Nokia was showing off some concept technology at Nokia World this week, and we got treated to what is probably the most interesting of it all, a flexible device that uses kinetic motions for interaction. The tablet-like device features a large, 4-inch OLED display that can be bent at will to control the interface. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

Sony Corporation has just announced that it will purchase Ericsson's share of the two companies' mobile joint venture, Sony Ericsson. As a result, Sony Ericsson will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony, and will become a part of the company's family of network-connected consumer electronics. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

Nokia is pushing out a software update to its N8 smartphone that addresses a number of bugs in the Symbian Anna platform that runs on the phone. Unfortunately, the update does not upgrade the N8 to Symbian Belle with its myriad of new features. Things that are improved with the update include quicker email and messaging, faster GPS locks, and fixes for minor bugs. Users will get a notification when the update is available to download and … [Read more...]

During the main keynote speech at Nokia World today, Nokia president and CEO Stephen Elop revealed that the company intends to bring LTE and CDMA equipped Windows Phone handsets to "applicable markets" in 2012. Though he didn't specifically say the U.S. market was one of those to get the LTE and CDMA phones, it pairs nicely with the promise that Nokia will bring a suite of phones to the U.S. next year. The company did not reveal any of the … [Read more...]

In what seems to be a recurring story for LG, the company reported losses from its mobile division in its Q3 2011 financial reports. This marks the sixth consecutive quarter that LG has lost money from its phone division. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

The Nokia Lumia 710 is the second of two Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone announced by the manufacturer at Nokia World 2011. It is a lower-cost model, which can be witnessed by its cheap feel when compared to the fancier Lumia 800 model. The Lumia 710 has a 3.7-inch ClearBlack TFT LCD display and is powered by the same 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor as the 800. The Lumia 710 sports 8GB of internal storage and a 5 megapixel camera. Watch the … [Read more...]