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Samsung is known for its big marketing budget, but that hasn’t deterred Nokia from trying to compete on a smaller scale. This friendly competition between the two handset manufacturers was spotted recently overseas by a UK Mobile Review reader. The unnamed reader was walking by a billboard advertisement for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 zoom and noticed…
HTC Zara and Zara Mini have been officially announced as Desire 601 and Desire 300. The first device comes with a 4.5-inch qHD screen, 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 dual-core processor, BoomSound front speakers, 5-megapixel camera and LTE connectivity support (in markets where that makes sense). A standard suite of HTC’s software comes preloaded, including…
Just when we thought Acer isn’t interested to compete in the higher ends of the market, the company surprised us with its new Liquid S2 phablet, touting it as the first handset with 4K Ultra HD recording capability. This means 3840 x 2160 pixels, which is pretty impressive. That camera has a 13-megapixel sensor, while…
Samsung has announced the LTE-enabled version of its Galaxy S4 Zoom camera-phone for Europe. As you would imagine, it’s the same device that was already selling on the Old Continent with an added 4G radio, allowing for greater download and upload speeds. The Galaxy S4 Zoom combines 10x Optical Zoom with 16-megapixel BSI CMOS Sensor,…
HTC 8X owners may’ve looked at Nokia’s exclusive Windows Phone software with a dose of lust. And anger. I mean if Nokia can make a better camera software, why couldn’t HTC do the same? After all, they’re already doing it on their Android smartphones. Luckily, one savvy hacker managed to port the Nokia Pro Camera…
We’ve told you about the major Canada’s carriers’ “Fair for Canada” initiative. The government of Canada has its own, different point of view on this, hence it launched the “More Choices” website, featuring a bunch of facts, quotes and “tools” for Canadians to make informed choices of their wireless needs. The idea here is to…
BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry Beta Zone app, allowing BlackBerry OS 10-based device owners (Z10, Q10 and A5) to try out new apps before they’re ready for prime time. Available as a free download, the application allows users to join new beta programs and download beta applications. But before downloading it, you’ll have to register…
ZTE will soon be launching two new devices in the U.S. and Europe. First, there’s the ZTE Warp LTE, which will be unveiled as a successor to the ZTE Warp and ZTE Warp Sequent, both of which are offered by Boost Mobile. We still don’t have all the details about this phone, but it’s obvious…
Good folks from SwitchPay prepared a neat infographic to show the history of mobile technology in business. Today, 98% of small businesses use wireless or mobile technology in their operations, and 66% of them wouldn’t survive without it (or it would be a major challenge to survive without this technology). This wasn’t always the case,…
Steve Ballmer sent out a letter to Microsoft employees detailing the acquisition of Nokia’s device and services division. Ballmer confirmed that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will return to Microsoft and will lead an expanded Devices team. This team will include most of the teams coming over from Nokia as well as all of Microsoft’s Devices and…