SIM free Nokia Lumia 925 to be launched in the UK on June 12?
We already know that the Nokia Lumia 925 will be available in the UK (as well as in other markets) starting June. But now a British retailer has provided an exact launch day for the new handset: June 12. The retailer is Digital Phone Company, and it’s asking £589.99 (about €693 or $895) for a [...]
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 pre-orders arriving now to some customers
Verizon Wireless is the last major US mobile carrier to start selling the Samsung Galaxy S4. Although its official launch day is May 23, those who’ve pre-ordered Verizon’s S4 last week (or earlier) are starting to receive it as of today – according to Droid life. You haven’t pre-ordered the S4 yet, you can get [...]
Nokia Lumia 925 32GB launching in the first half of June in Germany?
Proudly announced by Nokia last week, the new Lumia 928 Windows Phone 8 handset only has 16 GB of internal memory. Well, at least its regular version has, because Vodafone will sell an exclusive 32GB edition in Europe. And yet it looks like this edition isn’t as exclusive as believed. WParea.de has discovered a T-Mobile [...]
Jolla’s first Sailfish OS phone unveiled, costs €399, should be launched this year
Built on the remains of Nokia’s and Intel’s MeeGo, Sailfish OS is a brand new mobile platform developed by Finnish company Jolla – founded by ex Nokia employees. The very first Sailfish smartphone has been unveiled today by Jolla, and it’s a fairly large device, sporting a 4.5 inch display (of unknown resolution). It further [...]
Nokia compares its Lumia 925 to iPhone 5, Galaxy S4, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z (photography skills)
Nokia’s Lumia 925 is certainly a great camera phone – thanks to the company’s PureView technology, optical image stabilization, the new Smart Camera software, and the Carl Zeiss lens. But just how good is it, really? Well, Nokia claims it’s the best you can get, especially when it comes to low-light photography. Nokia has posted [...]
Verizon’s Nokia Lumia 928 can be ordered now, will ship “by May 20″
Windows Phone and / or Nokia fans in the US can now order Verizon’s exclusive Lumia 928 smartphone. The 928 costs $99.99 on contract, or $499.99 without any agreement. For some unknown reason, though, Verizon can’t ship the handset right away – it currently says that it should be delivered “by May 20” to customers [...]
ZTE Grand X2 In announced: Intel Atom Z2580, Android Jelly Bean
ZTE has announced yet another Android smartphone powered by a dual-core Intel processor – about a month after unveiling the ZTE Geek. The new smartphone is called ZTE Grand X2 In and, just like the Geek, it comes with a Intel Atom Z2580 chipset (aka Clover Trail+). Unlike the previous handset, which sports a 5 [...]
Microsoft promises Windows Phone 8 software update for this summer
In a post detailing Nokia’s brand new Lumia 925 (officially announced yesterday, and pictured below), Microsoft has revealed that a software update to all Windows Phone 8 handsets is coming “later this summer.” It won’t be a major update, bringing FM radio support, support for CalDAV and CardDAV sync protocols (for Google services), while Data [...]
Nokia’s Lumia 925 (Catwalk) WP8 handset now official. T-Mobile, Vodafone, China Mobile will launch it
As expected, today in London Nokia has announced the Lumia 925 (previously known as Catwalk) – its second new high-end Windows Phone 8 handset for 2013, after the Lumia 928. The 925 is Nokia’s first WP8 handset that uses a metal case – an aluminum one, to be exact. It’s also the first to feature [...]
Nokia Lumia 925 (Catwalk) gets unofficially unveiled through leaked images
Once again, on the eve of a smartphone unveiling event official press renders of the device get leaked. This time we’re talking about what should be Nokia’s first Windows Phone device not to be clad entirely in plastic (nay, polycarbonate). It’s going to be called Lumia 925. It was known for a long while solely [...]
New Nokia Catwalk (Lumia 925) possibly teased in new video
While Verizon’s Nokia Lumia 928 was announced last week, Nokia didn’t officially reveal anything related to the rumored Lumia 925, aka Catwalk. However, this particular Windows Phone 8 handset is likely the one that Nokia is teasing in a brand new video uploaded on YouTube yesterday. Sadly, the video doesn’t reveal much. It’s letting us [...]
Nokia Lumia 928 officially bringing more Windows Phone 8 to Verizon on May 16
Nokia and Verizon Wireless have finally announced the Lumia 928 – a new Windows Phone 8 handset that we’ve been seeing around quite a lot lately. So, after all, that May 14 event in London will be for another Lumia product. As expected, the Lumia 928 will be exclusively sold by Verizon in the US, [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom SM-C1010 confirmed by Bluetooth SIG. Galaxy Tab 3 hits the FCC
The rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom (model number SM-C1010, or SM-C101) is a real device after all – as the Bluetooth SIG is now confirming. According to its product page (see here), the SM-C101 features Bluetooth 4.0, and is a “Samsung Mobile Phone.” As reported not long ago, the Galaxy S4 Zoom should resemble the [...]
Incredibly cheap Nokia Lumia 521 lands at T-Mobile on May 22
T-Mobile has finally decided to make the launch details for the Nokia Lumia 521 public. The magenta un-carrier’s strangely renamed version of Nokia’s cheapest Windows Phone 8 device to date will be in its stores nationwide on May 22. If you want to buy a Lumia 521 from the carrier itself, you’ll need to pay $29 [...]
AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900 finally gets updated to Windows Phone 7.8
Only around three months after the update to Windows Phone 7.8 was first sent out, AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900 can now take advantage of this version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system. The rollout of WP 7.8 was subsequently suspended after the late January launch, but the bugs that were the culprits have been fixed many [...]
No Nokia Lumia 928 announcement on May 14? A Lumia 625 could be unveiled instead
Although the Lumia 928 is sitting comfortably over at Nokia USA’s official website, details on its availability are still missing. Neither Nokia, nor Verizon is willing to share launch details for now. And it looks like they won’t do it on May 14, as believed until now. According to My Nokia Blog, the Finnish company [...]
Nokia intros cheap Asha 501 smartphone, new Asha platform
First spotted last month, at the same time with the QWERTY Asha 210, the Nokia Asha 501 is official now, alongside a brand new Asha mobile platform. The Asha 501 is presented by Nokia as a “sub $100” smartphone, because it will cost just $99 when it hits the shelves around the world (starting June). [...]
If HTC is working on R7 and R12 Windows RT Blue tablets, are they crazy, or suicidal, or both?
HTC seems to be getting back into the tablet game. And this time they will try Windows RT Blue to crack the new market. According to Phone Arena, HTC is currently busy developing two WinRT tablets codenamed R7 and R12 R7 will be a smallish 7” slate with FullHD display, 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [...]
Nokia’s Lumia 928 Windows Phone 8 handset gets its own webpage
Things like these don’t happen too often, but here it is: Nokia has officially confirmed the existence of its newest smartphone – the Lumia 928 – although it didn’t properly announce it (yet). The 928 appears over at Nokia USA’s website, albeit without any details next to it. Still, Engadget has discovered an add which [...]
Asus ships 3 million tablets, touts the future of Windows slates. Acer still hates WinRT, readies 8” Win8 Iconia Tab
Some PC vendors are getting a hang of what it takes to make a competitive tablets. The most successful among them is Asustek. Asus just reported their first quarter earnings and they have sold 3 million tablets during the last three months. With no Chinese New Year Gift Giving Season, or the new version of [...]
