Starting tomorrow, Nokia will whip out a new color palette for two of its phones. In addition to white and dark gray, the Nokia Lumia 822 Windows phone will now come in red. Related stories Nokia Lumia 822 review Full review of Motorola’s Droid Razr M Hands on $50 Samsung Ativ Odyssey For its part, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Pantech Discover, AT&T’s higher-end ‘budget’ Android 2:42 One of my favorite smartphones on today’s market also happens to be one of the least expensive. It costs just $50, runs Android, boasts a rapid-fire processor and a 12.6-megapixel camera, and offers up some ergonomic design elements you won’t see anywhere else. Who makes this humble wonder device? …
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Better late than never. T-Mobile is increasing the number of ways you can buy Google’s Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus 4 smartphone on its network. Related stories: Full review: LG Nexus 4 Google’s Nexus 7 a great small tablet T-Mobile rips up contract on unlimited data plan Yesterday, the carrier started selling the LG-made Nexus 4 in more of its …
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commentary Facebook ended yet another press conference without mentioning a smartphone or mobile operating system bearing its branding. Should we be surprised? No. Are we? Sadly, yes. Months of rumors fueled expectations that Facebook would move into mobile in a bigger way, including unveiling — with a handset partner — a phone of its own. Such talk heated up in …
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Call it the Nokia aLuminum. Related stories Nokia Lumia 920 review Inside Nokia’s fight for survival 10-inch Nokia tablet on its way If “sources” are correct, the next Lumia we could see land on shelves will be made not of the typical polycarbonate that’s composed every Lumia since its inception, but of aluminum. The report comes from The Verge, citing …
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Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET commentary Would you ever consider buying a smartphone running Ubuntu, Tizen, or Firefox as its operating system? For most of you, the answer is and will probably remain: No. Why would you? Android and iOS fight for worldwide domination, with no signs of slowing down. Both have extremely well-developed ecosystems that make sharing information across services …
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Ubuntu OS, long a favorite open-source platform for computing, is getting ready to move to the smaller smartphone screen. Related stories: We don’t need another phone OS Samsung’s Tizen phone to sell next year Huawei taps Linux-based Tizen OS Firefox OS opens arms to developers Ubuntu-run smartphones will using the same drivers as Android smartphones, a boon to developers, but …
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If you’re desperate to stay with T-Mobile’s service and rock an iPhone, the nation’s fourth-largest carrier has good tidings on both fronts. Related stories: T-Mobile: Today’s 4G LTE is good, but ours will be great On T-Mobile killing the subsidy: It’s about time Can T-Mobile handle the iPhone? T-Mobile’s ‘Value’ plan beats ‘Classic’ any day Today, T-Mobile unveiled plans to …
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Nokia announced today that, along with Microsoft, it will roll out a software update that address user complaints about battery life, Bluetooth connection, and startup. Starting today, the over-the-air update will cover the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 for all AT&T customers in the U.S. and Rogers subscribers in Canada. Among the changes, Nokia says, users will see: More …
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