highly conditional preliminary proposal” Sprint was caught in between two suitors interested in its hand –  the experienced carrier who would allow Sprint to exist independently, and the controlling upstart who wanted a complete merger. Dish wanted to hitch up with Sprint to satisfy its own wireless ambitions. Softbank upped its offer last week with a $21.6 billion proposal, which would give SoftBank 78 percent ownership.  Now Dish has rescinded its offer to Sprint and is refocusing its efforts on Clearwire. These our the days of our lives. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Filed under: Business, Deals, Mobile .boilerplate-before .event-boilerplate-mobilebeat { width:278px; margin:0px 0px 10px 20px; padding:10px; float:right; border:1px solid #e4e4e4; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color:#000; } .boilerplate-before .event-boilerplate-mobilebeat .logo-date-wrap { width:100%; display:block; float:left; margin-bottom:8px; } .boilerplate-before .event-boilerplate-mobilebeat img { float:left; } .boilerplate-before .event-boilerplate-mobilebeat .date-location { float:right; font-size:12px; line-height:14px; text-align:center; padding-left:7px; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:3px; border-left:1px solid #e6e6e6; color:#585a5b; } .boilerplate-before .event-boilerplate-mobilebeat .cta { display:block; clear:both; width:100%; border-radius:5px; border:1px solid #1864b1; color:#fff; text-shadow: 0px -1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); text-align:center; text-decoration:none; font-weight:600; font-size:18px; line-height:17px; padding:4px 0px 6px 0px; background: #1f80e4; background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #1f80e4 0%, #1862ae 100%); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-sto