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Nokia admitted that its Lumia 920 promotional ad contained video recorded by a DSLR and not its PureView camera as claimed in the video. According to a post by Youssef Sarhan, the Finnish company also faked some of the still photos in that video, too. Sarhan points to the still picture above that allegedly shows…
Amazon announced its new lineup of Kindle Fire devices today at an event in California. The retail giant expanded its portfolio from a single Android tablet to an incredible four. Now that the excitement of the announcement has passed, it is time to take a step back from the hype and let you know what the…
Amazon is holding an event on September 6 to announce its new line of Kindles. Besides eReaders and an Android tablet, a rumor from The Verge suggests Amazon may be introducing a new smartphone as well. The Kindle phone will supposedly run a fork of Android that is similar to the version on the Kindle…
Earlier today, The Verge called Nokia out for possibly filming its PureView commercial with a professional camera rig instead of the PureView camera showcased in the video. Now, the Finnish company had confirmed that the optical image stabilization (OIS) shown in the video was simulated and apologized for any resulting confusion. In an effort to…
Google’s Eric Schmidt took to the stage to kick off Motorola’s September press event and confirmed some impressive stats for the Android ecosystem. According to Schmidt, there are 1.3 million Android activations each day, which is up from the 900,000 figure quoted earlier this summer. Schmidt also confirmed that Android has an install base that has…
Google’s Eric Schmidt used Motorola’s big NYC event to talk about the merger between the two companies. Schmidt said the company bought Motorola because it has to be competitive in the Android ecosystem and can’t turn away from this huge opportunity. With Motorola, Google hopes to focus on four areas in the mobile industry, said…
Besides new phones, Nokia also showed off a handful of accessories that’ll let you listen to your music and charge your device in style. In typical Nokia style, the accessories are available in a rainbow colors. They include the following: PlayUp wireless speaker: An NFC-enabled speaker from JBL that both plays and charges your Lumia…
Earlier today, hacker group AntiSec claimed to have stolen 12 million UDIDs that belong to iOS device owners in the US. The group allegedly stole the unique identifiers when it hacked the laptop of an FBI employee. In response to this allegation, the FBI released a statement to the media that claims the government agency…
Confirming the rumor that originated with iMore, Apple has announced that it will hold an event on September 12 in San Francisco, California. According to the invitation, the event will be held at 10:00 am PT at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. As usual, no details about the event are provided in the invite, but…
This is the second installment in our on-going series about the businesses that made the wireless industry what it is today. Earlier, we took a look at LG, and now it’s time to focus on another Asian manufacturer – HTC. Company History HTC hails from Taiwan and was founded by Cher Wang, H.T. Cho, and…