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Behold, the bamboo Moto X . OK, only the back is bamboo — but this thing looks sweet. We opted for the white face this time around (and it's already collecting pocket lint), along with black buttons. Maybe you'll love it. Maybe you'll loathe it. Maybe you'll look at the extra $100 you have to pay for it and scoff. Or maybe you're hoping one of the other three wood backs (yes, we know bamboo is a grass) we saw earlier this year will soon become available. To each his own. Also cool: The setup wallpaper is — you guessed it — bamboo. For now, just feast upon the glory that is the best Android phone you can buy  — in bamboo. read more        

Microsoft’s Windows Phone visionary, Joe Belfiore, has paid tribute to the ‘gorgeous and awesome’ Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones that have been unveiled today in New York. In an interview with Conversations, which you can watch in the video above, Joe said the innovative new smartphones represented Microsoft’s ‘next big chapter in our partnership with Nokia.’ The Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 are the first Nokia smartphones to run on the new Windows Phone 8 operating system that has been overseen by Joe and his team. How significant is Windows Phone 8? “It is the release where we fulfil the vision of the Metro UI with the beautiful new start experience and with the underpinnings in common with Windows 8 on the desktop, slates and laptops,” says Joe. “I think the common technology core with a great new user interface across all our products is going to help developers write more apps, help end users be more productive and happy, and hopefully drive our business together in a s...

Posted in: Android, Tablets 18 hours ago by Ian James Franco does more than act – apparently his resume includes being a writer, producer, director and…Galaxy Note 10.1 multitasker? A cool new promo video shows off James Franco’s skills at multitasking with the latest and greatest slate from Samsung. We don’t know who to be more impressed with: James Franco or the tablet. Either way, we had one of them make a visit to our office (unfortunately, it wasn’t James Franco), but you can check out our impressions of the Note 10.1 in our full review. View the original article here