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Microsoft, Nokia, and AT&T are spending hundreds of millions of dollars pushing the Lumia 900 Windows Phone. They’ve held huge marketing events in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and signage for the Lumia 900 is blasted across AT&T stores. A report from CNETÂ suggests that retail stores could ultimately be to blame if the Lumia…
Look, starting rumors isn’t something I particularly enjoy doing since at the end of the day it doesn’t matter if you have press images and a spec sheet of a device that you can’t buy, but I’m going to make an exception for this “hunch”. Samsung’s Galaxy S III is easily one of the most…
“Wearable computing” is going to be a buzz phrase you’re going to be hearing over and over again over the next few months. Thanks to devices like the Jawbone UP and the Nike+ Fuelband, 2012 and 2013 are going to be all about the “quantified self”, which is yet another buzz phrase that basically means…
Two articles were published today that everyone should read. The first, from Reuters, says that analysts have come to the conclusion that Nokia is no longer the leader of the mobile phone market in terms of volume. Yesterday the Finnish handset maker issued a press release saying they shipped 12 million smartphones and 71 feature…
It boggles the mind that 14 months ago the CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop, got up on a stage in London and announced the death of Symbian, yet during these past 14 months we’ve seen more software updates issued to the dying OS than we’ve ever seen in Symbian’s history. Symbian Anna came out in…
Rogers has already started accepting preorders for the HTC One X, though we still don’t know when the device will start shipping. Actually now we do have that information as well thanks to the leaked document pictured above. So if everything goes as planned, the first One X units will go out on April 20th.…
We’ve already told you Verizon is preparing to launch a new Incredible device, this time with LTE connectivity. Thanks to the good folks of AndroidPolice, we now know how the Incredible 4G will look like (as you can see from the image above0. It is said that the forthcoming smartphone will rock a 4-inch qHD…
Google Currents is no longer a U.S.-only app and now everyone who has access to the Apple AppStore or Google Play can get it and enjoy news and magazines in a whole new way. Alongside this international rollout, Google also made sure there are local partners on board, including such publications as The Guardian in…
Apple’s A4, A5, and A5X chips have all been made using 45 nanometer transistors. At least that’s what we thought. According to a report from Chipworks, the $399 iPad 2 and the new 1080p enabled Apple TV are using a 32 nanometer version of the A5. Why is this important? Smaller transistors translate to smaller…
Although the brand new Nokia Lumia 900 is selling like hot cupcakes at Amazon, it’s a fact that Windows Phone is still far, far behind iOS and Android. And while we’ve no doubts Microsoft will keep pushing its mobile platform, it’s still not clear that many users will jump on board. In fact, according to…