Nokia Lumia 510 review: Down a gear + MORE

A report from consumer research company Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows that Windows Phone has gained a significant market share boost in Europe, specifically in Italy and the UK.

In Italy alone, Microsoft’s mobile OS has scored a 13.9% market share for 2012, compared to 2.8% just a year ago…

Microsoft has announced that its Surface Windows 8 Pro will launch on February 9.

It will first launch in the U.S. and Canada through all Microsoft retail and online stores, and at Staples and Best Buy in the U.S and will be priced at $899 for the 64 GB model, while the 128 GB will be sold for $999…

Aaron’s rounding up the best smartphones as voted on by YOU!  For week 46, the Samsung Galaxy Note II dominated both the People’s Choice and Expert’s Choice charts with 268 votes.  The Nokia Lumia 920 held onto second place, while the Samsung Galaxy S III took the third place spot.  In fourth place, the Google (LG) Nexus 4 showed up, and rounding out the People’s Choice chart was the HTC DROID DNA with 63 votes…

If anyone out there has an international Windows Phone 8 device you may have noticed that your space bar got smaller and there was an extra button on the bottom row. You know the one that you NEVER use. (Mine changed my keyboard to Chinese not very useful.) Well I found a quick how to on getting rid of the button and claim back your full space-bar width…

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With things starting to look up financially and amid rumors of a successor to the Lumia flagship, the Finns shift down to speed up as they try to get one last lap out of the old Windows Phone generation. The Nokia Lumia 510 is old hardware running new old software, aiming to rally new users to the Windows Phone cause…

The HTC DROID DNA was first announced in November 2012 and to date, it is one of the best built smartphones to come into our possession here at PhoneDog. It is the first 1080p smartphone to grace the U.S. market and it packs a serious wallop in terms of performance and topnotch specifications.
It is currently available through Verizon for $199…

Can Sony’s Xperia compete with Apple and Samsung ?  Sony has released some fantastic updates to its Xperia line of smartphones over the years, but due to poor distribution agreements, we haven’t seen them gain a significant level of traction in the US.  They’ve released a few high-end smartphones on AT&T over the years, but if they’re going to be successful in today’s market, they’re going to have to snag agreements with Verizon, Sprint , T-Mobile, and US Cellular as…

We got an invite from Huawei today, which urges us to save the date, February 24, when the Chinese company will hold a press conference. This is the Sunday before this year's Mobile World Congress kicks off, so we can reasonably expect Huawei to unveil its latest smartphones at the event.

The invitation gives a very subtle clue as to what device will be unveiled…

There’s been an awful lot of talk concerning the Nexus 4 and its supply woes in recent weeks, with a Google exec and two LG representatives weighing in on the matter in recent weeks. Today another Googler touched on the Nexus supply situation, with CEO Larry Page addressing the matter during Google’s Q4 2012 earnings call…

The first batch of smartphones running the HTML 5-based Firefox OS have been unveiled. Meet the GeekPhone Keon and Peak – a duo of early Firefox OS-running smartphones targeted at app designers and developers to start building the upcoming OS' app ecosystem.

What you see above is the GeekPhone Peak, which is the more powerful of the two…

After last week leak and confirmation by J.K Shin that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will be unveiled at MWC, today a photo of the upcoming 8-inch tablet hit the net.

The photo above confirms the previously leaked specs: 8-inch Super Clear TFT screen with 1280 x 800 resolution, 1.6 quad core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card, S-Pen, 5 megapixel back camera, 1…

It’s been fairly clear for a while now that the Samsung Galaxy S IV flagship will not be announced at the MWC, but will have its own dedicated event (just like the S III got). Asia Economy claims that this particularly Samsung Unpacked event is planned for March.

We’ve seen both April and May rumored as potential launch dates for the Galaxy S IV, so a late March announcement seems appropriate…