Windows Phone 8 launch: Phones, release dates, and features

Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8 yesterday at an event in San Francisco. The tech giant is hoping its third time lucky in the smartphone market as it prepares to try and wrestle some market share from Android and iOS. There’s a decent line up of smartphones and a host of new features on offer. Let’s take a closer look at Windows Phone 8, size up the hardware and software, and check out the pricing and release dates.

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Verizon rebate form reveals phones to be released by November 21, HTC DLX not on the list

We all absolutely positively hate mail-in rebates, but once in a while these might prove to be blessings in disguise. Well, not them exactly, but documents detailing them and informing us indirectly about phones to be released.

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Cherry Mobile launches the Flare in the Philippines, a 4-inch ICS phone with Snapdragon S4 for $100

With a wide range of affordable Android smartphones under its belt, those in the Philippines are pretty familiar with Cherry Mobile’s name. The latest addition to its lineup is sure to cement Cherry’s status among budget-conscious buyers.

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Google’s Nexus Q gets removed from Nexus homepage

Google made a somewhat surprising decision by announcing a trio of Nexus devices on the company’s blog yesterday. So now, the complete Nexus family consists of the Nexus 4 smartphone, the revamped Nexus 7, and the Nexus 10 tablet. But wait, maybe it’s not that complete after all. You haven’t forgotten about the Nexus Q, have you?

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Samsung Galaxy Premier poses for an outdoor ad

The Samsung Galaxy Premier has had a busy schedule in the past weeks. After we caught the unofficial Nexus phone successor making a stop at Taiwan’s FCC-like agency (NCC), which hinted its impending arrival, the Premier now stars in a billboard ad alongside the rest of the Galaxy lineup in Guangzhou, China.

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Blurry Sony Yuga pics leak, Sony Odin might sport 1080p WhiteMagic display

Although Sony is unlikely to bring anything new and powerful by the end of the year in the Android décor, rumors about the company’s next flagship phones are gaining traction by the day. The 5-inch Xperia “Odin” C650X and the 6-inch “Yuga” C660X will most likely get a glamorous unveiling at next year’s CES or MWC, but we’re already starting to get a good picture of what’s in store for us.

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A look into Android 4.2 Jelly Bean’s wireless display mirroring through Miracast standard

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean has been officially announced, and along with this update comes a host of new features and functionalities. One of these is the wireless display mirroring functionality that enables Android users to wirelessly push their handsets’ videos onto compatible devices, such as TV sets, tablets and other devices.

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Nexus 10, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 3G: full specs, features and image gallery sets

Even though Google cancelled today’s media announcement due to Hurricane Sandy – and we received official word that it won’t be rescheduled for a later date – the company went ahead and unveiled new products. After all, Google wasn’t going to let the tech world talk about Windows Phone 8 devices today, was it?

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Nexus 10, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 3G release date and pricing – what you need to know

Google’s Nexus lineup for the Christmas season was made official earlier today, and we have showed them to you already, at least virtually: the Nexus 4, the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10. But if you’re planning to write a letter to Santa asking for new Nexus toys, you’d better tell him when they’re supposed to ship.
The new smartphone and tablets will be available in a variety of markets, both from Google’s Play Store, but also from mobile operators that will carry some of them. In what follows, we’re going to share with you more availability details about each of the new Nexus models.

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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update – when will it be released?

Because Google canceled its Nexus and Android 4.2 media event that should have taken place in New York City today, it was forced to unveil its new products via press releases that are limited in terms of what they can reveal. We have already covered the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean in great detail, but we still have unanswered questions.

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