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 [...]
Nokia Lumia 720T now available for pre-order on China Mobile. Looks pricey at $405
Nokia has not been doing too well in China. Ever since their popular Symbian smartphones fell out of favor, Nokia sales have been in terminal decline there. Early Lumias were too expensive and, even with limited carrier support, failed to interest Chinese consumers. And even second generation Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920, 820 and 620 [...]
Verizon’s Nokia Lumia 928 to be offered with $25 Windows Phone Store credit. 6 inch Lumia phablet coming in Q4?
Nokia will announce a new product on May 14 in London, and it’s very likely for that to be the rumored Lumia 928. In the US, the Lumia 928 should be available via Verizon Wireless before the end of this month – as several leaked images have previously suggested. Now EVleaks says Verizon and Nokia [...]
To fend-off @eldarmurtazin ‘s “previews” Nokia created a secret leaker ident system. Wants to patent it now
Back in 2010, Nokia had a huge problem. They were unable to keep their unannounced new devices leaking to the net way before the official launch. One of the most prolific Nokia leakers was Russian mobile tech journalist Eldar Murtazin, publishing full reviews of Nokia flagships weeks before the announcement and months before they shipped. [...]
After iPhone 5S, Apple could launch an iPhone 6 with larger display (in June 2014)
Although Apple’s plans regarding its seventh-generation iPhone (most likely called iPhone 5S) are far from being well-known, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek has ventured to talk about the eight-generation iPhone, which should be released in 2014, possibly under the name iPhone 6. According to Financial Post, Misek assumes that Apple’s going to launch the iPhone 6 [...]
New Nokia Lumia 920 ad makes fun of Apple and Samsung’s Galaxy line
Ever since it launched the Lumia 920 last year, Nokia has tried to lure possible customers with the fact that this handset would allow them to be different from all those iPhone and Samsung Galaxy users out there. The latest Lumia 920 ad, posted over at the official Windows Phone YouTube channel, continues to suggest [...]
Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in 60 countries
Samsung announced that its new Galaxy S4 flagship smartphone has been launched in 60 countries – over the weekend and today (when the company unveiled its latest affordable tablet, the 7 inch Galaxy Tab 3). The S4 was released in South Korea first (on Friday), and now it’s available in pretty much all major markets [...]
Waterproof Samsung Galaxy S4 called “Active”, should be launched alongside the S4 Mini in July
The rugged version of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 that we told you about a few days ago is indeed in the making, and it might hit the shelves starting July. At least that’s what The Wall Street Journal is reporting, noting that the handset is “tentatively called” Galaxy S4 Active. The S4 Active will be waterproof [...]
Samsung shipped 70 million smartphones in Q1 2013, almost twice as many as Apple. Nokia and BlackBerry not in top five
Samsung has managed to ship a record of about 70 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2013 (January – March). The South Korean company unveiled its Q1 2013 financial results this morning, but it didn’t provide exact sales numbers. However, Strategy Analytics says that 69.4 million Samsung smartphones have been shipped during the quarter, [...]
Nokia Lumia 928 and Catwalk could be announced on May 14
Nokia has introduced only two new Windows Phone 8 handsets this year: the Lumia 720, and Lumia 520. As you probably know, neither of them is a high-end device. So the company’s current flagship smartphone is still the Lumia 920. But we’ve heard a lot about upcoming high-end WP8 devices like the Lumia 928 and [...]
Nokia Chat launched for Lumia Windows Phones
Previously available only to those using Symbian or S40 handsets, Nokia Chat has been launched now for Lumia smartphones (running either Windows Phone 8, or Windows Phone 7.5). Although it’s still a beta version, Nokia Chat for Windows Phone offers a full set of features, including: Person to Person Messaging (with other Nokia Chat or [...]
Local exec: our profit margin on 15 Euro Nokia 105 are similar to those we get on our smartphones
Nokia has started selling its new ultra-cheap $20 model 105 in China yesterday. The phone is actually a bit more expensive there, retailing at 162 yuan ($26), but that does include local taxes. The new handset goes under the name Nokia 1050 there. During the launch, local Nokia execs gave a few interviews about the [...]
Nokia PureView 808, 700, X7 and others receive software updates
While Symbian, known as Belle OS in its last days, is dead for while, it’s not yet completely buried. Nokia has started rolling out software updates for most of its Symbian smartphones that were released in 2011 and 2012. Included are the PureView 808 (with its awesome 41MP camera), the Nokia 700, Nokia 701, Nokia [...]
QWERTY Nokia Asha 210 with WhatsApp integration announced, Nokia 105 starts shipping in China
Nokia mobile phone unit, a bright spot through most of 2012, didn’t do well in Q1. With no new interesting and cheap models to speak off, overall unit sales dropped 30% and their pretend Asha smartphones declined even more. But Nokia execs promised a mobile phone sales rebound soon, and now we get the first [...]
Nokia Lumia 928 now said to arrive at Verizon in May with metal body
The Nokia Lumia 928 is in the news again. Verizon’s upcoming device is the first ever high-end Windows Phone from Nokia to grace this particular carrier, so it’s probably going to be a big deal (at least in the WP world). So far we’ve seen various leaked renders depicting it (including the one you see [...]
New Nokia Asha with QWERTY keyboard to be announced this week?
Nokia has unveiled that it would announce “something new” this week, on April 24. It doesn’t say exactly what we’re going to see then, but the teaser image seen below certainly hides a QWERTY phone (those Z and shift keys are unmistakable). Most probably, this new QWERTY handset will be included in Nokia’s Asha series. [...]
T-Mobile USA no longer sells new Windows Phone 8 handsets, makes way for Nokia Lumia 521
If you want to buy a new Windows Phone 8 device from T-Mobile USA, you can’t do it at the moment. What you can do – if you really need to have a WP8 product from T-Mobile right away – is get a refurbished Nokia Lumia 810, which is offered for free (monthly payments of [...]
