More Nokia EOS photo leaks capture massive 41MP camera hump

The Nokia EOS is appearing in more colors every day (credit: WPXAP/GSMArena)

A flood of new leaked photos of the Nokia EOS "Elvis" with PureView camera technology hit the web this week, showing off the device's massive camera hump.

The EOS is believed to pack a 41-megapixel camera into a polycarbonate frame similar to those used on Nokia's Lumia phones.

A Nokia EOS report earlier this week claimed that the alleged Windows Phone 8 phone will sport an enlarged bump on the back where the camera goes, and these photos certainly corroborate that.

They're not the first photos to leak, either, and despite the EOS still being unofficial we're beginning to get a decent picture of the device.

The ultimate mash-up

The Nokia EOS gets a bit of sun courtesy of ViziLeaks

Today's images came from WPXAP.com, GSMArena and a Twitter account called Vizileaks, while photos leaked yesterday originated at WPDang.com.

Collectively they show the Nokia EOS "Elvis" in black, yellow and red, matching Nokia's signature colorful aesthetic.

Other than that it looks essentially like a Lumia 920 combined with Nokia's Android-powered 808 PureView, but with an even larger camera.

GSMArena also reported that the Nokia EOS is 9.77mm thick, matching perfectly with a report from earlier this week that claimed the EOS was a 1mm thinner than the 10.77mm Lumia 920.

Other rumored specs include a quad-core processor, 32GB of storage, a 720p OLED display, FM radio, Xenon flash, and the Nokia Pro Camera app.

The most recent leak this week predicted that the handset will go on sale on July 9 on AT&T in the U.S.

• Can't wait for the Nokia EOS? Check out TechRadar's list of the best camera phones available now.

Via Engadget

Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nokia-eos-photo-leak-captures-massive-camera-hump-1157055

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Swype-alike Google Keyboard app graduates from Nexus to Play Store

Gesture-based typing goes Google Play-wide

Popular, gesture-based Android keyboard apps Swype and SwiftKey now have a competitor in the form of Google's homemade Google Keyboard app, which arrived on the Play Store today.

The free app, which had previously been the stock keyboard on the company's Nexus smartphones and tablets, is now available to all Android devices carrying Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean.

Like the aforementioned third-party apps, Google's solution relies on using swiping between letters to form words rather than tapping a single key at a time.

The app also brings automatic error correction, next word prediction and, for those for those who would rather not use their fingers at all, there's voice typing using the phone's microphone.

Coming to Key Lime Pie?

It is somewhat surprising that the launch of the app has taken until now, but nonetheless, it will come as a blow to the developers of Swype and SwiftKey, who have established the swipe-to-type feature with their own popular apps.

It'll be interesting to see whether there's now a mass adoption of Google's own solution following its somewhat limited availability on Nexus devices.

It now also seems likely that this will be the stock option whenever Google launches the long awaited new version of its Android OS dubbed Key Lime Pie. Stay tuned.

• What other features would you like to see within Android Key Lime Pie? Check out our rumours and release date round-up.

Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/swype-alike-google-keyboard-app-graduates-from-nexus-devices-to-play-store-1157046

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Ovum survey finds BYOD on the rise

It's getting more common

Corporate 'bring your own device' trends, which see employees bring their own tablets and smartphones into the workplace, are on the rise, according to a new study.

Ovum's 2013 Multi-Market BYOX Employee Survey found that nearly 70% of employees who own a smartphone or tablet choose to use it to access corporate data.

The study surveyed 4,371 consumers from 19 different countries who were employed ful-time in an organisation with over 50 employees.

The study has discovered that 68.8% of smartphone-owning employees bring their own smartphone to work, and 15.4% of these do so without the IT department's knowledge. Furthermore, 20.9% do so in-spite of a BYOD policy.

Richard Absalom, analyst at Ovum, said: "Trying to stand in the path of consumerised mobility is likely to be a damaging and futile exercise.

"We believe businesses are better served by exploiting this behaviour to increase employee engagement and productivity, and promote the benefits of enterprise mobility."

BYOD danger

Absalom told TechRadarPro that he expects typical usage patterns of BYOD behaviour to be higher among smaller businesses than their larger counterparts.

He said: "For a start, consumers are employees, and businesses aren't really going to care what gear they use so long as they get their job done. It's a given that everybody has a smartphone that they take to work, which helps build up the business and helps people do their job."

However, Absalom warned that small businesses face security and management issues if they fail to properly manage employees' devices in the workplace.

"Whatever sized business you are you don't want data to go missing, but data loss for small businesses could spell the end in terms of legal and reputational costs if core IP goes missing," he added.

