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According to the Financial Times (subscription required), Nokia is exploring deals with European carriers for its upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices that would allow carriers to exclusively launch one of Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 flagships. This is in contrast to the current model of releasing a device to multiple carriers at the same time to open…
Amazon has been in the rumor mill all summer. It’s been speculated by many, that the company is preparing not just a smartphone, but a larger Kindle Fire tablet within the next few months. Now, in the latest rumor, the e-commerce giant is said to be working on “bigger plans,” like the introduction of five…
Samsung has reached its goal to sell 10 million Galaxy S III units by the end of July, the company’s executives told to the Yonhap news agency. However, Sammy’s J.K. Shin didn’t confirm whether he was talking about sales to customers or shipments to retailers, which are two very different figures, the first being a…
Looks like Sprint will soon get a new Android smartphone from Samsung. Called Galaxy Reverb (model number SPH-M950), it reminds us on Verizon’s Samsung Jasper though it’s completely different beast under the hood. Unlike the Jasper, the Reverb is a mid-end device with specs that include a 1.4GHz single-core processor, 4-inch WVGA screen, 768MB of…
We have (almost) good news for the LG Spectrum owners. You will soon get the latest software update that will include Ice Cream Sandwich. LG shared this info on its forum, adding that it’s now up to Verizon Wireless to roll it out. The Big Red carrier first needs to check whether everything works fine…
Last time we talked about Shopkick, Target was implementing it across all of its stores. Now Macy’s is doing the same, expanding the “Shopkick footprint” to more than 800 locations across the U.S. As a result, customers can earn rewards (so called “kicks”) just for walking in to a local Macy’s store to instantly receive…
Most of us know mobile payments are steadily gaining ground among users, but PayPal is one of the rare companies that can give us actual figures. The eBay-owned company says it expects to handle $10 billion in mobile payment transactions this year, which is 150% more than in 2011. And that’s not all – in…
Opera Software launched its first State of Mobile Advertising report, highlighting key data and trends in mobile advertising around the world. The report relies on data mined from the global network of 35 billion+ ad impressions that made more than $240 million in revenue for mobile publishers in 2011. Some of the findings include: iOS…
Fotopedia is out with a new app which this time talks about China, one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Expect the “standard” selection of awesome photos, ranging from the famous wonders of the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Mount Everest, to lesser known gems like the colorful mirrored pools of Huanglong, ancient…
While most of us were shocked to learn what happened in Colorado at the Batman premiere, we still want to watch the movie. And what do you know – we at IntoMobile are not alone eagerly waiting to get our tickets. According to Fandango, people are flocking in numbers to see the next (and last)…