UK Drug Dealers Love the Nokia 8210

In the halcyon days of feature phones, Nokia reigned supreme. Its handsets sold in the kinds of numbers that would even have Samsung and Apple envious and the Finnish company dominated the mobile market for nearly a decade. Those days have long gone, with the advent of the smartphone changing the mobile landscape forever. However, there is a demographic in the UK where the Nokia 8210 feature phone still reigns supreme.
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LG G4 screen resolution could exceed even the G3’s quad HD

Last year, LG was one of the first big smartphone OEMs to bless its flagship model with a quad HD 2560 x 1440 display. In the time since, more and more manufacturers have come around to the idea of such crazy-high-res screens, and we’re bound to see quite a number of these handsets among this season’s launches. Rumors had even suggested that LG would return to a quad HD panel for the upcoming G4. But smartphone makers are rarely ...

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Jolla Tablet crowdfunding efforts introduce new 64GB option

Last fall, we saw Jolla turn a new page for both itself and Sailfish OS, stretching beyond its smartphone to test the waters of the tablet market as it attempted to crowdfund an affordable Sailfish OS-powered tablet: the aptly-named Jolla Tablet. Despite the platform’s relative obscurity in the eyes of the mainstream mobile customer, Jolla quickly saw the cash pour in, with backers eager to support the company’s vision. Now it’s giving you a second shot at snagging one of these guys, opening ...

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Huawei Ascend Mate 7 review: a winning combo at a fair price

Huawei’s never quite been synonymous with premium handsets – at least, not in the United States. But that doesn’t mean that the company is incapable of making them, and we were reminded of that at IFA 2014 when the company unveiled the Ascend Mate 7. The phone effectively serves as Huawei’s flagship phablet, and though it’s been out for a few months now in some regions, it may still be worth your money.Video Review · Specs & HardwareSoftware · Camera ·

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Google Explains why Nexus 6 is Out of Stock

Google's Nexus 6 is the first bona fide flagship smartphone the company has ever released. Built by Motorola the device is a high spec'd with a Quad HD screen and Qualcomm Snapdragon 805. However, it has retained something that other Nexus smartphones have always had, it is not widely available. In fact, it has been in and out of stock sporadically since it launched back in November.
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OnePlus names its ROM OxygenOS, shares details about the software

OnePlus and Cyanogen have seen many bumps in the road with their relationship. First it was Cyanogen disagreeing with a contest run by the company (largely seen as sexist). Then it was the India fiasco, when Cyanogen left OnePlus in a tough spot following a deal with Micromax to have ...

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Samsung’s TouchWiz plans, Galaxy S6 accesories, Nexus 6 deals & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about T-Mobile’s new deals for the Google Nexus 6. Microsoft is next as we learn about its new Outlook app for iOS and Android, that doesn’t work with Windows Phone. LG then takes the stage as we learn the reality of the Snapdragon 810 processor. Then Samsung follows with details on a new accessory to come to the Galaxy S6 and S Edge smartphones. We end today’s show talking about Samsung’s master plan to make TouchWiz cool.All this and more after the break.Stories:–

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Tetra Lockscreen sees important update on Windows Phone

Being able to modify anything in Windows Phone isn’t really something easy, but then again, that doesn’t apply to the lock screen. You have some really cool options provided by the Microsoft Weather app, Facebook and even the current Beta of Instagram. In that same fashion, there are third party apps that can take the experience to a whole new level, and one of the best ones just saw an update.Tetra Lockscreen just saw a major update today, and is now available on the Windows Phone Store. The improvements include features like weather data on the lock screen, but the full list ...

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Microsoft to back Cyanogen’s plan to weaken Google’s control of Android

Microsoft hasn’t found the amount of success it wanted to see in mobile. Windows Phone is still just 3% of the mobile market, and even with its moves in acquiring Nokia’s mobile division, the company is still struggling to re-invent itself internally. You could assume that Microsoft’s interests in Android are low, given how the company killed the

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