Sunday, November 18, 2012

Samsung tops phone sales in third quarter

The Galaxy S3 led the recent sales bump According to technology research firm Gartner, Samsung outsold Apple and Nokia to claim the highest mobile phone sales numbers for the third quarter of 2012. The report says that in addition to selling 98 million phones in Q3 (gaining a 22.9 percent market share), Samsung also has the top-selling smartphone of the...

ZTE announces four new phones: Grand Era, V790, V887, V889M

ZTE recently held a press event in Russia and thanks to fellow journalists there, we've got the scoop of the latest devices in the manufacturer's lineup. The company's top brass did not miss the occasion to remind us they are now the 4th largest phone manufacturer in the world. Even more, they claim that if sales continue like this, they would conquer the 3rd spot by...

How to play iTunes music and videos on your Android phone

Are you looking for a method to get your iTunes music onto your Android phone? Join us as we run through the process and offer you a choice of solutions that will have you enjoying all that iTunes content on your Android tablet or smartphone today. Apple’s iTunes offers over 28 million songs, more than 1 million podcasts, and a bunch of TV shows, movies,...

Early Windows Phone 8 adopters reporting 'random reboot' issues

Litany of complaints from new users The Windows Phone 8 operating system is causing new handsets to randomly reboot, according to reports from early adopters. Users of the brand new HTC 8X and the Nokia Lumia 920 handset have taken to the various support forums to complain of unprompted reboots and, in Nokia's case, poor battery life, and device freezes....

Google steals Christmas, leaves December out of Android 4.2 OS app

"Bah Humbug!" growled the Jelly Bean There's probably quite a few Android users who wouldn't mind skipping December completely. It's cold, it's expensive and requires folks to deal with less desirable elements of their families. Perhaps that thought was dwelling in Google's subconscious when it accidentally left the final month of the year out of the People...

Why Microsoft believes latest-gen Windows Phones are 'killer hardware'

Microsoft promises big Windows Phone advertising For the last year, Nokia has been the poster child for Windows Phone but recently HTC and Samsung have seemed more in favour. Samsung announced their Windows Phone 8 handsets first and the HTC 8x was handed out to enthusiasts at the Windows Phone 8 launch. We asked corporate vice president of the Windows...