Nokia clarifies battery update on Lumia 800, promises audio / camera fixes soon

Jan 29, 2012 No Comments

Nokia already came clean about the Lumia 800 battery bug, but evidently that just wasn’t enough to appease the masses. A community manager in the outfit’s own forums has just responded to pages upon pages of comments regarding the most recent update, partly to (re)set the record straight regarding the battery, and partly to address [...]

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Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features

Jan 27, 2012 No Comments

Google’s improved how its calendar and email services interact with Windows Phones running the Mango update. Users can now cram up to 25 different calendars into the Metro OS’s built-in calendar app. The setup’s not exactly seamless; you need to navigate your Windows Phone to the Google Sync page, login and check the boxes found [...]

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Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers

Jan 26, 2012 No Comments

With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A report out today from Strategy Analytics said that for Q4 it was Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the company that effectively created the market for tablets two years ago with the iPad—although its lead [...]

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Entertainment Lobby Claims Google, Bing Send Users To Illegal Music Files

Jan 26, 2012 No Comments

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other search engines “overwhelmingly” direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition of entertainment industry groups has told the government… Tweet This Post

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Lumia 710 busting through Rogers’ door in February for $149 or $99, you call it

Jan 26, 2012 No Comments

Rogers subscribers are about to get their very first taste of Windows Phone, and as you know, it’s coming in the form of the Lumia 710. Said to debut during the first week of February, a leaked internal memo has outed the structured price tiers for the lovable runt of Nokia’s litter… Tweet This Post

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Microsoft Will Pay Nokia "Billions" To Use Windows Phone

Jan 26, 2012 No Comments

Microsoft paid Nokia $250 million in the fourth quarter to adopt the Windows Phone operating system, according to Nokia’s fourth-quarter earnings report released Thursday. That was the first in a series of so-called “platform support” payments believed to eventually total billions of dollars… Tweet This Post

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Microsoft patents method for secure pairing of devices wirelessly and a 3D rangefinder camera

Jan 26, 2012 No Comments

IBM may be the king of patents, and Apple’s patent applications grace these pages rather frequently, but Microsoft’s not one to rest on its IP laurels, either. A couple of newly published patents out of Redmond have made their way to the web: one for securely pairing wireless devices and one for 3D rangefinder camera [...]

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Report: Apple mulling second Israeli facility after Anobit purchase

Jan 25, 2012 No Comments

It looks like Apple’s acquisition of Anobit was only one part of its Israel-based plans — business daily Calcalist is claiming that the company will open a research center there by the end of February… Tweet This Post

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At $99, Nokia And AT&T Hoping To Spark Interest In Lumia 900

Jan 25, 2012 No Comments

Nokia’s determination to carve out a niche in the U.S. smartphone market looks like it will start with an awfully enticing offer. According to reports, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and AT&T (NYSE: T) will offer the Lumia 900 for $99, a rung below what other carriers and handset makers are charging for 4G phones with two-year [...]

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Obama’s State of the Union: Where Was the Tech?

Jan 25, 2012 No Comments

From what I’ve heard, President Barack Obama is a bit of a gadget nerd. He likes his iPad and his BlackBerry, and fought to keep using the RIM device as he entered the White House in 2009. Yet, as I listened to his State of the Union-cum-2012 presidential election stump speech, I was struck by [...]

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More Power! Microsoft’s New Xbox 720 Will Be 6x More Powerful [REPORT]

Jan 25, 2012 No Comments

“More power!” You can imagine Steve Ballmer yelling it through Microsoft’s halls but that’s exactly what is happening with the Xbox 720, according to reports from IGN. The next Xbox — rumored to be the “Xbox 720″ — will ship to retailers in late October or early November 2013 and have six times the processing [...]

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Windows 8 adds sensor support, will be the PC to turn, turn, turn

Jan 25, 2012 No Comments

Microsoft is slowly turning its stalwart desktop OS into a mobile powerhouse. The company just keeps rolling out improvements and features for Windows 8 aimed at really making upcoming tablets competitive with their Android and iOS-based market mates… Tweet This Post

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