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Normally, you wouldn’t leave capturing your wedding pictures and video up to a smartphone camera, but one adventurous couple did just that. At a wedding in Capella Pedregal in Cabo, Mexico, celebrity photographer Joy Marie Smallwood photographed an entire wedding using the Nokia Lumia 1020. The Windows Phone powered device touts a 41 megapixel camera,…
2013 was one heck of a year for tech news, and it’s not even over yet! Apple surprised us all by releasing not just one new iPhone but two, the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S. Samsung launched its Galaxy S4 at a very snazzy launch party, and HTC enlisted Robert Downey Jr. to head…
Anchorman 2 is set to hit theaters soon, unveiling the next chapter in anchorman Ron Burgundy’s amazing and extravagant lifestyle. To celebrate the epic movie release, Paramount has released an Anchorman themed mobile game entitled Scotchy Scotch Toss. The game is out now for iOS, and will be coming to Android in the near future.…
Smartphones are ubiquitous in the U.S. and most of the world, but for the majority of cellphone users across the globe, a feature phone with no data access is the norm. In fact, 8 out of 10 people in emerging markets do not have any data access for their mobile device. The lack of a…
Viva the physical smartphone keyboard! That’s LG’s new battle cry, according to a tweet from @evleaks. The prolific tipster leaked a photo of the LG Optimus F3Q via Twitter, showing that the days of the physical slide-out smartphone keyboard are indeed alive, albeit waning. Smartphones with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard have dropped in popularity in the…
Apple sure has a handle on OS fragmentation. The company’s most recent release of their mobile OS, iOS 7 has already made its way to the majority of iPhones and iPads in North America. iOS 7 now functions on 74.1% of iPhones and 63.8% of iPads, accounting for 51% of North America’s iOS based internet…
Just a few days ago, we reported on the possibility of an updated version of KitKat, Android 4.4.1 rolling out to Nexus device owners. Today, thanks to a report from The Verge, we now know that the update is not only real, but just what the 4.4.1 update will accomplish; some massive improvements to the…
Nokia’s Asha phones may not be well-known in the U.S., where smartphones dominate the cellphone market. The Asha is a colorful Lumia-esque feature phone, that is going on sale in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Nokia introduced an infographic showing the evolution of the companies feature phones, from the 1990’s brick…
Here I am, thinking I’ve seen everything there is to see when along comes Smooth McGroove, changing my life forever. (Thanks, Kotaku!) The mysterious bearded man who goes by Smooth McGroove on YouTube, and believe you me, he lives up to the name. Mr. McGroove has created some fabulous acapella renditions of retro game songs,…
Samsung could be releasing around a half-dozen new smartphones in the beginning of 2014, according to Korean media outlet ETNews. That means that the Galaxy S5 isn’t all Samsung has up their sleeves for the new year. While it’s not uncommon for Samsung to unleash many smartphones of varying specs throughout the year, this report…