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Australia’s Telstra is reporting that Nokia Lumia 920 is selling like hot cupcakes on a cold winter day. In fact, the demand has been impressive, with the carrier’s rep calling it “beyond amazing.” He/she went on to say that it’s not just Australia where Nokia is selling a ton of Lumia 920’s — globally the…
It looks like Verizon Wireless will give its best to promote Windows Phone 8. In an interview with The Verge, the carrier’s CMO Tami Erwin said that “there will be a $99 and a $199 [Windows Phone option] and ultimately before the end of the year we will have a device that comes in at…
According to Horace Dediu of Asymco, there were only a few profitable smartphone makers in Q3 2012. Apple and Samsung combined to account for 99% of those profits, with operating profits of $7.95 billion and $5.1 billion, respectively. HTC accounts for about $168.8 million (using today’s currency exchange values) for about a 1% share. LG was…
People are ditching feature phones for smartphones en masse, largely to the benefit of Google’s Android operating system, according to the latest report from Gartner. Of the 428 million total mobile phones sold in Q3 2012, about 169.2 million (39.6%) were smartphones signaling the continued trend away from feature phones as smartphones become more powerful…
Samsung ATIV S has found a place at Rogers Wireless’ website, where we find the powerful Windows Phone device listed with a price tag of $149.99. That, of course, is the price with a way-too-long 3-year contract which comes as given with Canadian operators. Again, the ATIV S looks very much like the Samsung Galaxy…
Update: This story has been partly debunked. Microsoft sent Pocketnow the following comment on Ballmer’s use of the word “modest”. “When asked about Surface, Steve’s use of the term “modest” was in relation to the company’s approach in ramping up supply and distribution of Surface with Windows RT, which has only been available via our online store and certain…
Verizon Wireless’ upcoming Samsung ATIV Odyssey has been leaked, compliments to EVleaks. As you can see from the image above, it’s not the ATIV S and we’re still not sure what this phone hides under the hood. For one thing, it looks thicker than the ATIV S but it also comes with support for 4G…
In a blog post talking about Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone 8, Microsoft explained the differences between this (mobile) version and the one running on Windows 8 computers. All of the core rendering is the same, meaning that HTML5 runs smoothly on Windows Phone 8 devices just like it does on laptops and desktops.…
Looks like Chinese version of the Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 920T, will be better than the one sold in other parts of the world. Actually the Lumia 920T will lack LTE connectivity support that will be available in the U.S. but it will use an improved Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dual-core processor (MSM8960T) rather than Snapdragon…
Samsung’s flagship (and so far only) Windows Phone 8 device, Ativ S, is now available in the UK from Expansys. The electronics retailer is offering the sexy phone for 449.99 GBP (about $718), sans any strings attached. That’s a lot of money and if you want to test the latest Windows Phone platform, I would…