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A leak from WeLoveWP.HK and Coolxap gives us a brief look at the upcoming Nokia Lumia 820. Also known as the Arrow, the rumored Windows 8 Phone handset could be unveiled at Nokia’s press event next week. The Lumia 820 in these images shares the same boxy styling as the earlier Lumia models. It is…
French blog Nowhereelse.fr has released several images that reportedly show the new iPhone next to the iPhone 4 and 3GS. The images depict the fully-assembled handset and show that it is longer, about the same width and thinner than earlier models. Though we can’t tell for sure that these images are real, they do fit in…
A report in Reuters suggests Sharp may be falling behind on LCD panel production for the rumored upcoming iPhone. The timing couldn’t be worse for Apple as the Cupertino company is expected to announce and start selling its next iPhone model in September. Reuters’ source would not say how far Sharp has fallen behind, but…
Leaked images from the Verge add more fuel to the firestorm of rumors that suggest Amazon is announcing a new Kindle Fire tablet at its September 6th press event. The images appear to be press shots of the second generation Kindle Fire and show a 7-inch tablet with a toned-down Kindle UI. As shown in the images…
According to a report in Reuters, Amazon may be partnering with Nokia to bring navigation to its line of Kindle Fire tablets. Amazon’s current Kindle Fire runs Google’s Android OS, but it does not include Google Maps because the device doesn’t have the necessary GPS hardware. Amazon is expected to unveil a new Kindle Fire…
Samsung used IFA today to introduce the Galaxy Note 2 and the Ativ S Windows Phone handset. It also used the event to announce that Jelly Bean was coming soon to the Galaxy S III and the Note 10.1. No concrete date was provided, but “very soon” is a lot more encouraging than “later this…
Today at IFA, Samsung unveiled its new Ativ lineup of Windows 8 devices, which includes the Ativ S smartphone, the Ativ Tab, a Windows RT tablet and two convertible Windows 8 tablets. Of interest to mobile aficionados is the Ativ S, a high-end Windows Phone 8 handset. The Ativ S has a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED…
Samsung used IFA as a springboard to announce the Galaxy Note II. The next generation phone-tablet will feature a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display with 1280×720 resolution, a 1.6GHZ Exynos quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, an 8-megapixel rear shooter and a 1.9-megapixel web cam. It’ll be slightly thinner and slightly heavier than the original Note, due in…
Sony kicked off the IFA trade show in Berlin today by introducing three new Android smartphones and one new Android tablet. Sony expanded its Xperia line with the high-end Xperia T, an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone with a 4.6-inch display (1280×720), a 1.5-GHZ dual-core Qualcomm Krait processor a 13-megapixel camera, NFC and PlayStation…
Apple had until August 29th to file its injunction with the District Court of Northern California, but the company was prompt and filed its injunction notice today. As reported by The Verge, the list of handsets that Apple wants to ban includes eight smartphones that are nearing the end of their life. The list is…