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Microsoft Offer $70 Free App Credit As Incentive To Buy The Lumia Products
If you are in the hunt for a new Smartphone then Microsoft is looking to make your choice easier by offering customers $70 worth of free apps if they so happen to choose to buy into the more expensive Nokia […]
Windows Phone Users Continue To Grow, Up 153% In Q3 & Now Owns 4% Of U.S. Market
We’ve published a few reports that confirm Windows Phone has been growing, even reaching all-time highs in some parts of the world. This is great news for the Microsoft-based Smartphone company as they attempt to gain some ground on their […]
Vine For Windows Phone Finally Gets Released, Download Made Available
One of my favorite apps of this year would have to be Vine. Since its release it has grown into one of the biggest apps in the world. If you are the owner of an Android or iOS device, chances […]
Buy The Nokia Lumia 1520 And Get A Range Of Free Goodies With It Thanks To Microsoft
The Nokia Lumia 1520 is the first ever Windows Phone phablet set to come with Windows 8.1, the fantastic new operating system that lets you change the tiles and their sizes on your home screen. Don’t forget the new GDR3 […]
How To Improve The Battery Life Of The MS Surface Pro 2
Battery life is something we haven’t seen a great deal of technological advancements in recent years. We see some new features and screens, plus hardware that are friendlier on battery life, but even then it’s not by a great amount. […]
2012 Nexus 10 Heading To India Now, 16GB Tablet For $480
What a country’s economy often like will depend on what type of tablets are to be expected to head in that direction. Take India: A country that thrives off of technology, but sometimes the expensive goods just won’t be that […]
1 Million New People Use T-Mobile In Q3 Of 2013
T-Mobile is one of the world’s biggest phone carriers based out of the US, and it just got a lot bigger after figures revealed a boost of 1 million customers in Q3 of 2013. It wasn’t all flukes either, with […]
Nokia Illusionist Tablets In 2014, Will Have Qualcomm Processor & Windows 8.1 RT
Nokia plan on bringing out their own 8-inch tablet to the market during the 2014 Q1. Nokia has had a long history supporting Windows as their operating system, and according to The Verge, that trend is set to continue. The […]
OTA For Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 To Android 4.3 Has Commenced
If you are with the phone carrier Sprint then you should now start to see the Android 4.3 update come over the air and into your phone settings. Save yourself the hassle of checking every few minutes, because typically this […]
UDMJ6 Android 4.3 OTA For Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE Now Available
The Galaxy Note 3 LTE has just received two different firmware upgrades, one of which we have here for you today. The one we have is the UDMJ6, but there is also a UDMJ8 on the loose if you want […]
Android 4.3 Test Firmware For Galaxy Note II Now Ready To Download
By now some of you are willing to use your Galaxy Note II as your test drive and not your every day drive. If that so happens to be the case for you, then you might also be interested in […]
OEM Micromax Heading To U.S & Europe, 2014 Windows Phone In The Mix
If you live anywhere but India and its surrounding regions, you would be excused for not knowing the name Micromax. Working with mobiles most days of the week has them well within our radars because of their huge following inside […]
Android 4.3 XXUAMJ2 For Galaxy Note 10.1 P605 Available For Download
The Galaxy Note 10.1 P605 is today’s tablet that has started the day with a bit of a surprise. As of now there is now the XXUAMJ2 build of Android 4.3 ready to rock and roll on devices. This of […]
Bryan Cranston Stars As The Narrator In This iPad Air Commercial For Apple
When it comes to marketing, Apple didn’t get to where they are today by doing it badly. Moreover, Bryan Cranston is all too familiar with being bad, but he is also one of the most well-recognized voices going around today […]
Microsoft Surface Pro Price Slashed Just In Time For This Years New Model
The Microsoft Surface Pro was introduced in 2012 for the first time. Sales didn’t go as well as the Redmond company would have liked, which then lead to several large price drops throughout the year just been. However, now that […]
Nokia Asha 503 Specs leaked, 502 In Series Expected To Be Much The Same
The Asha series are the babies in the Nokia range in terms of specs, features and price, but they do still have a faithful following of fans that are sure to be interested in jumping up a notch to the […]
Microsoft Release Recovery Image For Windows 8.1 RT
Microsoft’s latest Windows 8.1 comes with a multitude of minor issues that lead to its eventual recall from the Windows store. The new edition of RT was live for 48 hours before it was taken away. Microsoft’s main concerns were […]
New Nokia HERE Advertisements Shows You What It’s Like To Have Superpowers
Nokia HERE is a service purely by Nokia that has extended to the likes of Windows Phone and others that run under the Nokia name. After Microsoft acquired Nokia it will soon be Windows way of having their own maps […]
Site Reveals The Nokia Lumia 1520 Price In China, Will Be 4999 Yuan
Normally when we see leaks it is because certain employees have revealed all on purpose. However, now and then there comes a time when things that were meant to stay behind closed doors become revealed by accident and employees can […]
New Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Update for Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra
The official Sony mobile blog today announced a newer version of the same 4.2 Jelly Bean will be pushed out for both the Xperia Z1 (this years flagship) and the Z Ultra. Both of these devices are brand new; just […]
C Spire Wireless HTC One Gets Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OTA
The next carrier in line for the Android 4.3 update on the HTC One will be C Spire wireless. When updates start rolling out they usually go to the biggest phone carriers first, followed by the smaller one’s; it just […]
New Nokia Lumia 2520 Tablet Leaked Front, Will Come With Windows RT & Not Windows 8.0/8.1
Nokia Lumia just keeps trending up and up and up, and with all the encouragement of taking record amounts of market share over in Europe, it seems the Redmond-based company is going to try to roll out as many new […]
[Mobile Deal] Nokia Lumia 900 $149.99 No Contract Windows Phone
At a time where Amazon is in the rumor mill for bringing out their own mobile, it’s important to remember who they originally were: A place to find some sweet deals. That is also the case again today if you […]
HTC & Nokia To Be Providing Dual SIM Windows Phones
Dual SIM phones are becoming very popular and we are now seeing them high in demand right around the Smartphone universe. Now with this trend growing more popular by the day, word on the street is that there will be […]
Nokia Lumia 1320 Batman produced to Go Along with New Batman Movie, Sources Say
Ev leaks is quietly putting the rest of the leak site to shame this year and that trend has continued on today. This time they have relayed out the name of the new Nokia Lumia 1320 which has been supposedly […]
AT&T Moto X 139.12.57.ghost_row Update is Intriguing to Say the Least
If you have the Motorola Moto X on the carrier AT&T there is a new update you can install. This update is called the ghost row update and if that isn’t enough to scare your pants off maybe the features […]
WiFi Model of Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Now Getting Android 4.2.2 via OTA and KEIS
The WiFi model of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 can now be added to the list of Note’s that have received the Android 4.2.2 update. This update started rolling out either via OTA or Samsung KEIS for the tablets. Sources […]
GDR3 For Windpws Phone 8 Brings Notification Sounds, Glance Screen Colours, Restore WiFi and Drive Mode
The Windows Phone is not normally a device that sees many updates when compared to that of its counterpart and main competition such as Android. With that being said, it has had two big time updates in the last 2 […]
Windows Phone 8 Still Getting Amber Updates for Nokia Lumia 928, 920, 620 and 510 Models
The Amber update is still doing the rounds to many noticeable Windows Phone mobiles 8 across the U.S.A. The mobiles are the Lumia, 928, Lumia 920, Lumia 620 and the Nokia Lumia 521 which is the lowest of them all. […]