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Recently we covered tech specs and benchmarks done by the Intel Atom powered Lenovo K900 and now it has just been announced that it will be released to the Chinese market on May 6. While there isn't any info yet on other markets, a number of Lenovo IdeaBrand smartphones have already made their way to Malaysia, making the Lenovo K900's arrival here on Malaysian shores seem almost guaranteed. If not done officially, we can probably rely on some of our local retailers to pick it up as well.

Samsung's next rumour filled device, the Galaxy Note III now has a rumour about its screen. Rather than go for the almost-scratch-proof Corning Gorilla Glass 3 used on the Samsung Galaxy S4 / S IV, rumours have surfaced that say the Samsung Galaxy Note III will use a plastic OLED screen. If so, this wouldn't only be a world's first, it would mean a number of other things as well. First and foremost would be a screen that would not only be scratch resistant but tough to the point of being almost unbreakable which fits with earlier rumours stating that the screen would be unbreakable.

A while back Samsung showed off a number of the S features for their upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 / S IV smartphone and one of them was Group Play. From the initial Samsung Group Play ad, it seemed like just a way for you to share your music and media, however, this is just the tip of the iceberg. In a video showing off just what you can do with Group Play, HowardForums.com sat down with Samsung reps and did a little bit more digging with Group Play.

After the Samsung Galaxy SIII and Samsung Galaxy Note II retail prices took a dip down to RM1699 and RM1999 respectively it is now U Mobile's turn to drop the prices for bundles offering these devices. The Samsung Galaxy SIII is available for the U58, U88 and U Premium plans while the Samsung Galaxy Note II is available for all of the plans. For all the little pricing details check out the table below:

All those pre-order Google Glass users who bought the Google Glass Explorer Edition for $1500 are starting to talk about their experiences with the wearable computer. Brandon Allgood, CTO of Numerate said that it was very lightweight and changed many of his habits. He no longer needs a clock or watch as just tilting his head back displays the time. According to him, his favourite feature remains Google Now as with it he is able to keep track of sports all night. His complaints for the device include the fact that low light shots aren't very good and while you can say "ok glass, take a picture" to take a shot it does not in fact allow you to frame a picture beforehand. The bone-conduction system on the other hand is great as he can now hear and feel sounds through his bones.

While there are all sorts of gesture controls for the touchscreen devices of today, how about a screen where you can actually pinch, pull and push? This is the question that was asked by Dhairya Dand and Rob Hemsley of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Using an elastic interactive display with depth cameras, the screen allows for a third axis of motion, which means you can actually push and pull on the display.

After months of foreshadowing, Celcom has finally come out with their 4G LTE coverage. Going under the name Celcom 4G LTE, Celcom will be offering a 4G LTE Modem with 3 months worth of Celcom First data plan for RM199. This deal will be available tomorrow (23 April 2013) at selected Blue Cube outlets (Blue Cube @ sunway, Blue Cube Pavilion, Blue Cube Menara Celcom) and is limited to the first 1000 customers though. Those customers after the first 1000 will probably have to pay the standard monthly payment of RM138 per month.

A while back, Apple patented a wraparound display for a smartphone which cropped up as rumours for the next Apple iPhone design. Well, we're not saying that this really will happen for the Apple iPhone 6, but someone went that extra mile to bring us some realistic renders of a wraparound Apple iPhone 6 concept.

According to this concept, this wraparound Apple iPhone 6 will have a resolution of 1615 x 1800 pixels, a Facetime HD front facing camera, NFC support and a Lightning connector. The video render also shows some possible gestures and other features with the wraparound phone.

While we've been hearing rumours about Pantech's bezel-less smartphone for quite some time, they've come out and announced it as the Pantech Vega Iron. While the key draw for the smartphone is that it has almost no bezels it also manages to pack some impressive tech specs which include:

• A 1.7GHz quad-core Krait 300 processor
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset
• 2GB of RAM
• 32GB storage + 64GB MicroSD support
• 5-inch 720p display
• 13MP rear camera
• Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean
• 2150 mAh battery

Now that the HTC One has made a path for HTC, rumours have surfaced about a possible mid-range smartphone based on the HTC One called the HTC M4. The HTC M4 will supposedly have a metal-alloy chassis supplied by Catcher Technology. This may eliminate supply problems the company had with the HTC One. The HTC M4 also goes as the HTC 606w in China where it has been confirmed to exist via an approval from the Telecommunication Equipment Certification Centre in China with tech specs such as the following:

• Dual-core Krait 200 processor
• Snapdragon 400 Chipset
• 1GB RAM
• Adreno 305 graphics
• 4.3-inch 720p screen
• UltraPixel rear camera + 1.6MP front camera
• Android 4.1.2 + Sense 5
• 16GB of storage
• Supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS + GLONASS, dual SIM