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Sony announces a 4.6-inch waterproof Xperia ZR Android smartphone

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:38:18 GMT

Sony today unveiled a smaller version of the Xperia Z smartphone. The Xperia ZR is a waterproof 4.6-inch Android smartphone with a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor

Nokia introduces the Lumia 928 smartphone

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:58:14 GMT

Nokia today unveiled the Lumia 928 with PureView image technology. The 4.5-inch Lumia 928 is exclusively for Verizon Wireless in the US

Nexus 5 on its way? - Several online stores have stopped selling the Nexus 4

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:40 GMT

Could the Nexus 5 be on its way? Several online stores in the UK have stopped selling the Nexus 4 the last couple of days

Nokia has invested in company with new array camera technology

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 1 May 2013 11:56:36 GMT

Nokia and Qualcomm has invested $20 million in Pelican Imaging which has created interesting new photo technology using multiple lenses.

5-inch LG Optimus GK Android smartphone announced

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:47:50 GMT

LG today unveiled the LG Optimus GK smartphone for the Korean market. The 5-inch display has a Full HD IPS display and a 1.7 GHz quad-core processor

Smartphone sales outperformes feature phones for the first time

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:41:11 GMT

2013 is the first year where it will be sold more smartphones than feature phones. 216 million smartphones and 202 million feature phones was sold during the first quarter this year

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ready for Sony Xperia P, Xperia Go and Xpeia E dual

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:06 GMT

Sony Mobile today announced that the company will start the rollout of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for Xperia P, Xperia Go and Xperia E dual this week

Geeksphone to start selling smartphones running Firefox OS today

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:24:29 GMT

The Spanish smartphone vendor Geeksphone will most likely start selling two smartphones running Firefox OS today

Facebook Home downloaded 500.000 times in five days

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:40:01 GMT

The new Facebook Home app has been downloaded 500.000 times in five days. Receives negative feedback in user reviews

Sony releases Jelly Bean update for Xperia Tablet S

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:55:09 GMT

Sony is still providing support for some of its older devices. Today, the company announced that it will release Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system update for Xperia Tablet S

Samsung introduces the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:47:49 GMT

Samsung today announced two Android devices with really huge displays. The 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega 6.3 and the 5.8-inch Galaxy Mega 5.8

Leaked specifications for Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:37:04 GMT

The specifications for two unannounced Android smartphones from Samsung has leaked. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8

Latest Sony Xperia smartphones have a non-functional screen lock

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:22:47 GMT

The latest generation of Xperia smartphones from Sony have an embarrassing bug which will let anyone with physical access to the device to bypass the lock screen. Confirmed bug in Xperia Z and Xperia T running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean

Google Keep released. A free notepad app for Android

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:58:08 GMT

Google has released Google Keep. A free notepad app for Android

Sony announced two mid-range smartphones with the Xperia L and Xperia SP

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:26:11 GMT

The 4.3-inch Xperia L and 4.6-inch Xperia SP was unveiled by Sony today. Xperia L has a 1 GHz dual-core CPU and Xperia SP is more powerful with a 1.7 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor

Samsung Galaxy S 4 announced

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:54:21 GMT

Samsung today announced the Galaxy S4. A 5-inch Android smartphone with LTE, 1.9 GHz quad-core CPU or 1.6 GHz octa-core processor.

Samsung Galaxy S4 appears in leaked video

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:43:48 GMT

It is just two days left until Samsung will unveil the new Galaxy IV flagship smartphone. That means two days with more leakage. Today we spotted a short video of the supposedly new Samsung handset

First glimpse of what could be the Samsung Galaxy S4

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:14:04 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S4 will be unveiled later this week. Until then, the leaks keep coming. This time it seems like we have an actual device at hand

What could possible go wrong with the Nokia - Microsoft partneship

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:23:23 GMT

The mobile platform competition is hard. Especially for underdogs like Windows Phone and companies such as Nokia which is entirely dependent on the success of Microsoft

15% of all web traffic are from tablet and smartphone usage

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:08:56 GMT

According to web usage numbers from Adobe, over 15% of all global web traffic is generated by tablets or smartphones

Sony Xperia ZL available in stores in Australia

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:46:35 GMT

The Xperia ZL 5-inch high-end smartphone from Sony is now available in stores in Australia

HTC report weak revenue figures for February

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 6 Mar 2013 23:31:05 GMT

HTC report weak revenue figures for February. Far below previous estimates

More than 10 million LG LTE smartphones sold

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:59:13 GMT

LG reports that the company has sold over 10 million smartphones with support for 4G LTE networks

Galaxy S4 screenshots shows new eye-scrolling feature

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:00:41 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S4 might be controlled with eye movements. A couple of screenshots from the device shows multiple settings for the new Smart screen functionality

Current Android version distribution shows growth for Jelly Bean

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 6 Mar 2013 01:16:00 GMT

Google has released figures showing that most Android handsets still run 2.3 Gingerbread but Jelly Bean continue to grow. The distribution of all other versions decreased since last month

Leaked images of Samsung Galaxy S4 turned out to be fake

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 15:51:58 GMT

Several web sites posted leaks of what seemed to be the upcoming Galaxy S IV from Samsung. It all turned out to be fake mock-up from a web designer

Smartphone sales to outperform feature phones in 2013

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:57:50 GMT

Smartphones shipment will outperform the sales of feature phones in 2013 according to research firm

This is the world's smallest mobile phone with an email client

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:48:49 GMT

The Japanese operator Willcom has announced the Phone Strap 2. The world's smallest mobile phone with an email client

Opera browser with WebKit render engine now available for Android

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:48:42 GMT

Opera last month announced the transition from its in-house developed render engine to the open source WebKit engine also used by Apple iOS and Android. A beta version of the new browser is now available for download

Sony aiming for the third place in the smartphone maker business

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:32:37 GMT

Sony has a goal to become the world's third largest maker of smartphones behind Samsung and Apple