Tech To Know: Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s App Store and Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY)’s R10 Curve, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK) Still King of Mobile Phones

…make a debut alongside the Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) Lumia 928 at the same venue. Externally, the Catwalk, or Lumia 925, will be aesthetically different than the Lumia 928. The Lumia 925 has been rumored to feature a high-end aluminum shell and will come with a thinner and lighter footprint.

The iPhone case Apple should have built: Now on sale (ZDNet)
The world’s ugliest phone cases are used to protect the world’s most beautiful mobile device. The evidence is in abundance from Midtown Manhattan to your local grocery store. There are plastic ones, purple ones, rugged ones, flimsy ones, cartooned ones, bumper ones, and just-plain-ridiculous ones. However, two guys from Florida have now crowdfunded a product to fix it. They designed a thin aluminum iPhone case that looks remarkably like something that could have come from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). In fact, this is the case Apple should have made. Called the AL13, referring to the abbreviation for aluminum in the periodic table and the fact the case only weighs 13 grams, the product has the same brushed metal look as the iPhone 5.

Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) Services Disrupted Again, Customers Furious (US Market Buzz)
Customers of Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) phones in India and some other parts in the world were not able to send messages or emails through their BlackBerry Messenger as the services of the company were disrupted for a few hours in Friday. Angry BlackBerry users left no stone unturned to share their frustration on Twitter, demanding answer from the Canadian company. Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) has stated that the services were disrupted only for some time and it was working on restoring connectivity as soon as possible. After BlackBerry users started pouring their rage out on Twitter, the company issued an apology and said that all relevant support teams are working together to find a solution to the problem.

Nokia support confirms FM receiver will be activated in the Nokia Lumia 520 (WMPoweruser.com)
The Verge claimed a month ago that an upcoming update to Windows Phone would activate the FM Radio built into the devices, and now Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) support have also confirmed in a chat that this function will indeed be coming in the future to the Nokia Lumia 520. The news is significant because, while the Qualcomm chipsets used all have FM Radio functions, unless these are connected to an antenna no software update will make it useful. It’s good to hear that Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) took the trouble to do this, even in their cheapest Windows Phone.