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Samsung kicked off its launch of the Galaxy S III in the US today with several new ads showcasing the flagship Android phone. Like its most recent “Designed for Humans” ad, these new commercials focus on the device and less on its competition with Apple and its iPhone. You can check out the two ads…
Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8 today in a San Francisco event. Though all the changes are exciting for customers going forward, current Windows Phone 7.x owners will be disappointed to find out that Windows 8 will not run on their hardware. Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan said, “the nature of the investment [in…
Microsoft took to the stage today and announced Windows Phone 8. The biggest change is the core OS which will share some components with the desktop version of Windows 8. The kernel, networking, multimedia, graphics support will be shared between platforms. Windows Phone core will let manufacturers sell more phones at more price points, and…
Microsoft is holding a Wednesday press event in San Francisco to discuss upcoming changes to Windows Phone. The Redmond company is expected to give us a sneak peek at Windows Phone 8, which will likely launch along with the desktop version of Windows 8. There also will be tidbits about Nokia Maps, Skype and Microsoft’s…
According to an AllThingsD report, Sprint has said it may delay the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III due to “overwhelming demand and limited supply.” According to the report, pre-orders for the handset, which kicked off on June 5th, will arrive a few days later than expected. Orders originally were slated to arrive on…
Like its competitor HTC, LG is turning away from tablets and focusing on smartphones for its mobile strategy. Ken Hong, a spokesman for the Korean manufacturer, told Bloomberg that “We’ve decided to put all new tablet development on the back burner for the time being in order to focus on smartphones.” LG has made a…
Microsoft gather the technology press to an event in Los Angeles on Monday to announce its new Surface tablet. The 10.6-inch tablet device comes in two flavors – a Pro version powered by an Intel Core processor and an ARM processor version with Windows RT. After the event, journalists were given a few minutes to…
Ratings agency Moody dropped Nokia’s credit rating to junk, citing slow sales of Windows Phone and the company’s quickly-disapperaing cash reserves. Moody joins S&P and Fitch, both of which dropped their ratings on Nokia earlier this year. This low rating means institutional investors are less likely to buy Nokia bonds and reflects the company’s dismal financial…
Nokia released a few teaser images on its US Facebook page that contain the date, Monday, June 18th. This is the same day Microsoft is holding a tablet event and people started speculating that Nokia’s announcement is related to the Microsoft event. According to AllThingsD, the two announcements are not related. Sources told the blog…
As spotted by Droid-Life, the ship date for Verizon’s Galaxy S III has slipped a day to July 10th. When pre-orders first went live earlier this month, the handset had an estimated ship date of July 9th. Now, the pre-order page lists July 10th as the date handsets will start shipping to customers. A one…