Nokia Lumia vs iPhone & Windows vs iPad---the Winner is....

When the hip iPhone guy bashed the Windows guy, it worked.  Now Microsoft is fighting back with ads that point out the foibles of iPhone/Android camera, iPads vs notebooks, and iPad's Siri vs Windows RT.

A YouTube user concluded, "Windows beats Mac. Surface beats iPad. Windows Phone beats iPhone. Windows is the best!"

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Nokia Lumia Gains on BlackBerry, Due 2 Nokia Lumia 521,925 928 Cameras

Nokia's Lumia smartphone sales have been gaining, as we reported with the latest Amplified Analytics report.  Nokia has been promoting its smartphones for great cameras that work in low light conditions.

The numbers show that sales reached 7.2 million, which is slightly more than BlackBerry sales. BlackBerry sales for Q2 totaled 6.8 million units.  Analysts contend that the increase in sales was helped by the Nokia Lumia 520. These numbers clearly put Windows Phone in third place after iPhone and Android.

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ATIV S Neo with Galaxy S 4 Beaming from Sprint

Samsung ATIV S Neo

ATIV S Neo features ATIV Beam using near field communication (NFC) to share photos, music and video with other Windows Phone 8 and select Android devices. This appears to compatible with S Beam found on the Samsung Galaxy S 4/III, Note II and other Galaxy S devices.

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Samsung ATIV Tab 3 & ATIV Q Releases

Samsung will be offering two new Windows 8 tablets the Samsung ATIV Tab 3 and Samsung ATIV Q.

 The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 is  called the world's thinnest Windows tablet at 8.2mm and the ATIV Q is  Windows and the ability to run Android apps.

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