As the Mobile World Congress date draws near, we expect to find out more news about the upcoming smartphones brought by the world’s biggest developers. But until then, we could start and make some predictions about a leaked photographed that apparently showcases Sony’s upcoming ST25i “Kumquat” Android smartphone.
Nokia’s Lumia has gained widespread acclaim for being very competitive and aesthetically cool. The hype is particularly high about Nokia Lumia 900 which is to hit the markets sometimes later in this year. However, a surprising piece of news is that a Dutch retailer, Typhone, has put up an image of Nokia Lumia 910 on it’s website, claiming that the device will soon be available in Netherlands. The only different between Lumia 900 and Lumia 910 is that the latter doesn’t support LTE and has a 12-megapixel rear camera, compared to the 8-megapixel camera in Lumia 900. Can this really be true?
Users have been very anxiously awaiting the launch of the flagship Android device, Galaxy Nexus, to launch on Sprint. It had been confirmed earlier that Nexus will definitely launch with Sprint but we weren’t given any definite schedule. However, Google recently put online a sign-up page for users who may be interested in the device as soon as it launches with Sprint. With Sprint, Galaxy Nexus will be coming with nearly all the features it has with Verizon, and some additional cookies too. Read further to know what are these.
Unlocked iPhones have been increasingly in demand. Some users get the device unlocked officially from Apple, which typically costs quite lot more than the normal price tag. Others choose to unlock it themselves through different tools. T-Mobile officially doesn’t carry iPhone but the carrier has announced that it will support any unlocked iPhones that switch to it. This is definitely a welcome move by T-Mobile and will make things all the more easier for users tooling unlocked iPhones.
Apple and Samsung are two of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world. Apple prizes it’s iPhone while Samsung has pretty much succeeded with it’s Android smartphones in the Samsung S series. Last year, Samsung momentarily overtook Apple in smartphone sales but with the results of the final quarter out, Apple is back in the game and leading. Samsung’s quarterly reports tell that it sold 36.5 million smartphones in Q4 whereas Apple has sold about 37 million, clearly on the first position, again.
Microsoft is relying heavily on Nokia to roll out it’s Windows Phone devices and to make these devices a success. This was evident when at CES 2012, Microsoft officials actively supported Nokia Lumia presentation. According to the quarterly report released by Nokia, it has been handed out a $250 million payment, which is a first in the series of payments as ‘platform support payments.’ While the term is vague, it shows that Microsoft’s stakes are high in Nokia Lumia sets and the software giant really wants them to succeed.
Nokia was once the leading vendor in the world of mobile. But since the inception of iOS and Android smartphones, Nokia has gone somewhat down in the market. But that still can’t blur the fact that Nokia is still shipping millions of handsets and is a very strong contender, now that it is back with Nokia Lumia 900. Nokia announced on Wednesday that it had sold the 1.5 billionth Series 40 OS handset. To commemorate the 1.5 billionth sale, a ceremony was held to honour the buyer. This is perhaps Nokia’s way of telling the world that it still has the potential to lead, compared to Apple’s gross sales of 183 million iPhones since 2007.
Google has released the result of a study carried out by a research firm, Ipsos MediaCT, which as commissioned by Google. The study was carried out on 2000 residents each from the following five countries: US, UK, Germany, France and Japan. The study reveals that the trend of smartphones and tablets is increasing in all five countries, with UK on the lead followed by both France and US in overall smartphone use. However, while smartphones and tablets come en vogue, PCs are not experiencing any decrease in their usage, something which was predicted by many experts.
If you are an avid adventurer, you surely would want a smartphone that can stand all the tough circumstances you may have to go through daily. It should resist water, it should stay undamaged when it falls from height and it should stay intact when a weight is accidentally placed on it. Well, Casio has introduced the concept of a smartphone which can accomplish all of this. The smartphone has been named ‘G-Shock’ and still a concept while it’s details, design and OS are yet to be decided.
Nokia Lumia 900 has made a lot of headlines lately. The sleek design of this phone and the specs make it the best Windows Phone that is about to be released. Many are anxiously anticipating the launch. One of the probable retailers of Lumia 900, Carphone Warehouse, put up a page online which asked the users to place their pre-orders for the device. It claimed that the device will be released in June 2012. However, the page was taken down today. Is it because the release date was revealed by mistake?
Nokia has taken some hits in the past when it lost the number 2 rank in the smartphone operating system. However, Nokia seems all set to reverse this and emerge once again as a major player in the smartphone world. It has extracted this hope from the excellent device it is about the unleash, the new Nokia Lumia 900. Equipped with Windows Phone OS and having some very fine specs and looks, Lumia 900 may indeed let Nokia ride the number 2 position worldwide, yet again.
The British smartphone market is about to get a new handset to fight for customers’ attention: LG Prada 3.0. The new LG smartphone in the Prada lineup has been expected to have an international rollout starting with January. The Britons will be able to get the LG Prada 3.0 from third party retailers by February.
It took a year for the South Korean phone maker to expand the popular Star series. After the success of the two models in this series, Star and Star 2, considered as best selling Samsung products, by the end of this month two more versions will hit the market, Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS. The company announced that its fans from Russia will be the first to get their hands on the new Samsung phones, followed by the customers from CIS, Europe, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The Star 3 DUOS will also be available in Southwest Asia.
Recently we have heard about Windows phone rumors and it will bring Start screen folders, grouping options as well as probably redesigned media control buttons. Although most of the device use 512 MB of RAM but this phone support only 256 MB of RAM. This update is designed to drive down the cost of manufacturing Windows Phones but it is a question, how does Microsoft plan to achieve this?
Basically Tenna is a screen less phone that support only users voice command. This device provides only calling and texting functions. It will not be wrong to say, Tenna is a name of device which has video camera, still camera, voice recorder, MP3 player, movie player, web browser, sketchpad and many more.Its 1.5” device has a detachable piece for making calls and hooks up to any device via the USB port.
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