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News: Samsung announces 2012 La Fleur lineup

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:39:55 -0600

Samsung has just announced four brand new La Fleur handsets for the Russian market, two smartphones: the Android-running Ace and the Bada-powered Wave Y, as well as two featurephones: the C3322 and the C3520. Strangely, none of the four new La...

News: Motorola launches Gleam+

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:39 -0600

Motorola Mobility has announced Gleam+, an entry level successor of its RAZR-like Gleam clamshell that was lunched last year. The new device looks better than the original Gleam model and, although itremains a feature phone, its specs have also...

News: Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview at MWC

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:57:50 -0600

Microsoft has just announced to be hosting the launch of its Windows 8 Consumer Preview at Mobile World Congress on February 29 at Barcelona. The launch event is expected to last two hours, being the second stage of Microsof?s previous launch...

News: Nvidia to bring quad core phones to MWC

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:56:30 -0600

Nvidia has now confirmed it will be revealing some?quad-core first? at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 and has already started to issue invitations at the event. These quad core firsts will probably be handsets, not tablets, since and at CES...

News: Google Chrome Beta for Android Released

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:42:38 -0600

As the Chrome browser has proven a huge success on desktop PC's, Google has now decided to bring the browser to mobiles. Chrome for Android is currently available in a beta version, and can be downloaded on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices...

News: LG Miracle pops up online

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:45 -0600

Even though it was not announced, the LG Miracle has just popped up online only weeks before this Windows Phone running device is expected to have its launch at MWC 2012 in Barcelona. Although for now the phone is called Miracle, it is also...

News: BlackBerry App World brings more profit than Android apps

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:16:23 -0600

BlackBerr?s DevCon event in Amsterdam this morning brings us another shocker, as Alec Saunders, RIM's Developer Relations VP, claims that BlackBerry App World is the second-most profitable mobile app store after Apple and that Android is...

News: Nokia Belle update available for Symbian^3 devices

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:15:38 -0600

The highly-awaited Belle update for older Nokia smartphones that launched with Symbian^3 has finally started to roll out, so it is time you plugged in your Nokia device, and Ovi Suite will immediately find the update. The 111.030.0609 update...

News: HTC's outs Q4 financial results

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:46:53 -0600

HTC's has just outed its financial results for the last quarter of 2011 and they are not looking good at all, not to mention that the compan?s expectations for Q1 2012 are not very bright either. It is true, however, that the Taiwanese company...

News: Samsung Galaxy Note LTE on pre-order at AT&T and Best Buy

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:25:02 -0600

The Samsung Galaxy Note has finally made it across the ocean, being now available for pre-order at AT&T and Best Buy stores for $299 with a signed two-year contract. The GALAXY Note LTE is expected to be released on Saturday, February 19th...

News: iPhone apps crash more often than Android

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:58:01 -0600

Contrary to what most of the people believe about Apple's iPhone being the one that runs apps more reliably, a study by Crittercism claims that Android features more stable applications. The analysts surveyed crash reports on both operating...

News: Windows Phone 8 gets detailed

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:02 -0600

A video hosted by Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore and intended for Nokia partners, provided us with a lot more details about Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo. Among plenty of new features, Windows Phone 8 will support multicore processors,...

News: Apple is now world's third-biggest phone manufacturer in Q4 2011

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:11:21 -0600

According to a report by IDC, Apple had a great Holiday quarter in 2011, not only because it topped Samsung and became the new smartphone leading manufacturer in Q4, but mostly because its outstanding iPhone sales pushed it up to become the worl?s...

News: 425 million mobile users monthly active on Facebook

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:24:23 -0600

Facebook has now officially filed for the largest IPO in history, in its intention to become publicly traded for the first time. The worl?s largest social network is hoping to raise $5 billion in cash this year with an Initial Public Offering of...

News: Sony to launch Xperia U and Xperia P at MWC

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:52:46 -0600

After announcing its first dual-core Android Ice Smartphones, the Xperia S, it appears that Sony will also announce two more handsets at the Mobile World Congress later this month. According to information provided by the Indonesian Regulatory...