HTC Desire U with 4-inch display, 1 GHz processor, Android 4.0 announced

HTC has announced Desire U, the company’s new budget Android smartphone in Taiwan. It has a 4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense UI similar to the Desire V was launched in India last year, but this has single SIM support. It has a 5MP auto focus camera at the back with LED Flash and comes with Beats audio support. Continue reading “HTC Desire U with 4-inch display, 1 GHz processor, Android 4.0 announced”

Huawei Ascend P2 press image leaks ahead of MWC launch

Tired of 5 inch full HD 1080p smartphones? Well, Huawei’s got you covered with the just leaked Huawei Ascend P2, sporting a 4.5 inches full HD 1920×1080 screen with a whopping 489 PPI pixel density. It’s like Huawei announced the Ascend D2 and the Ascend Mate just hours ago. This leak comes from the well known and trusted tipster @evleaks at UnwiredView. So, we are kinda leaning on completely trusting this leak, with its glorious press image and all. Read on to find out more.

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NFC goes mainstream at the GSMA MWC 2013, Barcelona

Get ready Android and Windows Phone 8 users/attendees, the GSM association has sought to bring NFC into the mainstream at the Mobile World Congress 2013, Barcelona. And yes, Apple iPhone users will be left out of this huge initiative. There will be NFC posters, booths, experience centers and even NFC based registration at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile convention that is slated to happen between February 25 – 28 2013 this year.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 shows up in the wild

dday.it, an Italian site has managed to get their hands on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 ahead of the MWC. First specifications of the Note 8.0 (GT-N5100) surfaced last week, and the Samsung CEO confirmed the Galaxy Note 8.0 for MWC 2013, earlier this week. The device in these grainy hands on images resembles the image that surfaced couple of days back, but this has a hardware home button, capacitive touch buttons for menu and back on either sides, similar to the Galaxy S3. Even this has a ear piece at the top, but the Samsung logo is present blow the ear piece instead of bottom. It would also have S Pen support according to previous rumors. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 shows up in the wild”

End of an era, Nokia 808 PureView to be the last Symbian phone

Two years later, the burning platform is officially no more. As part of its Q4 financial results, the Finnish smartphone manufacturer announced that the  Nokia 808 PureView is the last Symbian phone. Nokia managed to sell close to 2.2 million Symbian phones presumably spurred by demand for the camera powerhouse that is the 808. Continue reading “End of an era, Nokia 808 PureView to be the last Symbian phone”

Nokia Q4 2012 results out $585 million profit, 4.4 million Lumia handsets sold

Nokia just announced its financial results for the 4th quarter of 2012. The Finnish smartphone manufacturer  has raked in profits equivalent to $585 million over the course of the last three months of 2012. The company has had losses of $3 billion over 2012.

Armortech iPhone Hammer Proof Screen Protector Demo

Amortech protection were at the International CES 2013 demoing their screen protector product, with a hammer. Yes, you read that right, they were hammering iPhones at their booth, to show how strong their Armortech screen protector is. We were there, and here is a video demo of an iPhone getting hammered with the screen protector On.

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Lenovo IdeaPhone K860 hands-on

We already saw the Lenovo IdeaPhone K860 in the hands-on images when it launched in India last year, now we have the hands-on video from the CES 2013. The Lenovo K860 is the company’s high-end Android smartphone that launched in India last November at a price tag of Rs. 28,499. It has a 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixels) HD IPS display with wide 178 degree viewing angle which looks good and the phone feels solid. It is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos 4412 processor and it runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with Lenovo’s custom UI.

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Huawei Ascend W1 hands-on

Huawei unveiled the Ascend W1, the company’s first Windows Phone handset at the CES 2013 earlier this month. We got you the hands-on photo gallery of the Ascend W1 from the event earlier this month, here is the hands-on video of the device. Even though the device has a large 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA IPS display, the phone feels compact in hand. The display has OGS Technology that reduces the light consumption for a brighter and more vivid display. It has a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with Adreno 305 GPU and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS.

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Carrier unlocking to be illegal in the United States starting January 26

It’s always hard to imagine how people are putting up with carrier restrictions in countries like the United States of America. While we Indians have been more than blessed with carrier independent phones from get go, it’s now apparently getting harder in the other side of the planet. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act(DMCA) had termed manual user level unlocking of phones illegal in October last year, but had provided a 90 day window for getting the phones unlocked. That 90 day window is getting over on January 26 this year, and from that day on, user unlocking of any phone will be termed illegal.

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Huawei Ascend Mate hands-on

Huawei unveiled the Ascend Mate at the CES 2013 earlier this month. We got you the hands-on photo gallery of the Ascend Mate from the event earlier this month, here is the hands-on video of the device. The phone is huge in the hand and features a 6.1-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla glass protection. It features magic touch technology that would let you use the phone even with gloves. Huwaei’s own 1.5 GHz quad-core Hi-Silicon K3V2 processor powers the smartphone, and it runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s EmotionUI 1.5 on top.

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Temple Run 2 for Android now available for Download

Temple Run 2, successor of popular Temple Run game is finally available for Android. Temple Run 2 for the iPhone and iPad launched last week, and Imangi Studios has released the Android version as promised. This has more thrill with several stunts such as running, jumping, turning and sliding, including new features such as cliffs, zip lines, mines and forests. Continue reading “Temple Run 2 for Android now available for Download”

Nokia Drive+ Beta now available for all Windows Phone 8 devices

Microsoft and Nokia has announced that Nokia Drive+ Beta would be available for all the Windows Phone 8 devices, apart from the existing Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices in select countries. The Nokia Drive+ navigation app was introduced along with the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 exclusively. Continue reading “Nokia Drive+ Beta now available for all Windows Phone 8 devices”

RIM launches BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10


Research In Motion (RIM) has launched BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, Enterprise Mobility Management Solution that offers device management, security, and mobile applications management for BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry 10 smartphones. It also provides a single console for managing BlackBerry, Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “RIM launches BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10”

Apple reports $54.5 billion revenue in Q1 2013, 47.8 million iPhones, 22.9 million iPads sold

Apple has reported record quarterly revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.1 billion, equivalent to $13.81 per diluted share in their earnings for the Q1 2013 that ended December 29, 2012. The company has reported 18% increase in revenue YoY. The international sales in this quarter is 61% of the quarter’s revenue. Apple sold 47.8 million iPhones, 22.9 million iPads, 12.7 million iPods and 4.1 million Macs during the quarter. Apple introduced the iPad mini and the new 4th generation iPad with A6X chip and lightning port in the last quarter. Continue reading “Apple reports $54.5 billion revenue in Q1 2013, 47.8 million iPhones, 22.9 million iPads sold”