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Last week, after much anticipation, Nokia released Symbian Anna, their update to Symbian^3 that packs features such as a portrait QWERTY keyboard, faster web browser, and an overall easier to use interface. Owners of the Nokia C7 were also given near field communication (NFC) capabilities; the NFC chip that was inside the C7 since it…
You buy a new fancy smartphone from the shops, take it home, and then after you get all your data on there you start looking for applications to make your shiny toy unique to your individual needs. If said smartphone was an iPhone, then all you need to purchase apps is your iTunes username and…
Straight Talk, one of America’s many prepaid operators, is going to step up their game next month when they introduce their very first Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Precedent. Priced at $150, with obviously no contract, you’re also looking at a phone bill that weighs in at just $45 for unlimited everything, including data. The…
Right around lunchtime I hear that all too familiar metal clanging noise that usually means I’ve got mail. See, I’m a writer for an online publication, so my office is the kitchen table in my studio apartment. Ignoring the mass of useless junk mail that was just shoved through the slit in my front door,…
Sprint, America’s third largest operator, has a 54% stake in Clearwire, a WiMAX operator that plans to transition to 4G LTE technology pending their ability to acquire some additional funding. According to Bloomberg, talks are taking place among Sprint and the other Clearwire stakeholders whereby the end goal is to make Sprint the sole owner…
Group messaging is the talk of the town these days. The recent riots in London showed the world how powerful BlackBerry Messnager can be as a tool to organize criminal activity, and in a few short weeks iOS 5 is due to be released and with it iMessage, which is a clone of BBM, except…
After seeing the LG Optimus Sol up close earlier this month, we wondered when South Korea’s other mobile phone maker would make this Samsung Galaxy S clone official. Well … it just happened. The Optimus Sol is set to come out in mid September in Europe, will be available in 3 different colors (black, titan,…
HTC UK has just created a public event on Facebook (Jesus Christ, did we just write that?!) that will take place on the first of September, which coincidently is when IFA 2011, which bills itself as “the world’s largest trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances”, kicks off in Berlin. The event is titled…
Earlier this week Google announced their intent to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. During the conference call going into further details of the deal, Andy Rubin, the “father” of Android, explained how Google’s Nexus program works inside the company: “What we do — around Christmas time of each year — is we select a…
Elbert Perez, who 4 months ago left the safety of his day job to start developing Windows Phone games full time, recently noticed that two as yet to be announced Windows Phones have been using his apps, the Nokia 800 and Acer M310. No word as to what sort of specifications these devices have, we…