TECHNOLOGY

The early holiday sales had been kind so far to Nokia that it left the company’s stocks of Lumia 920s depleted, reports said.

Two new feature phones from Nokia will hit selected global markets this holiday season and the Finnish firm is confident that shoppers will love the handsets’ main attraction – the Asha 205 and Asha 206 are wallet-friendly.

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 has become immensely popular, especially in China, that its maker caved in to demands voiced out by Chinese consumers – a dual-SIM version of the world’s first commercially successful smartphone-tablet hybrid.

Virgin Mobile opened on Monday nominations for individuals who want to be part of the Virgin Mobile Testing Team. Successful team participants who are nominated through a Facebook-dedicated page will be sent a latest handset to test drive and asked for reviews that must include pros and cons in a two-minute video.

As 2012 winds up, ZTE and Samsung are now planning to have the next generation of smartphones in 2013 with octo-core or eight core processors inside their mobile devices.

Thanks to the Windows OS, Swedish telecom firm Nokia is experiencing a second wind. Reports said that Nokia has received more than 2.5 million orders for the Lumia 920 unit worldwide. This volume of orders is more than the entire line up of Lumia family sold in the third quarter of 2012.

Milking is the new Internet craze that is now starting to replace online planking, which involved a person lying on streets or other public places face down with their hands by their sides. Planking became an Internet sensation at the start of 2011.

The web site Amazon.com began its Cyber Monday deals on electronic items for online shoppers who have missed out on Black Friday. Discounted items on Amazon include televisions, laptops and cell phones.

If you are one of the people who are frustrated with the slow Jelly Bean update on Samsung devices, the 4.1.2 version of the update leaked in SamMobile and can now be downloaded.

An appetizing offer currently draws the attention of online shoppers on Cyber Monday. The Best Buy coupon section of CouponBuzz.com offers $100 discount on the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2 version 10.1 gadget.

Amazon is practically giving out a gadget steal for consumers willing to be tied up for a 2-year contract with U.S. telco AT&T and all they need to do is make a one-off payment of $US0.01, a package that is reserved for new subscribers of the company.

Retail experts are expecting Cyber Monday to be the largest 24-hour online shopping sale on its third year. Research firm comScore stated that Americans are estimated to pay out a total of $1.5 billion, a 20% increase from last year, for a variety of discounted items on Cyber Monday.

Many people are waiting for Cyber Monday to get their hands on the latest smartphone from Samsung – Galaxy Note 2, which will be sold at a cheaper price.

If you are mulling for a gadget purchase this holiday season and wanting to try out a different smartphone system, the best bet you can get is Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, according to tech experts.

LG Nexus 4 took the smartphone market by storm and sold out within minutes after it was made available in Google Play Store.

The year 2012 could prove the biggest for South Korean tech giant Samsung so far as reports suggested that the Galaxy device maker is well on its way to keep the global smartphone leadership by shipping at least 60 million phones at the close of December.

Cyber Monday is a time to grab discounts and make practical tech shopping choices. For the curious, it is a good time to look at what's out there and see how prices match gadget specs. If you are only beginning to explore 7-inch tablets available in the market today, check out the Lenovo-manufactured Smart Tab II for Vodafone. This is probably UK's cheapest tablet.

The rise in shares of Yahoo Inc. was striking as the shares managed to reach their highest level in a span of more than a year and half. The sudden rise in shares of Yahoo Inc. is being attributed to Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo Chief Executive, who is believed to be in a position to achieve a successful return of the company as a significant player in the sector.

Another printed paper product was recently sidelined with the introduction of online maps offered by competing tech firms. The value of these online maps was again highlighted when a former soldier walked 5,000 miles in over one year, aided largely by technology.

HTC has another leak of an upcoming mobile device called HTC Deluxe which is expected to arrive January 2013. Other latest HTC Android smartphones released recently have powerful processors which are all in quad-core, providing efficiency and speed to the user.

The chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has raised uncertainties over the reaching of an accord in the next European Union budget that is to be held in a meeting in Brussels.

Major book chain Barnes & Noble has joined the technology battle by releasing the Nook HD. The popular bookstore's decision to include more electronic items that actually are also considered rivals of its traditional books is an indicator that bricks and mortar stores need to accept and take part in the technology battle to survive financially.

As of past midnight on Cyber Black Friday in some parts of the United States, some Twitter users are airing complaints of the Apple store crashing. Just how many enthusiastic iPad and iPhone shoppers are logging on for the "crash" to happen?

Quietly, Samsung has refreshed its Galaxy Tab line, which is the South Korean tech giant’s answer to Apple’s iPad, earlier this year, giving it some bump up to fit prevailing tablet lovers’ demands and trimming some excesses at the same time.

Get ready Australian shoppers because another mega sale is fast approaching. Cyber Monday follows the iconic Black Friday shopping event that already started in the United States. Yearly, retailers conduct massive sales the day after Thanksgiving in order to begin the Christmas holiday shopping season.

Computer experts in the United Kingdom has successfully restored one of the earliest computers assembled by man, firing it up anew Tuesday this week to relive the infant moments of a device that has undergone radical transformation.

Few months into its scheduled February 2013 launch for new generation of handsets and a revised mobile platform, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) saw considerable boosts on shares value, reports said.

Are you one of the people who lust over the new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 but is stuck with its predecessor?

Some people are waiting for Black Friday and Cyber Monday to get hold of Samsung Galaxy S3 at a much cheaper price.