People judge other people with what they own. House, car, clothes, etc. – all these material things seem to give people the right to draw conclusions on someone’s personality.
As people ride the wave of technological innovation, judgmental people now include what smartphone or mobile device an individual owns in their criteria for social identity.
Sociology associate professor Coye Cheshire of the Berkeley School of Information said identity is closely linked into these kinds of …

Nokia released today a new Windows Phone app for the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 called PhotoBeamer to share photos using QR codes.
“We had two main aims for PhotoBeamer: to make sharing as simple as possible. But also to make it as fast as possible,” said lead product manager David Fredh, who joined Nokia from its acquisition of imaging software firm Scalado.
The Finnish phone maker said the app opens pictures from the default Windows Phone gallery and suggests visiting the PhotoBeamer …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a recent interview has let loose criticisms against Windows Phone rivals Android and iOS.
The remarks were made by Ballmer in an interview on Wednesday in Santa Clara, California, TechCrunch reports.
According to the Microsoft CEO, the Android mobile operating system and its ecosystem is “wild”.
Furthermore, he says it is “uncontrolled” and susceptible to malware.
On the other end of the spectrum, he says that the iOS mobile operating system is too …

Nokia has kept its promise in June to bring Draw Something and Words with Friends to its Windows Phone Lumia handsets.
The Finnish phone maker said that the popular social games are now available to download on any of its Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows Phone 8 devices.
Draw Something for Windows Phone is a drawing game that involves multiple users guessing words through a sketch drawn by a finger. It is playable either with friends or with rivals. The Lumia version includes push notifications …

Microsoft’s latest marketing push and the millions spent in advertising for its mobile operating systems are finally paying off with a slight increase in market share.
According to the latest figures from IDC, 3.6 million Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile handsets, a 140 percent increase in unit shipments year-on-year (YoY), were shipped during the third quarter of 2012.
The analytics firm added that Microsoft still fell behind the market leader, as 136 million Android smartphones, a 91.5 …

Today, AT&T announced the addition of the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 to its growing Windows Phone 8 portfolio.  The unrivaled leader in Windows Phones, AT&T has sold more Windows Phones than any other carrier.
The Nokia Lumia 920 includes the latest advances in Nokia PureView imaging innovation.  The 8 megapixel rear-facing camera records HD video in 1080p at 30 frames per second, while the front-facing camera records in 720p HD. Using advanced floating lens technology, the …

Apple and Google will have such a dominant year in 2012 in the smartphone market that the market share of the two companies combined will leave almost nothing to rivals.
The prediction comes from Trip Chowdhry, an analyst at the financial research company Global Equities Research.
In an interview with eWeek, the analyst said that Apple and Google will be so prevailing in the smartphone market that there will not be a third place left in market share standings this year.
“There will not be any …

Instagram could expand to Windows Phone 8 devices this year, The Verge reports.
Instagram is a photo editing and sharing app that is available free for download on Android and iOS mobile operating systems.
According to The Verge, several unnamed sources say that Instagram will come to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 OS, the latest version of the software giant’s mobile software.
However, the alleged sources failed to specify a potential release date, but tipped off it will arrive before the …

Acer is developing new smartphones and the company has confirmed that it will unveil five new Android smartphones and a Windows Phone smartphone next year.
The information comes direct from Acer President Jim Wong who told Digitimes of the company’s plans.
According to the Digitimes report, Acer will be marketing the smartphones in the European, Chinese, and South East Asian regions next year.
Specifically, Acer wants to gain market share in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and India for …

Nokia apparently confirmed that it could launch a new Windows Phone with PureView camera technology at the Nokia World 2012 on September 5.
To answer the question of a Twitter fan, who said he wishes to see PureView in the next Lumia handset, Nokia said to expect something big in “the next coming weeks”.
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