Mentioned as the world’s first smartphone built to feature Facebook Home, the new HTC First enables users to keep updated on their friends’ latest updates right on the home screen. As stated by Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, Home is a completely new experience by bringing News Feed to the surface without having to open an app or access a mobile website. It looks like the common RSS reader, right?
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With a 1.2GHz quad core processor, Samsung’s new GALAXY win features dual SIM support, a 4.7 inches display, and runs on Android Jelly Bean. Still looking to the powerhouse, this large yet compact smartphone is also configured with 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage and a 2,000mAh battery. With such high-end specs, users can play any apps or games with vivid color and resolution without a doubt.
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This year will be the hardest seasion to choose the most high-profile smartphone. There so many devices available, to come, and finally to choose. Have you heard about Nexus 5? will it be also the next big thing, it seems everybody says its upcoming device is the next big think. Ok let’s forget about the next big think jargon, let’s face the upcoming GALAXY S4. This beast comes with a magic feature called ‘Air Gesture’ that allows you to change the music track, scroll up and down a web page, or accept a call with a wave of hand. It works like a magic, but I don’t think it’s a new invention, Sony has did it before.
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The Xperia T, also known as the James Bond phone, is the latest offering from Japanese manufacturer Sony. This is the most powerful handset of the Xperia range, until the release of Xperia Z is announced. We had a look at the bold new handset to see what all the fuss was about.

Design

Considering this handset is associated with James Bond, you would expect a lean and classy looking handset. On first inspection, this isn’t the mobile equivalent of a man in Tom Ford suit. The Xperia T is rather bulky and comes with a plastic or rubber back panel depending on your colour choice. Neither finishes are particularly enthralling; however, they do feel good in the hand.
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If Samsung and LG are proud to have the iconic Galaxy S and Optimus G respectively, now HTC has the same thing to be proud of, the new HTC One. Featuring a metal inibody design, the HTC’s new iconic smartphone is wrapped in a zero-gap aluminium unibody that I think it’s really cool. The body is all metal, and HTC claimed itself as the world’s first company to successfully create a full metal phone. Read this to get the full story of making it.
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Introduced at MWC 2013 in Barcelona last week, the next gen Optimus L Series is believed to deliver an enhanced user experience with a 4.3-inch high-resolution IPS display and extended capacity battery. Powered by a 1GHz Dual-Core processor, the L Series II is also configured with up to 4GB eMMC / 768MB RAM and support Micro SD.
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We here at Trendy Gadget love a good giveaway as well as a great gadget! We have teamed up with LiGo, giving you the chance to win an RTX DUALphone 4088 Skype Cordless Phone which allows you to make Skype calls without using a PC!

This is a top of the range cordless Skype phone which only needs a broadband connection to allow you to talk, free of charge, with your Skype friends or with other landline phones via extremely low “SkypeOut” call rates. With superior sound quality, a range of up to 300 metres, easy to use and install, this product is a welcome addition to any home or office – and with great speakerphone functionality it’s an ideal choice for the hard of hearing or for conference calls too!

You could win this cordless Skype phone and we will also give 5 runners-up a voucher for 20% off anything at LiGo.

HOW TO ENTER
To win this competition please write a comment at the bottom of this post and tell us, in one sentence or less, what you use Skype for. There are no wrong answers so just go nuts and we’ll select the lucky winners on the 15th March.
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As the latest smartphone in Ascend series, the HUAWEI Ascend D2 runs on Android 4.1 and features a 5-inch FHD IPS+ 443 PPI Super Retina LCD display, Huawei’s K3V2 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU and a 13 MP BSI camera. Regarding battery life, the Ascend D2 has a stand-by time of six days on WCDMA, thank to the 3000mAh battery and Huawei’s proprietary Quick Power Control (QPC) and Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) battery efficiency technology.
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