In a new report published by Strategy Analytics, Samsung have snatched the top spot in the global smartphone market, shipping 27.8 million smartphones in the last quarter. Continue reading “Samsung Becomes Number One in Smartphone Shipments”
Limited Edition Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry Unveiled
RIM and Porsche took off the wraps from the P’9981 today. The phone is a limited edition Blackberry OS7 based smartphone to be sold only at select Porsche dealerships.
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Motorola Droid 4 spotted in the wild
Droid-Life have got their hands on a photograph of a handset said to be the Motorola Droid 4. The Android based smartphone comes with a slide out 5 row QWERTY keyboard. The design is highly inspired by the recently launched Droid RAZR.
New Firmware update (FW 025.007) for Nokia N8 in India (Symbian Anna)
We have just received the new FW 025.007 to our Nokia N8 Dark Grey. Nokia N8 in India has already received Symbian Anna FW 022 and now this new firmware is more towards bug fixing and improving performance of the Nokia N8. Continue reading “New Firmware update (FW 025.007) for Nokia N8 in India (Symbian Anna)”
Nokia Kinetic concept phone with flexible display hands-on
Nokia is demoing a concept phone with flexible display at Nokia World 2011 in London. The Nokia Kinetic by Nokia Research division works by bending and twisting the device in each corner in order to register input.
The Nokia Kinetic is a landscape device with two working applications, Music and Pictures, no doubt created as proof of concepts. For example bending in the device towards you will open the application.
Below is a video demo of the Nokia Kinetic and how it works. There are currently no plans to bring this screen technology to the market but this is merely a sneak into what Nokia has in store for us.
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Formula One Apps for Nokia phones
The first ever Formula One Grand Prix starts from October 28 till October 30 in India. Here are some of the apps for your Nokia phone to follow the F1 Races and to keep you busy during the Formula one weekend that offers news, stats, player information and lots more. Continue reading “Formula One Apps for Nokia phones”
Samsung Wave 3 Hands-On
We already know that recently Samsung India has launched three new smartphones in 3 different platforms namely, Android, BADA and Windows Phone. We attended the launch event in Delhi and here are the hands-on photos of Samsung Wave 3. Enjoy… Continue reading “Samsung Wave 3 Hands-On”
Garmin launches Garmin Fit app for Android and iPhone and ANT+ adapter
Garmin has launched their Garmin Fit app that would let the users track metrics such as speed, pace, distance, time, calories of their activities such as running, cycling and lots more. With the help of Garmin accessories it displays heart rate and cadence. It also maps and automatically uploads workouts to Garmin Connect. They have also launched their ANT+ adapter for iPhone allowing users to use their Garmin ANT+ accessories with their iPhone. Continue reading “Garmin launches Garmin Fit app for Android and iPhone and ANT+ adapter”
Samsung Galaxy Y Hands-On
We already know that recently Samsung India has launched three new smartphones in 3 different platforms namely, Android, BADA and Windows Phone. We attended the launch event in Delhi and here are the hands-on photos of Samsung Galaxy Y. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Y Hands-On”
[Breaking] Sony buys out Ericsson’s 50% share in Sony Ericsson
We’re still waiting for more information regarding this but Reuters reports that Sony has bought out Ericsson’s 50% share in the Sony Ericsson joint venture. Sony Ericsson has recently completed 10 years of the JV and started off making feature phones and the iconic Walkman , Cybershot series of devices.
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Formula One Apps for BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook
The first ever Formula One Grand Prix starts from October 28 till October 30 in India. Here are some Apps for the BlackBerry Smartphones and the BlackBerry PlayBook that will give you the latest updates and keep you busy on the Formula one weekend. Continue reading “Formula One Apps for BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook”
Half a milion apps sold on the Android market.
The Android Market surpassed 500,000 applications in the month of September. Although more that 37% of submissions have been taken out over the course time for an assortment of excuses, the Android Market transcended 500,000 issued applications last month as recorded by a mobile app market intelligence firm research2guidance. This firm also stated that the Apple’s App Store has had more than 600,000 bestselling submissions till date having 24% of apps have been removed. This is what the firm had to say – “Although Apple regularly cleans up its store from inappropriate or outdated content, its active application share still exceeds that of Android,” it also stated about Apple – “It is likely that the more rigid application submission requirements prevent developers from publishing multiple trial or low quality applications whereas publishers in the Android Market place a lot of market testing, trials, demo and malware content.”
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AT&T CEO says ‘Tremendous demand’ for free iPhone 3GS
AT&T noted that it sold a gross of 4.8 million smartphones in the interim of the third quarter, 2.7 million of them being iPhone activations. Highly astounding for a phone, that was released in June, 2009. After the debut of the iPhone 4S, Apple proclaimed that the 3GS was free with an AT&T contract and that the iPhone 4 would plummet to $99 with a contract.
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iOS developers noted to make more profit from app sales than Google makes from its mobile business
Adhering to Google’s third-quarter earnings report in the previous week, David Barnard, founder of App Cubby, established an intriguing observation on his company’s blog, Google declared a run rate of $2.5 billion for its cellular ad revenue based on third-quarter earnings, up from $1 billion a year previously.
Co-founder of SIRI, Kittlaus departs from Apple
As per a new report that has come in, claims have been made that Dag Kittlaus (co-founder of Siri), who was in charge of overseeing Apple’s augmentation of the service, has departed from the Cupertino, Calif.-based company as the iPhone 4S is in the market and ready for sale.
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