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Microsoft Stops Pre-Orders of Nokia Lumia 900

Lumia 900, the latest Windows Phone from the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, is no longer available for pre-order in the United States via Microsoft’s Stores. Apparently, Nokia is getting ready to launch the device in the near future, or at least to make an official announcement on the matter, and Microsof...

9 February 2012
06:21 GMT

Nokia Lumia 800 in a $899 Bundle via Microsoft’s Stores

Nokia’s Lumia 800 Windows Phone is expected to arrive on shelves in the United States with a price tag of no less than $899 when purchased via Microsoft’s Stores. The handset will be sold contract free and unlocked, and will also be part of a special bundle that will raise its price tag. Rumor has it that...

7 February 2012
16:21 GMT

Android Still Leader on the US Smartphone Market

Google’s Android operating system has managed to take over the US smartphone market a while ago, and the platform remains on top for another quarter, the latest data from Nielsen shows. On the smartphone segment, Android was leader with no less than 46.3 percent of all smartphones in the US in Q4 2011, the rese...

19 January 2012
11:26 GMT

Nokia Lumia 710 Available in White and Black at T-Mobile USA

Nokia’s Lumia 710 smartphone is now available for purchase in the United States via wireless carrier T-Mobile. The smartphone can now be seen on the wireless carrier’s website in two color flavors, namely black and white. Back in December, Nokia and T-Mobile announced plans to make the new handset avai...

11 January 2012
07:26 GMT

Unlocked Nokia Lumia 800 in the US in February

At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nokia announced that the Lumia 800 smartphone was set to hit the shelves in the United States in February. The company will make its Windows Phone smartphone available for users in the US unlocked and SIM-free. Lumia 800 was unveiled back in October ...

11 January 2012
06:31 GMT

Microsoft and Nokia to Spend $100M for Lumia 900’s Marketing [Updated]

Next week, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia might unveil to the world its newest Windows Phone flagship device, the long rumored Nokia Lumia 900, which sports the codename of Nokia Ace. The handset is said to be on its way to the United States market as well, where wireless carrier AT&T will add it to its offering....

4 January 2012
07:21 GMT

Android and iOS Gain Market Share in the US

Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iOS platform gained more market share in the United States subscriber segment during the past three months, a new report from comScore MobiLens service shows. The report is based on data collected during the three months ending November 2011. The company sur...

30 December 2011
18:31 GMT

Galaxy Note Tops 1 Million in Sales, Confirmed for the US Soon

Galaxy Note has managed to appeal to a lot of people, and Samsung has just confirmed that over one million devices have been already sold. The handset was unveiled to the world in early September and reached shelves in late October, but showed good performance for a phone / tablet hybrid device. At the moment, the...

29 December 2011
01:51 GMT

Sony Ericsson Trademarks Xperia ION in the US

One of the handsets that Sony Ericsson might soon bring to the market in the United States would be Xperia ION, since the company has just filed trademark for the name. The filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows that this device will be a mobile phone, though it does not offer specific inf...

27 December 2011
15:21 GMT

Nokia’s LTE Windows Phone Now in Testing at AT&T and Verizon

Nokia’s first 4G LTE-capable Lumia smartphone is already undergoing carrier testing in the United States, although the Windows Phone operating system does not come with support for the connectivity option as of yet. Both AT&T and Verizon, the two wireless carriers which have already deployed LTE networks in ...

13 December 2011
01:40 GMT

Android Owns 46.3% of US Smartphone Subscribers Market, comScore Says

Google’s Android operating system is gaining more and more market share in the United States, and the latest data from comScore shows nothing different. During the three-month period ending October 2011, Google’s mobile operating system has been loaded on 46.3 percent of smartphones, the research firm ...

5 December 2011
13:31 GMT

Android Remains Leader on the US Market in Q3 2011, Nielsen Says

Google’s Android operating system is gaining more and more ground on the market in the United States, and the latest report from Nielsen on this shows that it is well in front of other mobile OSes out there. The mobile platform is currently loaded on 42.8 percent of all smartphones in the United States marke...

