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A week ago Samsung changed CEOs, replacing the mobile-oriented Choi Gee Sung with the display and chipset chief Kwon Oh Hyun. The new boss is already planning to shake things up, calling for the company to redouble its focus on software, which could mean the company is preparing to distance itself away from Android in the near future.…
LG is still trying to grab mind share in the congested world of manufacturers who offer Android handsets. The Korean based OEM will be releasing another phone this month in Europe, which includes the UK, Germany, and France. This latest device will be called the Optimus L5. The L5 will carry low-end specs – like…
Finland is, without a question in my mind, one of the safest places in the world. When people told me to avoid the Kallio district of Helsinki because it was “rough”, the first thing I did was visit it to see what all the fuss was about. Sure, there were drunk people running around, and…
Tumblr is blogging for the rest of us. You login, pick what kind of content you want to create, and then create it. The company has had an iOS app for what feels like forever, but it isn’t exactly a pleasure to use. You can do everything with the app that you can do on…
An experienced Android user will spend a countless number of hours scouring the internet looking for the best ROM to put on their device. There are plenty to choose from, certainly more than we care to name; one of the more popular ones is called MIUI. People say it’s the best attempt anyone has ever…
T-Mobile’s Chief Technology Officer, Neville Ray, stated the obvious during a presentation in San Francisco last week. Customers who have devices that can achieve a higher throughput will consume more data than customers who are stuck with “slower” speeds. To be more specific, T-Mobile customers with devices that have a 42 Mbps HSPA+ radio consume…
What happens when you take the best selling smartphone of 2011, replace the 800 x 480 screen it originally shipped with with a 720p display, and then slap a QWERTY keyboard on it for good measure? According to TmoNews, you get T-Mobile Samsung SGH-T699. Here is what they know about the device: It’ll ship with…
Six weeks ago we filed a report on an as yet to be announced Huawei smartphone called the M660. Back then all we had was an ultra low resolution press photo of the device. Today we have images of this thing in the wild. It’s still not official yet, but here’s what the folks at…
Ratings agency Moody dropped Nokia’s credit rating to junk, citing slow sales of Windows Phone and the company’s quickly-disapperaing cash reserves. Moody joins S&P and Fitch, both of which dropped their ratings on Nokia earlier this year. This low rating means institutional investors are less likely to buy Nokia bonds and reflects the company’s dismal financial…
Earlier in the week, we mentioned that Microsoft was providing a financial incentive to Nokia to produce super cheap phones for China and developing markets. While this is a good strategy for Microsoft and Nokia to break into these markets, it can be viewed as the two companies essentially giving up on the U.S. to…