When a mobile operating system gets a major update its debut usually comes on a piece of cutting edge hardware. Manufacturers obviously want to show it off in its best light and dazzle the competition ...

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The Nokia we used to know is no longer. In late April, the handset maker was finally folded into Microsoft's Devices and Services business after more than six months of courtship. Nokia wasn't ready ...

It’s not simply that the software itself costs nothing, though that certainly helps. It’s that Windows Phone 8.1 changes the hardware spec in some important ways. Windows Phone launched needing an ...

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...

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Cricket Wireless, which is owned by AT&T, today announced the availability of the Nokia Lumia 630 smartphone. The 630, which is a variant of the Lumia 635 (being sold by T-Mobile and MetroPCS), will ...

With its latest midrange Lumia, Nokia continues to bring Windows Phone to people around the world who don't have pots of cash. Jessica Dolcourt VP, Content Operations and Commerce, CNET Group and CNET ...

Nokia may not be an official part of Microsoft yet -- that should finally happen later this month, if you ask either company -- but that doesn't stop the phone maker from cranking out more devices at ...

The Motorola Moto G is undoubtedly the darling of the budget smartphone world, thanks to its mid-range specs and bottom-end price. It's not the only option to go for though -- particularly if you're ...

As well as announcing the new Nokia Lumia 930, Nokia announced two other smartphones, the Nokia Lumia 630 and the Nokia Lumia 635. The Nokia Lumia 630 and Nokia Lumia 635 are essentially the same ...

Nokia's last low-priced high performer was the Lumia 520, and the Lumia 630 is its successor. Competition at the lower end of the smartphone market is becoming fierce as manufacturers vie to pack in ...