How some people scoffed when Nokia announced it was ditching Symbian in favour of Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. Nokia and Microsoft? They’re both washed up, right? Surely the Finnish phone firm should have got on board with Android? Well Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop has explained his reasoning. It turns out he was scared Samsung …
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12 July
How to access My Maps on Android after Google Maps update
The new Google Maps for Android. Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET Related stories Five tips for the new Google Maps on Android New Google Maps for Android moves in on Yelp, Foursquare Google Latitude to be retired on August 9 Just two days ago, Google started rolling out a new version of Maps. While the app is still making its way …
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12 July
Nexus 7 II could launch as soon as this month
The next Nexus could be with us within weeks. New reports suggest the next generation of the 7-inch tablet — apparently dubbed the Nexus 7 II — will be launched in late July or early August. Google is once again teaming up with Asus to build the tablet, which will showcase the latest Android software, DigiTimes reports. The Nexus 7 …
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12 July
Will AT&T finally get serious about prepaid with Leap deal?
AT&T’s $1.2 billion acquisition of regional prepaid carrier Leap Wireless suggests it may be moving into the no-contract business in a big way. But the deal may ultimately end up being a spectrum land grab by AT&T, which has shown an eagerness to shore up its war chest of wireless licenses. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How …
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12 July
Stream your media libraries to your iDevice with Quik.io
No more room at the inn? At one point or another, most mobile-device users run out of storage space, usually at the expense of music or movies. One option: upload everything to a cloud service like Dropbox, then stream your stuff as needed. But that requires both time and money. Another: turn your PC into a media server and stream …
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12 July
Nokia Lumia 1020 Pro Camera set for all PureView phones
The powerful Nokia Pro Camera app from the newly unveiled Nokia Lumia 1020 is coming to the rest of Nokia’s PureView phones. Although they only have a fraction of the 41-megapixels found in the new Lumia 1020, the app is coming to the Lumia phones branded with Nokia’s PureView camera technology. That’s the Nokia Lumia 920, the Lumia 925 and …
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12 July
Is Android fragmentation over with Jelly Bean’s rise? Nope
Programmers and fanboys fixated on the thorny problem of Android fragmentation had reason to pay attention to Google statistics that this week showed the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean, surpassing the two-and-a-half-year-old Gingerbread as the most-used version of Android. It’s a notable achievement for Google, which has been trying to push the Android world toward the modernized features and …
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12 July
Motorola’s Moto X outed
The Moto X, the next smartphone from Motorola Mobility, got a glimpse of daylight thanks to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt was spotted using Motorola’s upcoming phone at Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley, Idaho, media conference this week. You can see a photo of the Moto X in Schmidt’s hands above and at right. Another look at the Moto X …
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12 July
Nokia Lumia 1020: What you need to know
It has a 41-megapixel camera. Well, that was the shortest ever post on CNET — I’m off to get a coffee. Just kidding. The Lumia 1020 is Nokia’s most ambitious and exciting product since it started making Windows Phones. In a world of pretty damn samey Android blowers, it’s something laudably different. You can’t ignore that mahoosive megapixel count, but …
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12 July
AT&T to acquire Leap Wireless in $1.2 billion deal
AT&T announced Friday that it will acquire prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless in a deal valued around $1.2 billion. The carrier has agreed to pay $15 a share in cash for Leap, which operates under the Cricket Wireless brand. As part of the agreement, AT&T will get Leap’s wireless properties, including its licenses, network assets, and stores, as well as …
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