Nokia is hoping to boost the number of applications available for the Asha 501 to make it more competitive with low-cost Android smartphones with the release Thursday of the first version of a software development kit (SDK) for the phone. ...
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Samsung remains the runaway market leader in smartphones, according to the latest figures from analysts at Gartner. It sold 71.4 million units in the second quarter to claim a commanding market share of 31.7 per cent, while Apple in ...
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Mobile network O2 has announced that its 4G service will launch in the UK on 29 August. The new network, which it claims will be up to five times faster than 3G, will be switched on in London, Leeds and Bradford first, followed by a ...
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Soft drinks maker Britvic is dumping BlackBerry in favour of Windows Phone devices from Nokia. The company is currently rolling out Nokia Lumia 720 smartphones to 800 staff as part of the platform shift at the company. Further reading ...
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The world’s love affair with smartphones continues to blaze. Between April and June, worldwide smartphone shipments grew by 52.3 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to a new report by market research firm IDC. ...
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Nokia's new Lumia 925 Windows smartphone is nicely made, has a beautiful screen and a great camera, but falls short on storage. The 925 is Nokia's flagship Windows phone until the imminent arrival of the Lumia 1020 and its monster 41 ...
The global smartphone market showed healthy growth in the second quarter, but Apple's iPhone was squeezed by competition from Samsung and other Asian manufacturers, surveys showed Friday. Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell ...
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Computerworld - Nokia Wednesday unveiled its largest Windows 8 smartphone today, the Lumia 625, which sports a 4.7-in. LCD screen and a price tag of under $300. The Lumia 625 Hero Windows 8 smartphone was unveiled by Nokia today. The ...
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Nokia has overtaken BlackBerry in smartphones, according to the latest sales figures for its Lumia Windows Phone devices revealed in its second quarter results. However, while the total of 7.4 million sales of Lumia smartphones ...
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T-Mobile will begin in-store sales of both the Xperia Z from Sony and the Nokia Lumia 925 starting tomorrow. Both smartphones fall under T-Mobile's no annual service contract concept. The Xperia Z will cost $99.99 down with 24 monthly ...
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Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still made a net loss. Net sales totalled a!5.70 billion (US$7.48 billion), down 24 percent year-on-year. The company ...
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Finnish phone manufacturer Nokia chose Windows Phone over Google's Android operating system for its smartphones, so that it could entice mobile carriers with a "third alternative", according to Nokia's chief executive, Stephen Elop. At ...
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Computerworld - Nokia launched its Lumia 1020 on Thursday with a raft of high-end camera features, including a 41-megapixel optical sensor. Nokia's Lumia 1020 smartphone. With that megapixel count, the Lumia 1020 sensor is ...
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Nokia's latest device, the Lumia 1020 smartphone, has been leaked just ahead of the Finnish phone maker's official launch of the device in New York on Thursday. The first leaked image unveiled the model name as the Nokia Lumia 1020, ...
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Nokia is expected to launch a follow-up to its 41-megapixel 808 PureView running Windows Phone a week from now, a move that will give the struggling phone vendor a much needed boost, according to one analyst. The smartphone, now rumored ...
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