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The bean counters at Nomura Holdings have issued a report that says Nokia will ship just 34 million Windows Phones in all of 2013. To put that number into some perspective, during the last three months of 2011 Apple sold more than 37 million iPhones. Now yes, 34 million Windows Phones in a year is…
Every year for the past five years Apple has introduced their interpretation of what a smartphone should be. The newest model, the iPhone 4S, was unveiled in early October 2011. We’re all expecting to see the iPhone 5 in the September/October time frame, which is right around the corner. What will Apple do to make…
Virgin Media seems to think that the British mobile market isn’t competitive enough so it decided spice-up the situation. Their new Premiere plan is rock solid (especially for smartphone users), offering all-you-can-eat data, unlimited texts, unlimited calls to UK landlines and 2,500 anytime minutes for just 21 GBP per month. Moreover, those who don’t need…
Firefox Beta for Android keeps getting better, though it still has a long road to cross the reach the “non-beta” status. In the new version, Mozilla included Flash support and a revamped user interface that should make browsing on a smartphone easier. Then there’s a new start page, as well as “significant performance advancements” under…
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, which the Taiwanese company unveiled alongside few other devices at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be released in the U.S. in the week of July 16th. The tablet that builds on top of the Transformer Prime comes with a better 10.1-unch 1900×1200 Super IPS+ display, slightly faster NVidia…
The most well-known tennis tournament in the world now has an Android application, which up until this point was reserved for iPhone users. Available as a free download, the Wimbledon app provides users with access to LIVE scores, results, schedule of play, news, player profiles and a collection of videos like interviews, golden moments, highlights…
We’ve been hearing about military plans to use Android for quite some time now. The latest story to fit this picture comes from Invincea, which scored a $21.4 million contract from DARPA to make Android more secure. The company that presents itself as an “innovator in advanced malware threat detection, network breach prevention, and pre-breach…
It seems that Nokia Lumia 710 owners on Rogers Wireless’ network are being blessed with the new software update for their smartphone of choice. Apparently users around the Interweb have started reporting they’ve found a software update after connecting their Lumia 710 to the Zune Desktop software. In other words, we don’t have this officially…
Nuance Communications unveiled a new version of Swype, its popular a “four-in-one” virtual keyboard that combines touch and voice input. The new version is obviously smarter and more personalized, getting better every time you swype, speak, tap and/or write. New features included in this release are: Next Word Prediction – Nuance integrated capabilities from its…
You’ve heard about Rogers waiting its activation fee; TELUS did the same thing and now Bell Mobility is joining this trend, too. The promo has already started and will go through June 30th, giving $35 bill credit to everyone who signs-up for a new 3-year contract with the carrier. Everyone? Well, not exactly everyone –…