Phone

Google and Motorola working on “X Phone” and “X Tablet”

December 22, 2012
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Google and Motorola are working together to produce an “X Phone” and “X Tablet” for 2013 release. The devices are said to be separate from the Droid line of products, which leads us to believe they could be sold under the Nexus brand. Dennis Woodside, new Motorola Mobility CEO, told the Wall [...]

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Google said to be building powerful “X” phone with Motorola

December 21, 2012

After securing all its technology patents and selling off its set-top box unit, Google is looking to do even more with Motorola if latest rumors are to be believed. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google and Motorola would look to create the “X” phone, saying the phone would be very powerful and poised to [...]

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Republic Wireless To Customers: “It’s Not OK To Root Your Phone”

December 20, 2012
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Just like subscribers to any other phone service provider, advanced users of the hybrid 3G/WiFi mobile virtual network Republic Wireless are eager to customize and modify their phones – probably more so, in fact. That’s why we posted a rooting guide for the only Republic phone available, the Motorola Defy XT.  But in a message [...]

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Samsung Announces The Galaxy Grand, A 5″ 800×480 Phone That Looks A Whole Lot Like The Note II

December 18, 2012
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Did you think that just because it was winter and all the major phone announcements had died down that Samsung was done releasing things? NOPE. Today, the Korean manufacturer released info on the brand new Galaxy Grand. Where “brand new” means “looks so much like the Note II that Samsung is probably suing itself for [...]

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Nokia Lumia 510 will skip Mango, land with Windows Phone 7.8 on board

December 17, 2012
Nokia Lumia 510 will skip Mango, land with Windows Phone 78 on board

Nokia’s Lumia 510 was toting Mango when we saw it last, but it seems the affordable smartphone will be hitting Indian stores with Windows Phone 7.8 instead. The new iteration, which is starting to filter down to other Lumia handsets, boasts a smorgasbord of new goods including resizable home screen tiles and 20 accent colors, [...]

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Nokia Lumia 510 will skip Mango, land with Windows Phone 7.8 on board

December 17, 2012
Nokia Lumia 510 will skip Mango, land with Windows Phone 78 on board

Nokia’s Lumia 510 was toting Mango when we saw it last, but it seems the affordable smartphone will be hitting Indian stores with Windows Phone 7.8 instead. The new iteration, which is starting to filter down to other Lumia handsets, boasts a smorgasbord of new goods including resizable home screen tiles and 20 accent colors, [...]

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Windows Phone 7.8 upgrades appear on Nokia’s servers for all eligible Lumias

December 15, 2012
Windows Phone 78 upgrades appear on NaviFirm for all Nokia Lumia devices

Lingering concerns that Nokia might not upgrade all its Windows Phone 7.5 roster to 7.8 might have just been put to rest. Just a day after updates for the Lumia 510 and 800 were caught on Nokia’s servers through NaviFirm, updates have also been spotted for those devices that didn’t make the initial cut: the [...]

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Windows Phone Store launches in 37 new markets, adds universal search feature

December 15, 2012
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With its app development situation improving, Microsoft (MSFT) announced this week that it has expanded its Windows Phone Store to 37 new markets around the globe, bringing the company’s app store presence to 191 total markets. Alongside the new regions, Microsoft also revealed that its WindowsPhone.com Web Store is accessible in 112 markets. Coinciding with the new market launches [...]

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Google drops a Gmail-shaped bomb on Windows Phone

December 15, 2012
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For Windows Phone users, the news out of Google today couldn’t be much worse. The company announced it’s removing support for Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol for new devices from January 30th, 2013. Google Apps for business accounts will be unaffected and existing devices that are setup to sync mail, calendar, and contacts will work fine, [...]

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