Nokia has a new hero product in the works, which will kick off a wave of new devices. With rumours swirling about the Nokia Lumia 928, the Nokia Catwalk, the EOS PureView and a possible Samsung Galaxy Note 2 rival, it seems the Finnish phone-fanciers have a few things up their sleeve. That new flagship …
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LG has plans for a new flagship Android phone, the LG Optimus G2. LG’s new flagship Android phone arrives in autumn, but it’s still shrouded in mystery. Talking to TrustedReviews, the head of LG’s European operation confirmed a G2 device is coming in the third quarter of 2013. But LG remains cagey about the exact details of the device, saying …
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Nokia Lumia Windows Phones, such as the low-cost Nokia Lumia 520, are gathering momentum as Nokia reveals a relatively small loss in the first three months of 2013. Sales of Lumia phones increased to 5.6 million devices shifted in the first three months of this year, up by 27 per cent from the end of 2012. Two thirds of those …
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Android was originally never intended for phones — Google designed it for cameras. But even back in 2005, Google spotted the potential in smart phones — and the rest is history. Speaking to a gathering of Tokyo business types, Android founder-turned Google exec Andy Rubin told PC World that mobile software Android was originally intended to connect cameras to the …
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BlackBerry could be about to take on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with a 5-inch version of the Z10. A phablet packing BlackBerry 10 software could be BlackBerry’s secret weapon to regain its past glory, according to experts. The struggling phone-fabricator could launch the 5-inch touchscreen phone-cum-tablet in the last three months of the year, the crucial holiday season. That’s …
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Increasingly huge phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S4 are missing the smart phone “sweet spot”, according to Motorola. Future phones from Google’s in-house mobile-maker will be smaller than big-screen rivals — and even better, will use pure, unadulterated Android. As many phones balloon in size to 5 inches or more, Motorola’s design chief says that instead of “bigger is …
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Are you all keyed up for the BlackBerry Q10? The forthcoming BlackBerry 10 phone with the Qwerty keyboard is now available to order from Vodafone, and will start arriving on 26 April — the same day as the Samsung Galaxy S4, in fact. You can pre-order the Q10 from today on Vodafone, starting at £37 per month for a free …
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Can I get a witness? The Guardian and 4G network EE have teamed up to create GuardianWitness, a new outlet for citizen journalists to send in their on-the-spot pictures and videos. GuardianWitness is a user-generated content platform, which allows you to submit your eyewitness pictures, videos and text to The Guardian from anywhere in the world online or through apps …
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Welcome Home. The first Facebook Home features hit your iPhone or iPad today, as Facebook Home comes home to British Android phones. If you want Facebook to take over your Android phone, tying your Facebook friends, messages and other app features tightly together with your mobile, you can get Facebook Home from Google Play today. And the iOS app putting …
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Android rival Firefox Mobile OS hits phones in two months — but we won’t see it here for a while. Firefox-maker Mozilla has revealed plans to launch the mobile software in five countries in June, but we’re not one of them. Firefox OS will be available on phones in Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela in June. 11 more countries …
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