CES 2012: Nokia Booth Tour

Nokia had an impressive CES 2012, as its Lumia 900 was the highlight of what turned out to be a show with a strong mobile focus. We’ve already shown you some hands-on time with the latest devices but we wanted to give you a taste of what Nokia’s booth was like at CES 2012.

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Mobile coupon redemption rates to reach 8% globally by 2016 with North American and Western European users getting onboard

According to a new report from Juniper Research, the global redemption rate of mobile coupons will average at over 8% by 2016, representing an eightfold increase over the best paper coupons campaigns. The secret for this growth lies in the North American and Western European markets where users are now beginning to follow the same growth path as the Far East & China. As a result, there will be over 600 million regular mobile coupon users worldwide by 2016. The report found that mobile coupons are particularly strategic for bricks … Read more

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SEGA’s Virtua Tennis Challenge heading to Android

SEGA is bringing its popular Virtua Tennis franchise to the Android Market. The game, called Virtua Tennis Challenge, will be unveiled at the CES in Las Vegas next week and will deliver a ton of entertainment for on-the-go users. Here’s a snippet from SEGA’s official announcement: Virtua Tennis Challenge has been designed specifically for mobile experiences and touch screens. The title is also being optimized specially for the Xperia Play and the Qualcomm Snapdragon systems, and features some of the best graphics ever seen in the smartphone tennis game market. … Read more

SEGA Virtua Tennis Challenge heading to Android

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Siri-like Android app Iris adds ChaCha answers

India-based Dexetra is teaming-up with Q&A service ChaCha to create a “revolutionary element” to the Siri-like Iris app for Android. As a result, the popular voice-powered Q&A application will now include ChaCha’s vast database of questions and answers, allowing instant responses to inquiries asked by users for free. Moreover, this partnership is touted to allow Iris to emerge as the “world’s most intelligent voice assistant,” improving accuracy, understandability and search time. Already Iris can handle a number of requests, including calling, texting, web and local search, music playback, present users … Read more

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Unofficial Porsche Design theme released for BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930

So you like the fancy Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry but don’t want to spend a small fortune on one? No problem, you can pretend your BlackBerry 9900 or 9930 looks like a device designed by Porsche’s designers. Simply install the Porsche theme and tell all your buddies your vanilla BlackBerry is just as powerful as its more expensive counterpart. And let’s face it – that’s not a lie, since the P’9981 comes with pretty much the same hardware. There is one problem though – you see this theme is designed … Read more

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Nokia N801T heading to China Mobile with Symbian Anna and NFC

Nokia announced a new Symbian Anna smartphone in China that’s ready for NFC-based contactless payments. In addition, the device marked as 801T rocks a 4-inch ClearBlack LCD touchscreen, China Mobile-friendly TD-SCDMA connectivity, 8-megapixel “full-focus” camera with 720p video recording support on the back, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB of built-in storage, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 256MB of RAM, 3.5mm headset jack, and a microSD card slot with hot swap support. Moreover, there’s mobile TV capability which is enabled with an awkward lookin’ external antenna. All in all, the Nokia N801T is a … Read more

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FTV Phone launched by ZTE and Fashion TV

Fashion TV is joining the Android smartphone race with its own product – FTV Phone. Developed in partnership with the Chinese handset maker ZTE, it’s basically a rebranded version of the ZTE Blade, which we also know as Orange San Francisco. Yep it’s the original San Francisco, not the new (better) San Francisco II. To continue with the sad news, the device comes with Android 2.2 Froyo on board and we’ve no idea whether the Gingerbread update will ever be released. On the other hand, this and the fact that … Read more

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Meizu MX with quad-core processor may arrive in May with revamped UI

It wasn’t that long ago when we talked about the Meizu MX, the latest product from the world’s famous iPhone cloner. The device itself is rock-solid, sporting a dual-core CPU, 4-inch screen and the familiar all-touchscreen form factor. However, that’s not enough for the company founder Jack Wong, who turned to Meizu forums (Chinese language page) to say that the quad-core version may arrive in May. Aside from the more powerful processor, this next Meizu MX will also come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a revamped Flyme UI … Read more

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LG Prada 3.0 now available in South Korea, hitting Europe and Asia in January

So that February launch date in Europe was bogus information – LG will start selling its new Prada smartphone in Asia and Europe in January, while lucky South Koreans are getting their smart fashion fix as we speak. If you recall, the PRADA phone by LG 3.0 (the official name) is the third handset from the PRADA and LG collaboration following the successful PRADA phone by LG 1.0 and 2.0 phones. It comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch WVGA 800-nit NOVA display, 8-megapixel camera on the back, HSPA and … Read more

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12 Days of Christmas brings free downloads to the UK iTunes users

Apple’s annual 12 Days of iTunes giveaway started yesterday with a free Coldplay album for UK iTunes users. In order to participate and get the freebies, you should download the 12 Days app from where you’ll be able to grab free music from the iTunes Festival: London, which was held earlier in the year. At the moment three Coldplay tracks are available, including Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, and Fix You — both as music files and as live videos. It’s important to … Read more

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Animoto iOS app turns photos into fancy video slideshows

iPhone users are sharing photos at a record level. However, most photos are (let’s face it) pretty boring and watching them can be pretty daunting. Enter Animoto, a new iPhone app that turns multiple photos into a fancy video slideshow that is easy to share and a pleasure to watch. The free to download application is an extension of the same-named online video editing service, and allows users to insert their own music and text into the slideshow. Then, once you like what you’ve created, you can easily share your … Read more