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Google’s mobile operating system, Android, is based on Linux. Nokia on the other hand ships a majority of their smartphones based on the Symbian operating system. Back in February of last year, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop told the world that the Finnish handset vendor would get rid of Symbian, release just one Linux based (Maemo/MeeGo)…
CyanogenMod, for those who have never heard of it, is an Android ROM that runs on damn near everything. It’s been download over a million times, and for good reason too. Handset makers and operators like to mess around with Android in order to make their products look different from all the other Android devices…
This Sunday, the 8th of April, AT&T will start selling the Nokia Lumia 900 for just $99 with a 2 year contract. Design wise, it’s the Lumia 800, which itself is based on the Nokia N9, but with a 4.3 inch screen. Under the hood there’s a 4G LTE modem, but other than that ……
Another day, another Samsung Galaxy S III rumor. The image above is floating around the web right now, claiming to be an actual representation of what Samsung’s next flagship will look like, but is it really? We’ll find out in May, and if the picture is to believed then we’ll find out on May 22nd.…
There’s a lot of misinformation on the internet about the Samsung Galaxy S III and we’re just going to contribute to that mess today by linking to some more rumors. First rumor, from a Koren publication called DDaily, is that the Galaxy S III will have a 4.65 inch AMOLED display that pushes 1280 x…
Apple released the iPhone in 2007. Coincidentally, that was Nokia’s best year on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Back then they were valued at 110 billion Euros. Today however, Nokia is worth just 16.2 billion Euros according to Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish publication. That massive loss of value isn’t the real story though, what’s concerning is…
Bert Nordberg, who has been the CEO of Sony Ericsson (now Sony Mobile) since the summer of 2009, is going to lose his job on May 16th. His successor will be Kunimasa Suzuki (pictured above, left). According to BusinessWeek, Suzuki has been with Sony since 1984 and has spent the last decade of his career…
The next 90 days are going to be absolutely insane for anyone who likes to keep on top of the mobile industry. So much is going to happen in the span of a single quarter that we thought it’d be nice to compile a list of the key major events. Starting in April, AT&T will…
Motorola’s RAZR Maxx, affectionally known as the Droid RAZR Maxx in the United States, is arguably the company’s flagship device. It has a dual core 1.2 GHz Texas Instruments processor, 4.3 inch AMOLED screen (which sadly only does 540 x 960 pixels), 1 GB of RAM, and an 8 megapixel camera. What separates the Maxx…
We’re quickly approaching Google Wallet’s 1 year birthday. Announced on May 26, 2011, Google hasn’t exactly accomplished their goal of replacing the various plastic cards you carry with you on a daily basis. Why? At the end of the day it comes down to politics. Who establishes the relationship with the consumer, who gets to…