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Gresso Avantgarde Grand Premiere mobile phone is $50K!

, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Gresso is the place where the rich go to buy suitably ostentatious gadgets that looks fancy, but often lack the features in much cheaper device. Gresso has a new mobile phone called the Grand Premiere mobile phone. The device is covered in 5.3 ounces of 18K gold. The yellow gold is offset by the black surface of the sapphire screen. Read The Full Story

Nokia begins Belle roll-out; Updates from Feb 2012

, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

Nokia has begun shipping updated versions of the N8, C7 and C6-01 with Nokia Belle, aka Symbian Belle with a newly fettled UI, while an upgrade program for existing owners will begin in February 2012. China will be the first to get the updated new phones, the company says, with the rest of the world following suit. Read The Full Story

Nokia 803 user manual leaks with line art

, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Line art isn't as nice as a real pic of a smartphone in the wild, but when it comes to line art or nothing, we will take the pic however we can get it. A user manual for the Nokia 803 has been leaked and inside that manual is a drawing of the smartphone from three different sides. The device appears to be thick and have a rounded back. Read The Full Story

comScore: Android still way ahead, but Apple now grabs 10% US market share

, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [27]

Research firm comScore has just released a US smartphone market report for the period ending in September 2011, revealing as expected that Android is still way ahead of the pack, but that Apple continues to grow steadily. In fact, one in ten mobile subscribers in the US now own an iPhone and this is even before Apple released the iPhone 4S. Read The Full Story

Apple iOS owns mobile browser share at over 61%

, Nov 1st 2011 Discuss [5]

Apple's iOS platform may no longer be the most commonly used in smartphones, but take into account tablets and the platform not only has the most market share but makes up the majority of mobile/tablet web access, according to the latest stats. Browser counters Net Applications have crunched hits on their network of tracking customers and reckon that, as of October 2011, iOS accounted for 61.64-percent of mobile browser use. In comparison, Android languished far behind at 18.9-percent. Read The Full Story

Nokia World 2011: The US Perspective

, Oct 28th 2011 Discuss [11]

This week was a big one in mobile, plus I lost my virginity. Nokia World 2011 took place in London, my first time at the show, with the company revealing the Windows Phone handsets its bet the farm on. We’ve covered the event in previous years here on SlashGear, but for the first time it felt like there was some relevance in what Nokia was doing to the US market. I’ve left the UK, and the show, with plenty of unanswered questions and mixed opinions about Nokia – and Windows Phone – moving forward.

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Nokia Asha 200, 201, 300 and 303 official

, Oct 26th 2011 Discuss [6]

Nokia has revealed its new Asha series, the company’s four-strong Symbian range intended for developing markets, entry-level users and anybody whose mobile ambitions might exceed their budgets. The Nokia Asha 200, 201, 300 and 303 run S40 on a range of form-factors that includes QWERTY keyboards and full touch.

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Nokia 700 Review

, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [25]

You could easily make a case against the Nokia 700. Launched on the eve of Nokia’s Windows Phone drive, but running the oft-maligned Symbian, on paper the 700 has “too little, too late” written all over it. Still, Symbian may be on its way out, but it still has a place on Nokia’s roadmap for a few years, and the 700 debuts Belle, the newest version of the OS. Could the Nokia 700 really be the phone that leaves us lamenting Symbian? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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ComScore: Android nears 44% of US smartphone market share

, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Research firm comScore has just released its latest figures that unsurprisingly show continued growth for both Google and Apple in the US smartphone market. Google's Android is seeing a steady upward climb now reaching 43.7 percent market share, while Apple's iPhone seems to be slowing a bit with smaller incremental changes. It's recent launch of the iPhone 4S, however, may give it a boost. Read The Full Story

Nokia 700 hands-on [Video]

, Oct 3rd 2011 Discuss [5]

Nokia knows we’re waiting for its first Windows Phones, but it has a few more slabs of Symbian to distract us with before showing off the platform it has bet the farm on. So the Nokia 700 could run the risk of slipping by the wayside, something of a shame when you consider its updated software might just be the refresh Symbian has been demanding all these years. Is the company’s newest OS iteration the Belle of the ball or just a bad case of tinnitus? We caught up with the wags at Nokia to get our fondle on.

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Nokia 700 Symbian Belle smartphone announced, we go hands-on

, Sep 26th 2011 Discuss [4]

Today Nokia officially announced the Nokia 700 smartphone running on Symbian Belle. After teasing about it back in August, then unveiling the new details last month it has finally arrived and will be available early October in the UK. Being dubbed Nokia's smallest smartphone, able to fit just about anywhere including the skinniest of jeans. We've received some hands-on time with the tiny smartphone so head on down past the break for photos and more details. Read The Full Story

Mobile Mix study shows Android almost double iOS market share

, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [5]

Millennial Media released a new Mobile Mix report today for the month of August and unsurprisingly Android and iOS are both still in the lead and growing, while the rest of the competitors continue to fall further behind. Android has quite the lead with a 54 percent market share that's almost double that of iOS, which has 28 percent. Read The Full Story
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