"It's in businesses' best interests to explore freemium offerings out there, such as mobile device management launches that offer a basic free product and then try to get you to buy into it."

Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/management/ovum-survey-finds-byod-on-the-rise-1157027

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EE launches Glastonbury 2013 app with BBC-powered live streams

Are the Appy Mondays playing? GROAN

Tents, mud and rock 'n' roll - that's right folks, Glastonbury is back and EE has launched an app that should keep you sweet even if you haven't managed to nab tickets this year.

Available on Android and iOS, the official Glastonbury 2013 app will not only prove handy for festival-goers brave enough to take their smartphones to the site (with scheduling information and maps to help them get around) but also for those of us staying at home.

New this year is the inclusion of seven live video feeds from various stages around the site, provided by the BBC.

What with recharge tents and 4G on site, you'll even be able to use the streams from the festival itself if you're suffering from really bad clash blues.

The free app is available to download from today, with the BBC's live streams kicking off on June 28.

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Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/ee-launches-glastonbury-2013-app-with-bbc-powered-live-streams-1157023

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BBM for Android and iOS release date cat escapes bag

Have they instagrammed this press shot?

The free download of BBM for iOS and Android owners will be landing on June 27, so non-BlackBerry users can finally plan those riots they've been hankering after.

The release date was unveiled by T-Mobile UK, which tweeted the "great news" complete with smiley face and BBM hashtag. That's social media, folks.

Android users will need to be rocking at least Android Ice Cream Sandwich, while the app will only work for iOS users on iOS 6.

Extra extra

It will eventually offer some added extras like voice, screen share and video calling, but these won't be available from the get-go - you'll have to settle for regular ol' text-based messaging to begin with.

BlackBerry is hoping that it can tempt iOS and Android users away from iMessage and WhatsApp, but with these competing messaging services already well bedded in on devices, the 'Berry has a tough old fight on its hands.

Still, one less reason to get a BlackBerry, eh?

Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/bbm-for-android-and-ios-release-date-cat-escapes-bag-1157003

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Sprint and LG announce Optimus F3 for $30 starting June 14

LG and Sprint have officially outed the Optimus F3. It's a Jelly Bean 4.1.2 smartphone with a 4" IPS WVGA (480 x 800) screen with Gorilla Glass 2 protection, LTE, dual-core 1.2 GHz processor. It will cost you $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate on a two-year contract and sales start on June 14.

The LG Optimus F3 will come with Google's TalkBack accessibility app, which is intended to aid blind and vision-impaired users get in touch with their close ones, making it the first Sprint device to sport the app out of box.

LG Optimus F3(Click for larger image)

A secondary front-facing camera is found on the front (VGA most likely) with a 5 MP main one sitting on the back. There's NFC, Wi-Fi Direct, MicroSD card expansion and a 2460 mAh battery.

The LG Optimus F3 will also feature the QuickMemo, QSlide 2.0 and QTranslator apps by LG and come with VuTalk, which enables users to send hand-written notes, photos and drawings in real-time.

The physical-home button of the LG Optimus F3 will have a LED notification light underneath (just like the Optimus G Pro's is) that will glow different colors in order to assist hearing-impaired users detect calls or messages.

In other LG news, US Cellular released the upper-midrange LG Optimus F7 to its customers, which nicely coincides with recently-leaked documents of the handset for the carrier's network.

Sprint is also said to be en route to add the Snapdragon 600-yielding Optimus G Pro to its lineup soon.

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/sprint_and_lg_announce_optimus_f3_for_30_starting_june_14-news-6173.php

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comScore: Apple beats Samsung in US, Android top OS

comScore has released its detailed breakdown of the active smartphone users in the US for the trimester ending in April 2013. Apple is the top manufacturer with 39.2% followed by Samsung at 22.0%. Keep in mind that these results do not include the majority of the Galaxy S4 sales as it was released at the very end of April.

HTC and Motorola are fighting for third spot, with HTC clinching it by as little as 0.6% (8.9% vs 8.3%).

Compared to the trimester ending January 2013 Apple saw an increase of 1.4 percentage points, while Samsung gained 0.6 percentage points. All the others saw their market shares shrink.

In terms of OS subscribers in the three month period Android is on top with 52.0% (down from 52.3% for the previous three months) with Apple's iOS coming second with 39.2% (up by 1.4 percentage points compared to the last trimester).

BlackBerry has lost some subscribers (0.8 percentage points, to be exact) but still holds 5.1% of the total subscribers. Windows Phone is at 3.0% (down by just 0.1).

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/comscore__apple_tops_samsung_in_us_android_top_os-news-6172.php

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