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A new, still unannounced Nokia Lumia smartphone has been caught in Mexico. Apparently, the Lumia 505 has been leaked by Guerrero Movil, which is one of Telcel’s authorized resellers. We don’t have all the details, but we do know this little fella will come with an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, while running Windows Phone 7.8, just…
As part of the marketing scheme to further drive sales of its mobile devices, Samsung opened France’s first Samsung Mobile Store in Paris. Located at 5 Boulevard Malesherbes, the store occupies 170 square meter, allowing visitors to experience a number of different Samsung products through “innovative presentation concept.” This “unique place,” run by a team…
After Scanadu devices, we have another accessory made for the emerging mobile health market. Zensorium‘s device is called the Tinke and it’s designed to monitor cardio-respiratory health and stress levels. This kind of functionality is especially important for people who have breathing problems or other conditions that cause low oxygen levels in the blood. The…
San Francisco-based startup Boombotix is raising cash for the REX, an ultra-portable 2.1 stereo speaker in a “rugged-yet-refined package” with Bluetooth connectivity and control, a microphone, and a built-in clip. The device is part of the company’s Boombot speaker line, designed to provide alternative to headphones. The Boombot REX is acoustically crafted to provide full…
Samsung is apparently working on a cheaper version of the Galaxy Note II that will be sold in Europe. The idea is to provide customers with a big screen experience without having to pay a premium. However, this model won’t have all of the features the Galaxy Note II has — including the SPen function…
Almost missed this… HTC has launched its duo of Windows Phone 8 devices before Nokia did that with its Lumia 920T. The HTC 8S and 8X are offered by China Unicom, the country’s second largest mobile carrier, costing 1,999 yuan (about $320) and 3,999 yuan ($640), respectively. The 8X’s price is especially steep but when…
Toshiba announced yet another Android tablet, Excite 10 SE, which comes with a 10.1-inch 1280×800 pixels touchscreen and which will be available later today for $349.99. Specs wise, this device packs Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad-core processor, 3-megapixel camera on the back, HD front-facing camera, 16GB of built-in memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microSD memory card slot, while…
According to the UK smartphone sales data from Mobile Today, Sony has overtaken HTC to become the second Android phone company in the country. It is said that the Japanese giant has moved half a million phones over the summer, which is more than HTC’s 440,000 units. Samsung is still far ahead, having managed to…
AT&T is selling smartphones at a record pace this holiday shopping season. According to CEO Ralph de la Vega, the carrier has already sold 6.4 million handsets in the first two months of the quarter. This would give AT&T its second best quarter of all time and would increase its yearly sales to a whopping…
AT&T is adopting a new strategy when it comes to customer billing. Rather than let customers figure out on their own the differences between voice charges, data charges and one-time charges, the carrier is sending out video bills that explain charges line-by-line. The video is personalized to each account and provides and audio and video…