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Nokia 515 feature phone serves up a retro 33 day battery life in stylish modern package

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013Monday, Dec 2, 2013 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Hi-tech smartphone-sated children today may be amazed to learn that back in the day mobile phones had battery lives that stretched into weeks rather than hours, and that handsets had …

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Apple iPad market share crashes in UK as Android tablet sales gatgher momentum
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Android wipes out iOS with an immense market share in Q2 2012

Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

It looks like the days of Apple’s iOS being the dominant smartphone operating system are long, long gone, as a new report from IDC sees Android enjoying an almighty 68.1 per cent market share for …

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Nokia 808 PureView proves to be an incredible phone for filming bands

Thursday, Jul 12, 2012 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

Usually our heart sinks when we’re asked to look at some mobile phone footage of a rock band playing live, but we’re blown away by the quality of the footage shot on a …

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Making calls is one of the last things we use smartphones for: study
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Making calls is one of the last things we use smartphones for: study

Monday, Jul 2, 2012 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

A new study has found that making calls is only the fifth most popular use for smartphones, with users spending twice as much time browsing  the internet on their handsets.

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Nokia's 808 PureView 41MP comes to the UK: great camera shame about the rest
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Nokia’s 808 PureView 41MP comes to the UK: great camera shame about the rest

Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

Nokia’s astonishing 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView smartphone is heading to the UK, with the company announcing that it is now available for pre-order through Amazon UK.

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Android now power 4 out of 5 smartphones across the entire planet
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Android’s world domination continues, capturing 59 per cent of the global smartphone market

Thursday, May 24, 2012Thursday, May 24, 2012 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

  New figures released by IDC show Google’s Android OS continuing to dominate the global stage, with their world market share increasing massively compared to the same time last year.

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Nokia shows off its stunning Nokia 808 PureView 41MP mobile camera
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Nokia shows off its stunning Nokia 808 PureView 41MP mobile camera [video]

Friday, Apr 20, 2012 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

Nokia has released a video showing off the capabilities of the monster 41 megapixel camera in its Nokia 808 smartphone.

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How big is that thing in your pocket? Nifty website lets you compare phone sizes

Friday, Jan 27, 2012 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

If you’re not sure if that latest phone is going slip discretely into your pocket or leave you with an unwanted trouser bulge, this handy new site lets you compare relative …

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Android hold on to dominant share, HTC and Samsung creeping up on Apple: Millennial research

Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

New figures from mobile ad analysts Millennial Media show Android remaining king of the smartphone OSs, hogging a hefty 56 per cent global share – double the share of its nearest rival, …

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Brits go crazy for Android as iPhone market share crashes

Monday, Oct 31, 2011Monday, Oct 31, 2011 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

New research has revealed that the UK is feeling the Google Android love, with the OS running on over half of all smartphones sold – a hefty 100% increase in …

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Say hello to Nokia’s affordable ‘Asha’ family of Series 40 phones [videos ahoy]

Thursday, Oct 27, 2011Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

It may have been their high end Windows Phone handsets that were grabbing the attention at  Nokia World in London yesterday, but Nokia also took the wraps off their affordable Asha handsets, …

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Smartphones outsell feature phones in Europe, Samsung king of the hill

Monday, Sep 12, 2011Monday, Sep 12, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

It was pretty much inevitable, but now it’s been confirmed: smartphones are officially out-shipping feature phones in Europe.

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Android rules the US smartphone market; Samsung the #1 mobile brand

Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

A study by stat-juggling spods comScore has found that Google Android remains on an unstoppable trajectory in the States, with their smartphone market share reaching 41.8 per cent – a huge …

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Furious GetJar tells ‘bullying’ Apple: “You’re taking the p*ss”

Monday, Jul 11, 2011Monday, Jul 11, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Free app distributor GetJar has responded angrily to Apple after lawyers for the tech giant sent them a ‘cease and desist letter‘ over their use of the term ‘app store.’ Head honcho …

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Analyst: Samsung to topple Nokia as king of the smartphones

Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

After a long and seemingly inevitable decline, it looks like the long-reigning, global smartphone champs Nokia are finally set to be unseated by upstarts Samsung.

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