Where are all the new Windows Phones?

Last winter was an exciting time for Windows Phone fans. Microsoft was all up in MWC’s bidness and name dropping like a drunk bathroom attendant. We heard about all of these OEMs that had sworn a blood oath – okay, it might have been ink – to bring forth Windows Phone upon it markets in broad fashion making Windows Phone the envy of all other platforms. That might be reading between the lines a bit, but that was basically the gist of it.So here we are, almost five months later and we here at the Pocketnow feeding trough started thinking – “Where the heck are all those OEMs we ...

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Lightest Windows Phone 8.1 handset ever, built by XOLO

Even though Windows Phones are quite famous for being very efficient in their hardware requirements, they haven’t beaten any records when it comes to form factors, unless you start to consider the Nokia Lumia 1020, obviously. Still, Microsoft is coming up with a ton of very interesting partnerships this year in order to boost Windows Phone 8.1 in markets like Asia. If you’re wondering what the plan is, and how Microsoft’s partners plan to differentiate the future products, here’s a glimpse.India’s-based XOLO is quite famous for making some decent smartphone ...

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Where Are All the Intel Phones?

At the core of every smartphone, phablet, tablet, computer, or piece of electronic equipment is a processor. Processors aren’t as simple as a single chip anymore. The processor inside mobile devices today is what’s called a “System on a chip”, or SoC for short. This SoC includes a lot of “processors”. Some handle video, some handle traditional “CPU” tasks. Others take care of your cellular, WiFi, and Bluetooth radios. Still more process audio, and others monitor and handle the vast array of sensors that are tucked away snugly inside modern ...

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The ‘Fastest Smartphone Ever’ Will Be Unveiled On March 14

…and it’s not the Samsung Galaxy S IV! Wait, what? Got to love marketing talk as well as companies trying to steal the show from each other. Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S IV on March 14 in New York and Lava has just sent out invites for an event happening on the same day, a couple of hours earlier. Lava has released smartphones with Intel processors in the past and the device which the company will unveil this Thursday will also run Intel, touted as the “fastest smartphone ever”. The chip-maker has unveiled its new SoC line-up at this year’s MWC, ...

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