Nokia RM-877 with 768 x 1280 pixels HD Display Spotted, Possibly Coming to AT&T as Nokia EOS

Lots of new information about Nokia's roadmap for 2013 emerged in the last 24 hours. It appears that the Finnish company plans to unleash at least two new high-end smartphones this summer, Nokia Catwalk and Nokia EOS. We reported earlier today on Nokia Catwalk's leaked specs sheet, and now it looks like there are new details on the other smartphone that is supposed to arrive on the market in the coming month, Nokia EOS. Alan Mendelevich of AdDuplex claims he found a new device called Nokia RM-877_nam_att_205, which features a HD (768 x 1280 pixels) display of unknown size. The unannounced smartphone will be launched in the United States via AT&T, but it's unclear whether or not this device will be exclusive to the carrier....

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Google May Be Looking to Buy WhatsApp

The mobile space has shaken things up quite a bit. While giants like Google or Facebook aren't doing too bad in the space, considering how big they are, that's not much of an achievement. At the same time, several mobile first or mobile only services have grown quite big and powerful. Instagram is one example, Facebook snatched it up for what seemed a huge price, but it was probably well worth it. Google has mostly relied on its own products on the mobile front, with a few exceptions. But it may be looking to make a big move and acquire the rather popular messaging app WhatsApp. Digital Trends says it has sources saying the two companies are negotiating an acquisition and that WhatsApp may be worth over $1 billion, €768 million. It's...

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BlackBerry OS 10.1 Gets Fully Detailed Ahead of Its Official Release

Canadian mobile phone maker BlackBerry is expected to bring to the market an updated BlackBerry 10 operating system on its BlackBerry Q10, one that will supposedly hit devices as BlackBerry OS 10.1. The company has already made the BlackBerry 10.1 SDK available for download through its developer website, so that applications could be built for it, but hasn’t delivered specific details on when the new platform release might actually hit devices, nor on what it will bring along. However, courtesy of a recent article on bbin, we can have a look at the full list of features and enhancements that BlackBerry Q10 users will be able to take advantage of in the new OS update. There will be Mnemonic phone dialing capabilities included in...

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Nokia Catwalk Specs Leak: 4.5-Inch OCTA-OLED Display, 8.7MP Camera, Dual-Core CPU

There's been a lot of rumors surrounding the upcoming Nokia roadmap for 2013. According to the latest hearsay, the Finnish company plans to launch at least two high-end smartphones in the next few months. The first smartphone rumored to be unveiled at this year's Mobile World Congress 2013 is the Nokia Catwalk. Unfortunately, Nokia decided to delay this top-tier smartphone and bring two mid- to low-end Windows Phone 8 devices into the mix, the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. Today, Italian mobile guru Flavio, the same person who predicted Nokia Catwalk and Nokia EOS, another high-end smartphone, will be announced at MWC2013, now claims he's the lucky owner of a Nokia Catwalk specs sheet. According to him, both Nokia Catwalk and Nokia EOS...

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Intex Aqua Wonder 2 Quad-Core Smartphone Coming to India on April 15

Aqua Wonder 2 is the name of the next high-end smartphone that Indian company Intex plans to launch in the next few weeks. According to NDTVGadgets, the smartphone is expected to hit shelves on April 15 and will be available for purchase at all major retailers across the country. Although Intex did not announce the phone’s official price tag, it stated that Aqua Wonder 2 wouldn’t cost more than Rs 10,000 outright, which is about $180 or €140. Intex Aqua Wonder 2 will ship with Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean operating system out of the box and will be packed with popular applications and services, including Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, WhatsApp Messenger, Nimbuzz and Facebook. Unfortunately, even though the hype around the upcoming Intex...

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