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Whoa, Nellie! The guys at Pocketnow have just scored a ton of information regarding the future of Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Apparently they obtained a video where Joe Belfiore, Vice President of Windows Phone at Microsoft, goes through several of the new features that will be in Windows Phone Apollo, which at this point…
Ever wonder why smartphones with 4G LTE connectivity have such terrible battery life? The answer is rather simple. While most phones usually have only one cellular radio on at the same time, devices using 4G LTE need to have two radios on simultaneously. One of those radios, the one that does that 4G LTE, can…
Samsung is the undisputed leader when it comes to building displays using OLED technology. Sure, we sometimes hate the tricks that they sometimes pull (PenTile!) in order to make their screens cheap enough to manufacture in volume, but for the most part they’re doing a fantastic job at pushing the state of the art forward.…
Earlier today, less than six hours ago in fact, we filed a report saying that Samsung was going to announce a device at Mobile World Congress later this month called the Galaxy S II Plus. Now, thanks a tweet from Eldar Murtazin, Editor in Chief of Mobile-Review, we now know what that device looks like.…
What if I told you that I have inside information on a new ultra high end smartphone that’s due to come out in less than three weeks? It has a quad core ARM Cortex A9 processor, quad core PowerVR Series5XT graphics processor, 5 inch OLED screen, WiFi/3G/GPS/Bluetooth, and best of all it’s going to cost…
Most handset makers sell a majority of their devices through operators, so they’ll do anything to maintain that relationship, even if it means not bringing a product that consumers want out to market. We’re talking about multi SIM devices of course, the phones that let people have more than one phone number so they can…
When Nokia reported their Q4 2011 financial results last month there was one bit of news in there that we glossed over. Marko Ahtisaari, son of Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, had his title upgraded from Head of Nokia Design to Executive Vice President of Nokia Design. His responsibilities will stay the same, he’ll…
If you haven’t already noticed, today is the first of February! For those of us in the mobile industry it’s our favorite month of the year. It’s when nearly every company (except Apple) that makes up one of the most exciting fields in consumer electronics gets together and shows off the devices that we’ll be…
T-Mobile launched the Lumia 710 for $50 on the 11th of January for $49.99 with a two year contract. Three weeks later, that price is now down to $39.99. Microsoft, who apparently has an online store that this author had no idea even existed, is also now selling the Lumia 710 … for free. That’s…
Sprint and LightSquared are both facing an incredibly tricky situation. Starting with Sprint, they were America’s first operator to launch a “4G” network, but they made the mistake of betting on WiMAX technology while the rest of the world chose to wait for LTE equipment to hit the market. It took a few years, but…