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  Nokia has announced the availability of its 808 PureView phone with India and Russia being the first recipient countries of the 41MP phone. It will be available from this month at an undisclosed price and will allow users to click high-resolution pictures with the integrated Car Zeiss optics or full HD 1080p video at [...]

  At the BlackBerry World, RIM revealed details regarding its upcoming OS – BlackBerry 10. RIM says BlackBerry 10 has been built “on the core values and exceptional user experiences that have attracted more than 77 million BlackBerry customers” and is emphasizing on gestures that will allow users to multitask quickly and efficiently. BlackBerry is [...]

  UPDATE: LG has released an official statement to Pocket-Lint. The company has come down strongly on Korea Herald saying they’re showing their “speculative side again.” None of it is true and will focus on Android because “that’s where the demand is.” Seems like trouble in Windows Phone land. An LG Electronics official confirmed to [...]

  Retail devices running BlackBerry 10 OS are not expected until the latter half of this year but some images of a developer device running the latest BB OS is doing the rounds. Scored by CrackBerry, there’s not even a single glimpse of the upcoming OS but gives a good look at the phone, which [...]

  Nokia has made Asha 202 official for the Indian market. The dual SIM phone boasts a touchscreen display as well as an alphanumeric keyboard and is bundled with 40 games from EA. Priced at just Rs. 4,149, Asha 202 comes with a 2.4-inch touchscreen display, 2MP camera, music player, FM Radio, Bluetooth, microSD card [...]

  Given the strong sales of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and decline of market share for Nokia, I guess this was inevitable. Anyways, research firm Strategy Analytics claims that Samsung has shipped 93.5 million handsets in a single quarter managing to grab a market share of 25.4 percent which is way more than what Nokia shipped [...]

  Micromax has announced a new phone that brings Siri-like virtual assistant to Android. The A50 Ninja comes with Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistance or simply AISHA that enables users to interact with the phone. Users can ask about the weather, set an alarm, send messages, search for movies or even update status on social [...]

  Leaks of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy device are coming thick and fast. After a set of images and a video of I9300 leaked a few days back, new images of the device have surfaced that reveals something interesting – the presence of a physical home button. This leak corroborates the previous claims that Samsung is [...]

  Meizu today confirmed that its Flyme OS which is based on Android 4.0 will be released in June for Meizu MX and M9 devices. Meizu says their customized OS will bring in some improvements and additions to the stock Android 4.0 OS. For instance, users can expect an improved user interface, will come with [...]

  Looks like HTC is following the footsteps of Apple and Samsung to develop in-house processors for the devices. An article by China Times claims HTC has entered into a partnership with ST-Ericsson to co-develop the chip. But unlike the other two companies, HTC developed chips will be used in low-end smartphones, which maybe to [...]

  Samsung’s built up for a day just burst up with a teaser video. Although the target site is hammered with a lot of traffic, the teaser video has been posted on YouTube. Disappointingly, the video does not reveal anything except for the fact that the device will be revolutionary and will be different from [...]

  LG’s second generation 3D smartphone – Optimus 3D Max is now rolling out in parts of Europe. First announced at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, the second-generation 3D smartphone from LG is powerful, slimmer and lighter than the original Optimus 3D. The 9.6mm thin phone enables a glasses-free 3D experience on its [...]

  We’ve witnessed various marketing ploys by Samsung to promote their devices but this is the first time they’ve used an anagram to tease an upcoming Galaxy device. Samsung Mobile’s official twitter account sent a cryptic tweet yesterday night saying “Destination: tgeltaayehxnx,” which is an anagram of “the next galaxy.” Furthermore, Samsung has also setup [...]

  Oh look! Here’s a video of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S III. Although the original video has been yanked, a backup video on YouTube shows the disguised device as well as reveal some specs. Identified as GT-I9300, the phone is powered by a quad-core 1.4GHz processor and 1GB RAM, enabling a smoother Ice Cream Sandwich [...]

  HTC’s last phone sporting a physical QWERTY keyboard – ChaCha came about a year back and apparently it was the last one to come out of the Taiwanese company’s stable. At an event in Seattle, HTC’s design team confirmed that they’ve moved away from phones with physical keyboards since there is a lot of [...]