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Symbian Belle update to begin rolling out in early 2012, says Nokia

News Ready for another round of "Good News, Bad News" to kick off your Thursday morning? First up, the good news: Nokia has officially announced when it'll begin rolling out the Symbian Belle update to existing devices like the N8, E7, and C7....

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Will mobile application development eventually hit a ceiling?

Android Arguably the most important feature of a smartphone is the slew of available applications. They're what make us waste or save time (depending on what type of apps you're using) and what make smarpthones ... smarter. Back in my BlackBerry...

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Nielsen report shows that Android and iOS make up 71 percent of the smartphone market

Android We're right about at the mid-day hump where the morning's passed but an afternoon of work is still ahead, but the good news is that Nielsen just released its Q3 2011 report on the smartphone world to help us power through the remainder of...

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Symbian Carla, Donna may follow Belle in Nokia's update line

News There are some mobile operating systems out there that use unique naming schemes for major updates alongside the typical numbering system. For example, Android uses desserts (Cupcake, Ice Cream Sandwich) and Windows Phone updates end with...

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iPhone beats out BlackBerry for enterprise usage, survey says

Android BlackBerrys have long been the go-to smartphone for folks in the enterprise, but it looks like RIM's grip on the title of king of the workplace may be starting to slip. According to a survey completed by iPass for its Mobile Workforce...

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Which one of Nokia's technologies in development would you like the most?

Android If you look at all of the current smartphones on the market, there is very little differentiation across every smartphone lineup on every carrier. The most unusual form factor you will see is a phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. (We're...

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Samsung beats out Apple in global shipments to take top smartphone manufacturer title

Android Samsung may not be having the best luck in some of its legal battles with Apple, but when it comes to global smartphone shipment numbers, the story is just a tad different. According to figures released by Strategy Analytics, Samsung has...

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Symbian Anna update now available to U.S.-based Nokia devices

News Heads up, Symbian folk: Nokia has announced that the Symbian Anna update is now available in the U.S. via an over the air install or through Nokia Suite. The new software can be installed on the Nokia N8, C7, C6-01, or E7 and includes...

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AmazonWireless Freedom To Choose video contest winners selected

Android Back in mid-August we told you about the AmazonWireless Freedom to Choose video contest, which tasked interested parties with creating a minute-long clip on how AmazonWireless makes the process of shopping for a new phone easier. Nearly...

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What is a smartphone, exactly?

Android What is a smartphone? You don't get asked that question very often, as we all have a general idea of what is and isn't a smartphone. But when asked this, it's kind of hard to coherently put the anser into words. Stumped, I asked a few...

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AmazonWireless "Freedom to Choose" video contest deadline is close, but there's still time to enter

Android Remember the AmazonWireless "Freedom to Choose" video contest? You know, the one where you can win cash and prizes simply for creating a video on how AmazonWireless makes the process of shopping for a new handset easy? Yeah, that one. We...

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Nokia introduces Symbian Belle along with three new Belle-powered smartphones

News Nokia may have adopted Microsoft's Windows Phone platform earlier this year, but you certainly wouldn't know that from the Finnish firm's handful of announcements this morning. Nokia has revealed Symbian Belle, the next version of Symbian...

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Symbian Anna update now available for Nokia N8, C7, C6-01, and E7

News Big news today for the Symbian crowd: Nokia has announced that an update to Symbian Anna is now available for the first batch of Symbian^3 powered devices, which includes the N8, C7, C6-01, and E7. the update brings with it a new set of...

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AmazonWireless Freedom to Choose video contest lets you get in front of the camera

Android As I'm sure you've noticed if you're an avid PhoneDog reader — and why wouldn't you be? — we post a lot of videos on the site. Be it a review, Dogfight, or some kind of walkthrough, rarely a day goes by without a video from Aaron or...

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Is there a place in the mobile market for Grid OS?

Android The mobile space is growing – more like exploding – faster than we could have ever imagined. Four years ago, the mobile space was hit with a catalyst, better known as the iPhone. With iOS in tow, Apple showed the world exactly how...

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Nokia ceasing Symbian sales in U.S. to focus on Windows Phone, has no plans to offer N9 here

News Nokia and its Symbian OS have never really been huge here in the U.S., despite the fact that both have earned quite a bit of success just about everywhere else in the world. Taking that fact into consideration, it shouldn't come as much of...

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Nokia 500 and its 1GHz processor made official as Symbian Belle gets unofficially shown off on video

News Heads up, Symbian fans: not only did Nokia introduce a new Symbian Anna-powered handset today, but an eight minute clip of the next iteration of the OS — also known as Symbian Belle — has been posted online for all to see. First up, we'll...

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Has the smartphone changed the way we listen to music foerver?

Android Believe it or not, there was once a time that I actually purchased Compact Discs, better known as CDs, for all of my music needs. If I wanted a song, the best way to listen to it was to purchase the CD and rock it in my portable CD player...

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Android earns the most impressions in Millennial Media report, BlackBerry and WP7 see the most growth

Android How does wrapping up the week with an update on how each mobile OS is doing in terms of ad impressions sound? Good? Good. The folks at Millennial Media have just posted their June Mobile Mix report and, unsurprisingly, Android has claimed...

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Should Android manufacturers focus more on improving cameras?

Android Over the past few years, camera technology in cell phones has come leaps and bounds from what it used to be. No longer are our phones fitted with those dreaded VGA cameras (I'm not talking about those front shooters, y'all); we now have...

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