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Dutch Operator Launches its own Android

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Dutch operator KPN has announced the launch of the new Smart 200 device. The Smart 200 is a new Android phone developed specially for the Dutch operator to cater to smartphone-unaware consumers.

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The new iPad Heading for China

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though the New iPad has been released in most EU and US markets now, the device still hasn’t launched in the market it is being created. The country is pretty strict on which devices are allowed in.

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Dell Ends Smartphone Sales in the US

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Dell has stopped selling their Venue and Venue Pro smartphones in the United States. Both phones run on Windows Phone OS. No new smartphones have been announced.

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Sony Removes Second Vita Game from SEN

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Playstation Vita | No Comments »

Sony has pulled the second Vita game from their virtual shelves. This time, Everybody’s Tennis from Sony itself is pulled, only days after the company pulled their Motostorm Arctic Edge offline.

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Nokia Launches the First CDMA Lumia in China

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia has announced the launch of their new Lumia 800C in China. Needless to say, the 800C is the Chinese version of the Lumia 800 we all know since late last year. It is the first CDMA phone in the Chinese market running Windows Phone as well.

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Nokia Pushes out Long-awaited Lumia 800 Update

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia has announced the availability of the latest software update for the Lumia 800. Though the company made some minor adjustments to the OS, the majority of work went into improving batterylife.

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Sony One Combines Xperia and Vaio Branches

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Under Sony’s CEO to be (starting April 1st) Kazuo Hirai, Sony will be restructured. The restructuring leads to a new Sony with a three-pillar approach. In that approach, the Xperia and Vaio products will be coming from a combined unit.

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Rovio Acquires Futuremark Games

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following the acquisition of animation studio Kombo, Rovio has made a second acquisition. This time, it took control over Futuremark Games Studio. The gaming branch of 3DMark inventors Futuremark.

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Lenovo Launches B2B Android App Store

March 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

The guys have just entered the tablet market and already Lenovo has announced their own ‘specialty’ app store. An app store that allows business owners to build their own app store for their employees.

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€18 Million Available for App Development

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: J2me, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia and Microsoft have put together a new fund that will assist developers in getting their work onto Nokia phones including Series 40, Symbian and Windows Phone. The new fund is called AppCampus.

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