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Yesterday, we reported that Microsoft was hoping to get around the OS fragmentation with Windows Phone 7 by pushing it to all its customers when the updates are ready and available. We’ve seen update methods compounded by carriers and so Android users have often been at the mercy of their carriers and not so much…
It looks like the lust-worthy Dell Venue Pro is off to a bumpy start, as Dell admits that one of the coolest new Windows Phone 7 devices has some bugs which can lead to problems connected to secure WiFi networks. The Dell Venue Pro was highly coveted by many early adopters of Windows Phone 7…
So much for Samsung not making a Nexus phone, eh? Best Buy Mobile temporarily showed the Nexus S as available from T-Mobile on their site, but has since been removed. Hit up the Google cache of the sighting if you’re at all skeptical about the screenshot above. Details on such a device are skimpy, but…
Following up on the RIM’s first slider, the BlackBerry Torch 9800, rumour has it the next one will be smaller and cheaper. The reduced size suggests that such a device would have a condensed keyboard like the Pearl series, but that’s just fun with Photoshop at this point. Exactly how much cheaper we’re talking is…
Growing up my father always used to say “mens sana in corpore sano” which translates to “a healthy mind in a healthy body”. Those are the two things, probably the only two things, you need to lead a fulfilling life. In reality it was just a fancy way of him telling me to get my…
If you’re the head of a wireless operator then chances are you come to work crying every day because you know that the network you’ve poured millions, maybe even billions, into is showing signs of strain thanks to devices like Apple’s iPhone and the wide variety of Android handsets available on the market. You may…
Amdocs, a company you’ve probably never heard that’s used throughout the world by top tier operators as their customer billing backend, surveyed 30 wireless operators and asked them how data usage is impacting their network. An astonishing 60% said that they’re experiencing data congestion, that is there are frankly too many bits in the air…
Japanese operator DOCOMO releases their mobile phones like the fashion world releases clothes, meaning a whole bunch at a time, twice per year. Recently the company unveiled their Spring 2011 lineup, and while we’re not going to go through all 28 devices announced, mainly because none of us are going to be able to buy…
Nokia, along with just about every other phone manufacturer on the planet, put their devices through a series of tests to see how well they’ll stand up to every day wear and tear. Most people don’t know that, so when they see a video like the one below they walk away impressed and full of…
Apple’s advertising platform, uncreatively called iAd, is going to be coming to Japan in early 2011 thanks to a partnership with The Dentsu Group. The press release that breaks this news fails to shed some light as to how iAd is performing overall, and it’s something that many in the advertising industry are curious to…