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Huawei Ascend W1 And D2 To Launch At CES 2013

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We have already seen some leaked photos of the Huwei Ascend W1, and now it would appear that Huawei will be launching the device along with another smartphone, the Ascend D2 which is an Android device at CES in January of next year.

The news comes from Huawei’s Richard Yu announced the new on Weibo, and the Ascend D2 will come with a five inch display with a 1080p resolution plus a quad core processor clocked at 1.5GHz.

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Huawei’s Ascend W1 and D2 confirmed for CES, Richard Yu expresses worry over the latter

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Huawei's Richard Yu confirms Ascend W1 Windows Phone and D2 Android to debut at CES 2013

Huawei's first-ever Windows Phone, the Ascend W1, is no stranger to us at this point, but no one's been certain about its debut until now. After mourning his daughter's two stolen ducks on Sina Weibo, Senior Vice President Richard Yu said not only will his company formally introduce its WP8 device at CES next month, but it'll also be showing off its Android-powered Ascend D2 (pictured center and right). Interestingly, Yu also expressed concern that the D2 "Dream Phone" will be too expensive to produce due to the powerful specs: five-inch 1080p display, quad-core 1.5GHz chip (undoubtedly Huawei's very own K3V2), 13-megapixel camera and 3,000mAh battery -- all according to leaked info from an internal event from late October, as well as a recent filing in the TENAA database. Don't worry, Richard, just give us a decent price tag and we'll be all over you.

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Source: Sina Weibo, TENAA

Nokia Lumia 920 camera fuzziness getting fixed in PR1.1 update

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Exclusive Lumia 920 camera fuzziness getting fixed in PR11 update

We're not going to lie. After spending some quality time with several Lumia 920 prototypes in Finland last September, we came away extremely impressed with the PureView-branded camera aboard Nokia's Windows Phone 8 flagship. It's the first handset to feature optical image stabilization -- the floating sensor and lens enable ultra-stable video recording and phenomenal low-light stills. Imagine our disappointment then, when upon receiving our Lumia 920 review units, the shooter failed to live up to our lofty expectations. While the OIS was performing as advertised, most photos we took suffered from an obvious lack of detail, an annoying fuzziness / softness. We reached out to Nokia and it exchanged one of our phones, but to no avail. Compounding matters, we also experienced problems with inconsistent white balance and exposure. The company never confirmed these issues, but hinted that the camera software was still being tweaked. We've been longing for an update ever since.

It's time to rejoice, because it looks like something's in the works. This weekend we obtained an exclusive set of identical pictures taken with two Lumia 920 handsets -- one setup with the existing PR1.0 firmware, the other running the upcoming PR1.1 update . Here's the great news: looking at these sample shots (see crop above), it's abundantly clear that Nokia's fixed the camera's fuzziness problem. The not-so-great news is that we're still seeing some issues with white balance. Nokia US recently hinted on Twitter that an update is scheduled "this month" and our source confirms that it's indeed PR1.1. The new software also includes many stability, LTE and web browsing improvements, plus Microsoft's own tweaks (such as declining calls via SMS). We've compiled the images (labeled with the firmware version, ISO and shutter speed) plus some composites (including 1:1 crops) for comparison in the galleries below. The originals (stripped of EXIF data at the request of our source) will be available for download here tomorrow.

Gallery: Lumia 920 PR 1.0 vs. PR 1.1 sample shots

Gallery: Lumia 920 PR 1.0 vs. PR 1.1 composite shots

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Nokia Lumia To Get Windows Phone Update This Month

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Microsoft and HTC recently released a software update for the HTC Windows Phone 8x, the update fixed a number of bugs in Windows Phone 8, the same bugs are also being experienced by owners of the Nokia Lumia 920.

Now Nokia has announced on Twitter that they will be releasing the Windows Phone 8 software update some time this month, unfortunately no specific date was given on when the update would be available.

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Bloomberg: HTC backing away from plan to build five-inch Windows Phone

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HTC backing away from plan to build a fiveinch Windows Phone

We've been fans of super-sized live tiles ever since the OG Titan came around, but maybe we can't count on HTC to push things any further. According to Bloomberg's sources, the Taiwanese manufacturer has given up on a project to create a Windows Phone with a display larger than five inches. Instead, it'll focus all its big-screened efforts on Android, much as it's already doing with the Droid DNA (shown above) and Asian Butterfly.

The reason? Well, that bit's unclear. Microsoft's mobile OS doesn't currently play nice with 1080p, which puts a limit on the pixel density of any big device -- but then there's always the potential for software updates, and besides, the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II is hardly being held back by its 720 lines. Bloomberg does mention another, more plausible reason, which is that HTC simply believes the WP market is too weak to haul a juggernaut.

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Samsung Ativ S Now Available In The UK

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Samsung’s new Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Samsung ATIV S is now available in the UK, and the SIM free version of the device is available from UK retailer Unlocked Mobiles for £424.98 including taxes.

The Samsung ATIV S will retail for £442.80 including taxes, this is the SIM free version of Samsung’s new Windows Phone 8 smartphone, and the device s powered by a dual core 1.5GHz processor and it features a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

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Nokia Lumia 800 Gets Windows Phone 7.8 Update

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Last week we heard that the Windows Phone 7.8 update had been leaked for the Nokia Lumia 800, and now it would appear that some owners of the Nokia Lumia 800 have received the official update from Microsoft.

The guys over at WP7.NL have received the update on their Nokia Lumia 800, and there have been reports of other users also receiving the update on their handset.

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Nokia Lumia 620 Up For Pre-order In The UK

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Nokia announced the new Lumia 620 Windows Phone 8 smartphone earlier this month, and now the device has gone up for pre-order in the UK, and is available SIM free for £174.98.

The Nokia 620 features a 3.8-inch TFT screen sporting a WVGA resolution of 800 x 480, and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4, supported by 512mb of RAM.

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Editorial: Does Windows Phone even have a chance without Google?

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Editorial Does Windows Phone even have a chance without Google

Go ahead -- lambaste me for even mentioning it. I'll wait. Now, how's about we look beyond the surface -- the beautified tile regime and the whimsical animations -- and focus on what actually matters when looking at a smartphone platform. You don't have to look far to get a solid grasp on which platforms are soaring, which are hanging tough and which have one foot in the proverbial grave. Gartner's latest worldwide mobile report shows Android and iOS at the top, with rarely discussed terms like "Symbian" and "Bada" above some company called "Microsoft." Which brings me to a question that has been haunting me for months: "Why?"

Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series nearly three full years ago, bringing with it an extraordinarily fresh take on a smartphone world that has grown soggy with pages of grid-mapped programs. But, as things have turned out, beauty that's only skin deep doesn't do much for market share -- even when you're pouring millions upon millions of dollars into marketing, coaxing one of the most notable names in mobile to run your OS exclusively and cutting deals with carriers like it's just some trivial affair.

I've waxed lyrical about the danger of Windows Phone losing out simply because it offers (comparably) little in terms of ecosystem glitz, but these days, I'm growing closer to putting the platform's fate on a single name: Google.

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ZTE Grand S Tipped for CES 2013 Debut

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Another Chinese smartphone vendor is rumored to be unveiling a new device skirting the gap between a smartphone and a tablet. The class is been dubbed "Phablet" and describes a device with a screen...