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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 ...

Samsung Galaxy smartphones get exclusive The Best of Britain app for the Olympics

January 20, 2012
 amsung has teamed-up with Visit Britain to launch “The Best of Britain” app that will be available exclusively on Samsung Galaxy devices.Obviously the idea is use the much-hyped 2012 Olympics to promote Sammy’s products in the UK and to all those visiting the country during the big event. To that ...

Nokia Lumia 800 gets second battery related software update, plus an update to Windows Phone 8107

January 19, 2012
 Two software updates are being pushed out to owners of the Nokia Lumia 800. First, there’s a battery related software update that fixes issues that several Lumia 800 units have been experiencing. It’s the second part of a two part software update that Nokia promised they’d roll out back in ...

Samsung: We’ve sold over 5 million Galaxy S II units in South Korea in just 9 months

January 19, 2012
 The Samsung Galaxy S II, arguably the most important Android device of 2011, has just become one of Samsung’s best selling devices in their home country of South Korea. Samsung has just announced that nine months after launching the Galaxy S II over there they’ve sold over 5 million units. ...

Sony Ericsson Q4 2011 financial results: 6 million smartphones shipped, $266 million in the red

January 19, 2012
 Sony Ericsson has just posted their Q4 2011 financial results and boy they’re not pretty. The company managed to lose 207 million Euros during the last three months of 2011, which translates to roughly $266 million. They shipped 9 million mobile phones, down 20% from the same quarter last year, ...

DROID RAZR’s price drops to $199.99 at Verizon

January 18, 2012
 Now that it has the new DROID RAZR MAXX, it’s only natural Verizon will slash the price of the original DROID RAZR. And that’s exactly what the carrier did, offering the thin-smartphone for $199.99 with a two-year contract.At the moment, only the black version is available, with the white and ...

Pink Samsung Galaxy S II pre-ordering begins in the UK

January 18, 2012
 After South Korea and Sweden, the pink version of the Samsung Galaxy S II is heading to the UK. The device is available for pre-ordering from two retailers, Very.co.uk and Phones 4U. The first one is selling the unlocked unit for whopping 499 GBP (about $760), saying that orders will ...

Nokia Lumia 710 hitting UK on February 1st

January 17, 2012
 While Nokia Lumia 800 has been available in the UK for some time now, its lower-end sibling Lumia 710 is yet to hit the stores across the country. Apparently, the wait will end soon with the Finnish company launching its entry-level Windows Phone device on February 1st.Orange and Three are ...

LTE-based Huawei Ascend P1 in development?

January 17, 2012
 Huawei used the CES in Las Vegas to show the world it can make high-end smartphones, demonstrating its pretty solid Ascend P1 and Ascend P1 S devices. We were especially impressed with the P1 S model, since it was announced as the world’s thinnest dual-core Android smartphone. The P1, on ...