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Despite the release of the Lumia 900, industry analysts are still painting a dark picture when it comes to Windows Phone’s 2012 outlook. Market research company ABI Research claims that the Windows Phone platform will only account for 2% of the estimated 36 billion applications downloaded in 2012. Though this represents nearly double Windows Phone’s 2011…
The mass exodus of executives at Research in Motion continued this week, as two new executives tied to Blackberry have announced their departure. Senior Vice President Alan Brenner, who led the Blackberry platform at RIM, will be out after a transition period. Alistair Mitchell, a Vice President for the Blackberry instant messaging service, has already…
Windows Phone has had one heck of a time trying to pull customers away from Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS platforms. When consumers think about what devices they’re going to buy next, they generally consider whether their platform of choice feature certain applications, an area in which Microsoft has continued to struggle. Over a year…
The reviews for Nokia’s Lumia 900 for AT&T are in, and while reception for the latest Windows Phone flagship device has been lukewarm, one thing nearly all reviewers agree upon is how gorgeous the ClearBlack AMOLED display is. Though the 900 is limited by Windows Phone software to an 800 x 480 resolution, owners of…
Virginia-based nTelos is going to become just the 5th U.S. carrier to sell Apple’s iPhone 4S device, and it will do so at prices that undercut AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon by a cool $50. nTelos will sell the 16GB variant of the iPhone 4S for $150. Prices for the 32GB and 64GB models will run…
AT&T customers in Muncie and Bloomington, Indiana and Bryan-College Station, Texas are getting an extra-special visit from the Easter Bunny this Sunday. In addition to the standard assortment of chocolate and Sunday brunch, AT&T customers in these three locales will be waking up to a super-fast LTE network. Of course, they will need an LTE-capable…
One of the biggest gripes many users have with the Windows Phone platform is the lack of applications available on the Windows Phone Marketplace. While no operating system should be judged based on the number of applications alone, customers care that their smartphones have access to applications they want and need in order to better…
Photo filter and sharing-service Instagram, which has amassed over 30 million iOS users to date, has officially released the Android version of Instagram onto Google’s Play Store. Users of Android can now apply retro hipster filters to their pictures and share these images to various social networks. While there have certainly been multiple Instagram-like services…
The Facebook app for iOS has just received an update on the App Store. In addition to some minor enhancement for all iOS users, the app has received an update to support the Retina display found on the 3rd generation iPad. Owners of the latest and greatest iPad will be treated to a “crisp, high…
In case you haven’t perused any tech blog over the last month, Apple’s new iPad (3rd gen) is good. Really good. It should come as no surprise that Consumer Reports named the new iPad the best tablet on the market today. The report highlights the gorgeous 2,048 x 1,536 Retina display as the standout feature…