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The Sony Xperia Z is coming to the hands of consumers soon, as UK retailer Expansys, has begun pre-orders for the price of £399.99 ($534). Interestingly, this price comes in a hundred dollars less than the rumored cost of $655. For a phone like this–this price is surprisingly low, considering all the impressive features, including…
Last week, a judge allowed the sale of Kodak’s digital imaging patents to a gang of 12 tech companies, including Apple, Google, and Amazon. The picture company ended up selling its patents for $527 million to Intellectual Ventures, which represents Apple. The sale holds 1,100 Kodak patents in total. And the patents include 700 related…
Microsoft is hard at work with strengthening their mobile platform Windows Phone, as the company patented a new technology. The Redmond based software giant patented a technology called “Inconspicuous Mode,” a setting that could put a mobile device into a stealth-like mode. This is a feature that’s best suited for places like movie theaters, meetings,…
Finally. Asus will begin shipping Nexus 7 docks for the tablet within the next couple of weeks, according to The Verge. We heard about the release of this dock in the US last week. The accessory is expected to be sold for $39.99 in the United States, which is a bargain compared to the £79…
RIM is planning to really go for it, as the struggling handset maker hopes to release six BlackBerry 10 devices this year, according to FierceWireless. During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), RIM CMO Frank Boulben said that his company plans to release six different BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013 that will include phones in the…
With Valentine’s Day fast-approaching, Verizon looks to help fellas get something for that special lady by releasing a red Nokia Lumia 822. The handset is set to go on sale for under 50 bucks on a new two-year agreement. Big Red has yet to drop any details on when folks can expect to see the…
T-Mobile USA for quite some time has talked about the amount of customers who use iPhones on its network. Apparently, that number is growing by 100,000 devices per month, which is an impressive number for a company struggling against the other major U.S. carriers. TMoNews parsed through what the company’s CEO John Legere had to…
HTC One X users on Rogers can now rejoice as Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is finally coming to their phone as I speak. The update is expected to weigh in at around 635MB and bring in all the exciting stuff we all love inside of Android 4.1, including Google Now, Project Butter, improved messaging and…
Sprint LG Optimus G owners are beginning to receive an OTA update that addresses some minor issues going on with the handset. The update bumps the device up to build LS970ZV9. The new software is just a small upgrade that brings a couple of minor but important enhancements to the device such as Visual Voicemail…
In perhaps a bit of showmanship, AT&T today decided to tell everybody how many smartphones they’ve sold in the fourth quarter of 2012. The second largest cellular provider in the U.S. told folks that it had moved an impressive 10 million smartphones in the quarter, topping its previous record of 9.4 million units from the same quarter…