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• APP OF THE DAY: Kik Messenger

  By Nermin Bajric | 31 May, 2012 11:13

  Kik Messenger is a free cross-platform messaging service that works like the iPhone’s iMessage feature.

• iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

• APP OF THE DAY: Sports Tracker

  By Patrick Budmar | 22 March, 2012 10:07

  While you may have your phone with you all the time, the reality is that for the most part it just sits in your pocket doing nothing.

• First look: Nokia Lumia 808 PureView and Lumia 610

  By Ginny Mies | 27 February, 2012 23:24

  Nokia is on a roll with the Lumia phones this year and today the company announced the Lumia 808 PureView and the Lumia 610. The Lumia 808 is a camera-centric Symbian phone while the Lumia 610 is an inexpensive Windows 7 Phone.

• Nokia unveils 41-megapixel imaging sensor technology

  By John Cox | 28 February, 2012 02:35

  The most spectacular part of Nokia's presentation Sunday at Mobile World Congress was the unveiling of a new super imaging system, a sensor -- developed with Toshiba and other Nokia partners, coupled with Carl Zeiss optics -- that can capture 41 megapixels.

• Nokia to unveil 'Pure View' at Mobile World Congress

  By Ian Paul | 23 February, 2012 04:27

  Nokia has released its first teaser video leading up to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, hinting at a new camera-centric announcement.

• Nokia Lumia 710 review: affordable, solid Windows phone

  By Ginny Mies | 08 January, 2012 02:25

  When I learned that Nokia would be teaming up with Microsoft for the next generation of Windows Phones, I was very excited. Nokia phones have a long-standing reputation for high quality, durability, and solid specs, but they've been held back by a stale operating system, Symbian. Enter the Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile ($US50 with a new two-year contract; price as of January 5, 2012), the Finnish handset maker's first Windows Phone in the US.

• APP OF THE DAY: The Specials Board

  By Patrick Budmar | 18 December, 2011 12:00

  Provides the user with useful discounts and specials

• Is Android Open? Not So Much, Study Finds

  By Katherine Noyes | 14 December, 2011 11:00

  Google's Android mobile platform may be based on the open source Linux operating system, but the extent of its own openness has long been a topic of considerable debate.

• iOS opens gap over Android in mobile OS usage

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 02 December, 2011 04:07

  iOS grew its share of the global mobile operating system market to 24.2 percent in November, further stretching its advantage over Android.

• McAfee: Android is sole target of new mobile malware in Q3

  By Tim Greene | 22 November, 2011 06:27

  All new malware being written for mobile devices targets Android, according to a McAfee report on malware trends in Q3 2011.

• Apple iPhone passes BlackBerry in business use, survey finds

  By Matt Hamblen | 18 November, 2011 06:29

  Apple's iPhone has unseated the Research in Motion BlackBerry as the top smartphone used by mobile employees, according to an iPass survey of more than 2300 workers around the world.

• Gartner: Android market share tops 50% worldwide

  By Brad Reed | 16 November, 2011 04:23

  Android's well-documented fragmentation issues apparently aren't deterring consumers from snatching up Android phones.

• Spotify App lands on Windows Phone 7

  By Ian Paul | 09 November, 2011 01:47

  Spotify recently announced a new mobile application for Windows Phone 7 users, more than a year after the music streaming service first said it would bring its service to Microsoft's newest mobile OS. The new app, simply called Spotify and available now in the Windows Phone Marketplace, requires a Phone 7 device running version 7.5 (Mango) or higher and a premium Spotify account.

• Lumia seen as dim light in U.S. versus iPhone, Android

  By Matt Hamblen | 27 October, 2011 06:01

  Nokia's new Windows Phone 7.5-based Lumia smartphones won't cause many problems for Android-based devices and the iPhone in the U.S., three analysts predicted Wednesday.