A window coated in raw egg wasn't the only thing Apple got when it launched the iPhone 4S in China earlier this month; it also got a wake-up call about quite how high demand for the new iOS smartphone would be. Appetite for the iPhone 4S was both "staggering" and "off the charts" Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a financial results call yesterday, Businessweek reports, admitting that the company "didn't bet high enough" on supplies of the handset.
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Something makes you feel justified of a Porsche's hefty pricetag when window shopping at your local dealership. But does this same mentality persist when viewing their new Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry smartphone? The device is set at $2,350, just enough to make a few jaws drop. We had recently seen it clear the FCC earlier with an estimated amount of $2,000, but it has clearly broken that barrier. It's hard to believe the P'9981 doesn't have decent hardware specifications.
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Nokia Lumia 910 with 12MP camera rumored for May
The AT&T exclusive Nokia Lumia 900 was rumored to be heading to the UK sans LTE sometime in June, but now a new claim by mobile insider Eldar Murtazin suggests that it could be replaced by a new model called the Nokia Lumia 910. Murtazin claims that this model has an upgraded camera and is set to hit Europe in May.
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Samsung Galaxy S III with HD screen, quad-core processor, and ICS rumored for April
Eldar Murtazin, a tech blogger with a notorious track record and inside sources, claims that a yet to be announced Samsung Galaxy S III will be arriving in April, following an announcement at Mobile World Congress in late February. Murtazin may even have possession of the device, so he teases via a series of tweets.
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Wikipedia to be first Data Free mobile website on Earth
When the term Data Free comes up on your news readers and in the newspapers in the coming months, you’ll know that it started here, and with Wikipedia and Orange, who together will be offering free – that is, without data charges – use of Wikipedia’s vast knowledge archive. What this means for the future of the mobile industry is this: the door has been opened to free data, or at least that’s what Wikipedia is aiming at through mobile users in Africa and the Middle East soon. Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced in a press release today that they are aiming to make their store of information available for free to those who need it, those who otherwise would have no such simple access to the information you and I take for granted.
Casio G-Shock ultra-hardcore smartphone revealed
It should come as no surprise that this device was all but overlooked at CES 2012 as its predecessor, the Casio G'Zone hasn't exactly seen its fair share of press or success in the market (on Verizon.) That said, this device has a few one-ups on its predecessor, including perhaps most importantly the "G-Shock" branding, straight off Casio's ultra-popular wristwatch line by the same name. The G-Shock smartphone will be running Android, has a camera on the back, and will likely be near-impossible to break.
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First QWERTY BlackBerry 10 in Dec tips RIM roadmap leak
RIM's first QWERTY BlackBerry 10 handset won't arrive until December, according to the latest leaks from the ailing company, with a further keyboard-toting slider tipped for early 2013. After last week's twin PlayBook tidbits as well as news on new Curves, BGR's sources reckon the BlackBerry London will hit in September, but will be followed in December by a combo touch and QWERTY device running the BlackBerry 10 OS and slotting into the Bold series.
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Verizon DROID RAZR MAXX hits Jan 26 for $300
Verizon has confirmed pricing and availability for the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX, the oversized-battery toting version of the original slimline Android smartphone revealed at CES 2012 earlier this month. The news - that the DROID RAZR MAXX will land on January 26, priced at $299 with a new, two-year agreement - comes as little surprise, however, since Motorola already spoiled the surprise a couple of weeks back.
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Verizon Q4 2011: $18.3bn wireless revenue, 44% using smartphones
Verizon has reported its Q4 2011 financial results, with wireless revenue up 13-percent year on year to $18.3bn, while 44-percent of postpaid consumers are now using smartphones. 1m net subscribers were added in the three month period, driving higher data use in the process; revenues from data alone were $6.3bn, up over $1bn from the year before.
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Nokia owns 45% of second gen Windows Phone 7 market
Nokia has bet big on Windows Phone 7 as the smartphone operating system to help pull the company back into the black. Windows Phone 7 isn’t the most popular smartphone OS by a long shot, but analysts are predicting that Windows Phone 7 has a lot of growth coming this year. Much of that growth and many of the most popular devices are from Nokia.
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RIM CEO to deliver imminent PlayBook refresh as stock dives
New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins will jump straight into finessing the reworked BlackBerry PlayBook for a launch early this year, ex-CEO Jim Balsillie has confirmed, though the prospect of a refreshed tablet hasn't helped the company's diving share price. Described as "a revamp of the poorly selling PlayBook tablet expected early this year" by the WSJ, the new PlayBook is believed to be the replacement 7-inch "3G+" model tipped in a leaked RIM roadmap earlier this month.
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Android gets obtrusive: KDDI tests ads in notifications
Google's advertising ambitions with Android are well known, but carrier KDDI is hoping to get in on the promotional action too with the addition of potentially obtrusive ads popping up in the notification bar. The promotions are flagged up to Japanese users in the drop-down notification area, Asiajin spotted, complete with vibration, noise and icon alerts as if it was a new SMS or app update.
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