Sarah Mitroff

Nokia Lumia Icon goes on sale today at Verizon

Verizon’s newest flagship Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia Icon, goes on sale today, Thursday, February 20. If you want to pick one up, head into a Verizon store or grab one off Verizon’s Web site. Related stories: Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Nokia’s Newest Phone Is a …

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Sprint, Best Buy give students a free year of talk, text, and data

Hey students, your report card can now earn you a free cell phone plan. Best Buy and Sprint announced Monday that they’ve teamed up to offer free unlimited talk and text, plus 1GB of data, for one full year to students. Related stories Massive HTC One Max lands at Sprint on Nov. 15 for $250 Best Buy promises $100 trade-in …

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Nexus 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. iPhone 5S vs. Nexus 4

Now playing: Watch this: Google Nexus 5 souped up with Android KitKat, LTE, and… 3:16 At a press conference Thursday, Google introduced its latest flagship smartphone, the Nexus 5. It’s running Android 4.4 KitKat, the newest version of the OS, which was released alongside the new device. Related stories Android 4.4 KitKat brings a little OS equality KitKat to bring …

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iPad Mini with Retina Display vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HDX 7

Almost one year to the day that Apple unveiled its first small iPad, the company launched its successor, the iPad Mini with Retina Display. The much-anticipated device sports expanded LTE support, in addition to a better-looking screen. Related stories New announcements from Apple (pictures) Apple to release OS X Mavericks for free Apple announces new, faster MacBook Pros with Haswell …

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iPad 5 rumor roundup

Editors’ note:This post was originally published on July 15, 2013. We’ll continue to update it until the devices launch. If history is any indication, we can expect Apple to unveil the latest iPad and a new iPad Mini sometime this fall. In October 2012, Apple updated its popular Retina Display iPad with slightly better specs and introduced a smaller, more …

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Rumored Lumia 929 spotted in a leaked photo

Just a few weeks ago, we got a peek at Nokia’s rumored new Windows phone, the Lumia 1520. Now we’re getting a first glimpse of another addition to the Lumia line, the Lumia 929, thanks to a leaked press photo. Related stories Nokia Lumia 1520 allegedly revealed in new image Nokia expected to launch Lumia 1520 on October 22 Nokia’s …

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Path, Flipboard are coming to the Lumia 1020

At the “Zoom Reinvented” event Thursday, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced that Flipboard, Path, Vine, and Hipstamatic are coming to the Lumia 1020, the first Windows Phone 8 device to get these apps. Yelp and Foursquare are also updating their apps to utilize the Lumia’s impressive 41-megapixel camera to help users take and share better photos. All of the apps …

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Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Samsung Galaxy S4, iPhone 5, HTC One

Now playing: Watch this: The Lumia 1020 makes stunning photos a priority 3:14 Nokia showed off its latest Windows phone, the Nokia Lumia 1020, at a press conference in New York on Thursday. Nokia Lumia 1020 debuts Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper (hands-on) Nokia Lumia 1020: A camera phone powerhouse (hands-on photos) Windows Phone tweaks back Lumia 1020’s …

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Dropbox features show up in Yahoo Mail, Asana, and more

At its developer conference this week in San Francisco, cloud storage giant Dropbox announced a few new developer tools, called Drop-Ins, that create a link between Dropbox and any app or online service. The first Drop-Ins are called Saver and Chooser. True to their names, Chooser lets you choose and import your Dropbox files into other apps, and Saver helps …

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All Windows phones can now have Nokia’s mapping and transit apps

Hoping to snag a few more paying customers — and offer an alternative to Google Maps — Nokia is bringing Here, its suite of mapping, turn-by-turn direction, and transit apps to all Windows Phone 8 smartphones. The apps will arrive in the Windows Phone Store by the end of the week. Nokia is adding a few new features to Here …

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