Nokia Lumia Icon Coming Soon

Remember the Verizon Lumia 929, aka the “Icon” that kept leaking back in December? We thought it would hit the market before the holidays, giving Nokia and Verizon time to push the handset during the busiest shopping season of the year, but it never hit. Perhaps it’s coming soon, though.

While walking around the show floor at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, we stopped by the Incipio booth and spotted something super interesting: a case for the Nokia “Lumia Icon.” Of course, that device doesn’t exist yet, but the name matches up with the rumors that were running around back in December. We can’t tell much from the case, other than it might actually launch with a brand name instead of a model number, but our best guess is that the phone is readying for a release.

Case makers often try to guess device measurements ahead of a release in an effort to make sure that accessories are ready at the time of launch, so this could be just a preemptive effort on Incipio’s part. Sometimes that information is willingly provided, and maybe Incipio knows something we don’t. Hopefully we hear more about this very soon.

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SAMSUNG Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO series set a New Rule for the Tablet Experience at CES 2014

Extending the company’s innovation legacy with best-in-class media consumption and productivity capabilities

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. unveiled the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO line of tablets, setting a new standard of mobile excellence, equipped with innovative and meaningful technology. Sporting four powerful devices in the lineup – the Galaxy NotePRO (12.2-inch), TabPRO (12.2, 10.1, 8.4-inch), Samsung’s Galaxy tablet portfolio redefines what a tablet can do.


“We created the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO series to kick-off a year in which Samsung truly establishes its leadership in the tablet market,” said JK Shin, CEO and President of IT & Mobile Division, Samsung Electronics. “This new line offers the best-in-class content consumption and productivity, combining a stunning viewing experience with Samsung’s design legacy. The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO truly demonstrate our commitment to providing our customers with extraordinarily versatile product offerings, tailored to tablet users of every description.”

Providing users with an extraordinary display and a matching feature set, the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO series bring premium style and powerful performance in a single device. Created to satisfy every possible type of user case scenario, the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO combine a crystal-clear, WQXGA display for a world-class viewing experience, powerful productivity tools, and unique features with preloaded and free downloadable content, producing a superior mobile solution.

Introducing Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO (12.2) – the Definitive Tablet Viewing Experience

The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO present the world’s first 12.2-inch WQXGA Widescreen (16:10) display, offering crystal clear resolution (2560x1600) with more than 4 million pixels, making it an ideal platform for every type of content creation and consumption. With a larger viewing area, the defined screen allows users to enjoy stunning Full HD video play and view even more information at a glance. In addition to the industry-leading display, the devices have been designed with a sleek, light, slim frame that is both premium and highly portable.

A personalized Magazine UX, specifically optimized for a large screen, allows users to further tailor their Galaxy tablet experience for their own needs. The UX enables them to organize their favorite content in an easy-to-use dashboard with automatic feed or news updates and then quickly access the most frequently used apps for a more comfortable reading experience. By utilizing a screen size that is more comparable to traditional magazine-sized material, content is easier to view in its original format when reading digital magazines or e-books.

Powerful Partner for Productivity

The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO (12.2) come equipped with a variety of productivity tools to help users to manage both their personal and professional lives.

Multi Window enables users to split the screen up into four different windows and an innovative, Virtual Keyboard provides them with enough space to type comfortably, leveraging haptic feedback to produce a more realistic typing experience.

The Samsung S Pen included with the Galaxy NotePRO delivers a more responsive, productive and overall efficient tablet experience with access to features such as Action Memo, Scrapbook, Screen Write and S Finder. In addition, Pen Window enables users to simply draw a window of any size on the screen, and instantly access unique in-application features such as YouTube or a calculator.

Users can easily access and control their home or office PC directly through their Galaxy NotePRO or TabPRO with Remote PC in order to seamlessly edit and save files remotely.

The Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO also come pre-loaded with Cisco WebEx Meetings platform, the industry’s leading web conferencing solution that provides users with an easy way to meet with anyone, anywhere. And now for the first time on Android tablets, users can share anything on their screen as well as starting a WebEx meeting from contact list. Samsung e-Meetingprovides collaboration capabilities by giving users the ability to share content during a meeting without having to access a central server or network.

Ultimate User Content Gift Package*

For additional value and productivity right out of the box, the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO (12.2) will feature up to approximately $700 worth of the premium pre-paid, long-term subscription offers from best-selling news, social media and cloud storage providers, including: Bitcasa, Bloomberg Businessweek+, Blurb, Cisco WebEx Meetings, Dropbox, Easilydo Pro for Tablet, Evernote, Hancom Office for Android, LinkedIn, LIVESPORT.TV, NY Times, Oxford Advanced Learner’s A-Z, and Sketchbook Pro (content packages may vary by region).

The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO line will come in various connectivity options: WiFi Only, WiFi and 3G, or WiFi and LTE. Users can choose between the 12.2-inch Galaxy NotePRO that comes with an included S Pen, and the 12.2-inch Galaxy TabPRO, Galaxy TabPRO 10.1-inch and 8.4-inch without the S Pen.

Designed to extend productivity even further, the following optional accessories are also available for purchase with the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO: Various Book Covers, USB LAN HUB, Universal BT Keyboard and S Action Mouse (accessories may vary by product model).

The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO tablet line will be offered globally and will be available starting from Q1, 2014.

For more product information, please visit www.samsungmobilepress.com / http://m.samsungmobilepress.com .

The Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO will be on display at the Samsung booth #12004 at CES 2014, January 7th through 10th, 2014.

Galaxy NotePRO (12.2-inch) Product Specifications


Galaxy TabPRO (12.2-inch) Product Specifications


Galaxy TabPRO (10.1-inch) Product Specifications


Galaxy TabPRO (8.4-inch) Product Specifications


* The services listed above may not be available in all regions and features may vary by region. Also, service provider may change the name and/or value of its application at any time.

**All functionality, features, services, applications, specifications, and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.


*** Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO tablets’ offered connectivity and memory options may be varied by product model or available regions

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of televisions, smartphones, personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 270,000 people across 79 countries with annual sales of US$187.8 billion. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.

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NOKIA MIXRADIO PROJECT USA REFRESH

Conversations speaks to the mixmasters behind Nokia MixRadio’s biggest remix yet

Nokia MixRadio is revolutionising the way that we discover, listen and enjoy music from our devices. It’s only been a few weeks since the big launch, but you’ve already given us some great feedback on how to improve your musical experience. With the latest 4.1 update, My Music navigation is slicker, while your favourites are now organised alphabetically, making searching a lot simpler. Mixes are now clearly sorted by ‘Genres’, ‘Categories’ and ‘Featured’ – hand-picked mixes by Nokia’s very own musical tastemakers.

This merry band of beat brothers and sisters work across 31 countries to offer a wide range of bespoke mixes for varying locales. The aim? To make the music you listen to more pertinent for where you are in the world.

One of the biggest projects was the USA remix. Conversations spoke to Nokia mixmasters, Diccon Jefferies, Nick Pointon and Mark Lampo, about what was achieved with this refresh and what our stateside readers can expect. It also provided a great insight into how Nokia MixRadio tailors its choices for a worldwide audience.

What did you learn about USA specific music that you didn’t already know?

Mark: I learned just how popular Latino music is in the USA. I knew that there was a huge Hispanic and Latino population but I didn’t quite realise how big some of the mixes would be. Week-on-week, two of the top-five most popular mixes are Latino – ‘Regional Mexican’ and ‘Bachata’. The average listening hours for these two mixes are also really high, so we must be doing something right to have such a large, engaged audience.

