Nokia has prematurely revealed the Nokia Lumia 900 White, in what appears to be a Facebook photo gaffe, in the process apparently confirming that the 4.3-inch Windows Phone is launching internationally. Although Nokia apparently meant to talk about the white Lumia 800 we played with yesterday, its photo clearly shows the front-camera-toting Lumia 900 announced in AT&T LTE form back at CES.
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NDP reports Android beating down iOS in first-time smartphone buyers
Though Apple's iPhone 4S did show off the strongest quarter for Apple of any iPhone this Q4 2011, Android is being shown by NDP to be taking the cream of the crop for new users. What you'll see here is a time period between October and December of the year 2011, with all smartphone buyers choosing Android only slightly more than iOS with the iPhone, then with first-time smartphone buyers Android clearly winning the poll. While you do keep in mind that iOS is only counting up a few devices, you should take note that the rest of the smart device world is only hitting on 9% total, this showing the true power of the Google vs Apple force.
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HTC: We “dropped the ball” with oversized LTE phones
HTC "dropped the ball" on its 2011 devices, the company's CFO has admitted, with LTE-equipped handsets simply too thick and offering insufficient battery life. Speaking on the company's financial results call today, following HTC's unappealing Q4 2011 results, Chief Financial Officer Winston Yung conceded that HTC had plenty of work to do improving both "design and components."
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Samsung Galaxy S III just 7mm thick tip insiders
Samsung's Galaxy S III could launch as early as May 2012 and be just 7mm thick, according to South Korean sources, with the quadcore Android 4.0 smartphone testing all its creator's manufacturing expertise. The follow-up to the Galaxy S II had to be slimmer than the 8.49mm best-seller, Samsung apparently decided in March 2011, setting out to use 10- to 20-percent thinner components and a shaved-down PCB, ETNews reports, though the 8-megapixel camera will present a bump on the profile.
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Nokia Lumia 800 White official: Hands-on
Nokia has officially announced the White Lumia 800, the company’s fourth color version of its first Windows Phone 7 handset, and we wasted no time in getting our fondle on. Set to hit shelves later this month, the white variant is functionally identical to the black, cyan and magenta models we’ve already seen – and reviewed – but has a fashionable new finish. Check out our video and full gallery after the cut.
AT&T Galaxy Note LTE up for pre-order
AT&T has put the Samsung Galaxy Note LTE up for pre-order, ahead of the 5.3-inch smartphone-tablet hybrid's release on February 19. Priced at $299.99 with a new, two-year agreement, the stylus-equipped handset is available to order in either carbon blue or, as shown below, ceramic white.
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Google swipes Apple senior director of project integrity
Like all tech companies, Google is always on the lookout to hire the best and brightest employees. Often, that means luring workers away from competitors. Google has done just that the recent hire of Simon Prakash, who was formerly Apple senior director project integrity. It's not clear at this point exactly what Google has in mind for Prakash. According to VentureBeat, the project he will be on is a secret.
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus White official: On sale Feb 13
Samsung has officially confirmed the Galaxy Nexus White, the pale color variant of its Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone collaboration with Google. Functionally identical to the existing Galaxy Nexus - the GSM model, in this case, rather than the 4G LTE version - the new Nexus will go on sale in the UK from February 13 2012.
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Twitter blew up in the final 3 min of the Super Bowl
By any measure, Twitter is a very popular social networking/microblogging website. Millions of people around the world use Twitter every day to share things as mundane as what they had for breakfast to important business details. Twitter has in fact been beefing up its support for corporate pages by allowing companies more customization with the rollout of more enhanced pages. Something else that Twitter has been used for by more and more people is to share news of current happening events in real-time.
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HTC reports dire Q4 2011 with worse to come
HTC had done its best to set expectations low for its Q4 2011 financial results, and with good reason: the smartphone company saw revenue and margins slump, and expects little good news in the short-term. Revenue for the three month period fell 2.49-percent year-on-year and over a quarter from Q3, to NT$101.42bn ($3.44bn), the company has announced today [pdf link], with profit ditching almost 12-percent year-on-year to NT$27.5bn ($933m).
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 3, 2012
Another week has come to a close, but not before we had a chance to catch up on the big news of the day, like this one - the Android@Home prototype as an entertainment device for the home. In addition, the Windows Phone Marketplace has just launched in five new countries.
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Facebook mobile ads incoming: Video and coupons tipped [Update: Denied]
Facebook's mobile advertising push is incoming, marketing agencies suggest, as the social network attempts to close off one of its weak spots ahead of the much-anticipated IPO. The dramatic rise in mobile users who, currently, don't see any adverts whatsoever was cited in Facebook's IPO documentation as one of the company's key weaknesses, meaning paradoxically that even as membership increased, revenues could dip. Not for much longer, though, with agency Razorfish confirming to Digiday that it was involved in Facebook ad pilots for mobile.
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