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Microsoft took the final wraps off of Windows Phone 8 at the company’s official launch event in San Francisco yesterday. Carriers are quickly announcing upcoming availability of Windows Phone 8 device, though Canada telecom Rogers appears to have first dibs on Windows 8 and Nokia’s flagship Lumia 920. Rogers confirmed late last night that some…
Although it got a new number, Android 4.2 will keep the Jelly Bean name. There are few cool things included in this release, all of which we’ll briefly describe here. Let’s roll… Photo Sphere Because Panorama photos are not enough. With this capability, you are able to snap pictures in every direction to create “immersive…
Chinese ZTE has prepared an awesome device for its own backyard. The soon to be launched ZTE U950, offers quite a bang for the buck, including 1.3GHz Tegra 3 quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 4.3-inch screen, 4GB of built-in storage, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is running the show. All this is packed in…
U.S. will be primary launch market for HTC’s new Windows Phones, 8X and 8S, with Verizon Wireless unveiling the 8X model on November 12th. The rest of the world will have to wait for another week, as two HTC devices got international release date of November 20th. Guess we’ll have to blame Microsoft (rather than…
Esoterism, which we know for their fancy aluminum phone and tablet cases, announced new product – “Moat-mini” for iPad mini. The handy accessory promises to “greatly enrich your mobile lifestyle experience,” featuring Esoterism’s “renown multi-functional handle design” that can be used as a carrying handle, comfortable to hold in both horizontal and vertical position and…
The guys over at The Verge took to Mountain View, California not long ago to get an inside look of the newly announced Nexus line. That’s right, the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, Android 4.2, and even the wireless charging dock for the Nexus 4 have been captured on celluloid for your viewing please, along with…
Today Microsoft announced its latest version of Windows Phone, just days after the official release of the brand new Windows 8 desktop operating system. Offering up quite a nice set of new features, Windows Phone has never looked better. The problem is, we’re still not sure if it’s enough to get the attention Microsoft wants…
At the company’s Windows Phone 8 launch event this morning, Microsoft announced that the Samsung ATIV Odyssey will make its way to Verizon in time for the holidays. Not much is known about the ATIV Odyssey, though previous rumors have suggested the Odyssey was a codename for the ATIV S device, which Samsung unveiled back…
What was once touted as a great feature from Apple that blew away the competition is now being bested by Google. iTunes Match is a feature for iCloud users that will scan all the music in your library if it’s been imported from external sources and match that music with what iTunes offers and basically…
Today Microsoft unveiled not only an updated Twitter and Skype app, but a new Facebook application for the Windows Phone 8 platform. The newly renovated app uses a new feature in Windows Phone 8 that lets users access Facebook calendar events and notifications right from their lock screens. The app can also put photos from…