The Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V is now available for pre-order in India from LetsBuy. The phone was announced last month. It runs on 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) and has 3.7 inch (854 x 480 pixels) LCD TFT display with Mobile Bravia Engine, 5 Megapixel Auto focus camera with 720p HD video recording, front camera for video calling feature and HDMI-out. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V up for pre-order at Rs. 17999”
Samsung has announced the GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus with 7-inch WSVGA(1024X600) PLS LCD display, 1.2GHz dual core processor and runs on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) OS. It is 9.96mm thin and weighs 345g. It also comes with 3 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a 2 MP front video calling camera. Continue reading “Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus announced”
Over at the Microsoft Canada page under the Windows Phone Mango app challenge , MS seems to have accidentally posted the name and some details of Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone devices.
Continue reading “Microsoft Canada mentions Nokia Sabre , 2nd Nokia Windows Phone device ?”
You saw the first impressions of the Vodafone Blue. Here is the FoneArena review of the Vodafone Blue 555 Facebook phone. This phone was launched in India earlier this month. It has dedicated Facebook button that lets you upload pictures, visit profiles and update status at a single click and a dedicated camera button. It has 2.4 inch screen, Full QWERTY keypad and an optical track pad for navigation. Continue reading “Vodafone Blue Facebook Phone Review”
Skype for Android has been updated to version 2.5.0.108 that brings 2-way video calling support to 14 more Android phones and tablets.The new version also supports video calling in some of the Android 2.2 (Froyo) devices. The Skype v2.1 brought the video calling support for 17 devices. Continue reading “Skype v2.5 for Android brings video calling support for 14 more devices”
Reliance Communications has roped in Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma as their brand ambassador. 2 new television commercials with Anushka Sharma and Rannvijay (of Roadies fame) would highlight the benefits of their Unlimited Talk Time and Call Connect features. Continue reading “Reliance Communications bags Anushka Sharma as their Brand Ambassador”
G’FIVE Mobile has launched 2 new phones, G66i and G99. The G66i is full touch phone and the G99 is touch and type phone with detachable keypad. Both these phones have Dual SIM support with Dual standby. Continue reading “G’FIVE launches G66i and G99 Dual SIM touch phones”
Flickr has launched their official app for Android. This lets you take photos, enhance them with filters, and quickly send to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more. You can also capture the image from the app and upload it to Flickr or select images from your collection. Continue reading “Flickr launches official app for Android”
Amazon today announced a handful of new Kindle e-reader products, including the first ever Kindle with a colour display – the Kindle Fire.
Firstly, Amazon has lowered the barrier of entry once again with a new entry level Kindle. For $79, the WiFi-powered Kindle Button features a none-touch 6″ e-ink display. It will be the first Kindle without a built-in QWERTY keyboard. The new Kindle Button will be available from today.
Next up is the $99 Kindle Touch. Like the Kindle Button, the Kindle Touch will not have a QWERTY keyboard. Instead text entry will rely on the infrared touchscreen similar to the technology used by Sony on their PRS e-readers. WiFi is included as standard. A 3G version is priced at $149. Both versions will be available from November.
Finally, Android has announced that it will be making its entry to the tablet market with the Kindle Fire. Priced at $199, the Kindle Fire will feature a 7″ IPS display and dual core CPU. It will run on a fork of Android, and thus will be compatible with Android apps. The Kindle Fire will be compatible with a few Amazon services announced today, including the multimedia orientated Whispersync and Amazon Cloud Storage. It will ship from November.
The new Kindle devices are available for pre-order today.
Keen on boosting the Xperia Play’s gaming credential, Sony Ericsson has today announced a partnership with Japanese video gaming developer and publisher Square Enix, to bring exclusive titles to the Xperia Play smartphone.
The first of such titles is Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a well received Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game, and will be released in November 2011. More established Square Enix hits will follow in the coming months. Continue reading “Lara Croft to make Android debut on Xperia Play”
The team behind SportsTracker , the popular exercise tracking service , just announced their plans to bring the mobile application to the Nokia N9.
Continue reading “SportsTracker app to be released for Nokia N9”
Nokia has launched the new Symbian Belle smartphones, Nokia 600, Nokia 700 and Nokia 701 in India. These phones were announced last month in Hong Kong, and they come with single-tap NFC pairing and sharing capabilities, 1 Ghz processor and 512 MB RAM. The Nokia 600 has powerful loudspeaker with the audio output of 106 phon and FM transmitter and FM receiver. The Nokia 700 is the thinnest Nokia smartphone which is just 9.7mm thick. The Nokia 701 features the brightest display on any smartphone,2 Microphones for stereo audio recording. All these phones come with common connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth 3.0, USB OTG support and A-GPS. Continue reading “Nokia launches Symbian Belle phones in India, priced between Rs.12999 and Rs.18999”
LG partners with Reliance to offer new plans on Reliance 3G for both prepaid and postpaid customers on purchase of LG Optimus 3D. These plans offer Free Voice, SMS, 3G Data and VAS services like Mobile TV pack. The LG Optimus 3D was launched in India last month. This offer is also available in 2G circles. Continue reading “Reliance 3G offers with LG Optimus 3D”
Looks like the clouds surrounding the future of MeeGo have finally cleared up. Intel has announced today that it is bidding farewell to MeeGo and joining Tizen project which is part of the Linux Foundation. The Tizen project was announced yesterday by the Linux foundation and the LiMo foundation as an open-source Linux based device software platform. Tizen covers smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The first devices powered by Tizen are expected to hit the market in mid-2012.
Continue reading “GoodBye MeeGo, Intel and Samsung team up for Tizen”
Steve Kondik, CyanogenMod’s chief developer, has confirmed that CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) will be coming to Sony Ericsson Xperia handsets in its upcoming release. They have been working with FreeXperia team to make this happen and this team is now part of the CyanogenMod development group. Continue reading “CyanogenMod 7 coming to Sony Ericsson Xperia handsets officially”