30 November 2011
12:41 GMT

New Nokia Flagship Windows Phone in the US in Early 2012

Soon after CES 2012 is over, mobile phone users in the United States should be able to benefit from the capabilities that Nokia’s Windows Phones have to offer, and it seems that a new high-end device is headed their way as well. The Finnish mobile phone maker plans on launching the previously rumored Lumia 900 ...

29 November 2011
11:39 GMT

Unlocked Galaxy Nexus Now Available in the US

While waiting for Verizon Wireless to make an official announcement on the availability of Galaxy Nexus from Samsung, users in the United States should also consider the possibility to purchase the new Google phone via other channels out there. Expansys, for example, has brought the new Galaxy Nexus smartphone to ...

23 November 2011
10:44 GMT

AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Handsets only $0.01 at Amazon

Leading retailer Amazon has just announced a special promotion for those interested in the purchase of a new mobile phone from one of the three largest wireless carriers in the country, namely AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.The company announced that, for a limited period of time, all devices for these wireless carriers w...

21 November 2011
11:44 GMT

Galaxy Nexus Video Ad Available

Galaxy Nexus is only a few days away from making an official appearance on the market in the United States, and Google seems determined to show to the world what a wonderful handset it is.The latest Google phone out there will make an appearance on shelves in the US on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless, where it will ...

18 November 2011
13:51 GMT

Sony Ericsson Brings Xperia arc S and Xperia neo V to the US

Today, mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced the availability of its Xperia arc S and Xperia neo V smartphones on the market in the United States. The two devices, unveiled to the world earlier this year, arrive on shelves with the Android 2.3.4 operating system on board, and deliver great entertainment capabil...

15 November 2011
15:21 GMT

Nokia Content with Talks with US Carriers on Smartphone Distribution

Next year, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will start pushing its first Windows Phones to the market in the United States, and it seems that the company is content with how negotiations with wireless carriers in the country went. The first smartphones based under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system wi...

11 November 2011
13:31 GMT

Nokia Confident in Its Windows Phones for the US

Nokia has just announced the release of its first Windows Phones, and the company unveiled plans to bring these devices to the market in the United States, where they will face strong competition mainly from Android, though Nokia seems confident that its devices will prove successful.Along with the adoption of Windo...

8 November 2011
12:27 GMT

Microsoft Builds the Biggest Windows Phone to Date

Today, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is expected to unveil new devices for the United States market, during an event set to take place in New York City, and four handsets are said to be taking the stage there. In anticipation of the event, the company has built the largest Windows Phone device to date, and...

7 November 2011
08:24 GMT

Nokia N9 Now Available in the US, $689.99 Unlocked

Nokia said that the MeeGo-powered N9 smartphone would not be released on the market in the United States, but retailers did promise the handset for their users in the country, and some of them already made a move in this direction. Expansys, for example, has added the smartphone to its offering in the United Sta...

5 November 2011
06:51 GMT

Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Starts Shipping in the US

Users in the United States were supposed to be able to purchase the new Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus tablet PC from Samsung starting with November 13th, but it seems that Amazon has already started shipping the device. The 16GB Wi-Fi-only flavor of the tablet is listed as available for purchase on the retailer's websit...

4 November 2011
02:34 GMT

Android Grabs 43% of US Market in Q3 2011, Nielsen Says

Google's mobile operating system managed to grab 43 percent of the smartphone market in the United States, a recent report from Nielsen shows. The company has conducted a survey among mobile phone users in the United States, and learned that more and more people chose smartphones over feature phones, and that...

3 November 2011
19:01 GMT

HTC Leads the Smartphone Market in the US

Samsung has just outplaced Apple in smartphone sales on a global basis, but it seems that the company still has some catch up to do in some markets around the world including the United States, where HTC is said to be the king at the moment. The Taiwanese mobile phone maker secured the first position on the US sma...

1 November 2011
14:31 GMT

Microsoft Preps Windows Phone Event for November 7th

The first handsets set to arrive on shelves in the United States with Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system on board might get a release date on November 7th. Three such devices were already made official, all three set to arrive on shelves at wireless carrier AT&T, and it appears that November 7th might ...

