The white Nexus 4 is real: Set to arrive later in the year!

   As you can see from the image above it turns out that the white Nexus 4 is very much real and that according to various sites around the internet the device will be arriving for mass consumption much sooner then we think!

   The guys over at Engadget got a little bit of hands on with the new device at Google I/O and for whatever reason Google chose not to announce the new device or a new version of Android at Google I/O this year despite having the tech world's undivided attention!

   The guys did say that when this device lands it will be exactly what we've seen already and the only real difference will be the lovely, glittery white colour on the backplate, which you can see better below! Unfortunately that means that there's still no LTE (sorry guys) and otherwise this is very much the same phone which we know and love already!

   One thing which is worth remembering though is that people still expect there to be a bump in the Android version on the way and this white version of the Nexus 4 is supposedly meant to arrive with Android 4.3 in control at some point in June, probably when we'll hear about this much rumoured Nexus 7 refresh too!  

   What do you think? Do you like the design or do you just want Android 4.3 already? Let us know in the comments below!
Via Engadget.

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In Other News: 14/05/2013.

• The guys at T3 have suggested that the Blackberry Playbook may not get BB10 after all with Thorsten Heins saying that:
  "We’ve talked about PlayBook numerous times now, the pure hardware play is not really making a lot of sense, now I have to think of BlackBerry 10 as a platform not just as a product... So going forward we will focus on that future view of tablet (whatever that constitutes) I want to focus on the future, and that’s where I’m going to spend our R&D money money on."
  Sorry Playbook customers, there's nothing confirmed, but that update you were promised might not happen!

• Apple are in the process of adding the Samsung Galaxy S4 to their patent infringement claims against Samsung!
  Foss Patents via PhoneArena.

• Firefox 21 has been released for desktop, an update which builds on the social features of the browser. Facebook integration is bettered and is now joined by features from Cliqz, Mixi and a msnNOW. Do Not Track settings are now improved and there's a new thing called Firefox Health Report, which tracks crashes and recommends performance enhancing changes. Firefox for Android also got updated bringing with it open source fonts, better HTML5 support, an improved UI and more media management abilities.
  Via Engadget.

• The Surface RT is getting an update which helps boost the speaker volume on the tablet, while the Pro Surface has Wifi stability and other fixes on the way!
  Via TheVerge.

• If you want to watch Google's Keynote from I/O tomorrow then you can catch it here!
  
• Pintrest has... Social sharing service Pinterest has updated its mobile app with a few new features this afternoon. The new Pinterest version 1.5 lets you send a pin to a friend, mention friends in comments (like many social networks) and receive push notifications when someone likes, comments on repins your items -- a feature added to the web-based Pinterest a few weeks back. In-app searching has also been improved with search term suggestion. You can grab the latest version of Pinterest from the Google Play link above. Alternatively, hit the Play Store app to get updated if you've already installed an earlier version. Pinterest has also been updated to version 2.4 on iOS devices.
  Via AndroidCentral.
  
• The white Nexus 4 has turned up on video! The guys over at TechView somehow got their hands on it and you can see it being fondled in the video below!
  TechView Via AndroidGuys.

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In Other News: 13/05/2013.

• The latest company to launch their own virtual currency is Amazon! The guys have announced Amazon Coins which allows customers to pay for apps on the companies app store and you can make some in app purchases with the currency too! If you're a Kindle Fire owner in the US then you're one of the lucky few to first get the currency and you'll be given $5 worth which is 500 coins. We expect this currency will be a bit more stable than BitCoin! Full details are available on Amazon's site here!
  Via TheVerge.

• EVLeaks have done it again, supposedly showing of the Nokia Lumia 925, which is widely expected to be announced tomorrow! Take a look at the image in the tweet below and then head over to our post which shows off the teaser video and some leaked images which Nokia posted yesterday for more information! If you want to watch Nokia's reveal tomorrow in London then it starts at 10AM BST and you can watch it here! There's also details for people in other time zones on Nokia's conversations website here!

Nokia Lumia 925, 2013 twitter.com/evleaks/status…
— @evleaks (@evleaks) May 13, 2013

•  EE have taken steps to defend their policy which sells some 'anonymous' user data to anyone who's willing to pay for it. There's been a lot of heated debate over the issue over the weekend, but check out this article on the BBC to see full coverage!

• Android-Police have done an APK teardown which supposedly reveals a new 'Google Play Games' feature which is widely tipped to arrive at Google I/O! Head over to their site for an insanely in depth run down!

• Some research has been posted which suggests that 4.5" is the ideal screen size for mobile phones you can read the full article here!
  Via Mobile-ent.biz

• Samsung are reportedly the first company to be working on 5G mobile data and they're trialing speeds of 1 gbps with the ultimate aim of the technology arriving in 2020! The final aim is for speeds of 10 gbps!
  Via Engadget.

• PhoneArena are speculating that the white version of the Nexus 4 will arrive at Google I/O this year. It's possible that they could just be lining this phone up as a unique freebie for people in attendance, but you never know there might be one for public release!