Diccon: It [Nokia MixRadio] needed a redesign to offer more content. We worked together to create a broad list of every genre of music we could think of, then set about populating a pool of tunes for each genre. We divided it up according to areas of knowledge and interest. I concentrated on Jazz, which I like a lot – and a lot more than the rest of the team!

Nick: I specialise in hip-hop and expanded my knowledge of Southern and Mid-West hip-hop, which was much needed seeing as many of these artists have been dominating the genre with constant releases for many years. I also learned which cities actually constitute ‘Mid-West’ and ‘Southern’. I feel a bit sorry for the cities that left are left out of these brackets though – they have no media-friendly pigeon hole to attach to their press releases. Maybe that’s a good thing. Depends on how ‘underground’ you are though I guess!

What’s your favourite USA mix and new favourite artist discovery?

Nick: My favourite hip-hop playlist has to be the Posse Cuts mix. It’s full of latest cuts and artist collaborations plus many classics from the noughties, late nineties and the golden era of the late eighties/early nineties.

In terms of new favourite artists, I’ve become a fan of the heavy Trap beats and the raucous nature of Waka Flocka Flame – something I wouldn’t have said about a year ago. But, maintaining my grounded hip-hop self, I’ve also really been feeling the usual quality from Pusha-T, Joey Bada$$ and the rest of the Pro Era collective and Freddie Gibbs to name just a few.

Diccon: Thanks to a bunch of reading on the subject, I’m more clued-up now on the differences between ‘Bop’, ‘Post Bop’, ‘Hard Bop’ and ‘Neo Bop’. Or what ‘Cool Jazz’, ‘Free Jazz’ and ‘Fusion’ are.

I spent a long time listening through our ‘pools’ of music for all the different types of jazz, weeding out inappropriate tracks and adding more where necessary. It’s obviously a very specialist genre, but hopefully people who do listen to the mixes in the USA get a lot out of it – I certainly enjoyed listening to most of them, although two full days of Free Jazz was a bit much!

Mark: I’ve definitely become a lot more ‘country’ in the process of updating the USA MixRadio service – learning never to squat with your spurs on.

Here at Conversations HQ we’re always on the hunt for new music, so share your favourite new mixes and artists with us by posting in the comments below.

Oh, and don’t forget to download the latest Nokia MixRadio 4.1 update – available through the Windows Phone Store or waiting for you in your Notifications.

Party on!

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Sony using two different displays for the Xperia Z1 f; will the display lottery affect the global Xperia Z1 mini?

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BLACKBERRY APPOINTS LEADERSHIP FOR DEVICES BUSINESS

BlackBerry® Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY; TSX:BB), a world leader in mobile communications, announced that Ron Louks will join the Company as President, Devices and Emerging Solutions reporting to BlackBerry’s Executive Chair and CEO, John Chen.

“I am pleased to add another outstanding addition to BlackBerry’s executive leadership team with the announcement of Ron today,” said Chen.  “I am confident that Ron will bring the skills and expertise that will make an immediate impact to BlackBerry and to our customers around the world.”

Chen added, “Ron will focus on BlackBerry’s long-term product roadmap, including hardware, software and design, as well as the Company’s joint development efforts.  A good deal of Ron’s time will be spent with customers, carriers and partners. On our path to return BlackBerry to profitability, nothing is more important than remaining deeply connected to our customers, and designing and delivering secure products that exceed their expectations.”

Ron Louks joins BlackBerry from The OpenNMS Group, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer.  Prior to that, Ron held many leadership positions over several decades in the technology industry, including as the Chief Strategy Officer of HTC America Inc. and the Chief Technology Officer at Sony Ericsson.

About BlackBerry

A global leader in mobile communications, BlackBerry® revolutionized the mobile industry when it was introduced in 1999. Today, BlackBerry aims to inspire the success of our millions of customers around the world by continuously pushing the boundaries of mobile experiences. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.  The Company trades under the ticker symbols "BB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange and "BBRY" on the NASDAQ. For more information, visit www.blackberry.com.

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