Smartphones shipped in 2011 had new compact, integrated antenna tuners to support multiple frequency bands in 4G, 3G and 2G mobile technologies, reports Strategy Analytics.
Mobile devices supporting 4G, 3G and 2G in multiple bands come with complex RF front-ends, which compromises antenna performance and degrade calls. Apple learned this the hard way.
In 2010, Apple encountered signal problems that befuddled and annoyed several iPhone 4 owners who invented a moniker ‘antennagate’ for the …

Mozilla has released an updated Firefox Beta for Android to add phishing protection, integration with the Google Now search widget and a better update experience with improvements in “updater” code.
For users’ protection from malware-laden websites, the new Firefox Beta for Android notifies users when they run into websites used by cybercriminals for malware or phishing. It shows a warning page and allows users to leave the operation before loading a potentially malicious …

Sprint has announced that 11 cities have been added to their growing 4G LTE network.
This means that users of phones from their 4G LTE portfolio which includes the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE and HTC EVO 4G LTE can now use their devices on the carrier’s most advanced network if they are in these cities:

Anderson, Indiana
Clarke County, Virginia – Jefferson County, West Virginia
Harrisburg – Carlisle – Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hagerstown, Maryland – …

The iPhone 5 has helped iOS surpass Android sales for the past 12 weeks, new data from a research firm reveals.
According to Kantar Worldpanel, the iPhone 5 boosted iOS sales share for the past 12 weeks ending October 28 to 48.1 percent in the US.
This is despite the iPhone 5 just being available for five weeks for the 12-week period the research gathered data in.
According to the research firm, Android had sales share of 46.7 percent in the US for the same period.
This development also comes …

Research In Motion (RIM) has teased BlackBerry users with a short video clip of BlackBerry Flow.
Last week, RIM requested users to vote for a specific BlackBerry 10 feature that they are most excited about. Now the company is feeding the hype with a YouTube video of its BlackBerry Flow user interface.
BlackBerry Flow provides a series of minimized windows on the display screens of BlackBerry 10 devices that shows all apps running in the background. It easily flips through the apps without …

Bell And Virgin Mobile in Canada have started unlocking iPhones but it doesn’t come cheap.
According to information culled by MobileSyrup, the wireless carriers have started unlocking iPhones yesterday but for a hefty price of $75.
The publication says that “This can only be accomplished by calling Bell’s Credit & Prevention or via Virgin Care.”
Furthermore, from a photo of an internal document the publication has posted, customers who wish to unlock their iPhones will need to meet …

ZTE is in the works to deliver the world’s first 8-core smartphone through a MediaTek chipset, says the China Times.
According to the report, the Chinese tech giant is working on a smartphone design using an 8-core ARM15 MT6599 chip.
The smartphone, dubbed as the ZTE Apache, will allegedly boast a 1080p HD resolution display, a 13MP rear-facing camera and 4G LTE connectivity.
The China Times report adds that MediaTek trumped the competition from Nvidia and Qualcomm to win the ZTE …

Samsung reports that its Galaxy Note 2 smartphone has passed the 5 million mark in unit sales worldwide only weeks after it crossed 3 million.
The South Korean smartphone maker started selling the Galaxy Note 2 more than five weeks ago, which means one million unit sales per week on average.
The 5 million milestone includes units shipped to retailers, and Samsung touts the smartphone as selling like hot cakes in several world markets: Africa, China, Europe, Korea, Latin America, the Middle East …

Following today’s launch of its Asha 205 handset, Nokia has unveiled the QWERTY feature phone’s numerical keypad version with the Nokia 206.
The phone has a 2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 480 pixels) screen and comes in single and dual SIM variants as with the Asha 205.
As with its sibling, the Nokia 206 comes with the new Nokia Slam sharing technology, an improved Nokia Xpress Browser and a hot-swappable SIM card slot on the side.
More: Nokia Asha 205 Introduces ‘Slam’ Sharing Technology

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Nokia unveils today a new addition to its Asha range of QWERTY feature phones with the single SIM and dual SIM Nokia Asha 205.
The Finnish phone maker boasts it as the most Social Nokia Asha phone ever because of its dedicated physical Facebook button, a first for any Nokia phone.
The Nokia Asha 205 introduces Slam, the firm’s new sharing technology that notifies and offers the nearest Bluetooth-enabled device the file it wants to share. It allows the receiver to accept and download the …