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Nokia Siemens Networks CTO: 4G to become 1,000 times faster, significantly cheaper by 2020

Wild predictions are being made about the future of 4G speed by CTO of Nokia Siemens Networks Hossein Moiin. He thinks that by 2020, significant advancements will be made to the technology that will allow for speeds to become 1,000 times faster than they are today while costing as little as $1 per gigabyte, which he says the average consumer will use up on a daily basis. In order to accomplish this, radio technology will have to be drastically improved by the end of the decade. Moiin believes this is Read more

Rumor: Dual-Core, LTE Windows Phone 8 Nokia handset coming to Sprint

Windows Phone 8 is going dual-core, according to a report from The Verge. Qualcomm indicated that the Windows Phone development team is currently testing its Snapdragon S4 system on a chip in a device to be released later this year. As you may recall, Windows Phone 8 “Apollo” is rumored to add support for multi-core devices, paving the way for Windows Phone devices to see the same processing prowess we’ve come to expect from Android and iOS devices. The Snapdragon S4 will feature clock speeds of 1.5 GHz, and will Read more

Anthony Domanico

Microsoft’s Tango update detailed, minor update before WP8 blows us away

Microsoft has taken to its blog to detail the upcoming Tango update, which is largely believed to be a minor update to the Windows 7.5 Mango platform currently available on Windows Phone devices. Tango is the platform that will be preloaded on Nokia’s recently announced entry-level Lumia 610 and ZTE Orbit devices, which are due out in Q2. Tango will be released en masse sometime in April, and will likely hit all Windows Phone devices currently on the market. Tango adds greater support for low-end devices, and will work on Read more

Anthony Domanico

Valentine’s Day Lumia 710 Giveaway Follow-up: Your best submissions

We held a Lumia 710 giveaway this week with Valentine’s Day as its theme. Whether you were with a loved one this year, or you were forever alone like every other year, we thought we’d highlight some of your best submissions in this follow-up article. The first photo we’re highlighting is the winning submission from Laurie who sent a picture of her fiance and her posing in front of some lovely cherry blossoms. Little bit of trivia – I’m going to get married in April and our wedding is going Read more

Already the biggest Windows Phone vendor, Nokia sets its sights on market domination

Nokia announced its partnership with Microsoft way back in February 2011, a move that would let the Finnish handset maker focus exclusively on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. It took a while for Nokia to develop devices for Windows Phone 7; their first Windows Phone handsets hit store shelves during the 4th quarter of 2011. While everyone expected this partnership to result in Nokia completely dominating the Windows Phone 7 market, few thought it would happen quite so quickly. Research firm Strategy Analytics is reporting that sales of Nokia devices accounted Read more

Anthony Domanico