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The latest numbers from IDC are out and the research firm confirms what other firms have been reporting: Apple is now the largest smartphone maker in the world based on sales for the second quarter. Even without the help of a brand new iPhone, Apple was able to ship 20.3 million iPhones in the quarter…
We all know that Nokia is planning to release a Windows Phone Mango handset as soon as it can and a new event invitation indicates we may get a glimpse at this device as soon as August 17. According to The Unwired, there will be a Microsoft and Nokia party August 17 to celebrate the…
Nokia has just announced the 500, their first 1 GHz smartphone. It’s going to run the latest version of Symbian, known as Anna, have a 3.2 inch screen with a resolution of 640 x 360, 5 megapixel camera, quadband GSM/EDGE support, and pentaband (850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz) 14.4 Mbps 3G support, meaning it’ll effectively have high speed…
All week, we’ve been talking about hot phones that are out now on U.S. carriers and are ripe for the picking, but if you’re into tech, you know that the next big thing is always right around the corner. Every platform has something to offer, so we took a glimpse into the future of every…
Finnish handset maker Nokia recently launched a new online store dubbed the “NFC Hub” where companies can purchase NFC enabled marketing materials ranging from posters, to business cards, and even stickers, in an aim to get people to interact with their brand or business in a new, most would say innovative, way. For those of…
Nokia’s Ovi Store now has more than 50,000 apps in the catalog, with more than 6.5 million downloads per day taking place. That’s up from the previous count of 48,000 apps and 6 million daily downloads. Despite the solid growth, the Finnish company has a lot of catching up to do to reach the heights…
Samsung, maker of the Galaxy S series of smartphones and tablets, might have sold more smartphones than Apple or Nokia during the second quarter. If it turns out to be the case, it would be the first time that Samsung has surpassed Apple in terms of smartphone sales. This might put even more pressure on…
Nokia Maps now offers an HTML5 version of its service which is compatible with Android and iPhone web browsers. While the updated version falls a little short of Google Maps, having an alternative is nice. Here’s what you can do with the HTML5 version of Nokia Maps: You can see where you are on the…
The Nokia N9 has hit the FCC labs where its engineers have dissected it, showing us the guts of the first commercial MeeGo-powered smartphone. We can’t tell much from the images FCC has provided to the general public, but can notice a small SIM tray and decent 1,450mAh battery. The Finnish company managed to cram…
Even as it struggled for years, Nokia could still say that it was the largest smartphone seller in the world. That is no longer the case, as Apple has surpassed Nokia in smartphone sales for the last quarter for the first time. Nokia had an awful quarter where it shipped 16.7 million smartphones. Apple is…