HTC Desire 820 Has 64-Bit CPU with 8MP Front Camera Goes for the Selfie Crown

We have been getting rumors on the world’s first 64-bit smartphone for quite some time, but every source indicated the HTC Desire 820 as the first device to pack such an advanced chipset. It turned out that HTC preferred to launch the Desire 510, a slightly cheaper handset, as the world’s first 64-bit smartphone, a few days ahead of IFA 2014 trade fair. However, the Desire 820 hasn’t been forgotten and the Taiwanese company made it official during its only press conference scheduled for this year’s IFA. Although it’s not the world’s first 64-bit smartphone, the Desire 820 is equipped with a more powerful system-on-chip than HTC Desire 510. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset accommodates a 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processor and...

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MSI GS30 Shadow Gaming Laptop Arrives with GamingDock to Boost Graphic Performance

While every major tech player in the industry is busy launching slews of new products at IFA 2014 in Berlin, MSI has been quite absent from the news. But today the gaming computer specialist breaks the silence and rolls out a new 13.3-inch machine (with 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution) dubbed the GS30 Shadow. The machine takes advantage of Intel 4th Gen Core i7 chip architecture and Iris Pro graphics, which are designed to almost double performance compared to the previous generation. An important highlight of this lappy is that MSI managed to slim it down and make it extremely light at just 1.3kg / 2.8 lbs. The laptop bundles support for DX11.1, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.0 and enhanced 4k x 2k. MSI offers the new laptop with a GamingDock...

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Android L Market Name Could Be Unveiled on September 6

Put this under the rumors category, as the only things we have that might indicate that Google is ready to announce the real name of the Android L update tomorrow are two pictures. Android L might not be the market name of the next version of Google’s mobile operating system. There have been quite a few reports that tipped different names for Android L, like Lemon Meringue Pie for example. However, when it comes to Google we can never be sure until the last moment. Anyway, it appears that the search giant plans to erect the statue (mascot) that will represent the next version of Android, which is supposed to be released this fall. The information is confirmed by two pictures a benevolent tipster sent to MobileSyrup. One of the pictures...

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