Nokia

On October 4, AT&T announced it will be offering Nokia’s first two officially announced Windows Phone 8 devices: The Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Given Nokia has been silent to date about U.S. carrier deals, that’s the good news. The bad news for those of us not on AT&T: The Lumia 920, the higher-end model, Continue Reading →

A couple of days ago AT&T and HTC announced that the HTC Windows Phone 8X was coming in November and today we hear that AT&T is going all in with Windows Phone 8 as the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 will also be coming in November. In addition, we see the first confirmation that a Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121001_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s CEO Tim Cook did something seemingly out of character for the company – he apologized for an ineffective product. With the release of iOS 6 alongside the launch of the iPhone 5, Apple eliminated the Google Maps app – reportedly due to a disagreement about voice Continue Reading →

Can a 136-year-old company, with 100,000 employees in 180 countries, stay “hungry”? Despite an annual $5 billion USD R&D budget, Swedish telecom equipment-maker Ericsson saw its market share plummet in the transition from 2G to 3G. To avoid the same fate in the shift from 3G to LTE, Ericsson changed strategies – in addition to Continue Reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered an apology over the iOS Maps quality and took things a bit farther by plugging other apps from Bing, MapQuest, Waze and Web services from Google and Nokia. That’s a fair dose of humility for Cook and Apple that will probably win it some goodwill against disgruntled customers, who incidentally Continue Reading →

In a keynote at the NFC World Congress, Microsoft detailed its Windows Phone 8 push to use the technology, in the process highlighting that Windows 8 itself is the de facto larger piece of its efforts. As reported in NFCWorld, Microsoft is cognizant of its minor footprint in smartphones, but fully aware of what Windows Continue Reading →

As Microsoft gears up to officially launch its Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms in late October, smartphone makers have been scheduling launch events to show off their new handsets running the latest incarnation of the smartphone OS. We’ve already seen Samsung introduce its new Ativ S, and Nokia has followed up with the Continue Reading →

Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor arm has begun volume production of 128GB embedded memory modules for next-generation smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, the company said on Tuesday. An upgrade to 128GB would double or quadruple the storage capacity compared to today’s high-end smartphones. Apple’s new iPhone 5 has up to 64GB of integrated storage while the Continue Reading →

Oppo, a company better known for its high-end Blu-ray players, is quietly preparing to lay claim to another smartphone title. Earlier this year, the Chinese company released the Oppo Finder, which at just 6.65mm thick edged out the competition to claim the title of the world’s thinnest smartphone. Now the company appears ready to take Continue Reading →

While Apple managed to pack a bunch of new technologies into the iPhone 5, the company opted not to include the wireless charging found on Nokia’s Lumia 920 or the near field communications technology found in the Galaxy S III. Though some saw Apple’s Passbook feature as a perfect companion to NFC, Apple opted not Continue Reading →