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Hands-on with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Touch Cover and Type Cover (update: video!)

We're here live at Microsoft's press event in Los Angeles, where it just unveiled not just the rumored tablet you were hoping for, but two tablets: Surface for Windows RT, which has an NVIDIA chip ins    

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Nokia 808 PureView announced for US, available soon through Amazon at $699

Color us surprised -- or whatever the antonym of that word may be -- but Nokia has announced the availability of its 41-megapixel 808 PureView smartphone for the United States, which will be distributed through    

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Microsoft announces Surface for Windows 8 Pro: Intel inside, optional pen input

Microsoft didn't just announce one Surface tablet today -- it's announced one for each of the main varieties of Windows. That includes the Surface for Windows 8 Pro, which is slightly larger and decid    

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Microsoft one ups other tablet 'smart' covers with Surface's Touch Cover and Type Cover

What's 3mm thick, crafted from the finest Polartec and attaches to a tablet magnetically? If you guessed an iPad smart cover you might be right, but right now we're pretty enamored with Microsoft'    

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Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet: meet the new Surface for Windows RT

Here at its mysterious, last-minute press event in Los Angeles, Microsoft just confirmed it will sell its own Microsoft-branded Windows 8 RT tablet under the Surface badge. Measuring just 9.3mm thick, the Surfa    

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Samsung launches SAFE Galaxy S III, warms corporate hearts

Now that Samsung has wowed Android fans with the Galaxy S III, it going to try and attract some enterprise users with its new SAFE brand of devices.Standing for Samsung Approved for Enterprise, SAFE is Samsung&    

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Samsung's new CEO promises 'particular focus' on software, UI and design

There's nothing worse than complacency in an incoming CEO, so it's fortunate that Kwon Oh-hyun is prepared to openly address weaknesses in his empire. He used his inaugural speech to declare that &quo    

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GSMArena.com turns 12 today, happy birthday!

GSMArena.com turns 12 today and your greetings are more than welcome as we all celebrate. As GSMArena.com is getting older, and hopefully more mature, we can't help but turn our eyes back at the year t    

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China market: Small-scale makers and retail channels to stage comeback in smartphone segment

Small-scale handset makers as well as retail handset channels in China may stage a comeback in the smartphone segment optimizing the availability of low-priced models, according to industry sources.    

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Chip vendors gearing up for next-generation iPhone

Chip vendors including Qualcomm, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, NXP, Texas Instruments (TI) and OmniVision reportedly have started stocking their solutions used for Apple's next-generation iPhone slated to    

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