Nokia will help Japan’s NTT DoCoMo bring 5G to commercial reality by 2020

5G mobile networks are drawing near around the world, with Nokia able to secure a big equipment supply contract in Japan.

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Sharp unveils three smartphones for NTT Docomo

Sharp’s bread and butter is in displays and the Japanese manufacturer knows it. But when research and development can bring up phones like the Sharp AQUOS Crystal, some of us outside of the Land of the Rising Sun can’t help but want more. ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge gets a release date (but you probably still can’t buy it)

Weird for the sake of weird, or legitimately useful? It feels like that’s a question we’ve asked of plenty of smartphones before, and despite some good intentions, a lot of them seem to have fallen more into the former category. That said, there have been some “weird” phones that were actually pretty compelling, like LG’s curved-screen G Flex. This year we’ve got another phone with a curved display that’s raising a few eyebrows: the Samsung

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Japanese carrier NTT DOCOMO to offer iPad early next month

The wait is over, Japanese readers! Apple has announced that the new iPad lineup (iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display) will soon be available in the country for NTT DOCOMO customers. The carrier will offer the products on its LTE network, just as it has been doing for Apple’s iPhone products. The devices ...

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Tizen could be in for a rough launch, as carrier cancels plans

Are the first commercial Tizen smartphones nearly here? Well, maybe, if we’re to believe the latest rumors. Sure, they’ve missed the mark in the past, and all those anticipated 2013 launches failed to actually occur, but now we’ve got our sights on MWC 2014, and are optimistic that these handsets are finally about to see the light of day. Even once they’re official, though, there’s still the question of just where they’ll be sold. We’ve already heard that

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