Google has announced that the next version of its Android mobile operating system - Android v4.4 - will be known as Android KitKat.
Previous rumours had focussed on ‘Key Lime Pie’ as being the favoured name. All Android versions are named after desserts and confectionary.
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Podcast - 4th September 2013
We're back after a short break last week - and just in time for three of the biggest industry news stories of the year.
Microsoft's CEO announces his retirement, then Vodafone sells its US operation for $130 billion... and now Nokia's mobile phone business is being bought. Alongside these reports there's also time to talk about 4G in the UK, children with mobiles, roaming charges and the future of smartphones.
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Microsoft and Nokia have agreed a deal that’ll see Microsoft buying almost all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, including the Mobile Phones and Smart Devices business units as well as the Lumia brand.
It’ll also license Nokia’s patents and use Nokia’s mapping services.
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Nokia has introduced a ‘premium’ feature phone with a slim aluminium body and 5 megapixel camera.
The Nokia 515 will be available in single SIM and dual-SIM versions, with SIM-free pricing from around £115 incl. VAT.
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Doro, best known for its easy-to-use mobile phones, has arranged retail partnerships with two UK hearing specialists: Boots hearingcare and HearingDirect.
Both will sell Doro’s amplified mobile and fixed-line phones.
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