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Eric Abent
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Eric has been writing about the consumer electronics industry for the past three years, specializing in computers, video games, and of course, Android. Currently, his weapon of choice is a Nexus 4, after a rather difficult parting with a reliable Atrix HD. If there's one thing he loves more than attribute bonuses, it's hearing about the next big news item.

Meizu MX4 Rumored To Have August Launch With Budget Price Point
Apr 22, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Meizu MX4 Rumored To Have August Launch With Budget Price Point
If you were to ask us what's been confirmed in regards to Meizu's incoming flagship…
Apr 22, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Talks Up Tizen While Plotting to Move Beyond Manufacturing
When you look at the success of Android, it's easy to see why some big…
Apr 22, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Two New DROID MAXX Colors Appear at Verizon but Feature Less Storage
Between phones like the HTC One M8 and the Samsung Galaxy S5, consumers looking for…
Apr 18, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Google Expands +Post Ads to Include More Pages, Adds Two New Features
Back in December, Google launched its +Post ads service, which allows companies to take public…
Apr 16, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Intel CEO Bets on Android Tablets Rather than Windows to Bring Profitability…
In case you haven't already heard, 2013 wasn't the best of years for Intel's mobile…
Apr 16, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Galaxy S5 Edges Out HTC One M8 in SquareTrade's Breakability Test
The smartphones that release these days are generally slim and sexy pieces of kit, but…
Apr 14, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Oppo Reverses Decision to Cease R819 Firmware Updates
Oppo found itself in a bit of a sticky situation earlier this week when it…
Apr 11, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung's Surround Shot Compatible with Galaxy S5, Feature Requires Download
  Those of you ripping open Galaxy S5 boxes today might be pleased to know…
Apr 11, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Threatens to Topple Apple's Tablet Dominance with Rising Sales in Q1…
Samsung has been the reigning king of smartphone sales for a while now, but if…
Apr 09, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Thanks To Samsung, Selfies With The President Could Soon Be A Thing…
Hoping that one day you might get the opportunity to take a selfie with the…
Apr 07, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Sprint's WiMAX Network Getting The Axe By End Of 2015
It would appear that Sprint's WiMAX network doesn't have much time left. The company has…
Apr 07, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Internal Apple Documents Express Concern Over Market Share War with Samsung and…
The Apple-Samsung patent war rages on, and at this point, it seems like it may…
Apr 04, 2014 · By Eric Abent
HTC One (M8) Gold-Plated Version Launching Today, 'Real Gold' Edition to Follow
Every once in a while, we here at Android Headlines get the pleasure of covering…
Apr 04, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Google's Proposed 'Glass' Trademark Hits Roadblock With USPTO
We've all heard this story before: a company tries to trademark a common word and…
Apr 03, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Developer Program Policies Updated; Google to Ban Erotic Content from the Playstore?
Earlier today, we told you about some interesting revisions made to Google's Play Store Developer…
Mar 28, 2014 · By Eric Abent
AT&T Delivers List of ASUS Padfone X Specifications
Here's some good news if you've been waiting for the ASUS Padfone X to hit…
Mar 28, 2014 · By Eric Abent
New Twitter for Android Update Delivers Multiple Photo Uploads, Photo Tagging
Frequent users of Twitter on Android have a couple of new features to look forward…
Mar 26, 2014 · By Eric Abent
EE Launches Low-Cost Kestrel Smartphone in the UK with 4G Abilities
Smartphones are awesome, but man are some of them expensive. Lately we've been seeing some…
Mar 26, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Sense 6.0 Update on the way for Existing HTC One Owners
Make no mistake, there's a lot of commotion surrounding the New HTC One M8. That…
Mar 25, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Sprint Ads Featuring The Frobinsons Begin To Show In US
Anyone who has spent any amount of time on the Internet should know that Japan…
Mar 24, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Most Wearables Users Consider Themselves Early Adopters, Nielsen Report Finds
Whether you like them or not, the wearables are invading. We're seeing a major wearables…
Mar 20, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Wondering Where Samsung's 64-Bit Phone Is? D-RAM and Android Might be to…
While Apple is already offering a 64-bit smartphone in the form of the iPhone 5S,…
Mar 19, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Qualcomm Confirms Android Wear Smartwatches will Utilize Snapdragon Processors
By this time, you probably already know that Android Wear has been unleashed on the…
Mar 19, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Galaxy S5 Won't be Considered a Medical Device in South Korea
The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes equipped with a few features centered around fitness. Perhaps the…
