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Twitter may be cool in the West, but in China – they use Sino Weibo. As you can imagine, the service is heavily censored to make it acceptable for ruling elites. And to make Sina Weibo more accessible for its users, Microsoft is integrating the popular social network into its products and services, namely Windows…
Earlier this week, both Verizon and AT&T released early Q4 2012 smartphone sales estimates. Today, Nokia joined the club and announced its own outlook for the quarter. Nokia has a reason to crow, as it did better than expected in the last few months of 2012. According to the press release, Nokia sold 15.9 million smartphones…
Wall Street Journal’s report yesterday that Apple is secretly working on building a less expensive iPhone to compete with the cheap Android devices that are selling like hot cakes in emerging markets struck me as odd. This rumor has been flying around for years — that Apple would eventually expand the iPhone line with an iPhone…
Verizon and AT&T haven’t announced their year-end quarterly earnings, but that isn’t stopping the carriers from crowing about how many smartphones they sold. The day after AT&T said it activated 10M smartphones, Verizon chimed in and confirmed it had activated 9.8M. This admission by Verizon was first spotted by ZDNet in a recent 8-K form…
With Valentine’s Day fast-approaching, Verizon looks to help fellas get something for that special lady by releasing a red Nokia Lumia 822. The handset is set to go on sale for under 50 bucks on a new two-year agreement. Big Red has yet to drop any details on when folks can expect to see the…
Pebble caused a stir when its Kickstarter project was backed by 68,000 people and raised millions for the company. Originally slated to ship in September, manufacturing hurdles delayed the watch well past its target launch. That was then and this is now and now Pebble is almost ready to ship. Pebble used CES to confirm…
Just as we told you, Polaroid unveiled its Android-powered camera at CES. The new Polaroid iM1836 is the first such product that comes with interchangeable-lenses, allowing anyone to capture “outstanding, professional quality images and instantly share them with friends.” The camera sensor counts 18 megapixels, optical zoom has a 10-30mm lens, while Android 4.1 Jelly…
Walmart and Straight Talk Wireless are preparing to start offering the iPhone without requiring customers to sign a single piece of paper. Starting on January 11, interested users will be able to grab Apple’s smartphone in more than 2,000 Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com, and use it with Straight Talk’s $45 no contract unlimited…
ASUS announced its new Windows 8 device, VivoTab Smart tablet, which gets its power from Intel’s Atom Z2760 dual-core processor. The device has a 10.1-inch 1366×768 pixels IPS screen that can keep up with up to five fingers at once. Moreover, it also has an 8-megapixel camera on the back and 2-megapixel one on the…
If you haven’t seen the trend of mobile announcements here at CES, then maybe Lenovo’s latest device will give you a hint. Last year, the company introduced us to one of the world’s first Intel Atom-based Android handsets, the K800, and now we have the K900 to swoon over. The Lenovo K900 is a monster…