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HTC to launch more Windows Phone models this year

HTC to launch more Windows Phone models this year 26 Feb 2013, 19:36 22

HTC's vp of global product planning says that the Taiwan based handset manufacturer is planning a collaboration...

Eight of the top ten devices activated for enterprise use in Q4 were Apple devices

Eight of the top ten devices activated for enterprise use in Q4 were Apple devices 26 Feb 2013, 18:15 36

A study released on Tuesday shows that of the top ten devices activated for enterprise use in the fourth...

Instagram hits 100 million active users per month

Instagram hits 100 million active users per month 26 Feb 2013, 17:01 8

In the middle of January, Instagram reported that it had 90 million active users a month, and despite...

ZTE Grand Memo vs Samsung Galaxy Note II - first look

ZTE Grand Memo vs Samsung Galaxy Note II - first look 26 Feb 2013, 16:46 10

While we were taking the ZTE Grand Memo for a spin at MWC 2013, we thought to ourselves that comparing...

Watch this hilarious Lumia 920 commercial

Watch this hilarious Lumia 920 commercial 22 May 2013

Don't you think that some people are taking the iOS vs Android dispute a bit too far? Well, Microsoft...

iKit's NuCharge might be the most versatile combinational case for your iPhone 5

iKit's NuCharge might be the most versatile combinational case for your iPhone 5 26 Feb 2013, 16:05 2

Fortunately, iKit’s NuCharge iPhone 5 case aims to be one of the most versatile cases we’ve come across,...

Vodafone says rollout of Windows Phone 7.8 has been stopped

Vodafone says rollout of Windows Phone 7.8 has been stopped 26 Feb 2013, 14:55 11

Vodafone's German support crew, responding to some Windows Phone owners who had not received their Windows...

The Kordl takes the burden away from untangling your headphones

The Kordl takes the burden away from untangling your headphones 26 Feb 2013, 14:47 4

Indeed, some of us won’t mind the ordeal and time needed to untangle our headphones, but for those who...

Andy Rubin says Samsung's success with Android has to do with execution, welcomes Firefox OS

Andy Rubin says Samsung's success with Android has to do with execution, welcomes Firefox OS 26 Feb 2013, 14:06 36

Considered to be the Father of Android, what Andy Rubin says is always worth a listen and what he is...

Twitter redesigns Windows Phone app with Live Tile support

Twitter redesigns Windows Phone app with Live Tile support 26 Feb 2013, 13:26 6

Twitter is something of a conundrum. The company has continually put restrictions on 3rd party Twitter...

HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S III - first look

HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S III - first look 26 Feb 2013, 12:55 109

HTC's handset is truly a thoughtful design, and a proof that a big-screen phone doesn't have to be all-plastic...

Qualcomm: ZTE Grand Memo has Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 under the hood, not an 800

Qualcomm: ZTE Grand Memo has Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 under the hood, not an 800 26 Feb 2013, 12:45 20

Earlier reports that the first phone to use Qualcomm's new top of the line Snapdragon 800 processor would...

Andy Rubin says

Andy Rubin says "Google has no plans" for retail stores 26 Feb 2013, 12:28 6

Well, that rumor didn't last all that long. We first heard the rumors about 11 days ago that Google could...

Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD vs Samsung Galaxy Note II - first look

Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD vs Samsung Galaxy Note II - first look 26 Feb 2013, 11:46 14

The Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD is one of the many Android smartphones the company has on display here...

Google+ Sign-In tries to beat Facebook Connect by avoiding

Google+ Sign-In tries to beat Facebook Connect by avoiding "social spam" 26 Feb 2013, 10:44 9

Single sign-in options have been around for a while, but more and more they are being tied to our social...

26% of MetroPCS subscribers have an LTE plan; 2012 operating profits rise 10%

26% of MetroPCS subscribers have an LTE plan; 2012 operating profits rise 10% 26 Feb 2013, 10:30 3

MetroPCS just closed out the numbers on what will probably be its last year as an independent company,...

