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The Samsung ATIV Odyssey is hitting Verizon stores tomorrow for the price of $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract agreement. This is the first Windows Phone 8 offering from the Korean manufacturer, and it’ll boast some pretty standard mid range features and specs. Features on the ATIV Odyssey include: Super AMOLED Display…
We’ve been told a numerous times that existing Windows Phone 7.5 users won’t get the latest version of the platform (8.0). Rather, Microsoft along with its OEM partners will release a Windows Phone 7.8 update to these phones, bringing many of the features the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS packs. We’re glad to say…
Windows Phone users who rely on Google sync functions will soon be facing some challenges. After January 30th, Google will be pulling it’s support for Exchange ActiveSync, which will leave users unable to sync their Gmail data on their Windows Phones. Exchange ActiveSync support is a protocol currently used on mobile devices to sync Gmail contacts, calendar…
We’ve heard that Sprint plans to join Microsoft’s mobile initiative and offer Windows Phone 8 devices, namely those made by Samsung and HTC. Looks like first such smartphone (HTC PL80110) has hit the FCC, boasting LTE connectivity support, NFC, EV-FO and 1xRTT. That’s pretty much all we could get from the phone’s “not that revealing”…
European mobile market has been “blessed” with the addition of another Nokia smartphone – Lumia 620. As you probably already know, this is the entry-level Windows Phone 8 product with specs that include a 3.8-inch ClearBlack screen with WVGA (480×800 pixels) resolution, 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing one, GPS…
Usually we have the unlocked devices getting the updates first and only then users who got the phone from a carrier get the same deal. With the Nokia Lumia 920 that wasn’t the case with AT&T customers first receiving the goodies. I can only speculate that the Finnish company took this road because it values…
If you’re rocking a Nokia Lumia 820 and wish that the back cover had a little more pop to it, then you’re in luck. Sort of. The Finnish company has released official specs for the back cover of the 820, allowing users to print their very own custom 3D covers. While there’s a very good…
Nokia is getting another exclusive perk to its Lumia Windows Phone 8 handsets. The finnish-based manufacturer just released an Xbox game called Blobster for all its users on both Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.x devices. Here are the features included in the game: Levels like you’ve never seen before! Amazing level design will have players…
In an interview to The Wall Street Journal, an Asus exec revealed that its company is “in talks” with Microsoft over licensing Windows Phone 8. No details were given but we do expect to see the first product running Microsoft’s mobile platform by the end of this year. We don’t have any inside information or…
AT&T has been offering the Charging Plate for Nokia Lumia 920 ever since the Windows Phone device has been launched on its network. However, the carrier said it will eventually end giving away the Plate… That ain’t gonna happen any time soon. In fact, according to this page at AT&T’s website, the deal is extended…