WSJ: Nokia will release its first Android device this month

According to The Wall Street Journal, Nokia will release its first Android smartphone this month. Known as Nokia Normandy, the low-cost handset will reportedly be showcased during MWC in Barcelona. According to WSJ’s sources, Nokia was hard at work on the device while Microsoft was performing due diligence prior to its acquisition of the Finnish company. The smartphone...

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iTunes Radio international roll out officially starts in Australia, UK to follow?

Eminem's new LP featured in the 'first play' section of iTunes Radio Apple's iTunes Radio service is now officially available in Australia, marking the first time the customised radio service has been available outside of the United States. In a press release sent out to the Aussie media, the company announced the availability on devices running iOS 7, the...

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Nokia's 'Normandy' Android phone to debut this month without Google Play?

Alleged photos of the Nokia Normandy Android phone (credit: @evleaks) The Nokia "Normandy," the long-rumored Nokia Android phone, will be officially announced at MWC 2014, says a new report. The Nokia Normandy will also be released in February, The Wall Street Journal reports. But apparently the Normandy will be specially tailored so that some Google...

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Blackberry Ontario caught speeding in Geekbench benchmarks

Is Ontario BlackBerry's next smartphone? The rumored Blackberry handset code named Ontario has appeared in a leaked Geekbench benchmarking site. As revealed by the test Ontario will run with BlackBerry OS 10.3, a 2.15GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800, and 2GB RAM. As BlackBerry previously announced it does not have plans to leave the smartphone businesses...

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Huawei smartwatch is a go for MWC 2014

Nipping at ZTE's smartwatch lead At the rate Apple is going, it may very well be the last maker of consumer electronics to introduce a smartwatch now that China's Huawei is reportedly readying their own device set to unveil later this month. WSJ.D reported Monday that another contender for the smartwatch crown is planning to step into the ring during this...

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Exciting LG G Pro 2 specs confirmed by AnTuTu scorecard

LG G Pro 2 existence was confirmed earlier this year by a few live pictures of the device. The G Pro 2 has the G2 looks but comes with a bigger 6" display. It should go live at a press event scheduled to take place on February 13 in Korea. Today, just three days ahead of the official premiere, the LG G Pro 2 specs leaked via AnTuTu's database. It seems someone has put...

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LG G Pro 2 to beat MWC rabble with early launch

Your move Samsung... Remember when LG announced that the LG G Pro 2 would be making its debut this month and everyone figured that that meant it would show its massive face at MWC? Apparently that rather reasonable assumption was way off and we're set to see it a lot sooner, February 13 in fact. An invitation posted by ZDNet shows an event this Thursday...

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HTC looks to cheaper handsets to reverse sales slump

Aim high, swing low With the HTC M8 launch just around the corner it might seem a little odd that HTC is currently talking about targeting the middle ground rather than the premium end of the market. Driven by two years of poor sales and a corresponding 80% share price drop the Taiwenese firm has said that it will look towards its cheaper range, currently...

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HTC ends 2013 with an operating loss, but net profit

HTC has just posted its financial report for Q4 of 2013 showing it made a profit of $10.3 million thanks to selling its remaining stake in Beats Electornics. Take that out and you see a quarterly operating loss of $52.7 million - a second consecutive one after a disappointing Q3. Total revenue for the period was $1.4 billion. The company's Q1 2014 won't be...

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Galaxy S5 might still come in two flavours according to new benchmarks

Samsung is king of variation Talk of Samsung releasing two flavours of its Galaxy S5 flagship may have died down in recent weeks but that hasn't stopped two massively-varied spec lists showing up on benchmarking app AnTuTu. Picked up by Sam Mobile, the first benchmarks show the almost-expected quad-core 2.5GHz Snapdragon 800 CPU and 3GB RAM Galaxy S5. ...

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Nokia slashes €100 off the Lumia 1520 price in Russia

Nokia Russia has slashed the price of the Lumia 1520. The phablet launched in November for RUB29,990. (€630), but it seems Nokia is unhappy with its sales so it has decided to give it a nice RUB5,000 price cut. If you live in Russia, you can now have the Lumia 1520 for 24,990 (€525) - just overn €100 off the launch price. It's still a steep price, but the phone is a...

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iOS 7.1 set to get an overdue polish in March

Tim's Cooking up a few welcome tweaks Apple's iOS 7.1 isn't expected to make any revolutionary changes to the OS, but a few welcome bug fixes are certainly expected. And as for when we'll get our fingers on it, some "reliable sources" have told 9to5Mac that we can expect the update in March, echoing a claim we'd previously heard. We're told not to expect...

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Nokia rolls out firmware update for the Lumia 1520

Nokia has started rolling out a firmware update for their newest Lumia 1520 smartphone. The update brings the version number to 1028.3562.1402.00xx in EU and 1028.3534.1347.2001 in the US. Nokia hasn't really gone in-depth about the exact changes this update brings other than stating general fixes and improvements in the change log. This should take...

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