Cell Phones Watch

(Credit: Apple/CNET) Smartphone users champing at the bit for the next iPhone could get a taste of it by June. The latest rumors about Apple's flagship phone suggest that the iPhone 5 could be announced in June at Apple's next Worldwide Developers Conference . This latest report comes from analysts at Daiwa Securities as reported by the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times . The folks at 9to5Mac …
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See where the iPhone is placed? This is an excellent example of using the rule of thirds. It also happens to be a gorgeous photo, courtesy of Christopher Wesser. (Credit: Christopher Wesser, Sandbox Studio Photography) I hate to admit it, but my iPhone is always the first thing I reach for when I spot a photo-worthy scene. Sure, I own a digital camera, but my iPhone is always with me, packs an …
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Nokia, the Finnish phone maker, published a policy explaining how it deals with the issue of "conflict minerals," or minerals that come from areas engaged in warfare. Some of these end up being used to make consumer electronics like laptops, smartphones and cameras.
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Nokia, the Finnish phone maker, is optimistic about Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's new mobile operating system, which will be shipping on some of its hottest handsets this year. Nokia's earnings have been hurting after it formed its partnership with Microsoft, but Jorma Ollila, the company's chairman, believes everything will work out.
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AT&T, Microsoft and Nokia haven't said when the Lumia 900 will hit stores or how much it will cost, but if the flagship Windows Phone is just a device you have to have, you can now pre-order it.
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Nokia this week announced its "return to the Australian smartphone market", saying its new Lumia 800 smartphone would go on sale in March.
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NOKIA recently announced the appointment of Dharmesh Goshalia as general manager of its Philippine offices. Goshalia will also handle the position of head of Sales at the company.
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A potentially major rumor has Nokia accelerating the death of Symbian as a smartphone platform. The company has officially planned for a transition through 2013, but the Register heard only one new model, a sequel to the N8, was still in the works. Existing owners would get the Belle update, but every other project on the OS had supposedly been cancelled….
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The worldwide mobile phone market grew 6.1% year over year in 4Q of 2011, as the feature phone market declined faster than anticipated, dragging market growth down to its lowest point in over two years.
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The mobile phone industry continues its march toward smartphone dominance as consumer interest in feature phones wanes, according to market research firm IDC. Record sales of Apple's iPhone in the fourth quarter pushed the company into third place among all mobile phone vendors, up from fifth place last year. Samsung's strong smartphone sales kept it in second place, but edged it closer in …
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