Neptune's Pine is More Than Just a Smartwatch, Also a Standalone Smartphone

When it comes to smartwatch, it's hard to imagine what's come next. Besides the design, what else should be taken into consideration when designing a smartwatch? At here CES 2014, CEO of Neptune, Simon Tian, announced the Pine Smartwatch: an idea of shrinking a smartphone down into a watch-size.

Nokia Announces the Lumia 525 - A New Budget Windows Phone 8

Nokia introduced a new budget Windows Phone 8 to its entry-level Lumia smartphone, the Lumia 525. This device is the successor to the popular Lumia 520, the 525 also comes with swappable back covers (available in white, orange and yellow).

Just like its predecessor, the Lumia 525 featuring a 4 inch 800 x 480 IPS LCD display, 5 MP rear camera, 8 GB internal storage and a microSD card slot. It's powered by a Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1 GHz processor and doubling up the RAM inside to 1 GB. The extra memory allows more apps to run at the same time.

For more information, kindly visit the official product page and check out the promo video below.

UPFATE: The Lumia 525 has a retail price of RM499.

Source: Nokia

HTC Announces Desire 601 and Desire 300

Today, HTC announced two new devices the HTC Desire 601 and HTC Desire 300. The Desire 601 is a  mid-range Android smartphone, spots a 4.5 inch qHD 960 x 540 display. Under its hood is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Dual-core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz and LTE connectivity. The device paired with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB internal storage expandable via microSD.

Packed with a 5 MP camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. The Desire 601 also comes with HTC Zoe,BoomSound, Sense 5 and BlinkFeed. It sharing the design language and some features found on the flagship HTC One, making it the most advanced mid-range smartphone available. The dual, front facing HTC BoomSound speakers join with the large screen deliver the best multimedia enjoyment.

The HTC Desire 300 is a powerful entry-level Android smartphone. It packed a 4.3 inch display, Dual-core 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor paired with 512 MB RAM and 4 GB Storage, a microSD card slot expandable up to 64 GB, a 5 MP rear camera, VGA front facing camera, and 1,650 mAh battery on board.

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