While Americans won't be able to get their hands on HTC's Windows Phone 8S, it's at least coming to the UK. British carrier Three will be offering the new handset starting today, and you'll be able to order one online or in their bricks-and-mortar stores if you don't feel like waiting, although they are promising Monday delivery if you order online today.
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HTC Butterfly X920e heading for China this month; 3G Butterfly goes global
On October 17, HTC rolled out the J Butterfly smartphone, a behemoth of a handset with a stunning 5-inch display and excellent hardware to round it out. That handset was a Japan-only release, with the device making its way to the United States as the Droid DNA. Now users in China will be able to get their hands on the Butterfly in a couple weeks. It also looks like the handset will be launched internationally as the HTC Butterfly with 3G connectivity.
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Microsoft shows off its Windows Phone 8 keyboard technology
Microsoft has shown off the Windows Phone 8 keyboard, giving a comprehensive look at what it offers over Windows Phone 7, as well as the prediction technology it utilizes. In particular, it takes some time discussing how the keyboard was made for "real people," better accommodating language usage and slang, for example. It then goes on to discuss how it deals with the "fat finger problem," complete with a video demonstration.
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Nokia Lumia 620 is Windows Phone 8′s new best hope
If you’re talking about the Microsoft mobile operating system Windows Phone 8 and you want to think about how it might survive the next few years, you’d better be thinking about how to get the newest version of the OS into customers hands for free – and Nokia’s doing just that. With the Nokia Lumia 620 that we’ve just seen earlier today for the first time, we’ve got a $249 price tag without a carrier – that means that when it does get subsidized by a set of carriers across the planet, it’ll be next-to-free without a doubt. With this device and the hype caused by their larger-ticket Lumia devices, Nokia has a winner for the mid-market – and you, the reader.
Nokia Lumia 620 hands-on
Nokia has birthed a new Windows Phone, and it’s shaping up to be a winner. Announced this morning, the Lumia 620 slots in at the entry-level point of Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 line-up, but doesn’t shirk on specs or style. We grabbed some hands-on time to see if the budget phone is actually a bargain.
Nokia Lumia 620: Windows Phone 8 on a $249 budget
Nokia has revealed its latest Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Lumia 620, a 3.8-inch handset with a ClearBlack WVGA display and 5-megapixel camera. Running Microsoft’s latest OS on a 1GHz dualcore Snapdragon S4 processor with 512MB of RAM, the Lumia 620′s big selling points are its price and its clever colors: it’ll be priced at $249 off-contract, Nokia says, and uses a new “Dual Shot” polycarbonate technique that layers different hues together.
SlashGear 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones
In the smartphone universe you're going to have some sorting to do starting with the carrier your gift receiver is working with. More than likely you're a parent or a significant other if you're purchasing a smartphone on-contract for that special someone, this meaning you've got a fair understanding of which carrier they'll be working with. After that, it's all about finding the best device for them based on their specific wants and needs.
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HTC HD2 gains Windows Phone 8 port
It's time again to call forth the beast from the pits of hacker heaven, that being the legendary HTC HD2, originally running Windows Mobile 6.5 back in 2009, here now with Windows Phone 8. This device has been a bit of a golden egg for hackers over the past few years, with the challenge being to get the newest and most fabulous mobile operating system running on it. Now it seems that even Windows Phone 8, a mobile operating system that has hardware requirements built-in, is no longer safe!
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Verizon HTC Windows Phone 8X Review
HTC’s new Windows Phone 8X proves that the manufacturer is capable of building a solid Windows Phone 8 device. We’ve already taken a look at AT&T’s version of the 8X, as well as T-Mobile’s variant, but Verizon has the new device in its repertoire as well, and we’ve got it right here in front of us to see what this version offers. Since we already went over the basics as well as the more advanced stuff with the original full review, as well as dabbled around with T-Mobile’s version, I’ll just be briefly providing an overview of Verizon’s version for those who may be interested in grabbing the device from Big Red.
Ballmer: Windows Phone sales “four times” greater than Autumn 2011
It would appear that the Windows Phone universe is growing at a rate that's at least a little pleasing to the head of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, as he speaks this week at a shareholder meeting. This meeting was held at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, with the vast majority of its listeners and speakers signing in remotely - as is the common practice for these types of meetings, for those of you unfamiliar. Thus far the response to Steve Ballmer's comment on Windows Phone selling "four times the rate" it was last year appears to be: without Y, we cannot have X.
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Ballistic Every1 case goes top-class for Galaxy S III, iPhone 5, and Lumia 920
If Ballistic cases are the gauge for how the industry is swinging, it's good news for Nokia and Microsoft's Windows Phone 8, because their newest and most hardcore unit is headed to all the heroes - including the Lumia 920. Included with the standard fare - that being the iPhone 5 first, then a Samsung device (the Galaxy S III here near the end of 2012), it's the Nokia Lumia 920 that's up for protection next. And this "Every1" case is a doozy, too.
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YouSendIt provides Windows Phone 8 app exclusively on Nokia devices
YouSendIt, a cloud-based collaboration platform, has announced the launch of its Windows Phone 8 app, which is presently available exclusively on Nokia's Lumia 820 and 920 handsets. With the YouSendIt app, Nokia users can perform a variety of cloud collaboration actions from their phone. As a bonus, the app supports NFC, allowing users to share files with a quick gadget-tap.
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