By Roy Choi |
We’re curious to see what our readers are carrying in their pockets these days. Did you get a fancy new smartphone over the holidays? I personally like to have two phones with me at all times, which, at the moment, happens to be an iPhone…
By Brandon Russell |
Well at least Symbian is going out with a bang. Buried under Nokia’s earnings report, the company quickly mentioned that the 808 PureView “was the last Symbian device” from the company. Ever. And so goes the company’s commitment to an even brighter Windows Phone 8…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia recently released a small preview of what investors can expect when it publishes its fourth quarter 2012 results. We already know that the results look pretty positive, thanks to strong Lumia sales, but it appears that the company’s Asha handsets also sold well. According…
By Todd Haselton |
Android has an incredible grip on the smartphone operating system market in China. A new report released by Analysys International suggests that Google’s mobile OS has a 90.1 percent grip of all smartphone operating systems. That’s no doubt thanks to ZTE, Samsung and Huawei, all of…
By Adriana Lee |
You’d think that for $4,500, you could get the most advanced smartphone known to man, the kind of handset that’s bathed in an aura of secrecy and only referred to by code names whispered in hushed tones by the geniuses and masterminds who determine the…
By Killian Bell |
On Thursday, Nokia revealed that it had ceased Symbian development and sent the platform into “maintenance mode,” meaning there would be no new features for the Finnish firms Symbian-powered smartphones. It seemed like a massive blow to Nokia smartphone owners who hadn’t yet switched to Windows…
By Killian Bell |
If you owned a Nokia smartphone before the Finnish firm adopted Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, chances are it was running Symbian. It was once a hugely popular platform, but the likes of Android and iOS — and indeed Windows Phone in recent years — have…
By Killian Bell |
Nokia has issued a software update to the 808 PureView today, introducing a number of new apps and features to the Symbian-powered smartphone that promise to “enhance the imaging experience on your 808 PureView” and “improve the revolutionary device even further.” On its Conversations blog,…
By Killian Bell |
Looking forward to picking up one of Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 devices? It may not be too long before we find out what they are. According to Chinese website WPDang, Nokia will unveil the first two handsets from its next-generation lineup at Nokia World…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Tuesday that it will retire the customizable homepage site “iGoogle” on November 1, 2013. “We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today’s web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips,” Google…
By Killian Bell |
Amazon has now begun accepting pre-orders for the Nokia 808 PureView from customers in the United Kingdom. The Symbian-powered handset, which is famous for its incredible 41-megapixel camera, is available in both black and white for £499.98 (approx. $781) SIM-free. According to the retail giant,…
By Brandon Russell |
A rather innocuous image put up on Nokia’s U.S. Facebook page on Friday may suggest one of the company’s more talked about handsets is heading stateside. According to AllThingsD’s sources, the image is in reference to the monster 41-megapixel 808 PureView — 808 is Hawaii’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Android and iOS are currently dominating the global smartphone landscape. A new report from IDC suggests that Android has a 59% market share while Apple has a 23% grip on the market. Those percentages are out of 152.3 million smartphones that were shipped during the first…
By Todd Haselton |
Android’s growth doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. According to a new report released by Gartner on Wednesday, Android currently has a 56.1% share of the global smartphone OS market, followed by iOS with a 22.9% share, Symbian with an 8.6% share…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia recently confirmed that it will sell an unlocked version of its PureView 808 super cameraphone in the United States. The PureView 808 was originally unveiled during Mobile World Congress earlier this year and packs a whopping 41-megapixel camera that actually can go toe-to-toe with…
By Killian Bell |
The Nokia 808 PureView, a Symbian-powered handset famous for its 41-megapixel camera, is set to make its debut this month. Nokia has announced today that the device will be available in “select markets” — namely India and Russia — during the coming weeks. The Nokia…
By Todd Haselton |
Despite cries that devices such as the Kindle Fire were “killing” Android, Google’s mobile operating system is continuing to strengthen its presence among U.S. smartphone buyers. According to the latest figures published by comScore on Tuesday, Android had a 51% grip of the U.S. smartphone…
By Todd Haselton |
Ratings firm Standard and Poor’s on Friday dropped Nokia’s rating to “junk,” which basically means the company has put Nokia at the lower-end of its credit rating spectrum. “We now expect Nokia to report significantly lower margins and cash flows in 2012 than we had previously…
By Mark Hearn |
While the Nokia Lumia 900 is doing well here in the U.S., the Finnish phone maker’s latest effort isn’t exactly wowing everybody. In fact, Nokia’s former Senior Vice President of Symbian Series 60, Lee Williams, is questioning CEO Stephen Elop’s current strategy. In an interview with…
By Killian Bell |
Nokia has begun rolling out Microsoft Office for its family of Symbian-powered smartphones today, bringing Word, Excel and Powerpoint to the Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and the Nokia C6-01. Office was previously available only on Nokia’s Windows Phone…
By Mark Hearn |
Do you want to know what a 42-megapixel cameraphone shoots like? Of course you do! And if you’re willing to pony up €599 (around $780), you’ll get one step closer to finding out. Announced at Mobile World Congress, Nokia’s 808 PureView can now be pre-ordered…
By Todd Haselton |
Windows Phone was more popular than Symbian during a three month period ending February 19th, according to research firm Kantar Worldpanel. The company found that Windows Phone made up 2.5% of all phone sales during that time period while Nokia’s Symbian operating system had just…
By Brandon Russell |
808s and heartbreak, Buffalo. If you had plans on making Nokia’s 41-megapixel monster your next handset, this here is some bad news. TechCrunch is reporting the Nokia 808 PureView won’t be released stateside, and apparently the decision comes down to the handset’s OS. The device,…
By Todd Haselton |
We just sprinted over to the Nokia booth for a hands-on with Nokia’s brand new insanely awesome 808 PureView Symbian phone. The device offers an incredible 41-megapixel camera capable of shooting 38-megapixel photos. There were a few sample pictures at the booth and they were…
