Both the HTC Titan II and the Nokia Lumia 900 were released this week on AT&T. Both have many similarities as well. You’ve got high speed AT&T LTE data connections, Windows Phone 7.5, non-removable batteries, large screen sizes, 480×800 pixel screen resolutions, front facing cameras, 16Gb of storage, 512Mb of RAM and Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. But how do they differ and is that worth the price? The Titan II has a slightly faster 1.5Ghz processor …
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Nokia Brings Times Square To A Standstill (Video)
Last night at 7pm, Nokia and Nicki Minaj took over Times Square in New York City to announce the new Lumia 900 as the end of the “smartphone beta test.” We were there to check it out, of course, and it was a lot of fun. The VIP party at the RLounge was cool and all, but it didn’t have enough windows to see the show from, so we stuck with the outdoor viewing. Using …
Continue readingNokia Takes Over Times Square Tonight
Remember last year when Nokia announced the Lumia 800 and DeadMau5 performed in London backed by an extraordinary computer graphics animation projected on a skyscraper? If not, check out the video below and then imagine what Nokia might do to Times Square in New York City in the picture above. We don’t know which of the world’s biggest musicians will be performing and we don’t know exactly what Nokia is going to do to turn …
Continue reading10 Years Ago: Pocketnow’s First Smartphone (Video)
10 years ago today, we published our first smartphone review ever which marked the beginning of the smartphone revolution. Pocketnow had been around longer than that, of course, but we had mostly covered Pocket PCs back then. In the spring of 2002 we got our hands on the first device that tried to combine the power of a Pocket PC hand held computer with the always-on communications of a mobile phone. The GSM/GPRS expansion pack …
Continue readingNokia Lumia 900 vs. Samsung Galaxy Nexus
First off let’s compare the pricing. The Lumia 900 is available from AT&T for $99 with a new contract, or $49 from Walmart, or $0.01 from Amazon. The Galaxy Nexus is much more expensive at $299.99 from Verizon with a new 2 year contract, though it can also be found from Amazon for $99. Next, let’s talk about LTE speeds and battery life. I’ve found the AT&T LTE network to be a bit slower than …
Continue readingHTC Locations vs. Nokia Drive (Video)
Yesterday HTC released a free GPS navigation program that’s available only on HTC branded Windows Phones. This was kind of surprising, but also a clear response to Nokia’s inclusion of their free GPS navigation program called Nokia Drive. Even though Nokia has been the talk of the town in terms of Windows Phones this year, HTC definitely wants to keep Nokia on their toes. This free GPS navigation program is the latest indication of that. …
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