Thursday, January 12, 2012

Android, Windows Phone news Jan 12, 2012

Android

Microsoft and LG Sign Patent Agreement Covering Android and Chrome OS Based Devices

Patent agreement provides coverage under Microsoft's patent portfolio for LG's tablets, mobile phones and additional consumer devices running the Android or Chrome OS Platform. -mobiletechnews


Intel and Motorola Mobility Strike Multi-Year Strategic Mobile Partnership

Intel and Motorola Mobility enter into a multi-year, multi-device strategic relationship including Android smartphones and tablets based on Intel's Atom processor. -mobiletechnews


Sprint Unveils Three Initial 4G LTE Devices

Sprint announces the initial group of 4G LTE devices – the Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the LG Viper and Sierra Wireless Tri-Network Hotspot. -mobiletechnews


TechRadar.com

CES 2012: The 10 best gadgets and tech at CES 2012
ES 2012At one end of the scale, CES is about big, high-end product announcements - the world's biggest TV, the smallest pico projector, hi-fi speakers that cost more than your car.Or are bigger than your car.At the other end it's about companies you've never (or barely) heard of trying to catch the tired... -techradar



Patent deal exposes LG Chromebook plans

Patent deal exposes LG Chromebook plans
rosoft have inked a patent agreement that covers all of LG's Android tablets and mobile phones, and – oddly – any devices running Chrome OS. Since LG doesn't have any devices running Chrome OS we're assuming that means there's a Chromebook on its way from the company in the near future. The new agreement, which builds on a pre-existing deal, sees LG jo... -techradar



Updated: 10 best touchscreen phones for 2012

Updated: 10 best touchscreen phones for 2012
ouchscreen phones for 2012Our best touchscreen phone article is constantly updated.Quite simply, touch screen technology is the innovation we now expect to see in some shape or form from every new smartphone that launches. Swapping a button-bashing existence for a softer sensing interface we can press, swip... -techradar



Windows Phone ditches the specs race

Windows Phone ditches the specs race
while never exactly seen as playing at the top end of the smartphone climbing frame, has confirmed that Windows Phone is not competing with other mobile devices on a spec-for-spec basis. Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore said that the user experience is more important in Windows Phone than cutting-edge specs or ba... -techradar



CES 2012: Hands on: Motorola Defy Mini review

CES 2012: Hands on: Motorola Defy Mini review
nnounced the Motorola Defy Mini here at CES, and we got a chance to test out the rugged entry-level phone that's sparse on features and small in stature. The most noticeable feature of the Defy Mini is, well, how Mini it is. It comes with a tiny 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen. Though the Defy Mini is being advertis... -techradar



CES 2012: Schmidt: Android isn't fragmented

CES 2012: Schmidt: Android isn't fragmented
and Ice Cream Sandwich is set to bring Android phones and tablets in line but apparently we're still banging on about Android being fragmented - and it looks like Google chairman Eric Schmidt is getting a bit bored with it too. Although devices running the OS will gradually fall into line as they either become obsole... -techradar



CES 2012: Hands on: Huawei Ascend P1 S review

CES 2012: Hands on: Huawei Ascend P1 S review
ot our hands on the shockingly thin Huawei Ascend P1 S. If our time with the phone was any indication, Huawei's first real high-end phone looks to be a winner.At just 6.68mm thick, the Ascend P1 S is currently the thinnest dual-core smartphone in the world. We can't help but wonder where they put all ... -techradar



CES 2012: Can Intel take the smartphone fight to ARM?

CES 2012: Can Intel take the smartphone fight to ARM?
take the smartphone fight to ARM?Intel's 'Medfield' Atom chip has been a long time coming, and we first reported on its announcement back in February 2011 after Mobile World Congress.Now we know it's called the Intel Atom Z2460, and is at the heart of the new Lenovo K800 smartphone released today at... -techradar



CES 2012: Hands on: Lenovo K800 review

CES 2012: Hands on: Lenovo K800 review
ped some of the biggest news of CES 2012 today, announcing that it was entering the smartphone chip market and adding an Atom chip into the new Lenovo K800.The Intel Atom chip has been in a number of devices from netbooks to smart TVs, but now that it has entered the smartphone market it's in more direct competition w... -techradar



CES 2012: Intel announces first Atom smartphone - Lenovo K800

CES 2012: Intel announces  first Atom smartphone - Lenovo K800
announced the Lenovo K800 is to be the first smartphone featuring an Atom processor.It's a 4-inch Android smartphone powered by the Intel Atom Z2460 'Medfield' platform.The Lenovo K800 features an 8 megapixel camera, and has Intel's Wi-Di technology built in, so you can connect the handset w... -techradar



Windows Phone

Analyst reckons Nokia sold 1m Lumia 800s in Q4

Analyst reckons Nokia sold 1m Lumia 800s in Q4
he rumours of struggling sales and possible buy-outs, one analyst reckons Nokia shifted around one million Nokia Lumia 800 handsets in the last three months of 2011. The estimation comes from research company Morgan Stanley, and isn't massively high given that Q4 is the quarter in which Chri... -techradar



CES 2012: Hands on: HTC Titan II review

CES 2012: Hands on: HTC Titan II review
nounced the massive Titan II Windows Phone at CES. Suffice it to say, Nokia's Lumia 900 is going to have some competition for best Windows Phone when they launch.The big news here is Titan II's 16 megapixel camera, which is easily twice as many as most competing phones, and a 25% more than Son... -techradar



CES 2012: Hands on: Nokia Lumia 900 review

CES 2012: Hands on: Nokia Lumia 900 review
waited and even longer speculated Nokia Lumia 900 has finally been officially announced. Nokia unveiled the svelte device yesterday at CES 2012 and we were able to get hands on with Nokia's new 4.3-inch AMOLED LTE phone.Like its predecessor the Nokia Lumia 800, the 900 has a 1.4GHz Qua... -techradar



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