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Galaxy S4 camera found to outperform iPhone 5, Lumia 920

May 24, 2013   Mobile

Galaxy S4 Camera Test
A French firm that specializes in camera optics and image sensor analysis has found the camera on Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone outperforms the iPhone 5 and Nokia’s Lumia 920. DxO Labs ranked the Galaxy S4′s camera as the second highest rating among smartphones it tested. The firm praised the 13-megapixel camera for its fast and accurate autofocus, good auto-exposure, rich colors in different lighting conditions and impressive detail preservation in bright light. The Galaxy S4 scored a total of 79 points out of a possible 100, ahead of both the iPhone 5 and Lumia 920, which scored 74 points and 64 points, respectively.

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HTC One Review

May 24, 2013   Mobile

While HTC may be struggling financially, there’s no doubt they continue to put out some of the best Android smartphones in the market.  Their new flagship HTC One, in fact, may very well be the handset sitting at the top of a crowded pool of premium Android devices. Design The front panel of the HTC One is nearly all screen, making for a really attractive thing to stare at while using it.  With an extremely [...]
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Why is AT&T milking subscribers for an extra $500 million? ‘Because they can’

May 24, 2013   Mobile

AT&T Administrative Fee

AT&T said earlier this week that it will add a new administrative fee to each of its wireless subscribers’ monthly bills. The fee is only $ 0.61, which doesn’t sound like much, and AT&T’s public relations firm was quick to point out that this new fee is lower than similar fees charged by rival carriers. Subscribers were still outraged. Now that the shouting has died down a bit, however, people are looking for a batter explanation for the new charge they’ll see each month. According to one industry watcher, that explanation couldn’t be simpler: “Because they can.”

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Microsoft doubles down on Xbox One games, plans to invest $1 billion

May 24, 2013   Mobile

Xbox One Games
There are some concerns about gaming on the next-generation Xbox One. The system doesn’t allow independent developers to self-publish games on Xbox Live Arcade and Microsoft’s used game policy is still unclear. The company did confirm that it has big plans for its in-house gaming studio, however. Phil Harrison, a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, revealed in an interview with VentureBeat that Microsoft is investing heavily in the gaming experience for the Xbox One. The executive noted that the company is planning to invest more than $ 1 billion for new content, including 15 internally developed titles in the coming year, eight of which will be brand new. The Xbox One is expected to help breath new life into the struggling gaming industry when it is released later this year.
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Recent rulings show tide may be turning against patent trolls

May 24, 2013   Mobile

Patent Case Rulings Analysis
Patent trolls’ days of effortlessly rolling into court and collecting licensing fees for products they don’t produce may be coming to an end. The Washington Post reports that courts have been increasingly citing the landmark 1978 Supreme Court case Parker v. Flook, which is the strongest ruling that the court has ever made against patents for abstract ideas such as algorithms. Given that courts are applying the Parker v. Flook precedent more often in software patent cases, it seems that courts are starting to reassert control over what can and cannot be patented. The Post acknowledges that “not every citation of Flook means that a patent was invalidated” but says that “it’s at least a sign that the courts are wrestling with the limits the high court articulated more than three decades ago.”
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Nokia’s 41-megapixel Lumia rumored for July launch

May 24, 2013   Mobile

Nokia Lumia EOS Release Date
A new report suggests that Nokia is preparing to launch its 41-megapixel Lumia smartphone, codenamed EOS, this coming summer. According to MobileGeeks, the handset will launch during the second week of July, on or around July 9th. The most recent rumors claim the Lumia EOS would be similar to the Lumia 920, with a polycarbonate case and a 4.5-inch 720p display. The biggest differentiator will reportedly be the smartphone’s 41-megapixel rear camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and Nokia’s new “Pro Camera” application. Earlier reports suggested the Lumia EOS would arrive on AT&T in the United States sometime this summer.
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BlackBerry, Nokia, Apple could be hurt by flood of ‘good enough’ Android phones

May 23, 2013   Mobile

Android Cheap Handset Analysis
While strong early sales for the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One have been making news lately, the real story for Android may be how well it does with lower-cost handsets in emerging markets. Barron’s points us to a new note from Nomura Equity Research analyst Stuart Jeffrey, who thinks that many consumers in emerging markets will start upgrading to smartphones primarily because of “the increasing affordability and improved distribution of ‘good enough’ Android phones.” But Jeffrey thinks that what’s good for Android vendors is likely bad for non-Android vendors and notes that Nokia could find the emerging market transition from feature phones to smartphones particularly challenging.

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HTC Desire 600 Announced

May 23, 2013   Mobile

HTC has announced a new smartphone, one that seeks to bring some premium features to the top-end of the mid-range market.  Called the HTC Desire 600, it pairs some sweet specs to go with the latest of HTC’s proprietary software on it. Easily the best handset to come out of the Desire range, it runs Android Jelly Bean along with the latest HTC Sense 5 UI.  It comes complete with many of the new features [...]
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Don’t expect Google Fiber to come to your town anytime soon

May 23, 2013   Mobile

Google Fiber National Rollout
Google Fiber has taken the United States, and the world, by storm. Google is looking to shake things up with extremely fast Internet speeds available at reasonable prices, while at the same time pressuring traditional industry players to adapt. But millions of Americans will be forced to settle with the mediocre speeds provided by their current Internet service providers, unfortunately. A recent report from market research firm IHS iSuppli suggests that Google is unlikely to deploy Fiber on a nationwide level. The firm believes the cost of building a national Fiber infrastructure will be too high for Google and the company is expected to remain a minor player in the U.S. broadband market.

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Microsoft confirms indie developers can’t self-publish games on Xbox One

May 23, 2013   Mobile

Microsoft Xbox One Games
Independent game developers who are excited about selling new games on the Xbox One got some bad news on Wednesday. Microsoft confirmed to ShackNews that independent developers cannot self-publish their own games on Xbox Live Arcade, and are instead required to partner with Microsoft Game Studios or a third-party publisher. The policy is completely different from those employed by Sony and Nintendo. Sony embraces independent developers and welcomes them to create and self-publish content on the PlayStation Network. Microsoft’s upcoming console matches up with Sony’s PlayStation 4 on paper, however there are still some questions that have been left unanswered, such as the ability to play used games.
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