Alcatel One Touch Snap, Snap LTE hands-on

Alcatel One Touch Snap, Snap LTE hands-on 26 Feb 2013, 10:25 1

Alcatel is one name you are probably not used to seeing in the States, but the brand is somewhat popular...

Take a look at us testing the HTC One at MWC: more benchmarks

Take a look at us testing the HTC One at MWC: more benchmarks 26 Feb 2013, 10:03 31

The HTC One got unveiled just before Mobile World Congress and it impressed us with its bold decision...

One step closer to the future of medicine: urine checks arrive to smartphones with Uchek

One step closer to the future of medicine: urine checks arrive to smartphones with Uchek 26 Feb 2013, 09:45 18

"Everybody pees, and everybody carries a cellphone." This is the motto behind Uchek, an app that uses...

Alcatel One Touch Idol X hands-on

Alcatel One Touch Idol X hands-on 26 Feb 2013, 09:32 2

There is a nice soft-touch texture on the back, which is not fond of fingerprints, but comes in a variety...

ASUS reveals U.K. pricing and launch dates for the MeMO Pad tablets

ASUS reveals U.K. pricing and launch dates for the MeMO Pad tablets 26 Feb 2013, 09:26

ASUS has announced U.K. pricing for its MeMO tablets, which stands for "My Mobile, My Moment; there...

i-Mate may be working on a Windows 8 phone (yes, you read that right)

i-Mate may be working on a Windows 8 phone (yes, you read that right) 26 Feb 2013, 09:21 14

Windows Phone 8 has the “shared core” that Microsoft has been eager to hype up, but it looks like one...

Google committed to Play store, will continue selling phones on it

Google committed to Play store, will continue selling phones on it 26 Feb 2013, 09:04 15

Selling devices on the Google Play store was off to a shaky start after Google switched decisions back...

Sony Xperia Z launch sales encouraging, says executive, no plans for WP8 phones in H1

Sony Xperia Z launch sales encouraging, says executive, no plans for WP8 phones in H1 26 Feb 2013, 08:47 20

Sony Mobile's Calum MacDougall, head of Xperia marketing, said in an MWC that the launch sales of its...

LG unveils world's smallest wireless charger

LG unveils world's smallest wireless charger 26 Feb 2013, 08:26 2

Smartphones might be growing larger and larger in size, but bucking that trend is a different kind of...

See Samsung's breathtaking market share journey in a handy infographic

See Samsung's breathtaking market share journey in a handy infographic 26 Feb 2013, 08:08 32

Samsung is with a modest presence at the MWC Expo, mainly counting on the Galaxy Note 8.0 to bear the...

Canadian retailer WirelessWave says BlackBerry Z10 demand is real

Canadian retailer WirelessWave says BlackBerry Z10 demand is real 26 Feb 2013, 07:51 19

Who to believe? Canadian carrier WirelessWave claims that the BlackBerry Z10 was its most popular model...

Apple settles with parents of children who made in-app purchases

Apple settles with parents of children who made in-app purchases 26 Feb 2013, 07:15 7

Apple settled a class action suit on Monday which dealt with children making in-app purchases for real...

MetroPCS shareholders to vote on T-Mobile merger March 28th

MetroPCS shareholders to vote on T-Mobile merger March 28th 26 Feb 2013, 06:21 1

MetroPCS shareholders will be voting March 28th on whether to allow MetroPCs to acquire T-Mobile in the...

Samsung Godiva rides into the FCC, ultimate destination is Verizon

Samsung Godiva rides into the FCC, ultimate destination is Verizon 26 Feb 2013, 05:45 1

Last month, we told you about the SCH-i425, also known as the Samsung Godiva, after information about...

ZTE V98

ZTE V98 26 Feb 2013

The ZTE V98 is a Wndows 8 tablet, meaning there is an x86 Intel processor inside, and in this case it...

Another day, another way to bypass the passcode discovered in iOS 6.1

Another day, another way to bypass the passcode discovered in iOS 6.1 26 Feb 2013, 05:06 23

Another flaw involving the passcode lock has been found in iOS 6.1 and this is a serious exploit that...

