Nokia will take a new step to differentiate itself with high-end photography on Microsoft’s Windows Phones, according to a new report. The handset maker is bringing its 41 megapixel PureView camera to a future Windows Phone model, the Verge reports this morning. The device is code-named EOS, according to the site. A similar camera is… Read More…
A couple weeks after switching from an iPhone to a Lumia 920 Windows Phone, I was struggling to explain why I was having such a hard time handling the Nokia device, until another Lumia 920 user put it in perspective for me: It feels like holding a Pop-Tart. The combination of thickness, width and weight… Read More…
I am a little disappointed the GeekWire team did not set up a live televised special for my smartphone announcement like LeBron James did when announcing to play for the Miami Heat during his famous “The Decision.” Anywho, I’ll give my best LeBron impression, sans all the awkwardness: I’ve decided to take my phone-calling and text-messaging… Read More…
How many handsets do you think Samsung sold per minute during October through December of last year? 10? 30? Try 500. That equals 30,000 handsets per hour and 720,000 per day — some impressive numbers indeed. At its Q4 investors guidance, the South Korean company said it expects to make $8.3 billion in Q4 profits… Read More…
If my old iPhone 4S is a mid-sized sedan, the device I’ve been using for the past day is more like an SUV. This thing is a beast. And I’m getting more and more comfortable with it. Yes, it’s true: With the New Year approaching, I decided to try something new in my life. This… Read More…
High-profile investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban gave Microsoft and Nokia a nice little holiday gift in the form of a plug for the new Nokia Windows Phone during an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on Reddit on Christmas Eve. The Nokia phone “crushes the IPhone 5. not even close,” wrote Cuban. His answer came in response… Read More…
Step down, Nokia. There’s a new king of the cellphone world. For the first time in 14 years, Nokia did not finish first in worldwide cellphone shipments. According to analytics provider IHS, Samsung is expected to finish at the top for the first time ever, accounting for 29 percent of phone shipments this year, up… Read More…
Nokia just can’t seem to get out of the rut. The one-time mobile phone giant from Finland continues to see its market share slip, with a new Gartner study out today indicating that its smartphone ranking fell from third to seventh place during the third quarter. Led by former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop, Nokia is a… Read More…
Microsoft is testing its own smartphone design, preparing for the possibility of developing its own device, but the company hasn’t decided whether to take the device into mass production, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed officials at some of the company’s parts suppliers. It’s the latest in a series of rumors and reports… Read More…
It seems like only yesterday when you would hear that Nokia jingle in every coffee shop, but the latest numbers show that the Finnish company is free-falling out of the cell phone sphere. All Things D reports that the third quarter metrics from IDC show Nokia out of the top 5 smartphone vendors in the… Read More…
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