Category: Smart mobile phones news
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How to Make Your Android Phone Look Like Windows Phone 7
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7’s latest release, “Mango,” but can’t let go of your beloved Android device? Now you can at least simulate the experience of using Windows Phone thanks to a new Android app, over half a year in development, which brings a Windows Phone-like launcher to Android users. The new app called WP7 Launcher…
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Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Smartphone Prices Cut to $50
Things are going badly in the Nokia-Microsoft marriage. The first batch of Windows phones did not do as well as Nokia hoped – that was the beginning of their troubled partnership. And then, Microsoft announced that Windows 7 phones would not get the Windows 8 updates. In one fell swoop, the Nokia Lumia 900 was…
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Top 10 ways iPhone 5 can see off Samsung Galaxy S2
The Samsung Galaxy S2 has rightly gained plaudits as the best Android phone ever. And this has been backed up by batteries-company.com’s own official stats, which reveal that the top-end device has shifted a massive three million units in just 55 days. That smashes the original Galaxy S’s record of three million in 85 days…
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Top 10 smartphone facts you may not know
What role does a Viking king have in the evolution of smartphones? What’s the connection between Samurais and iDesigner Jony Ive? And what’s so fruity about BlackBerrys? Check out top ten rundown of telecoms trivia to find out. 1 BlackBerrys were almost called Strawberries A marketeer at Research In Motion initially wanted to call the…
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Top 10 reasons to get a Palm Pre instead of an iPhone
1 iPhones are already ubiquitous. And they’re about to get even more soiPhones are undoubtedly fine bits of kit. But any early-adopter kudos they had disappeared about ten million unit sales ago. And with Orange and Vodafone about to join O2 in offering Apple handsets, they’re going to be ten-a-penny in a few months time.…
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Top 5 things surprised me about iPhone 5
Of all the new parts of the iPhone 5, what still feels the most shocking? Here are my Top 5 After a week of using the iPhone 5, I’ve posted my review of Apple’s new phone on CNET. Which brings me to wondering: how much can a familiar-looking device that we’ve seemingly known about for…
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Top 10 Biggest Questions About iPhone 5
Now that Apple’s iPad 2 has launched, the company’s next big product to finish up is the iPhone 5 — or whatever Apple will call its next iPhone, expected to launch this summer. While the new iPhone will feature updated hardware and may have a new design, we’re just as interested in Apple’s software improvements.…
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Lenovo will overtake HP to lead the world PC market
Lenovo’s 2012 Q2 global PC shipments figure at 12.8 million, came close to matching current leader HP’s 13 million units, thanks to a 15 percent increase compared with the same period of last year, according to a recent Gartner’s research. “It’s just a matter of time before Lenovo becomes number one and it won’t be…
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Intel Porting Android 4.1 to Work on Atom Smartphones and Tablets
Intel is porting the Android 4.1 operating system, also called Jelly Bean, to work on smartphones and tablets using low-power Atom processors, the company said this week. The company did not provide a time frame for when the Android 4.1 port would be complete, or when the OS would be deployed in products. “Intel continues…
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Apps to keep your iPhone healthy and maintain your iPhone battery
Do you have concerns about the security of your data or the battery life on your iPhone? It is essential to properly maintain your device in order for it to work effectively. Explore the following apps to keep your iPhone healthy in this quick and easy round-up. Lookout Mobile Security Interface – When first launching…