• The UK government is trying encourage the use of tech in fashion and there is now a competition which offers £30,000 to four companies for the best innovations they come up with, a competition which is backed by the government! Full details can be found at the sourcelink below!
  Via Pocketlint.

• O2 are investing €70 million  into their Irish network which will bump data speeds up acorss their network. In Ireland the upgrades will affect 250 locations in 14 counties and amongst the lucky few are Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Sligo and Wicklow!
  Via IrishTimes.

And finally, according to the Japanese mobile carrier DoCoMo there will be an 'Arctic Blue' version of the Galaxy S4 on the way in the future!

Via SamMobile.

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30/01/2013: LG announce their earnings, Google and Microsoft extend EAS support, White Nexus 4's plus much more!

LG announce their Q4  results!

   LG have announced their Q4 2012 earnings and a more general report on the year as a whole. It turns out that things aren't too bad for Samsung's home turf rivals as LG sold a grand total of 15.4 million mobile phones worldwide in Q4 last year 2012. This totalled up to a revenue of $2.58 billion. 

    LG's phone shipments were up 7 percent quarter-on-quarter, but it was smartphone shipments which grew 23 percent from Q3 2012 to Q4 and that will undoubtedly have helped LG's margins. LG said that, "Sales of premium LTE smartphones such as Optimus G and Vu:2 increased in the fourth quarter, as did the L-series and Google Nexus 4." With today's release of more Nexus 4's across many markets hopefully LG will have a similarly strong Q1 2013.

   One thing LG's report did add was that they plan on increasing smartphone revenues and market share by launching follow-up devices to the Optimus G and the popular L-series as well as offering a new F-series. We literally haven't heard anything about the F-series up until now so hopefully that will be something which will be shown off at MWC!

LG Via UnwiredView.

Google and Microsoft work out syncing, kind of.

   You might have heard lately that Google and Microsoft have had a bit of an issue over Google services syncing with Windows Phones because Google is dropping support Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol.

   It seems that the two companies have worked out some sort of short-term arrangement and Microsoft posted on their website that:

"You may have seen a recent announcement from Google regarding changes to the Google Sync service used to connect devices to Google services (Google Sync utilizes the Exchange ActiveSync, or EAS, protocol from Microsoft to synchronize email, contacts, and calendar).  We’re happy to share today that Google will extend their support for new Windows Phone connections via Google Sync until July 31, 2013.
At the same time, the Windows Phone team is building support into our software for the new sync protocols Google is using for calendar and contacts—CalDAV and CardDAV. These new protocols, combined with our existing support for the IMAP protocol for email, will enable Windows Phone users to continue to connect to Google services after July 31, 2013."

   Hopefully that will help you for a little bit! But, if Microsoft doesn't work out something more concrete before the end of July then we suggest you check out Microsoft's advice for Windows 8 and Windows RT here, it'll fix the problem indefinitely!
Microsoft Via Twitter.

In other news:

• Rovio has teased new updates for Bad Piggies and Angry Birds Star Wars. The latter will reportedly be getting an update called 'Escape from Hoth'! Anyone out there actually follow a story through the Angry Birds games?
  Via AndroidCommunity.

• RIM Blackberry are currently working on pushing the BB10 update to all Playbooks. We're not sure of the timescale we're looking at here, but everyone with a Playbook will get the update! For the moment the company doesn't have any plans for a new tablet. Instead, they're looking at ways of adding value to them which can't be offered by phones!
  Via AllThingsD.

• Blackberry devices will be sticking with the same screen sizes and resolutions for future devices to help make the app development easier, but we're not sure how many ways Blackberry devices can emerge if they all have the same screens sizes and resolutions!
  Via Engadget.

• Sprint has started pushing Android 4.2.1 to their Galaxy Nexus'!
  Via AndroidPolice.

• Nokia has managed to beat out both Sony and Samsung to win the title of most trusted brand... In India! To be fair Nokia still has a good reputation in the UK too, they just haven't been offering the devices they needed to inspire purchases, so we might see some more news like this from Finns slightly nearer to home soon!
  Via WPCentral.

• Samsung probably won't be holding a press conference at MWC this year! PocketLint's sources 'familiar with the matter' believe that there isn't enough to show off to warrant one!
  Via PocketLint.

• ZTE has teased that there will be a Firefox OS based device arriving during MWC. In a press release sent to Engadget they said, "ZTE would like to invite you to the announcement of two major new mobile devices at MWC 2013. To whet your appetite – the hashtags for the announcements will be: #ZTEGrandDemo #ZTEMozilla."

• Google has offered enough money to buy 15,000 Raspberry Pi's for UK schools in a bid to help foster a new computer culture in the region!
  Via BitTech.

   And finally, it seems that a white version of the Nexus 4 is in the works! The device has been spied quite widely around the internet today and Slashgear have got their hands on a tonne of pictures of the new device! It looks good to us, shame that the front of the device is still black, it'd be nicer to see a whole white device!

Via Slashgear.

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