A “trusted source” has revealed that HTC is heading into 2012 with a new strategy in play. They are supposedly planning to focus on quality rather than quantity next year, thus releasing less smartphones overall in comparison to 2011. The first quarter is reportedly going to be rather quiet for HTC, but two upcoming...
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Today, T-Mobile announced that they will release the Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone on January 11th for $49.99 (after mail-in rebate and two year agreement). It’s the first Nokia-branded Windows Phone to land in the US and it’s coming at a very affordable price. The Nokia Lumia 710 features a 3.7-inch ClearBlack WVGA display,...
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T-Mobile and Nokia are currently sending out invitations for a media event on December 14th. They apparently have “something exciting in the works,” and we assume it has to do with Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. The event invite certainly looks Metro-ish with the variously sized and colored tiles present. Could T-Mobile be the first...
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Verizon’s recent Android smartphones are all packed with 4G LTE firepower, and now Big Red wants to expand that lighting-fast data access to Windows Phones. Unfortunately, Microsoft is moving at a slower pace than Big Red would like when it comes to integrating LTE and the Windows Phone 7 platform. Microsoft has already said...
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The Samsung Focus Flash Windows Phone, available now from AT&T, seems to be getting all the marketing love lately. First, the “Banter” commercial, which featured two men sitting on a couch threatening to expose their embarrassing moments on Facebook/Twitter. Now, the new “Fashion Advice” TV ad shows off the Groups feature with another comedy...
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An amazing one-week sale in celebration of Black Friday is going on over at Amazon Wireless. All handsets from Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T are on sale for just a single penny! That includes hot Android and Windows Phone devices like the Motorola Droid RAZR, HTC Rezound, Samsung Epic 4G Touch, Samsung Galaxy S II...
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The HTC Titan Windows Phone is now available on AT&T for $199.99 with a new or renewing two-year agreement ($549.99 outright). The Titan features the largest display in AT&T’s current smartphone portfolio at 4.7-inches. To accompany the behemoth screen, the Titan also sports a 1.5GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage,...
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Here’s an in-depth 8-minute video documentary on the creation of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone. Video Description: We go behind the scenes at Nokia’s London design studio with Stefan Pannenbecker, VP of Industrial Design at Nokia, Chris Linnett, Head of Lumia UX design and Kate Freebairn, Creative Director for Lumia UX design to...
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AT&T launched the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash a few days ago, but to round-out their fall 2011 Windows Phone lineup, they will release the HTC Titan on November 20 for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement. The Titan features the largest display in AT&T’s current smartphone portfolio at 4.7-inches. It also has...
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ChevronWP7 Labs has finally been released for all of your Windows Phone unlocking and resulting Homebrew needs. ChevronWP7 Labs was designed to allow hobbyist developers to install, run, and debug unsigned applications on their personal Windows Phone. For $9, you can get your Windows Phone developer unlocked through Microsoft-approved methods. Still, we warn any...
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AT&T has finally announced release details for the Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash Windows Phones. The former will cost $199.99 and the latter priced at just $49.99 – both with two year agreements and available on November 6th. Check out some press shots and specs below. Samsung Focus S The Samsung Focus S...
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Nokia Drive Product Manager, Adrien, took a few moments with Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph at Nokia World 2011 to demo the new voice-guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation app that’s preloaded on the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones. Check out Nokia Drive in action on the Lumia 800 in the video above. Nokia Drive: Changing...
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone division takes a look at Nokia Music and Mix Radio on the newly announced Lumia 800 smartphone. According to Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph, “it takes the things that you already love about Zune – millions of tracks to download, personalization, and great audio quality – and extends it to make your music...
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Today, at Nokia World 2011, Microsoft gave a quick demo of Kinectimals on a Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone. The app isn’t available just yet, although it’s mentioned to be coming very soon, but the demo shows how you can transfer your game from smartphone to Xbox 360, or the other way around, using...
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Nokia has also posted multiple software feature videos for the Lumia 710 Windows Phone on their YouTube channel. The generic videos showcase people, messaging, office, mail, music, entertainment, marketplace, games, Nokia Drive, Web browsing and search. Check them all out below, including a quick demo of the actual device from Nokia Conversations. People and...
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