Smartphone

Some early adopters of Windows Phone 8 devices such as the Nokia Lumia 920 and Windows Phone 8X by HTC have discovered that their new devices are prone to randomly rebooting, presumably due to stability issues. The latest reports are suggesting that Microsoft believes that they have identified the issue …

While we are sure many early adopters of the Windows Phone platform were disappointed to find their devices would not be updated to the latest Windows Phone 8, Microsoft is set to deliver the compromise in early 2013. Windows Phone 7.8 for such devices as the Nokia Lumia 800 and …

Following in the footsteps of Japan's HTC J Butterfly and Verizon's Droid DNA, what is essentially the same smartphone is set to be known as HTC Deluxe DLX in European and other international markets. Before the flagship Android smartphone from HTC is officially announced GSMArena have gotten their hands on …

We saw got a glimpse of an affordable Windows Phone 8 handset from Huawei back in October dubbed the Ascend W1 and now TechBlog.gr have got their hands on the device. The unit they had some hands on with is in blue, as per previous leaks, but it would be …

Samsung has a good thing going with its Galaxy S line of smartphones. The Galaxy S III recently trumped 30 million, and counting, in sales. In order to further capitalise the growing Chinese smartphone market Samsung could be about to debut a dual SIM model in China. The Galaxy S …

With the recent launch of the Google distributed, LG produced Nexus 4 it was only a matter of time before someone decided to drop test one for the sake of science and thousands of interested mobile enthusiasts. In the video below two drops were done; one from the pocket and …

At a recent briefing between Nokia Singapore and Microsoft it was mentioned by the head of Nokia Asia Pacific Developer division that the Windows Phone 7.8 update has been shipped to manufacturers. This means that the update could be weeks, or perhaps even days away, we're not really sure. However, he did …

After Samsung, Sony and HTC it now appears that Lenovo is set to join the 1080p Android smartphone line-up. While we currently don't know the device's name or any other specifications, a few screenshots of the device have leaked online. According to GSMArena these three screenshots reveal the device's 1080p …

There are always victims of new Android updates; the countless handsets that will never be updated to the latest version by their manufacturers but past Nexus devices aren't exclusions either. As Android 4.2 Jelly Bean starts to roll out, lead Android developer Jean-Baptiste Quéru has confirmed that the Samsung Nexus …

This one comes as a bit of a surprise. At the Open Mobile Summit conference, Android co-founder and Google Ventures General Partner, Rich Miner said that carriers should put more effort into creating specially tailored interfaces for Android smartphones. Miner is actually surprised that carriers such as Verizon and AT&T …

According to Strategy Analytics, the Samsung Galaxy S III outsold and dethroned the Apple iPhone 4S as the best selling smartphone in Q3 2012. Granted, the iPhone 5 did launch during this period but it goes to show that Samsung is now as large, if not larger, than Apple. During …

When HTC announced the J Butterfly for the Japan market last month we knew it was only a matter of time before other 1080p smartphones started to arise. While not officially announced, a device codenamed as the Yuga manufactured by Sony has been leaked. The Android smartphone has a 5 …

Microsoft has organised a deal with Devicescape that will include Windows Phone 8 users being granted free access to over 11 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world (but mostly in the United States). In order to avoid excessive cellular data usage, the system uses DataSense, a new feature found in Windows Phone …

Just 50 days after the late May launch, Samsung Galaxy S III sales reached 10 million. Another 50 days after that, the figure reached 20 million. Now, after a mere 157 days sales of Samsung's flagship smartphone have reached an impressive 30 million. It can be said that the latest …

When the LG Nexus 4 was first unveiled last week with the impressively low asking price of $299 in the United States, €299 in Europe and £239 in the United Kingdom from the Google Play Store, it appeared that Google had done everything right. However, pricing outside of these areas …

When Windows Phone 8 was first teased earlier in the year it was revealed that existing Windows Phone devices will not be updated to WP8, but instead Windows Phone 7.8. We have not heard much about the watered down Windows Phone 8 experience of late. Matter of fact, it was …

If one company is afraid of brand dilution, that company is certainly not South Korea's mobile giant. Samsung has today announced its latest smartphone with Galaxy S III inspirations, the Galaxy Premier. The device claims to offer “lots of benefits at a reasonable price” and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly …

Windows Phone 8 was formally unveiled yesterday and a video featuring Joe Belfiore, the manager of the Windows Phone group at Microsoft shows off many of the new features found in the new platform. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQZEkXCE_fY'] Capabilities covered in the video include new Live Tile abilities, Live Apps, Data Sense, …

Instead of hosting a press event on New York's waterfront, Google has launched the LG Nexus 4 without a formal press event. The latest Nexus smartphone has killer specifications and a very attractive price on its side. The only real downside to the device is a lack of storage expansion. …

In what might be one of the worst kept smarphone secrets of the year the LG Nexus 4 has again been leaked. Just a day after a press render leak, retailer Carphone Warehouse has decided to put the device up for pre-order and has since taken it down. What it …

By this time next week LG and Google would have already announced the Nexus 4 at an October 29 press event but for now we've have to deal with another leaked press render rather than a full run down of details. Evidently, the Nexus 4 will take a lot of inspiration …

LG's upcoming Nexus device, now referred to as the Nexus 4 will leave the Korean company in search of some greater ability to hide their products before launch. A company executive has said that the Nexus 4 will indeed be unveiled on October 29, coinciding with an Android event announced …

Nokia has just unveiled the Lumia 510, the lowest end Windows Phone handset from the Finnish company to date. The 510 is primarily aimed at developing smartphone markets and as such it will launch firstly in India and China in November. This will be followed by other Asia-Pacific countries and …

Over the weekend Sony has announced which of their smartphones will be updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The list as it stands is as follows: Xperia T Xperia TX Xperia V Xperia S Xperia acro S Xperia ion Xperia P Xperia go Xperia J Strangely, some other models released …

Yesterday from both Milan and Taipei, ASUS has made the PadFone 2 official. The smartphone/tablet hybrid has been improved significantly from the first stab at this rather niche product type and includes a healthy array of specifications. The phone itself has a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2 GB of …

A few weeks ago there were rumours of a HTC device with a 5 inch, 1080p display and we're glad to say that these rumours were indeed correct. HTC has just announced the J Butterfly for the Japanese market. The device is the first production smartphone to have a 1080p …

A week ago today the Android 4.1.2 update started to roll out to the Nexus 7 tablet and now the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S are getting the same treatment. This latest version of Android is a rather minor update and brings improvements to the expandable notifications introduced in Jelly …

Huawei was set to unveil their Windows Phone 8 line-up last month but was later delayed for reasons unknown. Fortunately, announcement delays don't affect leaks of rumoured devices and the Huawei Ascend W1 has been given that treatment. Straight away the pictures of the Ascend W1 reveal that Huawei's engineers have had …

A very possible, and likely LG Nexus smartphone has been making a strong statement in recent days with leak after leak. Overnight, more images of the LG E960 codenamed “Mako” have been revealed with some specifications. The reported specifications include a 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, Adreno …

We've known that Samsung was to launch a Galaxy S III mini sooner or later and now that is has been made official we are a bit disappointed. I was personally hoping for Galaxy S III hardware in a smaller shell, but instead they have announced a very watered down …