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Mobilicity getting Samsung Galaxy Nexus on February 6th

January 27, 2012
 Mobilicity will join (as announced on Twitter) other Canadian carriers which offer the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Price is unknown at the moment, but we do know the launch date – it’s set for February 6th, when our Canadian readers will have one more option to choose from to get the ...

Telus’ HTC 7 Surround and LG Optimus 7 get 8107 update

January 27, 2012
 Canadian Telus announced the availability of the 8107 update for two of its Windows Phone devices – HTC 7 Surround and LG Optimus 7. The carrier prepared a support page advising users to “push the button” and solve the annoying “disappearing keyboard” bug, while fixing some of the other issues ...

5 new Windows Phone games coming in February

January 27, 2012
Good news for all of you with Window Phone devices – you’ll get 5 hot new games in February. In a staged release, one game will be added to the Windows Phone Marketplace every week, including: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – February 1st ($4.99) ...

London landmarks go interactive with Samsung Galaxy Tab

January 26, 2012
 The EDF Energy London Eye has teamed up with Samsung to offer in-capsule experience for visitors using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1s tablet.Each capsule will feature six tablets dotted around the edges, allowing visitors to find details and information on London landmarks which can be seen from the Eye. Moreover, ...

Rumor: Europe to get the Nokia Lumia 910 in May; it’s the Lumia 900, but with a 12 MP camera

January 25, 2012
 Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas we saw Nokia unveil their first “real Windows Phone” for the U.S. market, the Lumia 900. It’s basically the Lumia 800, but with a larger 4.3 inch screen, front facing camera, and AT&T 4G LTE connectivity. Those of us ...

LG Optimus LTE sales break 1 million units, took roughly 3 months to do it

January 25, 2012
 LG has just announced that the Optimus LTE has sold more than 1 million units. At fist glance that sounds like an awesome achievement, but looking at the numbers closely reveals some incredibly lackluster sales. First, the device went on sale in October 2011, meaning it’s been out on the ...

Evernote’s Android app updated with auto-titles, improved layout, save and continue

January 25, 2012
 Evernote for Android keeps getting better. Newly released version 3.5 comes with a number of improvements, including smart titles for notes, the ability to save as you edit, better layout and styling of image attachments, and more.Auto titles come in handy when you don’t set a title to your note. ...

Sony Xperia smartphones getting an extra positioning help from Russia’s GLONASS

January 23, 2012
 In an effort to make location-based services more relevant, Sony will include Russia’s GLONASS system (alongside American GPS) in its future Xperia phones. Heck, two new devices announced at the CES — Xperia ion and Xperia S — already come with this capability.The idea is simple – more satellites mean ...

Image: Sony ST25i Kumquat caught in the wild

January 23, 2012
 Sony will most definitely unveil new device at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. One of the phones that could be announced is the ST25i aka Kumquat, and we’re happy to report we have the first leaked photo of the device to share. As you can see from the ...

Rumor: Windows Phone Tango to run on devices with just 256 MB of RAM, add support for folders?

January 23, 2012
 The latest Windows Phones on the market run a version of the OS codenamed Mango. For months we’ve been hearing that during the first half of 2012 we’re going to see a new version of the OS hit the market called Tango, but we haven’t exactly been sure what said ...

Samsung Galaxy Note updated with better keyboard, torch widget, brightness and lockscreen tweaks

January 20, 2012
 Samsung launched a new software update for its big Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet. Unfortunately this firmware version doesn’t bring Ice Cream Sandwich; rather it comes with a number of tweaks that overall improve the phone’s capability. Here’s what’s included: Keyboard now has five rows with the number row being always visible. Moreover, ...

Sprint rolling out updates for HTC EVO 4G, HTC Design 4G and Samsung Epic 4G

January 20, 2012
 Sprint is rolling out updates for three of its smartphones, including the HTC Evo 4G, HTC Design 4G and Samsung Epic 4G, all of which will hopefully remove the Carrier IQ software (that’s what “Security Update” could be). Here’s what’s included with each device’s firmware update:HTC Evo 4G:Security UpdateUpdated Peep ...