Nokia to Samsung: Take note, next-gen Lumia
coming soon

post from Ubergizmo on 16 August 2012 01:28:19 PM. © Ubergizmo

Nokia’s executive vice-president of sales and marketing sent a tweet addressed to Samsung, which says “Samsung, take note, next generation Lumia coming soon #nokia”. This is quite a bold message to send over, given that Samsung is experiencing a meteoric rise, while Nokia hasn’t been doing so well as of late.

Of course, some display of confidence isn’t a bad thing, but we can only hope that Nokia will deliver accordingly during its September 5 event in NYC. With Windows Phone 8, Nokia finally has the opportunity to come up with a smartphone that features a high-end chip. If you remember, the previous Windows Phone OS (7.x) did not support multi-cores, and Microsoft engineers were the ones writing the driver code, which limited the number of supported hardware.

Now, OEMs can write their own driver code, and this will open the choice as to what hardware is supported, or not. What do you think of this tweet? Should Nokia keep a low-key profile until it has something that can blow Samsung (and others) out of the water? Or is the upcoming Nokia so good that the company can be near-certain of success?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Twitter for Nokia arrives on Series 40 platform, Branded handset vendors reducing orders to component suppliers,

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Solar panels of the future inspired by sunflowers

post from Ubergizmo on 16 August 2012 01:27:31 PM. © Ubergizmo

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I suppose that is true when you consider the kinds of machinations that we humans have thought up of all these years, looking to nature for inspiration. The latest inspiration? Solar panels that are touted to be more efficient after an attempt to copy how sunflowers work. Basically, any field of young sunflowers are able to rotate slowly to follow the course of the sun throughout the day, so that each leaf will be able to perform as much photosynthesis as possible – this particular adaptation is known as heliotropism. (more…)

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Rumor Says Next Kindle Fire Cleared FCC This Week

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There have been rumors circulating that Amazon is working on a Kindle Fire with a larger screen. Some documents turned up at the FCC this week that are been tipped to go along with the next Amazon...

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Verizon Wireless LTE Service Now Covers Three
Fourths of the US Population

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Verizon Wireless is been working hard to rollout LTE coverage to more of its customers. As of today the company has expanded its coverage in now has 4G LTE service available in 34 new markets with...

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DeathStalker Ultimate Keyboard Features
Customizable Touchpad

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Razer has announced a new keyboard will launch in September for right under $250. The new keyboard is called the DeathStalker Ultimate. In addition to backlit keys in anti-ghosting technology, the...

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Facebook Stock Falls 7% Today

post from I4U News on 16 August 2012 10:24:57 AM. © I4U News

The Facebook Shares trade at $19.80 (-7%) in early morning trading. Today the lockup period of early investors ends including Peter Thiel, Microsoft and others. It is not clear if these shareholders...

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$199 Microsoft Surface Windows 8 RT Tablet
Pricing Rumor

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Let's face it. Microsoft can only make a real big dent in the tablet market if they sell the Surface tablets at competitive prices. A new rumor posted by Engadget says that Microsoft will sell the...

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Get Designer Living coupon to get Avenue 8 Manor
Shower Curtain at designerliving.com discount

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is in Stores Today

Samsung hosted a star studded launch event for the Galaxy Note 10.1 last night in New York. Kate Upton, Tracy Morgan, Debra Messing, Kelly Osbourne and others attended the event.Features of the...

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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria cinematic
trailer released

MMORPG fans, if World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the expansion you’ve been waiting for, or if you’re unsure if you want to play this expansion, then you’re in luck as the cinematic trailer has been released at the Gamescom 2012 expo. It certainly looks like it could be an epic expansion, and as expected from Blizzard, the cinematic is pretty top-notch in terms of production quality. Of course given that there are pandas involved and there’s a lot of action going on, we can’t help but think of the Kung-Fu Panda movie, although we’re pretty sure that the name “Po” (and its variations) have already been reserved. We know that World of Warcraft is currently facing a decline in its subscribers, so perhaps Mists of Pandaria will be able to lure both old and new players into the game. So World of Warcraft players out there, what do you think of the cinematic trailer, and are any of you planning on coming back for Mists of Pandaria?

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