LG G3 to arrive on May 17th

According to a Korean media, the LG G3 flagship release date will be May 17th, and it will sport a QHD display 1440 x 2560 resolution. That shortens the typical annual upgrade cycle since the G2 a bit, but apparently LG doesn't want to leave much sales on the table to the Galaxy S5, like it did last year.

The screen diagonal is reported to be slightly larger than on the G2, to a speculated 5.5 inches, which would naturally mean quite the thin bezel all around, if LG wants to keep the overall size in check, too. Previous rumors pegged the rear camera to be 16 MP, probably with OIS technology, while the processor part rumor is more interesting, claiming LG's own Odin mobile chipset will be in there.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 to feature passive stylus support and better air gestures

Samsung Galaxy S5 may feature improved gesture recognition and support for passive stylus input thanks to an advanced touch controller supplied by Synaptics.

Stifel, a major financial services firm, raised its target share price for Synaptics yesterday, and told investors that the company secured a deal with Samsung to put its new touch controller in the Galaxy S5. This isn’t a surprise, given that Synaptics, one of the largest suppliers of human interface solutions, has supplied touch controllers for both the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note 3 last year.

According to ETNews, a Korean IT news portal, the new controller from Synaptics will improve the recognition of hover gestures and bring support for passive stylus input to Samsung’s high-end devices in 2014.

The new controller from Synaptics will make Air View more accurate and reliable, and increase the range of detection, according to ETNews, citing industry sources.

The new controller will let Samsung equip the Galaxy S5 with support for passive styluses. Passive styluses don’t communicate with the device, the way an active stylus like the S Pen of the Note series does, acting instead like an extension of your finger. Synaptics’ touchscreen panel can recognize styluses with tips of down to 2.5pi, allowing for finer input and better handwriting recognition.

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is expected to be unveiled in March ahead of an April launch. According to numerous reports, the Galaxy S5′s specs include a large quad HD display, a new 64-bit 8-core Exynos processor or a quad-core Snapdragon processor depending on the model, a 16-megapixel camera with new technology that offers improved low-light photo quality, 3GB or 4GB of RAM, a 4,000 mAh battery and Android 4.4 KitKat.

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Samsung Nexus 10 [2014] specs leaked

@evleaks shared an image of what looks to be Samsung’s Nexus 10 on Twitter, but this leak comes with an unusual addendum alerting followers that he can’t vouch for the leak’s validity.

According to the tweet, the new Nexus 10 will feature an Exynos 5 chip, WQXGA display, 3GB of RAM, 3- and 5-megapixel cameras and Android 4.5. The tablet will also come in 16GB and 32GB variants. It’s a very sketchy leak, but until Samsung or Google make an official announcement regarding the next Nexus 10, it’s all we have to go on.

@evleaks has taken down the tweet with the image and supposed specs after another report signaled that the leak was likely a hoax.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 to be unveiled in New York City during March

Recently report from an Italian journalist Flavio Piccioni, who heard from a reliable source, that the Samsung Galaxy S5 would be unveiled in London around the middle of March. Of course, that would contradict the popular idea that the next iteration of Samsung's Android flagship handset would be unwrapped at MWC in February.

A published report out of Korea on Tuesday, cites an anonymous Samsung official who says that the MWC is mostly for business meetings and that the timing is wrong for an unveiling of the Galaxy S5 in Barcelona. And instead of a March launch in London, this executive says that the unveiling will be in New York City instead.

That might not seem terribly surprising considering that the Samsung Galaxy S4 was introduced to the world in New York City's Times Square last March. If the Korean based OEM is going back to the Big Apple to unveil the Galaxy S5, we wonder if HTC will be hanging out nearby with the HTC One+ like they did last year with the HTC One.

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HP Slate 6 features a Quad-core processor, dual SIM and with HD screen

Last month a reported stated that, HP intends to release a 6" and 7" Android devices, priced less than $250 each. Naturally, at this price, they are intended more to secure some foothold for HP in markets like China and India. Dubbed HP Slate 6 Voice Tab, the 6-incher already appeared at the Bluetooth certification and graphics benchmark databases.

Now we got sent a tiny, blurry picture, supposedly from a presentation at the HP Labs, which shows the back of a whitish device that has the HP logo on it.

Our tipster claims that this is precisely what the HP Slate 6 will look like, and it will indeed sport a basic quad-core processor, 1280x720 pixels HD display, dual SIM network support, and have a price tag around the very affordable $200 mark without a contract.

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