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CES 2011

Samsung President reveals where the company’s dual-core smartphones are

Posted January 8, 2011 by Mike Evans

As far as the mobile world was concerned, CES 2011 has been all about Motorola and LG, with HTC, Sony Ericsson and Samsung all making an appearance, but not exactly setting the world on fire quite like the other two.…

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Android

Honeycomb confirmed as the next version of Android for smartphones and tablets

Posted January 8, 2011 by Mike Evans

There’s been confusion recently about Android’s future direction thanks to Honeycomb (the next version of Android currently being worked on) being demoed on tabets. It’s led to speculation that Honeycomb might only be for tablets, particularly given its very new…

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News

Acer sneaks out a huge new Android phone

Posted November 23, 2010 by Mike Evans

Acer have just announced a new Android smartphone, and it’s an absolute whopper! With a 4.8″ screen, it’s half an inch bigger than the Desire HD, and second only to the Dell Streak in terms of size.
It’s not exactly…

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Coming Soon

What will the phone of 2013 be like? ARM and Sony give us a glimpse

Posted October 22, 2010 by Mike Evans

Sony and ARM have independently shown us a glimpse of the future of mobile tech – and that future’s seriously drool-worthy! Sony, for their part, have just announced a giant 16 megapixel camera sensor designed for mobile phones, while mobile…

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Mobile Phone Industry

Nokia changes strategy with Symbian^4

Posted October 22, 2010 by Mike Evans

Nokia’s CTO, Rich Green, has announced that the much anticipated Symbian^4 mobile OS won’t be released on a new phone – at least not in the way we were all expecting.
Last year, Nokia announced that Symbian^3 would be a…

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News

Gartner predicts Windows Phone 7 will fail, so Microsoft starts patent-trolling

Posted October 7, 2010 by Mike Evans

Microsoft has great hopes for Windows Phone 7. The rest of the world, though, and even some analysts, think it’s doomed to fail!
The latest gloomy news for Redmond comes from Gartner, who predict that Windows Phone 7 will “…barely…

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Mobile Phone Industry

Google and Nokia CEOs discuss Android on Nokia

Posted October 6, 2010 by admin

Nokia have repeatedly stated that Android on a Nokia phone would never happen. Yet last week, Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, and Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop, were on the phone with each other discussing exactly that.
According to TechCrunch, the…

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Mobile Phone Industry

Nokia N9 “near perfect” yet Nokia MeeGo chief quits

Posted October 6, 2010 by Mike Evans

More woes for Nokia. Their latest flagship phone, the highly anticipated Nokia N9, is, according to Eldar Murtazin, “near perfect” hardware-wise, but the software is “not so good at the moment.”
You’d expect this, of course, as the phone is…

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Mobile Phone Industry

Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki is still fighting (and peeing!)

Posted September 21, 2010 by Mike Evans

Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki gave a barn-storming presentatrion at last week’s Nokia World, but he hasn’t finished yet. Talkng to the Financial Times, he described the throught of Nokia adopting Android as like a small boy peeing his pants! Which is…

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Articles

LG & Nokia CEOs ousted, while HTC continues to shine: why?

Posted September 18, 2010 by Mike Evans

Fresh off the back of Nokia’s CEO being given the push comes news that LG’s CEO, Nam Yong, has also been given the old heave-ho, as the company posted a loss from its mobile division of $100 million for the…

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Mobile Phone Industry

What to expect from Nokia World 2010

Posted September 14, 2010 by admin

Tomorrow is the start of Nokia World, the Finnish giant’s annual meetup for all the great and the good in the mobile phone world. And this year, I’m happy to say, for me as well, as Nokia invited me along!…

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Mobile Phone Industry

Nokia’s Elop: “Nokia has great products you have not seen”

Posted September 10, 2010 by Mike Evans

Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop, has said that Nokia “has great products you have not seen.” He sees his job as surfacing those products so that the best come to market more quickly. And with with Jorma Ollila, Nokia’s Chairman…

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