28 October 2011
16:11 GMT

Nokia Lumia 710 Emerges on Nokia USA's Website

Yesterday, mobile phone maker Nokia has unveiled to the world its first handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and it seems that at least one of these phones might be set to arrive in the United States in the near future, namely Nokia Lumia 710. The handset has just been spotted on ...

27 October 2011
12:01 GMT

GALAXY Nexus US Registration Page Shows 7 Carriers

GALAXY Nexus, the latest Google phone, is now official and headed for the market sometime in November, when it should land in the various markets around the world, including the US. Samsung and Google already put up registration pages for the new device, and users in the US can already head over to the handset ve...

20 October 2011
02:51 GMT

HTC Leads the 4G Smartphone Market in the US in Q2 2011

During the second quarter of the ongoing year, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation managed to dominate the 4G smartphone market in the United States, a recent report notes. The handset vendor accounted for no less than 62 percent of 4G smartphone sales in the country in the time frame, market research firm ...

17 October 2011
15:41 GMT

Android and Samsung Ruled the US Subscriber Market in August 2011

Google's Android operating system managed to secure a larger portion of the US subscriber market before the end of August 2011, the latest report from comScore shows. In the three months ending August, Google's mobile operating system managed to reach a market share of no less than 43.7 percent. Th...

6 October 2011
13:01 GMT

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray Arrives in the US, Unlocked at $424.99

Japanese Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has just announced the availability of their Sony Ericsson Xperia ray smartphone on the market in the United States. The handset arrives on shelves with a price tag of $424.99 (about 316 Euros), and will be powered by Google's Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread platf...

1 October 2011
12:41 GMT

Mango for All US Devices, Except Venue Pro, HD7S and Focus 1.4 at AT&T

Today, owners of a Windows Phone 7 device in the United States are able to download and install a new OS flavor on their handsets, namely Mango, yet it seems that not all of them can benefit from the features and capabilities this update brings. Also known as the 7720 update, the new Windows Phone Mango platform r...

28 September 2011
14:31 GMT

Android Now on 56% of Smartphone Acquisitions, Nielsen Says

According to the latest report from Nielsen, 56 percent of all users who purchased a smartphone in the past three months chose an Android device. This shows an impressive growth when compared to the previous report from Nielsen, which showed that Android represented the OS of choice for only 43 percent of smartphone...

27 September 2011
15:11 GMT

AT&T CEO Sees Carrier Competition over iPhone 5 Overblown

Cupertino-based Apple is expected to bring to the market in the coming months the fifth-generation of its iPhone, and at least three wireless carriers in the United States are gearing up for its arrival. One of them is AT&T, which has been the exclusive carrier for the mobile device for a few years, but which lo...

23 September 2011
14:11 GMT

LG Optimus Hub Receives FCC Approvals

A few weeks ago, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics unveiled to the world the successor of its highly popular Optimus One smartphone, in the form of LG Optimus Hub, a device that has just received the necessary approvals from the FCC. The mobile phone that was spotted in the FCC courtyard packed suppor...

22 September 2011
14:41 GMT

Sprint Preps for iPhone 5, Best Buy for Sprint's iPhone

More confirmation on the upcoming availability of an iPhone model on the airwaves of Sprint in the US emerged recently, via two separate sources, suggesting that it might not be too long before the wireless carrier decides to make it all official. iPhone 5, the next version of Apple's mobile device, should ...

5 September 2011
07:20 GMT

Android's US Market Share Increases to 41.8%, comScore Says

Google's Android platform is indeed rocking the party in the United States, at least this is what the latest reports from research firms show. The mobile platform already managed to gain over 40 percent of the US market, and is expected to increase its share even more in the near future. The latest report from ...

1 September 2011
18:21 GMT

Android on 40% of Smartphones in the US, Says Nielsen

More and more mobile phone users in the United States that are over 18 years of age own a smartphone, and most of them chose devices powered by Google's Android OS, the latest data from Nielsen show. Over 40 percent of these users had a smartphone in July, the report shows, explaining that 40 percent of all sma...

