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Samsung will manufacture 28nm Qualcomm Snapdragon chips
04 July, 2012 |
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Yes, you read that right. Samsung, one of Qualcomm's main competitors in the business with mobile silicon, is going to help its rival produce the 28nm Snapdragon S4 SoC. The reason for this is that Qualcomm's current manufacturing partner,...
MeeGo team says goodbye to Nokia, N9 quietly weeps
04 July, 2012 |
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So, this is the end of the road the MeeGo team at Nokia, as Head of Development of MeeGo Sotiris Makrygiannis joined by other team members announced they are parting ways with the Espoo company. Those are the same people responsible for the...
Entry-level Samsung Galaxy Chat pairs ICS with hardware QWERTY
04 July, 2012 |
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The Samsung Galaxy Chat just became official, a couple of days after we saw it in a leaked image. The QWERTY candybar phone will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box with Sammy's traditional TouchWiz skin. The Samsung Galaxy Chat...
Rumored Sony Xperia SL LT26ii might bring a CPU upgrade
04 July, 2012 |
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About a week ago, a Sony Xperia SL LT26ii showed up on the Indonesia's version of the FCC. The site offered no info on its specs, but immediately there were speculation that the SL will be to the Xperia S what the arc S was to the Xperia...
Nokia says Google Nexus 7 tablet infringes its patents
03 July, 2012 |
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It appears that the patent wars between smartphone manufacturers are far from over as virtually every new device is said to infringe on someone else's patents now. And it appears that we are going to have a new big player involved as Nokia just...
Google pulls the Galaxy Nexus from the Play Store in the US
04 July, 2012 |
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Last week we reported that Apple successfully managed to block the sales of the Galaxy Nexus in the US, when the US court found Samsung/Google infringing upon some of Apple's search related patents. Now we are finally seeing the effects of...
comScore shows Android and iOS still gaining market share
03 July, 2012 |
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The most recent comScore report, which reflects the 3 month period ending in May, has Android and Apple combining for over 80% of the market. Windows Phone also saw a small increase in market share, and now stands at 4%. Some 234 million...
Sony, Apple and others receive Red Dot awards for product design
03 July, 2012 |
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The Red Dot awards were handed out and we have several winners in the mobile space. Sony in particular was quite proud of its achievement - it walked away with four awards plus an honorable mention. The Sony Xperia ion and the Xperia active both...
Nokia has a backup plan if Windows Phone 8 fails
03 July, 2012 |
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Nokia has been frantically rejecting the possibility of putting Android on its smartphones, but this might change if Windows Phone 8 fails to gain traction. In an interview aired on a Finnish TV, Risto Siilasmaa, a member of the Nokia board...
HTC DROID INCREDIBLE 4G LTE coming to Verizon on July 5
03 July, 2012 |
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Verizon has announced that the previously unveiled HTC DROID INCREDIBLE 4G LTE will now be available from them exclusively starting Thursday, July 5. The phone will be sold for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate and two-year contract. Other...
Android 4.0 user base increases to 10.9 percent
03 July, 2012 |
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As a bi-monthly tradition, Google has updated the Android user base pie chart on its developer website. Now there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Android 4.0 adoption is at an all time high. You may remember...
Samsung B5330 QWERTY candybar with ICS leaks
02 July, 2012 |
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QWERTY Android smartphones are rare to come by, but it appears they are not ready to go extinct just yet. The just leaked Samsung B5330 proves that at least one manufacturer still has some faith in this form factor. Leaked from some Chinese...
PR1.3 update for Nokia N9 goes live in some regions
02 July, 2012 |
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It looks like Nokia has released PR1.3 for the N9 without much fanfare. After the Finnish company laid off some 10,000 employees last month, it was rumored that any future MeeGo updates would also be scrapped, especially considering that the N9 is...
You can now pre-order the Sony Xperia go in the UK
02 July, 2012 |
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The Sony Xperia go, a tough little dual-core droid, has swam to British shores and has began taking pre-orders. Right now, it's only offered SIM-free from multiple online retailers. Clove UK is asking £225 for the IP67 certified phone. Right now...
Samsung Omnia W gets Windows Phone Tango update
01 July, 2012 |
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Yesterday, we reported that the ageing Dell Venue Pro got the Tango update. Now another, newer and far more popular Windows Phone, the Samsung Omnia W, is getting ready to Tango. Several users in India are reporting that their Omnia W has...
Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2 leaked video shows new features
01 July, 2012 |
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A video of a pre-release Feature Pack 2 for Symbian Belle has leaked. Currently available on Nokia's RDA (Remote Device Access), which only Nokia registered developers have access to, allows for Symbian Belle FP2 to be tried out in an...
Dell Venue Pro receives Windows Phone Tango update
30 June, 2012 |
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If you were concerned whether your non-Nokia Windows Phone will receive the Windows Phone Tango update then you can heave a sigh of relief, particularly if you are one of the few people who are still rocking the Dell Venue Pro. Despite the...
Galaxy Nexus banned in the US, infringes on four Apple patents
29 June, 2012 |
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Apple has just been granted a temporary injunction against Galaxy Nexus sales in the United States. US Court ruled against Samsung in the patent case, which was initiated in February, but gets its first ruling just now. Judge Lucy Koh decided...
Xperia Mini ICS update rolls out, check your Sales Item number
29 June, 2012 |
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Sony have started rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Xperia Mini. It'll be released in batches and currently only phones with a certain "Sales Item" number can get it. To check if the ICS update is available for your device, you...
Microsoft to bring Windows 8 Marketplace in 180 countries
29 June, 2012 |
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The Microsoft Windows Marketplace was so far only available in 63 countries, and only 38 of those were allowed to submit apps. But now, Microsoft is planning on expanding that list considerably and has announced to bring the new Windows 8...
