The UEFA Euro 2012 has already started. Here are some sports apps for BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook tablet. These apps not only offer you soccer scores, but also scores from other sports such as Baseball, Tennis, Formula One, Basketball and more. Continue reading “Sports apps for BlackBerry Smartphones and PlayBook”
Father’s Day is an occasion to mark and celebrate the contribution our fathers have made to our life. Here are some apps for your Samsung bada and Android phones to celebrate this unique day which surely will make the life of father’s fun, easy and more productive. Father Day is celebrated on June 17th Sunday 2012 in most of the countries including India. Continue reading “Father’s Day apps for Samsung bada and Android phones”
Spy shots of Nokia Vertu phone running Windows Phone 8 OS has surfaced in a Chinese site bbs.ngacn.cc. Nokia today announced their plans to sell Vertu, their luxury phone division to EQT VI in Europe, so we might not see this device. This is just an early prototype, and it’s not new that a prototype device gets leaked. Sony Ericsson Windows Phone prototype leaked earlier this year. Continue reading “Nokia Vertu prototype running Windows Phone 8 surface”
Nokia has today announced its intention to acquire mobile imaging company, Scalado. As part of its plans to bolster its imaging related IP, Nokia will be acquiring all developers and technology from the company which has been working closely with Nokia for the better part of the decade.
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As part of their ongoing strategic changes, Nokia just announced a major shake up in senior management along with major restructuring in terms of facilities and overheads. The biggest of these changes is going to be the 10,000 strong global job cut. Of these 3,700 employees will be from Finland which we’re hearing is about 25% of the work force based out of Finland.
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Max Payne Mobile is now available for Android devices as the Rockstar Games promised earlier this week. The iPhone and iPad app released in April. The games offers complete Max Payne experience that was available in the PC game and has been optimized for Android to offer HD graphics, high-resolution textures, Social Club connectivity, user-customizable controls gamepad support for select USB controllers. It is also optimized for NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processors. Continue reading “Max Payne Mobile for Android now available for Download”
Nokia today announced a new bluetooth headset by the name of “Nokia Reaction” via its Youtube channel. The USP of the headset is the improved version of Nokia’s Always Ready technology which makes it easier to shift calls between headset and handsets.
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Motorola Razr Maxx is now available for pre-order in India from online retailer Infibeam. The LTE version, Droid Razr Maxx for Verizon was unveiled at CES 2012 earlier this year and the 3G HSPA version was announced in April. It was priced in UKin soon after that. It comes with a 3300 mAh battery, which offers up to 17.6 hours of talk-time and 607 hours standby on a single charge. It is 8.99 mm thick and weighs 145 grams.
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A developer has managed to run iOS apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook via an iOS player. The developer called businesscat2000 has posted several videos on the CrackBerry forums after which they tested him to prove the videos are real. RIM brought support to run Java and Android apps via App players last year and is prepping for the next BlackBerry 10 OS launch that would also be available for the PlayBook which would bring new features. Continue reading “Developer manages to run iOS apps on BlackBerry PlayBook”
Here is the FoneArena review of the Huawei Honor. It was announced last year and was showcased at MWC 2012. It was available in India in April and officially launched by mid-April. It is Huawei’s first high-end phone available in India. Let’s get into the review. has 4-inch ( 854 x 480 pixels) LCD capacitive touchscreen display and is powered by 1.4GHz single-core processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is upgradable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The ICS demo ROM released last year for the Chinese market. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Review”
Samsung has launched TecTiles Programmable NFC Tags that can be customized to launch apps, send text messages, share contact information, change phone settings, send text messages automatically and more, with NFC-enabled Galaxy smartphones. Sony already launched Smart Tags, their own programmable NFC tags along with the Xperia S and the other NXT series of smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung TecTiles Programmable NFC Tags launched”
Nokia has finally launched the 808 PureView, their flagship camera phone with 41MP sensor. Nokia announced the Nokia 808 PureView at MWC 2012 and said it would launch in May 2012, but it was delayed. They announced last week that it would launch mid-June and sent us an invite for today’s launch event. It even got a price tag on their Nokia store yesterday. It has 4-inch (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED CBD display with Gorilla Glass protection, 1.3 GHz processor and runs on Nokia Belle FP1 OS. Continue reading “Nokia 808 PureView launched in India for Rs. 33,899”
Sony has announced Xperia tipo and tipo dual, new affordable Android smartphones. These phones have 3.2-inch (480 x 320 pixels) 262 000 color TFT display and is powered by 800 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It offers xLOUD audio Experience and the Xperia tipo dual has dual SIM support with one touch SIM switch key. Continue reading “Sony Xperia tipo and tipo dual with 3.2-inch display, Android 4.0 announced”
Sony has unveiled Xperia Miro, their new phone running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream sandwich) on their Facebook page. It has 3.5-inch display and comes with 5MP camera with flash, video recording at 30 fps and secondary video calling camera. It has unique illuminations for incoming messages and social updates and has Xperia with Facebook app. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Miro with 3.5-inch display and Android 4.0 announced”
The folks at BGR.in have just posted that the Nokia 808 PureView has got a new price tag of Rs.33899 on the Nokia Store with an unconfirmed MRP of Rs.34999. The 808 PureView packs a whopping 41 Megapixel Camera sensor with a Xenon flash and capable for recording 1080p videos.From the little time , I have had with the device since Mobile World Congress, CTIA and Nokia India events , I totally want one as I have owned the Nokia N82, N86 8MP and the N8. The PureView is a must have if you are camera phone freak like me. Only thing which is not so fancy about the PureView is the Symbian OS but then that is the OS which has good image processing capabilities. Continue reading “Nokia 808 Pureview gets a price tag of Rs.33899 on Nokia Store few hours before India launch”
