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Samsung Galaxy S3 listed on Samsung support site
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III was listed on the official Samsung support site for a brief moment. The launch date might be delayed until Q2

LG E400 Optimus L3 entry level Android smartphone spotted
Technical specifications of a new entry level Android smartphone from LG has been published on a Norwegian and Swedish web store.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance announced
Samsung today announced the Galaxy S Advance 4 inch Android smartphone. Galaxy S Advance is the successor to the original Galaxy S

12 megapixel Nokia Lumia 910 in the making?
The Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone was just recently announced for the U.S market. Lumia 910 is now listed on a Dutch mobile phone store, so an announcement for this European edition could be soon.

EU approves Sony buying Ericsson's half of Sony Ericsson
This Friday the European Commission approved the buyout of Ericsson by Sony from Sony Ericsson. The previously 50%-50% joint-venture is now fully owned by Sony.

Samsung reports huge profits while Motorola lost a lot
Samsung had a good year where high demand for Galaxy S II caused a 40% increase of Smartphone shipments. Motorola lost $80 million during Q4 2011 and shipped surprisingly few tablets with only 200.000 tablets sold

Nokia sold 1 million Lumia smartphones and lost 1 billion Euro in Q4 2011
Nokia today presented the financial figures for Q4 2011. 10 billion Euro in net sales, 1 billion Euro in loss and 1 million Lumia Windows Phone smartphones sold

Nokia milestone with 1.5 billion Series 40 handsets sold
Nokia handset number 1.5 billion running Series 40 operating system was sold to a 21 year old female Brazilian customer

Samsung with a new Galaxy S II YouTube commercial - iPhone fanboys beware
Another group of Samsung videos advertising for the Galaxy S II Android smartphone was uploaded to YouTube. iPhone fanboys should not watch this one

Apple's financial report with historical high earnings and revenue
An impressive $46.33 billion in revenue and net profit of $13 billion is historical high from Apple. Much thanks to iPhone, iPad and related services

Japanese network operator is pushing ads via Android notification bar
The Japanese network operator KDDI has modified their Android handsets by showing advertisement on the Android notification bar

Sony announces next generation CMOS camera sensor for smartphones
Sony today announced the next generation CMOS sensor with 8 and 16 megapixel resolution. Both sensors will have RGBWhite coding and HDR Move function

Another LG smartphone photo leak: The LG CX2 - Optimus 3D 2
The second LG smartphone leak in three days. This time, it's of the LG CX2 Optimus 3D 2 with a 4.3 NOVA display

Photos of an unannounced Sony Xperia U Android smartphone leaked
Leaked photo of an unknown Sony Xperia devices is supposedly of the Xperia U Kumquat ST25i Android smartphone

Samsung Galaxy Nexus violates Apple's slide-to-unlock utility patent
The latest news from the continuous court battle between Apple and Samsung: Apple claims Samsung infringe slide-to-unlock utility model on the Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone

LG X3 quad core smartphone leaked
Images of what's seems to be a LG quad-core smartphone has leaked. It is a large phone with a 4.7 inch display, is 9 millimetre thin and it has a HD display

Google's reputation important factor when buying Android smartphones
Google's reputation is an important factor when customers are selecting a smartphone OS. A recent study shows that 27% of users chose Android because of Google

US smartphone OS market according to Nielsen - Apple and Android up and BlackBerry down
Apple iOS and Android smartphone market share in the U.S increases while BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 are having a hard time gaining larger user base

Polaroid introduces 16 megapixel compact camera powered by Android
Polaroid most famous for the instant film camera has now entered the digital age and annouonced a 16 megapixel compact camera powered by Android

Samsung unveils Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS entry level smartphones
Samsung today announced the Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS smartphones. These are running Samsung's proprietary OS, has a 3 inch display and a 3.2 megapixel camera

Sony Ericsson reports 207 million Euro loss in 4Q 2011
Sony Ericsson today reported a Q4 loss of 207 million Euro, 5% decrease in shipped units, 14% lower average selling price and sales down 19% since Q3 2011

Over 5 million units of Samsung Galaxy S II has been sold in Korea
The flagship model Samsung Galaxy S II has now sold in over 5 million units in its home country since the launch in April last year

Sony smartphone code names, launch dates and prices leaked
A list of prices, launch dates and model names of upcoming Sony smartphones has leaked. It seems like Sony will have 11 more smartphones ready for this year

LG announces the 8.9 inch Android tablet Optimus Tab LTE
LG today announced the first LG tablet with LTE 4G network support. The 8.9 inch tablet is running Android 3.2 Honeycomb and weighs 497 gram

Most trusted brand in India - Nokia
Nokia is the most trusted brand in the worlds second largest country. Last year Nokia had to settle for the second place in India, but managed to get back on top this year

Leaked photos - Is Sony working on a Windows Phone smartphone?
Latest image leaks shows a Sony Ericsson prototype running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Will we see a Sony Windows Phone Mango smartphone at Mobile World Congress in February?

