New Amazon TV ad reveals large-screen Fire tablet and back-lit ‘Paperwhite’ e-reader

An Amazon ad broadcast Wednesday night appeared to reveal a number of products set for launch on Thursday, including a large-screen Kindle Fire tablet and back-lit Paperwhite e-reader. It looks as if Jeff Bezos and his team are having some fun, teasing TV viewers the evening before a big product launch with an ad featuring, apparently, some or all of its new...

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Nokia fakes Lumia 920 PureView video, issues an apology for it

Yesterday, Nokia announced the Lumia 920 with a PureView camera, except here, PureView did not mean the pixel oversampling that we saw on the 808 PureView but rather the use of optical image stabilization to achieve steadier low light photos and videos. To demonstrate this effect, Nokia released a video where they compared the effect of having and not having optical...

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Nokia issues apology for faked PureView video ad

Busted within 24 hours of posting the promotional ad online, Nokia backpedals regarding a misleading video featuring PureView technology. Detailed on the Conversation by Nokia blog, editor-in-chief Heidi Lemmetyinen released an apology for misleading consumers with a video that was meant to show off how optical image stabilization helps when shooting...

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Nokia Lumia 820 review

Nokia's second Windows Phone 8 handset is a little bit more interesting than its flagship older brother, as it comes with some alternative design features. We're not going to wax lyrical about the interface, as we were given very little time to play with it. However, we did notice that a very slight amount more lag than we saw on the Lumia 920 when flicking about the apps...

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Apple picks up 434 LTE patents as buffer against Samsung suit

Samsung's lying in wait for the iPhone 5 With news that Apple will be announcing the iPhone 5 next week, the tech giant is preparing for the next round in its ongoing patient battle with Samsung. Apple acquired more than 300 new advanced long-term evolution (LTE) patents within the past year, creating a buffer if Samsung makes good on its threats to sue...

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Report: Amazon smartphone ‘confirmed’, may be unveiled at Thursday’s event

Amazon is reportedly planning to unveil its first smartphone at Thursday's press event in Santa Monica. There have been rumors swirling around for some time now about the possibility of an Amazon smartphone coming to market. A report from The Verge suggests it is going to happen, and that it may even be unveiled at Amazon’s press event in Santa Monica on Thursday....

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Nokia Lumia 920 review

Nokia Lumia 920 review Nokia's Lumia 920 is seen by some as a vital phone for the survival of the company – but is it a leading smartphone worthy of Windows Phone 8? We'll get it out the way early on: Nokia was being overly-cautious with the Lumia 920 at its Nokia World press event – we were allowed only brief time to take pictures and were only shown the device...

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Nokia Lumia 920 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X

It's Battle Royale in smartphone world The mobile world has changed a lot since Nokia last put out a phone that truly wowed large amounts of people. Its tie in with Microsoft spawned some half decent handsets but despite Nokia's best efforts, the world was never truly set alight. Cue Nokia World 2012 and the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 920. Make no...

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Verizon: We'll carry Windows Phone 8 devices later this year

Verizon won't play around with Windows Phone 8 devices Get ready for "multiple" handsets equipped with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 platform to come to Verizon before 2012 is up. Verizon executives confirmed the U.S.'s largest carrier will sell more Windows Phones during the fourth quarter, though just when that will be they didn't say. Reports pointed...

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Dropbox announces Samsung Galaxy Camera integration – and I’m starting to get excited

The Samsung Galaxy Camera is getting its legs prior to launch. For the better part of the last year, digital camera talk has shifted from being focused entirely megapixels, sensor sizes, and lens quality to connectivity and OS concerns. The digital imaging industry was turned on its head not by a revolutionary new pocket point-and-shoot or a faster-than-fast...

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Best Android Tablet Games

Our picks for the best Android tablet games. These games are specially designed to take advantage of large-screened Android tablets. Android tablets have been around for more than a year, but there still aren’t very many games designed to take advantage of a large screen. These games are not only playable on tablets as well as Android phones (at no extra...

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Droid Razr M and Razr HD developer's editions incoming

The new Droid Razr M makes for a compact developer device On top of announcing three new consumer model Android smartphones for consumers, Motorola has unveiled two new handsets for developers. Developer editions for both the Droid Razr M and Droid Razr HD are on the way. Both developer editions are identical to the consumer models, with the added bonus...

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Motorola announces new battery-packed Droid RAZR HD, RAZR Maxx HD, and RAZR M

Today Motorola unveiled a new three-member RAZR family, featuring the Droid RAZR HD, Maxx HD, and RAZR M, in New York City. Motorola announced three new smartphones at Gotham Hall in New York City. Part of its brand new Droid collection, the RAZR HD, Maxx HD, and RAZR M focus on edge-to-edge displays and insane battery life.  Called “On Display”,...

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