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Blackberry Pearl 9100 and 9105 launched in India

Today in a event in Mumbai ,  Research in Motion – RIM launched the Blackberry Pearl 3G in two models 9100 and 9105 in India.The BlackBerry Pearl 9100 features a 20-key condensed QWERTY keyboard and the BlackBerry Pearl 9105 features a 14-key traditional phone keyboard. Both the models include SureType which is T9 equivalent in BB world. Surprisingly no price has been announced but we are guessing it to be around the Rs.16-20000 mark.
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Video : Nokia N8 Photo and Video Editing Demo

Nokia has posted a new video which shows the Photo and Video editing features in the upcoming Nokia N8. It does look impressive although a bit slow. We are okay with that considering this is a prototype. But finally cropping , editing 12 MP photos right on your phone would be cool for sure.

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WWDC 2010 is just few hours away , new iPhone HD might be coming

The annual Apple Developer Conference is about to get underway in a few hours from now exactly two hours to be exact . And we might see Apple CEO Steve Jobs announce the new iPhone HD or 4G which we have already seen in plenty. Continue reading “WWDC 2010 is just few hours away , new iPhone HD might be coming”

Motorola brings the Motoroi to UK , calls it the Milestone XT720

Motorola today announced the MILESTONE XT720 in UK and is calling it one of the world’s slimmest 8 Megapixel Android phones. We already told you it’s the first Android phone to feature a Xenon Flash.
This Milestone is sleek at 10.9mm and uses a huge 3.7 inch 480X854 pixel capacitive touch screen display. It runs on Android 2.1 with Motorola’s Touch UI but a upgrade to FroYo is not known. Motorola also admitted that this device is pretty close to the Motoroi which was launched in Korea recently.

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Motorola Milestone XT720 Official Photos

Motorola has just announced the Milestone XT720 in UK . This is the first Android phone with a Xenon flash. We played with the Korean variant of this model known as the Motoroi and 3.7 inch display was great to watch. It also packs a 8MP camera with 720p video recording.  While we fish out more details enjoy the official pics. This one is certainly a beast of an handset !

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Qualcomm starts shipping First Dual Core Snapdragon Chipset running at 1.2 GHz

Yesterday during Computex Taiwan , Qualcomm famous for the Snapdragon processors showed the sample of its first dual-CPU Snapdragon chipsets.  The 3rd generation Snapdragon Solutions sport 2 Cores Running up to 1.2 GHz . These products are namely MSM8260 and MSM8660 and MSM8x60 series. These third generation chipsets which are specially used to power up smartphones, tablets and smartbook devices.

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Reliance Communications pays 8585 crores towards 3G Spectrum

Reliance Communications was fortunate to win 3G spectrum in 13 circles including Mumbai and Delhi. To buy the 3G spectrum, the payment of Rs 8585.04 crores towards 3G Spectrum Fee was made to the Department of Telecommunications. Reliance is the first company to make such a payment and other Operators such as Airtel and Aircel are expected to follow soon.

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Micromax Q5fb QWERTY Dual SIM Facebook Phone

The Micromax Q5fb is the latest member of the ezpad series from Micromax which looks like the successor to the Q5. As one can tell from the name , it features Facebook integration and promises one-touch access to the Social networking site although this is not a touchscreen phone. The phone infact has a dedicated Facebook button.The Q5fb is a Dual SIM QWERTY Phone and features a Trackball. Continue reading “Micromax Q5fb QWERTY Dual SIM Facebook Phone”

Micromax now in Sri Lanka , Jacqueline Fernandez to Endorse ?

Micromax has entered Sri Lanka in a move to tap the Rural market there. Jacqueline Fernandez who is Miss Sri Lanka and also a Bollywood actress was present at the event in Sri Lanka. She might endorse the product in the country. The company is seen as a pretty aggressive player and claims to have close to 6% market share in India. This move might boost exports for the Indian company. Continue reading “Micromax now in Sri Lanka , Jacqueline Fernandez to Endorse ?”

Motorola Droid2 Keyboard dropping D-pad for Arrow Keys ? Dedicated Voice Input Button

There was some news earlier today that the Droid2 had appeared in Verizon’s inventory. Since we really don’t bother much about inventory blurry cam shots , we decided to wait for further info and now there is a image posted on HoFo which shows the improved QWERTY Keyboard  on the upcoming Droid2 Continue reading “Motorola Droid2 Keyboard dropping D-pad for Arrow Keys ? Dedicated Voice Input Button”

Skype to launch Android App with Video Calling this year ?

One of the apps missing from the Android Market is the official Skype app. This might change this year year when Skype launches an Android App to end users. And the best part of the news is that Skype for Android will come with Video Calling. SkatterTech had a chance to meet the Skype team and discuss regarding the same.

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Apple Bringing iPhone OS to next AppleTV at a Price of just $99 ?

When GoogleTV was announced earlier this month , most of us were wondering why Apple never took AppleTV seriously. Apple has admitted that it was a hobby project.But now things are set to change with next version of AppleTV.

If you are wondering what AppleTV is head here. Now Engadget is giving us some interesting news that Apple is working on the next version of the AppleTV product which will be running on iPhone OS and use similar hardware found in latest iPhone and iPad aka A4 Processor.  It will use a cloud based storage which might be the next version of MobileMe.

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Acer Stream Photos and Video

Here are some official photos of the newly launched Acer Stream which is powered by a 1Ghz Processor and runs Android 2.1 . The phone uses a AMOLED capactive touchscreen.  The phone looks pretty impressive and is 11.2 mm thin. The display supports 1.67 million colors and Acer is claiming improved battery life. It weighs 140g although it has no QWERTY . But considering the specs and the 1400 mAh battery we are ok with that.

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