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Nokia Back in Smartphone Game with 8.8 Million Units Sold in Q3
Nokia's play to stay in the smartphone game is paying off as buyers flock to its wide range of Windows Phone 8 devices packing great camera technology. With its upcoming acquisition by Microsoft, the $7.
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Lumia 928 Officially Revealed On Nokia Teaser Site
One of Nokia's lesser-kept secrets, the 928, is officially out of the bag with a single image on a teaser page, while some new advertising suggests what's to come. Taking the Limelight Nokia's Lumia 928, as widely predicted last month is a real thing, packing in lots of photographer-centric features
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Facebook Invests in Mobile App Development With Parse Acquisition
With plenty of revenue from all those desktop web games, how will Facebook translate that as users access social media and games increasingly from their mobile? The acquisition of Parse whose mobile app development SDK for iOS and Android and other platforms powers thousands of apps seems to be one
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New Nokia Lumia 928 Getting An AMOLED Screen, Bigger Battery
Anyone hoping for big new things from the next Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 device will be left wanting, as it looks like a modest upgrade in technology and power. The Lumia View With the Lumia family rounding out nicely, offering budget and mid-range models to go alongside the 920,
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Samsung Dominates Apple and Smartphone Sales in 2012
The latest set of market figures show Samsung knocking Nokia off the top of the mobile phone charts, and setting a sizeable lead over Apple in smartphones. Big Bang Sales Theory Having just looked back at 2012 in mobile, the final numbers for the year are starting to
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Mobile Review 2012: Smartphones Become Boring in a Tablet World
One thing became pretty clear in 2012, for all the bluster and hype over new features, smartphones are now a mature technology, leaving the seemingly ever-resizeable tablet to take up the slack.
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Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 8, Coming November
Buried under the news of Hurricane Sandy and Apple's executive reshuffle, you might not have realised that Microsoft officially launched its biggest play in smartphones yesterday. Many models and makes are coming soon, with first releases in Europe, followed by the States. Here Comes Microsoft...
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Motorola and Nokia Nudge the Smartphone Bar With New Devices
This month is pretty much draws a line under what has come before for smartphones, and defines where the market heads in future. Today saw Nokia and Motorola launch bigger, better models, with new features.
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Nokia Lumia 920 Leaks Ahead of Official Launch
Oh dear, Nokia couldn't keep a lid on this one, possibly because it is just too bright. Anyway, here's the Lumia 920, the new range-leading device that features a PureView camera, wireless charging and beefed-up specs to bring Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 to the masses.
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Let Battle Commence, Tablet and Smartphone Giants to Collide This Fall
With a likely September launch for the next iPhone and perhaps a mini iPad, Windows 8 launching with an armada of hardware in October, and Amazon to unveil a Kindle Fire 2 for the holidays, get ready for the most intense consumer battle in recent years.
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Microsoft Video Demos Windows Phone 7.8 Start Screen
For those Windows Phone users who can't or won't be upgrading their smartphone to WP8 yet, there is Windows Phone 7.8. It acts as both an upgrade to Mango and an olive branch to users who would like some of the Windows Phone 8 action.
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iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3 Putting Windows Phone 8 In Its Place
Last week Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 and Surface tablet news did something pretty rare, taking some of the limelight from Samsung's latest smartphone and the rarely-interrupted Apple rumor mill. Things get back to normal this week, and it is hard to be enthusiastic about Microsoft's phone or tablet prospects.
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