Mar 17, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Tinder Prepares to Launch Verification Method for Celebrity Users
If you happen to be a celebrity who uses Tinder (Ashton Kutcher reads Android Headlines,…
Mar 12, 2014 · By Eric Abent
ZTE Drops A Couple Nubia X6 Battery Details
Time to continue the trend of manufacturers releasing small morsels of information about their upcoming…
Mar 12, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Design Patent for Phone With 21:9 Aspect Ratio Appears on USPTO…
With so many phones releasing each and every year, there's a decent amount of pressure…
Mar 12, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Flappy Bird May Eventually Make a Return
Flappy Bird has already become one of the biggest stories of 2014, vanishing from app…
Mar 11, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Disgruntled Mother brings Class Action against Google after Child Drops $65 on…
Love them or hate them, in-app purchases go hand in hand with mobile gaming these…
Mar 11, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Pebble Kicks off App Challenge, Offering $5,000 to Highest Ranked Submission
Now that the Pebble smartwatch has its own appstore, it's time to populate it with…
Mar 10, 2014 · By Eric Abent
OnePlus One to Launch with Non-Removable 3,100mAh, CEO Explains Why
While some people like to obsess over screen sizes or processor speeds, just as many…
Mar 10, 2014 · By Eric Abent
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 Pops up in FCC Listings
The Samsung Galaxy S5 will be launching around the world soon, but before it makes…
Mar 07, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Shows off a Wide Variety of Galaxy S5 Cases
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is launching at the beginning of next month, and for those…
Mar 07, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Galaxy S5's 'Drive Mode' Spotted In The Wild
While it's always tempting to view smartphones as nothing more than high-tech toys, the real…
Mar 04, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Qualcomm Continues to Dominate SoC Market While MediaTek and Intel Duke it…
A new (and rather unsurprisingly) report from Strategy Analytics shows Qualcomm sitting on top of…
Feb 27, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Square Pickup Enters Beta Testing On Android And iOS
Foodies take note: Square is beta testing a new app that has some pretty exciting…
Feb 25, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Android 4.4.2 OTA Update Rolling Out to AT&T Galaxy S4 Tomorrow
While everyone is causing a hubbub over the Galaxy S5, it's easy to forget that…
Feb 25, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Goophone Capitalizes On Galaxy S5 Announcement With Goophone S5
When a popular new smartphone is announced, inexpensive "alternatives" can't be far off. Goophone has…
Feb 25, 2014 · By Eric Abent
New Samsung Infographic Compares Galaxy S5 to Previous Models
With all of the fuss over the Galaxy S5, it appears Samsung thought it would…
Feb 25, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Galaxy S5 Gets Hands-On Treatment From Samsung
Hands-on videos about the freshly revealed Galaxy S5 will be in short supply for some…
Feb 24, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Sprint Now Allowing Prospective Galaxy S5 Buyers to Pre-Register for More Information
After the success of the other flagship devices in the Galaxy S line, there was…
Feb 24, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Samsung Gear Fit Takes Center Stage With Curved Super AMOLED Display
The Galaxy S5 might be the current talk of the town, but Samsung had some…
Feb 24, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Second Generation YotaPhone Android Smartphone Unveiled at MWC 2014
The first YotaPhone certainly made some heads turn, but the long wait between reveal and…
Feb 23, 2014 · By Eric Abent
First Tizen Smartphone Said To Arrive Sometime This Year
If you've been holding out for a smartphone running Tizen, chances are you're feeling a…
Feb 23, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Dish Isn't Going to Make a Move on T-Mobile with Sprint and…
It would seem that T-Mobile is the apple of many an eye these days. We've…
Feb 22, 2014 · By Eric Abent
ASUS Reportedly Pulls Plug on Windows/Android Dual OS Notebook at Google's Request
CES 2014 turned out to be a pretty exciting time for ASUS fans. The company…
Feb 21, 2014 · By Eric Abent
US 4G LTE Speeds Lag Behind Most of the World, T-Mobile Has…
Generally speaking, the US is a good place to find a lot of awesome things.…
Feb 20, 2014 · By Eric Abent
LG's G Pro 2 Specs: Comes Outfitted with Some Impressive Hardware
So hey, what do you know? LG has officially unveiled the G Pro 2, a…
Feb 12, 2014 · By Eric Abent
LG Expects Boom In Wearables Demand, Plans Increase in Flexible OLED's
If you thought the unimpressive performance of LG's G Flex would be enough to steer…
Feb 12, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Update for SwiftKey's Emoji Beta now Available, Adds 'Recently Used' Tab
If you're running the beta version of SwiftKey version 4.5 - which landed back in…
Feb 12, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Google, Foxconn Reportedly Team Up to Tackle Automated Manufacturing
Foxconn has worked with a number of big names in the consumer electronics space, but…
Feb 11, 2014 · By Eric Abent
Sprint Ponders Backing Away from Planned T-Mobile Merger as Regulators Remain Unconvinced
We can't say we didn't see it coming: after hearing last week that federal regulators…
Feb 10, 2014 · By Eric Abent