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03 May
Samsung Galaxy S III announced: coming to carriers early summer

After much anticipation Samsung has just announced its newest flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, in London. The phone has a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display at 720p resolution, a 8-megapixel primary and 1.9-megapixel front-facing cameras that start up in 990ms, 16 or 32GB of storage, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, and a 2,100mAh battery. As rumored the device is also powered by the [...]

01 May
BlackBerry 10 unveiled by RIM

Research in Motion showed off its new phone OS called Blackberry 10 today in Orlando. The maker of Blackberry phones and tablets is hoping their new OS will help bring them back to relevance. Blackberry 10 (formally known as BBX) puts emphasis on ”glanceable” information (much like Windows Phone tiles). One of the things that RIM addressed [...]

30 Apr
Barnes & Noble to spin off Nook business, with Microsoft investing $300 million

Barnes & Noble has announced a ”strategic partnership” on e-reading with Microsoft today. The partnership is focused on spinning off the Nook business into a separate B&N subsidiary. No name has been decided for the new subsidiary but Microsoft will be investing $300 million for a 17.6 percent stake in the venture. As a by-product of the investment [...]

28 Apr
The Technolon Podcast 14 [Download]

Did you miss out on all the tech news from this week? Yes….then don’t worry. The Technolon Podcast (yes it has been a while) will catch you right up. And you will have a lot of fun in the process. Available for download right here. So enjoy! Download MP3

27 Apr
Samsung overthrows Nokia’s 14-year reign as world’s biggest phone maker

Today is a big day for Samsung. The South Korean company released fantastic numbers in its Q1 report, yet interestingly it didn’t mention an even greater achievement. According to research firm Strategy Analytics Samsung just surpassed Nokia as the biggest phone maker in the world. This quarter Samsung shipped 93.5 million handsets (44.5 million were smartphones) while [...]

26 Apr
Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor that will power ‘next Galaxy smartphone’

Samsung once again seems a little too eager about their upcoming May 3rd phone event. The company released information on the chip to power the next Galaxy S phone. Its called the ”Exynos 4 Quad” and will run at 1.4GHz per core. The chip is based on ARM Cortex A9 architecture and has advanced power management features. The Exynos 4 Quad will be [...]

25 Apr
Take a look at the original ‘Google Phone’ presented in 2006

Google and Oracle’s current legal battle has unearthed some very interesting pictures. Apparently in 2006 (two years before the release of the T-Mobile G1) Google pitched the “Google Phone” (shown above) to carriers. Google seems to have concentrated its efforts on getting T-Mobile on board. Slides emphasize how Google’s expertise combined with T-Mobile’s unlimited data plan [...]

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