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ZTE took a bold step at Mobile World Congress by introducing a handful of Android and Windows Phone handsets. We got some hands-on time with the Era, ZTE’s flagship Android phone. The Era has specs that rival the HTC One X and breaks ZTE away from its reputation as a low-end manufacturer. The Era is a…
Rumors surrounding Apple’s hotly-anticipated iPad 3 have surfaced around the internet today. Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo (via Macrumors) unearthed a potential pricing sheet for Apple’s upcoming tablet, which brought with it a bit of a surprise when it comes to price. According to the post, the iPad 2 will retain the price points it currently…
How kind of Facebook. The social networking giant reached out to developers recently inquiring what it can do to help the mobile web thrive in ways that it has not been able to yet. Facebook found that the three biggest challenges developers face when creating web apps are app discovery, browser fragmentation, and mobile payments.…
Google is now activating 850,000 new Android devices daily, increasing its number to 300 million total devices — 12 million of which includes tablets. These stats are according to Andy Rubin, when he addressed reporters at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Rubin allocated the number of devices by counting activations once per device ID; this process…
Up until this moment Nokia N8 was the best camera phone on the planet. No more; a new device, also made by the Finnish company, took that crown from the N8 – Nokia 808 PureView. It comes with a 41-megapixel sensor, Nokia (Symbian) Belle OS, HSPA, Wi-Fi, etc. – you can read the specs in…
The latest member of Nokia’s family of Windows Phone devices, Lumia 610, is catered toward first-time smartphone buyers, offering quite a bang for the buck. Like previous Lumia models, it too is available in several colors, including white, cyan, magenta and black. On the front of the phone, there’s a 3.7-inch screen, along with standard…
Nokia’s newly announced trio of feature phones — Asha 202, Asha 203 and Asha 302 — is catered toward those consumers who really don’t or can’t afford a smartphone. We’re talking about affordable devices that will sell unlocked or with PAYG plans across all continents, except maybe North America where the Finnish company still struggles…
In an effort to bring mobile payments to the mass market, Visa has partnered with Vodafone to put Visa payWave on NFC-enabled smartphones. As a result, shoppers will be able to pay for goods and services by waving or tapping their phones. Due to launch this spring across Vodafone markets, Visa payWave will make the…
After launching its mobile app store, Mozilla is taking another step forward to grow its mobile operations. They’ve teamed-up with Spanish Telefónica to create a phone architecture that relies entirely on web technologies, with the entire device capabilities developed using HTML5 and executed via the Firefox web browser. As part of this scheme, the two…
Video-on-demand service provider Voddler has teamed-up with Dolby Laboratories to launch the world’s first mobile movie-streaming service for smartphones using Dolby Digital Plus audio, providing users with “truly immersive 5.1 personal surround sound movie experience over any headphones.” At the moment that doesn’t include many devices, hence the service starts with support for select Nokia…