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Apple released the iPhone in 2007. Coincidentally, that was Nokia’s best year on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Back then they were valued at 110 billion Euros. Today however, Nokia is worth just 16.2 billion Euros according to Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish publication. That massive loss of value isn’t the real story though, what’s concerning is…
Rogers Wireless has opened the floodgates and is now accepting pre-orders for the HTC One X, asking $169.99 for the device along a new three-year contract commitment. Canadian carriers are known for their way-too-long contracts but I guess not many folks mind that since that practice continues to live on all networks. Anyway, Rogers is…
ZTE is super bullish on its prospects in the smartphone market this year. According to DigiTimes‘ sources at the Taiwan-based makers of handset components, the Chinese company will ship between 35 and 40 million smartphones this year, which is a significant increase from 11 million units shipped last year. Judging by their extensive line-up unveiled…
Bert Nordberg, who has been the CEO of Sony Ericsson (now Sony Mobile) since the summer of 2009, is going to lose his job on May 16th. His successor will be Kunimasa Suzuki (pictured above, left). According to BusinessWeek, Suzuki has been with Sony since 1984 and has spent the last decade of his career…
Wireless equipment distributor Brightstar announced plans to bring Sony’s Xperia smartphones such as the Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U to the U.S. market. Under the deal, Brightstar will use its vast distribution network (including more than 450,000 square feet of warehouse facilities) across North America to help the Japanese company get a decent…
MEIZU released a public beta testing version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for two of its popular smartphones – the MEIZU MX and M9. The newly released firmware is based on stock Android 4.0 — it’s not the customized version MEIZU usually ships with its products. We haven’t been able to try out the…
Evernote doesn’t want to leave its Windows Phone users behind, though the mobile client for Microsoft’s mobile platform still isn’t on par with iOS and Android version. Then again, it’s getting better and better… And just recently, the popular note-taking service released version 2.2 that introduces a number of much-requested features, including: Notebook sharing with…
Mobile travel guides are nothing new. We’ve seen a number of companies joining this market, both old school players like Lonely Planet as well as new entrants laser-focused on smartphone users. A new company called minube thinks there’s still room for growth here and with their new offering they may be onto something. Instead of…
It’s not like we lack another fitness app, it’s that we always lack great apps. Fitocracy thinks it has all the elements of such a product and their offering is now finally available to the general public after private beta trial. Available as a free download for iPhone users, the application ties the level-up and…
Azumio — the company behind mobile biofeedback apps like Stress Check, Stress Doctor and Instant Heart Rate — launched new iOS product, Sleep Time, that senses your subtle movements throughout the night, graphs your sleep cycles and wakes you up at the best possible time. By relying on iPhone’s built-in accelerometer, the application will make…