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Third-generation iPad News from Korean ETNews bears information of a larger iPad. According to their sources, Apple is planning to launch a bigger “iPad Maxi” in early 2014. The iPad Maxi will reportedly have a screen measuring 12.9-inches diagonally. The new iPad size will help the company fight against ultrabooks and other small notebooks. Since the...

Tizen logo UAProf files reveal new devices before their announcement. Today, the UAProf of a GT-I8805 was spotted hiding on Samsung’s server. The UAProf confirms that the device runs Tizen 2.1. Other details confirmed by this file show the GT-I8805 running a Cortex A9 and a 720p screen (1280 x 720). Samsung is expected to announce the GT-I8805 in July. Those...

Average mobile data price in the European Union A new report by Finnish Rewheel compares mobile data pricing across the European Union. The report highlights huge differences in data charges per gigabyte in the 27 European member stats. Data charges in Germany are among the most expensive, while us here in Finland enjoy the cheapest data charges. The Nordic countries...

Kaspersky Mobile Security Viruses and malware has been a growing problem on Android. To counteract this, Kaspersky Lab has teamed-up with Qualcomm to pre-install its antivirus solution on Snapdragon-powered Android devices. Under this deal, Android devices with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips will get Kaspersky’s software preloaded on their devices. Smartphones...

Microsoft Surface RT red Digitimes reports that Microsoft is preparing to announce a successor to the Microsoft Surface at its annual Build Developer Conference held from June 26-28. Digitimes cite their usual supply chain sources, who reportedly have already shipped components for 1-1.5 million Intel-based units to Microsoft since the end of 2012. The same source...

iPad 5 rear shell Tactus earlier provided us with a rear shell leak of the upcoming budget iPhone. Today, Tactus leaked what is claimed to be a rear shell of the fifth-generation iPad. It doesn’t reveal much, though. Generally speaking, the design looks narrower. Apple is rumored to slim down the big iPad, borrowing heavily from the iPad mini. Stay tuned...

The Social Network We’ve finally joined the leading social networks! You’ll now be able to follow us on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. RSS will obviously continue to work, too Those of you who have subscribed to our old RSS feed (through Feedburner) should update the feed URL to http://www.www.esphoneblog.com/feed. ...