1 September 2011
13:41 GMT

T-Mobile's Galaxy S II to Pack Qualcomm CPU

Last night, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced the release of the US flavors of its high-end Galaxy S II smartphone, but it seems that they did not offer all of the details that were there to show. Some of the details that remained shrouded in mystery involve the Samsung Galaxy S II mo...

31 August 2011
12:21 GMT

You Can Help Nokia Name Its Windows Phones for the US

Soon, the first Windows Phones manufactured by Nokia will make an appearance on shelves, and they should be released on the market in the United States as well in the not-too-distant future. The one issue that Nokia seems to have is with the names that its devices will sport when made available stateside. Other ...

31 August 2011
10:11 GMT

No Nokia Windows Phone in the US Until March 2012

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is getting ready to bring to the market their first smartphone to run under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, but it seems that users in the United States might not receive it in the near future. Some of the latest reports on the matter suggest that Nokia's Window...

31 August 2011
02:31 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S II Goes Official in the United States, Arrives in September

The high-end Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone is finally official on the United States market too, after being launched in other countries around the world a few months ago. The mobile phone was just announced during an event held in New York City last night, and will be released on the market in the US on the air...

31 August 2011
01:36 GMT

US Galaxy S II Models in New Photo, Launch Event Delayed

Next week, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung will unveil to the world a trio of Galaxy S II models en route to the United States market, and some more info on them has just emerged, along with a photo of all three devices. AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile are the wireless carriers at which these three mobile phon...

27 August 2011
03:28 GMT

Samsung GALAXY S II Won't Land at Verizon

Samsung GALAXY S II is on its way to the United States market, there is no doubt about that, and August 29th should bring along more details on the matter. During a press event in New York City that Samsung already sent invites for, the US flavors of GALAXY S II will become official, yet it seems that only three...

26 August 2011
06:51 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S II in the US with New Design

Samsung Galaxy S II should arrive in the United States soon, and it's big! That is what Samsung is advertising for the new device today, although they did not offer any other specific details on the matter. However, all should be officially unveiled in less than a week, since Samsung has already announced p...

23 August 2011
14:51 GMT

Galaxy S II Gets Sign Up Page on Samsung US' Website

The release of Samsung Galaxy S II in the United States is getting closer every day, and the fact that the smartphone has just made an appearance on Samsung US' website comes as a proof of that. Reference to Galaxy S II was already spotted on the said website, but nothing is official announced on the matter...

29 July 2011
05:20 GMT

Android Leads the OS Market in the US at 39%

Currently, Google's Android operating system seems to have won the smartphone platform battle in the United States, at least this is what the latest data from Nielsen shows. The research firm shows that the Google Android operating system ended the second quarter of the ongoing year with 39 percent share of...

28 July 2011
13:41 GMT

Xperia arc Goes Official in the US, Lands in August

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has just announced plans to make the Xperia arc smartphone available for purchase in the United States in August, with a price tag of $599.99 attached to it in the Sony Retail stores, as well as online at store.sony.com. Moreover, the company announced that the smartphone will bec...

28 July 2011
06:04 GMT

AT&T to Get Keyboard-less Galaxy S II Too

Mobile phone carrier AT&T is gearing up for the release of Samsung's latest flagship Android-based mobile phone, the Galaxy S II, and some info on the matter has just emerged. Apparently, the wireless services provider would plan on adding a keyboard-less version of the Galaxy S II to its offering, the same a...

27 July 2011
10:43 GMT

Galaxy S II Almost on Samsung's US Website

If you were skeptical about the availability of Galaxy S II on the market in the United States, you should know that new proof regarding its near availability has just emerged. The Galaxy S II almost got a sign-up page on Samsung's US website, which clearly shows that the company is gearing up for its relea...

27 July 2011
06:54 GMT

Galaxy S II at Verizon on August 12th

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless might soon become the first operator in the United States to bring to its network the latest flagship Android-based handset from South Korean vendor Samsung, namely the Galaxy S II. According to some of the latest rumors on the matter, the company might have the new device a...

26 July 2011
12:41 GMT


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