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Nokia to unveil Nokia X in foray into low-cost smartphone market
The Star Online
Nokia's first low-cast smartphone model, the Nokia X, will rely on an open version of the Android mobile software system created by Google, instead of Microsoft's Windows Phone software – a move some analysts say is an admission of failure – AFP Photo.
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Microsoft aims to bring more Windows units to smartphone market
CNBC.com
Microsoft is pushing to reach a far wider audience for smartphones running its Windows Phone software by turning to cheaper chip sets and easing restrictions on how phone makers use its software to encourage them to drive down costs. Nick Parker ...
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Ford eyes switch to BlackBerry software for vehicles
The Globe and Mail
The company that once dominated the smartphone market is in the process of making some of its most popular software available on a variety of new platforms, including its messaging system on rival smartphones and its user interface technology on Ford's ...
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Nokia unveils first Android device, new low-cost smartphone
Irish Times
Nokia, soon to be acquired by Microsoft Corp, is turning to software created by arch-rival Google for a new line of phones it hopes will make it a late contender in the dynamic low-cost smartphone market. Its first model, the Nokia X, will rely upon an ...
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Google Unveils Smartphone With 3D Sensors
malaysiandigest.com
Google Project Tango/Google Images GOOGLE has unveiled a prototype smartphone with "customised hardware and software" that enables it to create 3D maps of a user's surroundings. The device's sensors allow it make over 250,000 3D measurements ...
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Hands-On First Impressions of Samsung's Galaxy S5 Smartphone (Video)
CIO
CIO.com's Al Sacco goes hands-on with Samsung's brand new Galaxy S5 smartphone. The device has a handful of notable new hardware features and software enhancements. But none of them translation into any real "wow factor." Here's why. By Al Sacco
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NVIDIA Announces First Tegra 4i LTE Smartphone Design Win At MWC
Hot Hardware
It's been a year since Nvidia took the wraps off Tegra 4i, its first smartphone design with an integrated software modem, quad-core Cortex-A9 processor, and a slightly smaller version of the Tegra 4 mobile GPU used in devices like Nvidia's Shield. At ...
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MWC: Firefox OS expands to 'high-end' LTE devices to rival Android
Inquirer
BARCELONA: SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Mozilla announced that Firefox OS is making its way to higher specification smartphones at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Sunday, and outed several devices running the mobile operating system.
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Orange Gova brings 4G to Europe's technophobes
CNET
... of Europe. The Android phone is the first phone from Orange that comes with 4G LTE connectivity. The Gova also sports software designed to teach the basics of smartphoneusage to those who are just taking their first steps away from older feature ...
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Hillcrest Labs Brings Advanced Motion Control to Oppo Mobile Devices
Sacramento Bee
ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 24, 2014 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Hillcrest Labs today announced that Oppo, a leading Chinese CE manufacturer and smartphone OEM, is using Hillcrest's patented Freespace® software to provide advanced motion-based functionality on ...
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