Microsoft announced the KIN phones KIN1 and KIN2 back only in April and now is killing the product to focus on Windows Phone 7. Microsoft will continue to sell the phones through Verizon in USA but we fear it might not be long until Verizon ran out of inventory. There were some reports that only 500 phones were sold since the launch and the sales were not as expected.
The Nokia N9 which is rumored to be the first MeeGo phone from Nokia was shown off in a video which seems to have been pulled out of Youtube last month. The MeeGo project today released some screenshots of MeeGo for handsets and the UI looks a bit different than Maemo and much more different than Symbian. The UI draws inspiration from Android and WebOS. Now Eldar of Mobile-Review tweeted that the Nokia N9 will have a different UI and not the default MeeGo UI. Continue reading “Nokia N9 MeeGo UI might look different”
Sony Ericsson has announced a new firmware update for the XPERIA X10. It’s not going to bring Android 2.1 to the phone which will come later this year but it makes the phone faster.
This update focuses on improving the general performance, speed and responsiveness of Xperia X10. For example, there are speed improvements in messaging tasks and camera UI. In addition we add a free back up and restore application so you’ll never lose your settings and information. In selected markets, PlayNow™ with premium apps and games will also be added.
Continue reading “SE Xperia X10 gets Firmware update , performance fixes”
Here are the full specifications of the recently launched Samsung EPIC 4G. We are hoping that Samsung soon releases the Galaxy S Pro which is a GSM / 3G variant of the device.
Continue reading “Samsung Epic 4G Full Specifications”
We told you about the Froyo Android 2.2 for the Nexus One . But looks like someone has managed to get Android 2.2 on a Nokia N900 and it runs pretty well apart from the fact that the memory card is not detected. Full demo on video after the break.
The folks at MeeGo have just announced the Day 1 of the Handset Experience project for Meego
Sony Ericsson has just announced that the XPERIA X10 Mini Pro is shipping and you can buy the world’s smallest Android QWERTY phone soon in stores
Continue reading “Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro hitting stores soon”
The much hyped and anticipated iPhone 4 is expected to launch in more countries next month. It is scheduled to hit Singapore and Hong Kong and Singapore soon. Singtel which is Singapore’s largest operator has opened Registrations for iPhone 4 indicating they are planning to get stocks based on consumer interest.
Continue reading “iPhone 4 coming soon to Singtel in Singapore”
It’s been very quiet around Nokia the last few months. After the big N-Series failures from the last Years (N97, N96, N85, N76 etc) a lot of people, me included, turned away from Nokia, jumping ship to either Android or Apple. And for a good reason i must say, i’ve experienced Android with a HTC Hero that i bought via Contract and i must say i was impressed. And it continued with the Hero from there, with Android gaining a lot of strength. However, as much as i love the look and feel of Android, i missed the allround capabilities of a Nokia Phone. I’m a multimedia guy, always been, so N-series have always been my choice. I always had love for the Android OS, but not so much for the Devices. HTC puts in some pretty neat internals in the phone, however misses a good camera or decent speakers. Sony Ericsson had okay (although plasticy) hardware, but their OS failed. I have yet to try any LG products, but you see from my Points that, no matter how good the OS is, i always missed the decent hardware. Symbian^1 may look and feel outdated, but the Hardware is what always made me come back to Nokia. Apart from that, the Community that Nokia has built is still unmatched and can never be beaten. This of course not only comes from their devices and its fans, a lot of the following also comes due to marketing stunts from wellknown british PR agency 1000 heads/WOM World Nokia.
However, there was still something missing. As good as Devices like the N900, the X6 16GB or even the N97mini were, i still had days where i went back to my Nokia N82, especially when on the road and i wanted to share some great pics. Now if you note, my N82 is more than 2 years old and still going strong. It’s been 2 years, since Nokia brought out a decent device for hobby photographers like myself. Yes there is the N86, but what did it really bring to the table? An 8 megapixel, carl zeiss equipped Camera, but with a dual LED flash. As good as the device was in daylight conditions, how could they even dare to label it as next photography device!? As soon as the sun went down, the N86 was just another phone with a dual LED. Continue reading “@MichaelxHell’s Nokia N8 Hands-on Impressions Part 1: Hardware”
We told you how to get the Android 2.2 firmware update on your Nexus One long ago . Now the final , official , bulletproof FroYo build has been released by Google into the wild and numerous users are reporting receiving the OTA upgrade. We did not receive any update over the air so we decided to take the manual route ! Continue reading “Download FroYo Official Firmware Update for Nexus One !”
It’s been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride for the little big company from Cupertino this past week. Despite AT&T’s best efforts to keep the iPhone 4 out of the hands of subscribers – we wrote about the server meltdowns that the overwhelming demand for the new iPhone had caused last week – the iPhone 4 hit eager hands starting June 24th and for some lucky folks who’d preordered, as much as a day earlier! And how it hit! Apple’s reported first three days sales of 1.7 million iPhone 4 models, besting launch records set by previous iPhone models, with the iPhone 3G and 3GS selling in the region of 1 million in the first weekend after launch. Almost makes the other news from last week – 3 million iPads sold in 80 days – pale in comparison, doesn’t it?
(image courtesy flickr user dcharti) Continue reading “A Byte of Apple: Our weekly wrap on all news Apple!”
The same guys who shared the video of the so called Nokia N9 have posted some cool pics of the device. This might be the E7 as it looks very similar to the E90 ! The hardware is marked as RM-626 and C0 and is a Nokia Protoype and not a final device. This is very old proto according to Eldar and final hardware might look different. How do you like the device if it was meant to be real ? It looks like a N8 with a 4-row QWERTY keypad.
UPDATE : E7 is official and here are authentic images
Samsung and Sprint have joined hands to launch the Samsung Epic 4G which is USA’s First 4G QWERTY Phone . The EPIC 4G is infact the rumored Galaxy S Pro and features the same Super AMOLED display. The HTC EVO 4G was the first 4G phone on Sprint and now the EPIC is the 2nd. More details follow .
The guys from NegriElectronics have kept their promise to show a video of the leaked Nokia device . They are still strongly calling it the N9. Till know we were pretty sure that the N9 might be a MeeGo phone. But this thing is running on Symbian 3. We are hearing from sources that the Nokia N8 has some siblings one of which might have a QWERTY keyboard. Having looked at the Keypad it reminds of the N97 mini but this one has 4 rows unlike the min with 3 rows. We are not convinced that this is the N9. This might be a N8-01 or N8-02 or simply N8 QWERTY. It can also be the E7 or in a rare case the C7 !
Watch the video after the break ! Continue reading “Is Nokia N9 a N8 with a QWERTY keyboard ?”
FoneArena presents the Unboxing of the Apple iPhone 4 which is selling like hot cakes in USA and UK. We managed to grab on from O2 UK so that we can bring you all the stuff about the latest iPhone ! Ours was the 32GB Black model. The phone uses the new microSIM card and we’ll show you a bit about it in the demo video below.
