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T-Mobile offers all 4G smartphones free for Valentine’s Day

February 8, 2012
T-Mobile announced on Tuesday the company’s Valentine’s Day sale on all 4G smartphones and tablets. “T-Mobile has a commitment to make the 4G experience affordable and accessible to everyone, so this sweet deal on smartphones and tablets is our Valentine’s gift to consumers,” said T-Mobile’s senior vice president of marketing, ...

Google launches Chrome browser for Android smartphones and tablets [video]

February 7, 2012
Google on Tuesday announced the first beta release of its Chrome Web browser for Android-powered smartphones and tablets. The firm’s native Web browser is certainly among the better mobile Web browsers on the market, but with Chrome, Google is focused on aligning its mobile browsing experience more closely with its ...

Sales of smartphones, tablets and notebooks expected to grow 25.7% annually through 2015

February 3, 2012
NPD In-Stat recently issued a report in which the firm said it expects smartphones, tablets and notebooks — which are all included in its “mobile magnet platforms” category — to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of of 25.7% through 2015. The company also said it expects the overall ...

Alkotel teXet, a New Brand of Smartphones, That Also Includes a 5.2 Inch Model

February 1, 2012
Alkotel is a company I haven’t heard before, but they apparently have big plans for 2012, intending to launch no less than 3 new smartphones this year. They will start in February and their lineup seems to include a flagship model called the teXet TM-5200, that the company calls a ...

Amazon Kicks Off AT&T “Winter Sale,” Lots of Free Smartphones, Great Deals on Galaxy S II

January 31, 2012
AT&T customers who have yet to find a deal that would suit their needs will be happy to find that Amazon Wireless has just kicked off an AT&T winter sale.   Simply dubbed “AT&T Winter Sale,” t... (read more)

EA Games Coming to Nokia Lumia Smartphones

January 27, 2012
Nokia and EA are working closely on the release of a series of mobile games to Nokia devices running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system.The two companies already went official with plans to launch a series of games on Nokia Windows Phones, but they did not unveil the ...

Samsung Breaks Profit Records In Latest Quarter, Courtesy of Smartphones

January 27, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co has just posted a record in quarterly profit: $4.7 billion, for the latest quarter. The credit here goes to the impressive smartphone sales and I guess that the biggest part of that belongs to the Galaxy series.Samsung also announced its intention to invest $22 billion into boosting ...

HTC to focus on ‘Hero’ smartphones moving forward

January 26, 2012
HTC said recently that it will focus on the quality of its top-of-the-line “Hero” smartphones moving forward instead of pumping out a large number of devices across multiple price points. “We have to get back to focusing on what made us great – amazing hardware and a great customer experience,” HTC’s ...

Nokia may have sold more than 1.3 million Lumia smartphones last year

January 24, 2012
Nokia reportedly sold as many as 1.3 million of its new Windows Phone powered Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 smartphones in the last few months of. The sales figure was published by Bloomberg on Monday, which gathered its data from responses from 22 industry analysts. “The numbers look promising,” Storebrand Asset Management fund ...

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 ...

Huawei Readies Diamond Series of Smartphones for MWC 2012

January 23, 2012
With a bit more than a month left until Mobile World Congress 2012 kicks off, many handset manufacturers are teasing their upcoming devices, which are expected to be showcased during the trade fair.   Chinese handset manufacturer Hu... (read more)

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 ...