January 27th, 2012 by Caroline
RIM’s plans for the coming months as well as upcoming products for this year, have been revealed via the company’s leaked 2012 roadmap. Detailing what you can expect this year from the BlackBerry maker, the roadmap includes new entry-level handsets as well as a couple of new smartphones coming in white, a 3G version of [...]
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January 27th, 2012 by Caroline
Samsung has acknowledged that “strong sales of Galaxy S II” smartphone has contributed to its big boost in net profit during the last financial quarter. In the Q4 announcement, the company revealed it had achieved a 17% increase in net profit compared to the last quarter, hitting $3.6billion (£2.3billion). Smartphone sales, and especially the Galaxy [...]
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January 26th, 2012 by Caroline
Nokia has announced Q4 losses and a decline in mobile phone sales – but also reported strong sales of the Windows Phone-based Lumia range. During the last financial quarter, Nokia made a post-tax loss of €1.08billion (£905million). Phone sales were down 29% compared to Q4 2010. In total, 113.5million devices were shifted by the company [...]
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January 26th, 2012 by Caroline
The rumour mill has kicked into gear once more, after word from a Foxconn employee indicates a summer launch for the next-generation iPhone is likely. The upcoming Apple smartphone is apparently all set for production, and it could be released during the summer months. This newest iPhone 5 rumour comes from the guys over at [...]
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January 25th, 2012 by Caroline
Apple has published impressive sales figures for the last financial quarter, confirming record sales for both its iPhone and iPad. In the 14-week period up to 31 December 2011, Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones. This represents a 128% increase in sales from Q1 2011 and a 117% increase on the previous quarter. With the latest [...]
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January 25th, 2012 by Caroline
O2 has fixed its security issue, and apologised for “the concern we have caused”. The UK network was earlier found to have been revealing the phone numbers of users who accessed its mobile data. As TNW points out, O2 had been “sending your mobile number to every website you visit on your mobile phone”. It [...]
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January 25th, 2012 by Caroline
Brace yourself for rumours galore, as we have a quartet of leaks for you! You can certainly tell Mobile World Congress is only around the next bend… First up, is the HTC Primo. An “anonymous tipster” has kindly spilled the beans to Stuff about this upcoming HTC handset. Joining the queue that includes the quad-core [...]
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January 24th, 2012 by Caroline
The large, impressive new Nokia Windows Phone device, revealed during CES 2012, is destined to come to the UK soon – courtesy of Carphone Warehouse which gives it an expected release date of June. Essentially the Lumia 800’s big brother, the 900 model boasts the same cool design and WP software but adds some improvements [...]
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January 23rd, 2012 by Caroline
Unless you’ve not been paying attention to the latest technology news, you’ll be aware that MWC 2012 begins in a few weeks’ time – and promises to deliver various exciting, high-end handsets in the process. Earlier today, we showed you a leaked shot of LG’s quad-core smartphone, the X3, which is thought to pack a [...]
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January 23rd, 2012 by Caroline
According to the rumour mill, another quad-core handset is expected to debut during next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The LG X3 has been snapped and its specs leaked online – and it sounds like an advanced device, set to rival the other big hitters also expected to take a bow at MWC. Featuring [...]
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