Nokia is interested in selling off its U.K.-based Vertu subsidiary, which sells high-end cell phones. According to a report in the Financial Times, Nokia has hired Goldman Sachs to help it fetch top dollar for the cell phone unit, which is valued between $270 and $400 million. The Financial Times says that private equity groups will be the most likely buyers of Vertu, though Nokia has not confirmed the story. Tweet Vote on HN ...
LG announces Z330 Ultrabook
LG has launched a new ultra-portable laptop, which it says is both thinner and lighter than Apple’s market-leading MacBook Air.The 13.3-inch Z330 Ultrabook joins LGs XNote family of laptops and boasts a stunning Windows 7 boot time of 9.9 seconds thanks to a “super speed tech” optimisation.The LED backlit display boasts a resolution of 1366 x 768 while there’s an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor doing all the donkey work.There’s also 4GB of RAM, upto 250GB of RAM and an Intel HD 3000 graphics card. There’s also Bluetooth 3.0 and USB 3.0 in the ...
HTC Flyer Honeycomb update to land today
HTC has announced that it is sending out an update for the HTC Flyer today, which will add Android 3.2 Honeycomb to the tablet.With all this talk of Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s easy to forget that there’s still many a tablet on shelves that isn’t yet equipped with Honeycomb, Google’s first OS dedicated to tablets. Tweet Vote on HN ...
LG Nitro HD for AT&T
This new Android phone from LG brings an HD display and LTE to the table. Here are our first impressions of the Nitro. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Captivate Glide for AT&T
Samsung delivers a winner in the Captivate Glide, an Android smartphone that includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for the messaging minded mobile user. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Apple Denied Preliminary Samsung Sales Ban by Judge
Apple was unable to convince the courts to issue a preliminary injunction that would have banned Samsung from selling some of its Galaxy smartphones in the U.S. Apple sued Samsung in April in the U.S., alleging that the Korean company “slavishly” copied its smartphone and tablet designs. It asked the judge overseeing the case to issue a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Samsung from selling the infringing devices immediately, but the judge was not convinced. “It is not clear that an injunction on Samsung’s accused devices would prevent Apple from being ...
ZTE Licenses 3D Android User Interface Technology
ZTE today indicated that it has licensed the Embedded Inflexion UI product from Mentor Graphics. The Inflexion UI tools will allow ZTE to create 2D and 3D user interfaces for its future Android smartphones. According to Mentor Graphics, its product offers drag-and-drop functionality for creating user interfaces and will reduce the time it will take ZTE to develop new user interfaces and reduce the time it will take to get them to market. Terms of the licensing deal were no disclosed. ...
Google Wallet Nixed from Galaxy Nexus
Google confirmed to CNET that its Google Wallet mobile payment service will not be included on the Galaxy Nexus, which is due to launch on Verizon’s network later this month. “Verizon asked us not to include this functionality in the product,” a Google spokesperson told CNET. Google Wallet is available on the Nexus S, and lets users make payments from their phones based on near-field communications technology at participating retailers. Google did not provide a reason for Verizon’s request, but Verizon is a primary member of the Isis joint venture with AT&T and ...
C Spire Wireless Wins Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
C Spire Wireless today announced the launch of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play gaming smartphone. The Xperia Play is available immediately through most C Spire retail channels for $49.99 after rebate with a new two-year agreement. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia Lumia 900 US launch set for early 2012
Nokia will begin its Windows Phone assault on American soil early in 2012 with the Lumia 900, according to reports.BGR reckons the device will boast a 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, with a 1.4GHz processor and an 8-megapixel camera.The Lumia 900 will channel the same look and form-factor as the Lumia 800 recently released in Europe, only with the larger screen. The Lumia 800 featured only a 3.7-inch display.According to BGR sources, the handset will ship with the forthcoming Windows Phone “Tango” update, which promises to build on the improvements made by the Windows Phone ...