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Sony announces the Xperia SX and Xperia GX in Japan

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 9 May 2012 07:14:55 GMT

Sony Mobile today announced two LTE Android smartphones for the Japanese market. The 95 gram light Sony Xperia SX and the 4.6-inch Sony Xperia GX with a 13 megapixel camera

Samsung aiming to sell over 200 million smartphones in 2012

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 7 May 2012 10:37:30 GMT

Samsung is already the world's largest maker of mobile phones. The Korean company recently said in an interview that it aims to increase the lead by selling over 200 million smartphones during 2012

Under the hood of Nokia 808 PureView

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Sun, 6 May 2012 23:41:55 GMT

The Nokia 808 PureView 41-megapixel camera phone has been dissected by the FCC in the US. Take a closer look at the huge 41-megapixel sensor.

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 4 May 2012 13:55:31 GMT

Samsung announces the Galaxy S III Android smartphone

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 3 May 2012 18:09:41 GMT

At an event in London today, Samsung announced this year's flagship model Galaxy S III. A 4.8-inch model with a HD 720 x 1280 pixels resolution and a 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos 4 processor

Nokia will make a range of tablets and hybrid smart mobile devices

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 3 May 2012 08:45:08 GMT

Nokia will launch a range of new tablets and hybrid mobile devices chairman Jorma Ollila said in an interview. Mr. Ollila leaves Nokia this week, after working for the company in 27 years

Nokia 808 Pureview available in stores in May

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 2 May 2012 13:16:48 GMT

Nokia today confirmed that the Nokia 808 PureView 41 megapixel monster will be available in stores in May

LG: Our focus stays on the Android platform

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 2 May 2012 12:44:19 GMT

LG has confirmed that the company's primary platform is Android but that Windows Phone might be a part of its portfolio in the future

Nokia is hoping for quick cash by selling Vertu luxury brand for 200 million Euros

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:16:56 GMT

It seems like Nokia is focusing more on its core values which are mobile devices, networking and location services. By selling the Vertu luxury subsidiary, Nokia aims to quickly increase its capital with 200 million Euros

Sony Xperia ST21i 3.2-inch Android smartphone photo leaks

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:00:42 GMT

A couple of leaked images of an unannounced Xperia ST21i shows that Sony soon will release an entry level ICS smartphone

Samsung reports quarterly record high profit

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:47:03 GMT

Samsung report first quarter results with record net profit of 5.05 trillion Won. Up 82% compared to Q1 last year

Quad-core Samsung Exynos 4 processor ready for Galaxy S3

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:53:52 GMT

Samsung has started the production of the next generation mobile processors with the quad-core Exynos 4

Apple sold over 35 million Iphones during the first quarter 2012

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:14:13 GMT

35 million Iphones was sold during the first three months of 2012 and almost 12 million Ipads sold during the same quarter

HTC expect boost in revenue in 2nd quarter due to demand for the One-series smartphones

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:08:47 GMT

HTC expect an increase in revenue due to high demands for the One X, One S and One V Android smartphones

Editorial - Why does the Samsung Galaxy S III get all the buzz?

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:29:59 GMT

Why does the unannounced Samsung Galaxy S III Android smartphone get all the buzz?

No more QWERTY phones from HTC

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:43:00 GMT

HTC will abandon QWERTY keyboard on future HTC models according to HTC's creative director Claude Zellweger

Huawei Ascend P1 release date announced

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:13:17 GMT

The Huawei Ascend P1 is a 7.69 mm thin 4.3-inch smartphone which now are available in China. Hitting stores in Europe this summer

First Intel powered smartphone available next week in India

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:13:12 GMT

Lava will later this week launch the Xolo X900 smartphone with a Intel Atom processor. The phone will initially be available to the fast-growing India market

Samsung Galaxy S III event on May 3rd

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:19:08 GMT

Samsung has sent out an invite to an event in London on May 3rd. "Come and meet the next Galaxy" is a hint that the Galaxy S III soon will be introduced

Samsung is selling more mobile phones than Nokia

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:11:43 GMT

According to a group of analysts, Samsung sold more mobile phones than Nokia during the first quarter. This is not just smartphones where Samsung is the king, but the estimated number also count sold feature phones where Nokia has its strength.

Sony has released Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:50:57 GMT

Sony has now released Android 4.0 for lucky Xperia owners in the Nordic countries

What is best of single-core, dual-core or quad-core smartphone processors?

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:52:30 GMT

According to Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop, smartphone processors with multiple cores only reduce battery time and multiple cores are not useful for consumers all the time

Nokia unveils the Lumia 610 NFC

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:18:32 GMT

Nokia adds NFC functionality to the Lumia 610. The new Lumia 610 NFC will initially only be available with operator Orange

Nokia announces 16 Euro entry level phone

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:18:24 GMT

Nokia today announced the entry-level phone Nokia 103. The Nokia 103 has a monochrome display and the expected retail price is around 16 Euro

Toshiba announces tablets in all size. Excite 7, Excite 10 and Excite 13

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:44:24 GMT

Toshiba wants to sell tablet of all size and today the company announced no less than three new Android tablets. The three tablets announce today are called Excite 7, Excite 10 and Excite 13

Microsoft Office Mobile now available for Symbian smartphones

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:52:32 GMT

Nokia today announce that it has start the rollout of Microsoft Office Mobile for 8 Symbian smartphone models

LG might be working on a flagship model competing directly with the Galaxy S III from Samsung

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:46:06 GMT

Even though the Samsung Galaxy S III is still just a rumoured phone model, sources say that an unannounced D1L smartphone from LG will compete for the same customers

Sony to reduce work force with 10000 jobs

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:02:28 GMT

Sony is about to reduce its work force with 10,000 employees. About 6% of the total head count

Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:11:36 GMT

Facebook today announced its most expensive acquisition ever. The company bought the photo sharing app Instagram for 1.000.000.000 USD

No more Beats headphones with HTC smartphones

Olav Helleso-Knutsen — Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:55:56 GMT

Beats headphones will not longer be a part of the sales package in HTC's smartphone portfolio