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks Android is better than iOS in some ways
Apple CEO Steve Jobs co-founder Steve Wozniak said in a recent interview that some things are done much better with an Android smartphone compared to the iPhone 4S

Apple among the worlds top-ten most valuable brands for the first time
Companioned with well known tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Intel and HP, Apple range as the eight most valuable brand in the world

Google releases design guidelines for Android 4.0
Google has launched a web site with useful design guidelines for Android 4.0 app developers

Best of CES 2012 - mobile phones and tablets
The annual event has ended and the award for best smartphone and tablets has been announced

Nokia Lumia 800 sales figures expected to be one million in Q4 2011
Nokia Lumia 800, one of the two available Windows Phones from Nokia is expected to have sold one million units during Q4 2011

Sony announces Xperia acro HD and Xperia NX Android smartphones
Sony has announced two new 4.3 inch Xperia smartphones for the Japanese market. Both model are Android handsets with HD Reality displays and a 12 megapixel camera

Sony Music Unlimited soon to be found on Apple iPhone
Sony's offer of 10 million tracks can currently be played multiple type of devices, but those from Apple has been missing so far. The Music Unlimited service will soon be available for iOS devices such as iPhone

SpareOne with mobile phone which has a "sleep time" of 15 years
Who wants a mobile phone which runs on any AA battery and has 10 hours talk time? The SpareOne Phone can do this in addition to keep the charge for 15 years

Motorola Droid 4 Android smartphone announced - with LTE 4G network support
Motorola has unveiled the Droid 4 Android smartphone for QWERTY lovers and business users. 4 inch, 1.2 GHz dual core CPU and full QWERTY slider keyboard

Motorola and Lenovo being the two first companies to ship Intel powered Android smartphones
Intel and Motorola and Lenovo today announced that the companies will work on Intel powered smartphones. Both Motorola and Lenovo smartphones with Intel Atom processors will start shipping later this year

Motorola announces a powerful Motorola Droid Razr Maxx
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx was announced during CES this week. Droid Razr Maxx is a 4.3 inch Android smartphone with a very powerful battery

Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone smartphone announced
Nokia has announced the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone powered LTE smartphone for the US market

Sony Xperia S announced
Following the Sony Xperia Ion for AT&T announcement earlier today, Sony has another high-end Android smartphone on display. The Sony Xperia S is a 4.3 inch dual core CPU model

Sony announces Xperia Ion 4.6 inch Android smartphone
After the separation from Ericsson, Sony announces its first mobile phone in 10 years. The new 4.6 inch Sony Xperia Ion has a 12 megapixels camera a dual core CPU, and it runs Android Gingerbread

Huawei announces the worlds thinnest Android smartphone
Huawei has announced the worlds thinnest Android smartphone with the 6.68 mm thin Huawei Ascend P1 S

Lenovo announces 55-inch 3D TV running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Lenovo today unveiled the K91 55 inch 3D HDTV - Powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Nokia buys Norwegian smartphone OS maker Smarterphone
Smarterphone delivers an application suite for low-cost mobile handsets. The acquisition of Smarterphone confirms Nokias commitment to deliver both low-cost handsets as well as Windows Phone smartphones

Motorola announces Motoluxe and Defy Mini entry level Android smartphones
Motorola today announced the 4 inch Motorola Motoluxe and water- and scratch proof Motorola Defy for the European, Chinese and Latin American market

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD being announced at CES next week
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD (Nozomi) will be announced at CES next week. Until the official announcement, take a look at some hands-on photos

Financial reports: Samsung profit up and HTC down
Samsung and HTC today disclosed financial numbers from the last quarter in 2011. HTC reports a 25% decrease in profit while Samsung celebrates an all time high profit.

Sony launches XQD memory cards
Sony today announced the availability of a new type of fast speed memory cards. The XQD cards has write speeds up to 125 MB per second ideal for high speed cameras such as the Nikon D4

Google adds the inclusion of Holo theme an Android 4.0 compatibility requirement
With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google added yet another compatibility requirement. The inclusion of the Holo theme even for manufacture- or operator branded versions of the OS

Android Market reaches 400.000 apps
Android Market now has over 400.000 apps available for download. Two out of three apps are free

CES teaser photos from Sony Ericsson. Is this the Xperia Arc successor Xperia Arc HD?
Sony Ericsson is using social media to create buzz about their CES announcement next week. Could these images be of the Xperia Arc HD?

Samsung announces Galaxy Ace Plus Android smartphone
Samsung earlier this week announced the Galaxy Ace Plus mid-range Android smartphone

Trouble with Asus Transformer Prime Android tablet
Asus has just recently announced the Transformer Prime Android tablet and the first impression from the press was good. That was until reviewers found the GPS bug and developers found out about the encrypted bootloader