Specifications for a new Google smartphone have been published on a pre-order page by Carphone Warehouse, before the device has been launched. The Google Nexus 4 handset will be available for free on tariffs of £31 per month and ...
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Google's next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7-inch screen and start shipping on Oct. 30, according to U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse. The follow-up to the Galaxy Nexus, which was announced in October last year, is widely ...
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Buro Happold is a global engineering consultancy with 27 offices in seven countries. Founded in Bath in south-west England, Buro Happold has 1,500 staff worldwide and has worked on projects ranging from the O2 in London to the Louvre in Abu ...
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Nokia continues to struggle as its third-quarter smartphone unit sales dropped by 63 percent compared to last year, while some warn that expectations for the arrival of its first phones based on Windows Phone 8 should not be too high. The ...
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The first wave of devices running BlackBerry 10, Research In Motion's new smartphone operating system, have entered carrier certification labs around the world, the company said Wednesday. The lab entry allows cellular carriers to begin ...
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Nokia is planning to offer its Windows Phone 8 handsets through exclusive partnerships with European operators, according to reports. The Financial Times cited a person familiar with the negotiations claiming the Finnish firm was in ...
Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which officially launched Monday and will ship in November on three U.S. carriers, will support 46 of the top 50 most popular smartphone apps with a Data Sense app for more efficient data usage that will first ...
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In a September survey of 599 C-level executives and IT decision-makers in 19 countries, managed services provider Avanade found that 61 percent of companies now report that employees are using personal devices in the workplace. More than ...
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Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, but disappointed its current customers by confirming they won't get the update. Instead, users of Windows Phone 7.5 – codenamed Mango – will only be upgraded ...
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The Lumia 510 is Nokia's new entry-level Windows Phone, priced at about $199 excluding taxes and subsidies and due to be released in November, the company said on Tuesday. The smartphone has a 4-inch screen with a 800-by-480 pixel ...
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Microsoft Tuesday began delivering an update to Windows Phone 8 smartphones that provides unspecified "performance enhancements" that some customers say include an OS fix for random reboots and Wi-Fi enhancements. A spokeswoman said ...
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Was it only six years ago that Windows Mobile was a big part of the cellphone business? That was a time when only programmers thought of a mobile phone as a computer. Now we're heading into the second or third generation of the smartphone, ...
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Computerworld - Imagine sitting down at work, plopping a mobile device on the desk and having it wirelessly charge itself while, at the same time, synchronizing new data to your PC. In that world, one could also wirelessly charge a phone ...
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Smartphone shipments to retailers worldwide this year are expected to total 717 million, 45% more than shipped in 2011, IDC said Tuesday. The positive news for smartphones is countered by IDC's projection of just a small increase -- 1.4% ...
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Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. "We're so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs," said Steven Sinofsky, president of ...