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If you are happy about Nokia reducing its flagship model price to just $49 on AT&T, then this bit of news may come as a surprise. The Lumia 900 4G is now selling on a same contract for just $19 at selected retailers, at least one of them.
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The iPhone 5 - assuming that it's the name of the next iPhone - probably won't release during August, but it could release in September. A French article on a same-language website, called App4Phone (Google Translated version here), cited sources claiming the September 21 release date.
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook and top Samsung Electronic Co Ltd executives disagreed last week on the value of each other's patents at a settlement conference ahead of a high profile U.S. trial, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The smartphone wars have reached prodigious levels with market players pulling out all aces in their kitty in this game of one upmanship. The latest players to go head-to-head in the gizmo skirmish are the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X. Both devices possess a slew of power-packed features and cater to the tech tyrant's needs effectively.
Come July 24, all eyes will be on Apple waiting to see if the Cupertino-based firm continues to surpass Wall Street expectations, as has been the norm, to deliver a bumper quarter result. Anticipation is high with few expecting the company to score high on earnings. Reason: the impending iPhone 5 fall launch, which is making consumers hold out for the new handset.
Apple has used a 30-pin connector on its gadgets for nearly a decade, but there has been a lot of speculation lately that the company is preparing to ditch the old connector in favor of a smaller one. Such rumors go as far back as February 2012, and now Reuters has joined the chorus backing up those claims.
Increasing number of reports from various sources suggest that the production of next iPhone has already begun. Pegatron is leading the task of assembling the iPhone 5 in Shanghai, with the fabled smartphone scheduled for a fall release.
The announcement of the Windows Phone 8 revealed that Windows Phone 7 devices would effectively be unsupported, barring the Windows Phone 7.8, which brings the new start screen three tile sizes. A manufacturer falling into the category is Nokia, developer of the Lumia Windows Phone 7 devices. Nokia, reportedly, is building a new marketing campaign for a new Windows Phone device.
It looks like that the Android 4.0 ICS update drama for the Desire HD is finally over. HTC officials have confirmed that the Desire HD will no longer receive any official software update.
Nokia and Microsoft relationship is tied to the success of Windows Phone 8. However, for Nokia, the success of the platform means a lot more if the company is to survive through 2013 without going bankrupt, or being forced to sell itself to the highest bidder. Rumors are popping up about Nokia being the first OEM to launch Windows Phone 8 devices, but not only that, this is expected to go on for a whole month.
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx has been the one of the best selling smartphones at Verizon Wireless, with just iPhone 4S to beat. The smartphone is well known for its Kevlar design, gorgeous display and monstrous battery. And, after the Android 4.0 ICS update, the Droid Razr Maxx is nothing short of a beast. However, the recent arrival of Samsung's latest flagship smartphone – the Galaxy S3 – has posed a strong challenge to Droid Razr Maxx sales.
Eastman Kodak Co has lost an appeal of a patent dispute over digital image preview technology with Apple Inc and Research In Motion Ltd, which could set back the onetime photography giant's efforts to raise money in bankruptcy by selling patents.
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp's shares fell as much as 4 percent on Monday after the sale of half of its holding in audio technology firm Beats Electronics back to Beats' founders raised concern over its strategy.