Category Archives: Mobile Phones
$199 Nook Tablet Announced By Barnes and Noble

Nook Tablet , initially launched at a higher price than rival Amazon’s Kindle Fire last fall , will now be available at a price matching Kindle Fire . The new version will sell at $199 will be having a storage … Continue reading
RIM Upgrades PlayBook Software

Research In Motion , the company that manufactures BlackBerry , has finally released a software upgrade for PlayBook tablet in an effort to give some impetus to PlayBook tablet sales and make some ground for next versions of BlackBerry devices. … Continue reading
Fujitsu to Venture into Mobile Market of EU

Fujitsu , the largest IT manufacturer in Japan , has planned to enter the European Union mobile smartphones and tablet market , Financial Times has reported. Fujitsu is already a leading mobile phone and tablet maker in Japan and has … Continue reading
Sony Takeover of Sony Ericsson Complete , New Name Sony Mobile

Sony has completed the takeover of Sony Ericsson . The takeover is the culmination of a joint venture arrangement between Sony and Ericsson that started in 2001. The deal to acquire Sony Ericsson was announced in October last year. Sony … Continue reading
Orange to Offer Facebook in Africa

Orange , the french mobile operator , will provide Facebook access to the users on even basic handsets in Africa . The potential users of this technology would be around 70 million which is a huge market for Facebook . … Continue reading
HTC Working to Create Spotify Competitor

Technology site Gizmodo is reporting that HTC in consultation with Beats Audio , in which it had acquired considerable stake last year , is try to create a streaming service like Spotify . HTC is a leading phone manufacturer that uses Google’s … Continue reading
Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab 2 with Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung has announced a new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 based on Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS . When it will be launched in April 2012 , it will be a new device only in its name because it is in … Continue reading
Come 2016 And World Would Have 1 Billion Smartphones

Forrester , a research company , has published a 28-page report which states that by 2016 one billion people would be using smartphones and many would be bringing these phones to their work , putting pressures on companies to devise ways to … Continue reading
Vodafone Misses Revenue Targets , Caused By Weak Southern Europe

Vodafone , the British-based world’s largest mobile phone provider , has reported that it missed forecasted revenue due to tough quarter in Italy and Spain , though it performed quite well in Northern Europe and other emerging markets. Vodafone said … Continue reading
Sprint Posts Bigger Loss in Fourth Quarter

The higher cost of selling subsidized iPhones has resulted in a bigger loss for Sprint but it is lower than expected because the subscribers signing up for iPhones were less than the expectation. By simple mathematics , Spring’s costs would … Continue reading