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LG has unveiled its new smartphone - Optimus L1 II Three. According to the built-in components, it is evident that it is only an entry model in the world of smart phones, but is special in one way.

Microsoft last year organized redemption of Apple devices twice, in a way that they would issue a gift voucher that buyers can spend exclusively in their stores when buying a new Microsoft product in exchange for their iPhone. New promotion started in early February is based on the same principle, only this time instead of $200, buyers can replace their devices for Lumia 1020 or 1520 models.

Yesterday the big news was that Lenovo “bought” Motorola Mobility from Google for around $2.91 Billion dollars. This price tag is a far cry from the $12.5 Billion that Google originally paid for the handset maker. Something seems missing in the differences until you find out that Lenovo did not get the same thing that Google bought. All Lenovo is selling is the manufacturing capability and the brand name. The majority of Motorola’s assets are going to stay with Google.

Nokia Lumia 1520 phablet is by many the best Windows Phone device ever. Nokia seems to have a plan to please the customer which think that a diagonal of six inches on this device is not the best thing.

As expected, earnings of the Korean technology giant Samsung has dropped in the last quarter of 2013. Compared to the year before, the company's profit decreased by 6%, and stopped at 7.73 billion. The operating profit of the department who earns the most, one for mobile devices, has remained the same as a year ago, but fell by as much as 18 % compared to the previous quarter. It is believed that the reason for this is the release of new iPhone models which dragged away customers from Samsung, especially in the pre-Christmas period.

According to the latest information coming from the Motorola's Dennis Woodside, they are currently preparing plans for the first budget smartphone.

Tablets based on Android with 64-bit Atom processors should arrive on the market in the next quarter, according to Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich at a meeting with analysts. Intel in November demonstrated the first prototype tablet with Android, which was powered by a 64-bit Atom. Of course, even though the 64-bit devices are at the door, it is worth noting that most of the applications at this time are not optimized for the new processors.

According to preliminary tests conducted by the website Tom's Hardware newest Nvidia Tegra SoC chip K1 is better than the competition from Qualcomm and Apple. In the graphical tests, Nvidia Tegra K1 achieved 48 fps, compared to Apple's A7 chip which in the same tests made 38 fps, while Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 was left behind with 24 fps.

Famous co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, has given its support to the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi during a visit to the center of the company located in Beijing. Wozniak said on that occasion that he believes Xiaomi offers very good products that can achieve excellent results in the US market.

Samsung Galaxy S5 will be presented after the Mobile World Congress at Samsung's event during March or April. Information was in an interview with Bloomberg confirmed by Lee Young Hee, Samsung's vice president of mobile devices.