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Gartner is out with their first quarter 2011 mobile phone market survey. The results are astounding. The first quarter belonged…
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Windows Phone to get sloppy seconds on HTC One M8
The HTC One M8 has been proclaimed as the year’s best Android hardware. After its initial release from HTC, Google…
Microsoft ad pitches Lumia Windows phone against a year old Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6UMmqUwkFU In a rather odd ad campaign spotted by GeekWire, Microsoft is running the kind of ad used by soap…
Smart finally beats dumb, smartphones hitting 51.8 percent of global sales in Q2
In the circles most of us hang out, it might seem incredible that featurephones – aka dumb phones – were…
Microsoft latest to mimic Snapchat with new Skype Qik ephemeral video messaging app
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIEnN1KmxKk&feature=youtu.be Microsoft has just joined the ranks of companies looking to capitalize on the success of ephemeral messaging apps like…
Samsung predicts record profits as HTC reports first ever loss
Samsung is predicting a record $9.4B profit for Q3 in its latest earnings guidance, on estimated revenues of $53.9B. While…
A little fun nostalgia for those of us old enough to remember featurephones …
If you’re as old as I am, you probably have fond memories of your first featurephone. They might seem prehistoric now,…
WSJ: Nokia’s Normandy Android phones finally coming this month
Nokia could finally show off those Android-based “Normandy” smartphones we’ve been seeing surface lately. The company will debut its rumored…
Nokia hints at Android fallback plan if Windows Phone continues to suck
A Nokia board chairperson admitted to a Finnish talk show recently that his company has a backup plan in case…
Amazon’s unlimited ebook and audiobook subscription service finally goes live in the U.S., try it free
Amazon’s worst kept secret, an all-you-can-read Kindle eBook service, is now live. Dubbed Kindle Unlimited, this $10 per month subscription…
Twitter tipster shows off another image for Nokia’s rumored Android device
Perhaps one of the greatest “what could have been” stories in recent (tech) times is definitively the question of what…
Android picks up five points from iOS in the enterprise market, reaches 32 percent market share
The latest enterprise market share data from Good Technology shows that Android gained five points from iOS, hitting almost a…
Microsoft announces ‘SmartGlass’ wireless streaming app for Xbox/Android
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYvQu00t75w] Microsoft just wrapped up its presentation at this year’s E3 event. While we did not hear anything about iOS…
Android shows significant growth in last three months, led by success of Moto G and LG G2
Kantar Worldpanel has released its latest report on smartphone marketshare for the last three months. Android share is up significantly compared to a year…
The march continues as Android gains share and Google eyes the prepaid market
In the battle for mobile supremacy, Apple and Google are winning as competitors continue to lose ground, finding it increasingly…
There’s a dual-boot Android/Windows Phone smartphone on the way – we’re just not sure why
The Times of India reports that local phone maker Karbon Mobiles is launching phones that can run both Android and…
Microsoft plans to bring Google Now competitor Cortana to Android devices, with focus on predictive intelligence
Microsoft is planning on making the next generation of its voice-recognition system, Cortana, available on Android and iOS devices sometime…
Beats Music drops subscription price to $99 amidst Apple acquisition, Android app will stay around
Amidst the news that Apple is officially acquiring Beats for $3 billion, the service has announced a price cut. The…
BlackBerry snaps up Android-related domains, more evidence of a new phone?
BlackBerry has snapped up a couple of Android-y domain names very recently. Logs show that BlackBerry Limited bought AndroidSecured.com and…
First Look at the Microsoft Cortana beta on Android (Video)
Microsoft recently released its Cortana digital assistant as a beta app, and we’ve been able to get our hands on…
Nokia teases ‘X’ phone ahead of expected Android announcement at MWC next week
Ahead of its scheduled announcement at Mobile World Congress on Monday, Nokia is teasing what we expect to be its…
Leaked photos claim to show Nokia’s Normandy Android smartphone in the wild
We’ve already seen a few leaked press shots claiming to show Nokia’s much rumored Android smartphone and UI often referred…
The rumors were true: Nokia X phones run Android … but only just
Rumors of Nokia launching an Android phone seemed unlikely for a company acquired by Microsoft, but the company today announced…
12,500 of Microsoft’s 18k job losses will be in Nokia Devices and Services division; will abandon Android X
If Nokia staff were hoping that the acquisition of the business by Microsoft would safeguard their jobs, their hopes were…