Samsung smartphones are gaining increased popularity and the company has also been very busy adding new handsets to its smartphone profile. Rumors indicate that Samsung is reportedly returning to the Galaxy S2 smartphone with a new and improved version slated for early next year, which will be called Galaxy S2 Plus.
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Previous Windows Phone devices are not up for getting Windows Phone 8, which is well known. However, Windows Phone 7.8 is scheduled to hit these devices in early 2013, bringing a few of Windows Phone 8 features over to the old and dying platform.
With the Samsung Galaxy S4 expected to be announced early next year, speculation mounts regarding its full HD capabilities and powerful new 2GHZ quad-core processor.
Another U.S. government agency decided to ditch Research in Motion’s (RIM) beleaguered BlackBerry because the smartphone is not reliable enough.
Smartphones are fueling an unprecedented global uptake in mobile technology according to a report from Ericsson.
China-based Oppo has something up its sleeve that will strike a chord with all narcissists and those who love clicking self-portraits. The company is slated to release the Ulike 2 smartphone, which touts a whopping 5-megapixel front-facing camera, in December this year.
Samsung's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, has achieved high praise from users as well as tech gurus. Samsung, in an attempt to penetrate in the mid-segment mobile market, recently launched its Galaxy S3 Mini, which has made its way quietly to Amazon and is now available for its U.S. customers.
The Google Nexus 4 smartphone has met with overwhelming demand and the initial inventory of handset was sold out online just within an hour in the U.S. and the UK. Google revealed the Nexus 4 in only black; however, rumors and a few online retailers' Web sites suggest that the device will soon be made available in white as well.
Users on Canadian carriers Bell and TELUS now have another Samsung smartphone to choose from the Korean company's Galaxy portfolio of devices. Per reports, both the carriers are expected to launch the mid-ranged Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 soon.
Word's on the street that the world's first Windows Phone 8 (WP8) powered smartphone, the Samsung ATIV S, is now available for pre-order and will ship from Dec. 21.
Samsung is not resting on its laurels and is looking to up the attractiveness quotient of its popular Galaxy S3 Mini, Galaxy Note 2, and Galaxy S3 devices with the introduction of new variants in 2013.
Before Windows Phone, Microsoft had plans for a social media-centric smartphone, a platform that had the potential, but in the end, failed to gain any form of traction, and thus the whole thing went downhill. It seems Microsoft knew of the potential failure of the Kin devices beforehand, but went ahead with the launch anyway.
The CEO of Taiwanese smartphone company HTC has rubbished speculation of it's 10-year licensing deal with Apple.