Sony hopes to release Firefox OS phone in 2014

Sony hopes to release Firefox OS phone in 2014 26 Feb 2013, 04:16 23

Sony Mobile says that through a partnership with carrier Telefonica, it hopes that will be able to release...

AppMachine simplifies app building with ready-to-use blocks, debuts at MWC

AppMachine simplifies app building with ready-to-use blocks, debuts at MWC 26 Feb 2013, 04:15 1

Since the smartphone explosion, there has been no shortage of services that promise to either let you...

Sphero ball demo: 'Part robot. Part ball. All fun.'

Sphero ball demo: 'Part robot. Part ball. All fun.' 26 Feb 2013, 04:13 5

We had one of the funniest encounters at this year's MWC expo with a little gadget called Sphero ball,...

App.net adds invite-only free accounts

App.net adds invite-only free accounts 26 Feb 2013, 04:07

Just in case you forgot that it existed, App.net is back in the news today. It seems that the service...

Koush releases open source ClockworkMod Superuser app

Koush releases open source ClockworkMod Superuser app 26 Feb 2013, 04:05 2

Koush is one of the undeniable stars of the Android developer community. He has been invaluable to the...

Motorola is Google's defense against Samsung's Android dominance

Motorola is Google's defense against Samsung's Android dominance 26 Feb 2013, 04:02 102

Samsung is a huge success. The company was responsible for almost 40% of the entire smartphone market...

Google Voice, GTalk, and Tasker all get DashClock extensions

Google Voice, GTalk, and Tasker all get DashClock extensions 26 Feb 2013, 03:59

DashClock just keeps pulling in more and more extensions, making the lockscreen widget more and more...

Sorry for being down

Sorry for being down 26 Feb 2013, 03:41 34

As you might have noticed PhoneArena was down for several hours. The problem lied with our hosting partners,...

ZTE V98 hands-on

ZTE V98 hands-on 26 Feb 2013, 03:31 6

ZTE proves it can make a premium-looking tablet with the 8.9mm-thin V98 we are handling here, thanks...

Want to offer Liquipel's nano-coating in your retail store?

Want to offer Liquipel's nano-coating in your retail store? 25 Feb 2013, 13:31 10

Imagine being able to add Liquipel's nano-coating to customers coming into your retail store with their...

MWC 2013 Day 1: round-up

MWC 2013 Day 1: round-up 25 Feb 2013, 12:11 8

Wow, Mobile World Congress really heated up today with a boom of new devices getting unveiled from all...

LG Tab-Book hands-on

LG Tab-Book hands-on 25 Feb 2013, 12:05 14

With its top specs and slide-out QWERTY, the LG Tab-Book isn’t meant to compete with the iPad or the...

Sony Xperia Tablet Z pricing and availability info

Sony Xperia Tablet Z pricing and availability info 25 Feb 2013, 11:55 45

Today has been bringing us a lot of new info about the Sony Xperia Tablet Z. We're seeing benchmarks,...

Sony Xperia Tablet Z hands-on

Sony Xperia Tablet Z hands-on 25 Feb 2013, 11:53 29

One of the most intriguing devices at this year's Mobile World Congress was definitely the Sony Xperia...

Sony Xperia Tablet Z benchmark results

Sony Xperia Tablet Z benchmark results 25 Feb 2013, 11:49 7

The Snapdragon S4 Pro – we've seen it powering quite a few high-end smartphones already, haven't we?...

ZTE Open hands-on

ZTE Open hands-on 25 Feb 2013, 11:41 6

The ZTE Open is one of the first handsets running on the Firefox operating system and it brings a clear...

Bad news for Google Wallet: Samsung and Visa agree on worldwide NFC deal

Bad news for Google Wallet: Samsung and Visa agree on worldwide NFC deal 25 Feb 2013, 11:32 29

This isn't the first deal that Samsung and Visa have made for mobile payments via NFC. The two companies...

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