Mobile phone can monitor skin changes, check for acne

A MOBILE phone that monitors the user's skin condition, checking for blemishes and colour, has been unveiled in beauty-conscious Japan. The "Hada Memori" (skin memory) program allows women to keep tabs on their complexion and track changes over time by storing records in the cloud. Users can also share their data through social networking sites, says IT giant Fujitsu, which plans to use the...

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Despite Rumors, Nokia Is Not Switching to Android

Recently, there was speculation that Nokia was considering giving up on Microsoft's Windows Phone and switching to Android. A company exec has pulled the rug out from under the basis for this rumor. What set off the discussion was a job posting from Nokia looking for an expert in "embedded Linux device software and hardware drivers for our exciting new products." As Android is a Linux-based...

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Nokia attempts to block BlackBerry sales after patent dispute

Nokia has won a patent dispute with RIM over the inclusion of WLAN technology in its BlackBerry handsets, and has asked for a sales ban in the UK, US and Canada The Finnish company made the disclosure by submitting a US court filing that asked for enforcement of the earlier ruling that RIM infringed on a Nokia patent by including WLAN in its BlackBerry handsets. According to Nokia the ruling...

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Microsoft and Amazon To Launch Smartphones in 2013

According to a report coming out of Asia, both Microsoft and Amazon will introduce their own lines of phones next year. Foxconn International Holding, a subsidiary of iPhone-maker Foxconn, will reportedly assemble both of these devices. While unnamed sources at FIH were willing to leak the existence of these two smartphones toDigiTimes, they did not have many specifics about them.Microsoft's device...

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ZTE building eight-core smartphone for launch next year?

Forget dual core, or even quad core, the latest generation of smartphones will be rocking no less than eight cores if new rumours are to be believed ZTE, the Chinese manufacturer known for giving us the likes of the ZTE Grand X and the ZTE PF100 apparently has an eight-core smartphone in the works, set for a 2013 release.According to sources, the manufacturer's new handset is codenamed "Apache"...

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Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 - Start Screen Microsoft’s big Windows Phone 8 event wrapped up last week with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer taking the stage to announce all of the new Windows Phone 8 devices and when they will launch. “We wanted to build a phone that would be personal for each of us,” said Ballmer. To that end, he showed off a variety of Windows Phone 8 smartphones from HTC, Nokia,...

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Google's Nexus 4 is a Sell Out

GOOGLE'S latest phone can't claim to be unpopular. It sold out in Australia in 22 minutes. It is hard to pinpoint exactly why this phone was so popular - perhaps its software, its hardware or its low price.Made by LG, the Nexus 4 is Google's latest reference device for Android software and features the very latest version of Jelly Bean, v4.2, before any other phone. This update adds several useful...

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