Windows Phone fansite , WPSauce , reporting live from the Windows Phone Dev Camp in India says that future versions of Windows Phone will support upto 120 languages. Equally interesting is the news that C++ native code support will be coming to Windows Phone in the near future.
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Samsung might announce a new Galaxy Tab with 2 GHz Exynos 5250 processor and a display with WXQGA (2560×1600 pixels ) resolution display at Mobile World Congress (MWC) according to androidandme. It would obviously run on the latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Samsung might announce Galaxy Tab with 2 GHz processor, high-res display at MWC 2012”
Samsung Galaxy S III has been on the radar from quite sometime, there were rumors that Samsung is reviewing their launch of the quadcore beast at MWC, meanwhile in UAE Samsung’s official page listed GT I9300 (Galaxy S III) under the Mobile product name. Which not only proves that Galaxy S III exists but also that it might come sooner than we expect.
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Samsung has reported 17% increase in net profit due to increase smartphone sales in Q4 2011. They reported a net profit of 4 trillion won ($3.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 47.3 trillion won in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011. The operating profit jumped 75.8 percent to 5.3 trillion won in the fourth quarter compared to last year. Continue reading “Samsung profit up 17% in Q4 2011”
Yahoo has announced that they would no longer support some of their mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry, citing pace of change in the mobile space. They said that they have to keep moving, to keep innovating, and to continuously measure and scrutinize what’s working and what isn’t. Some of their latest apps Livestand for iPad, Hub for Android, Play for Android and their popular Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, Sportacular and Flickr would remain. Continue reading “Yahoo kills some of their mobile apps”
HTC was the first manufacturer to take up Android, and it is still the number 1 in the most beautiful user interfaces on top of stock Android. Though I am not a big fan of any UI other than stock Android, Sense UI from HTC is the best and easiest user interface a consumer can get. The good looking widgets, transitions, customization options are simply unmatched by any other company. Now with the release of Android 4.0 HTC is coming up with a new version of Sense UI, Sense 4.0 for it’s Ice Cream Sandwich devices.
We all have been hearing about the quadcore Exynos which might feature in the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung mentioned in their earnings call today that currently they are sampling the Exynos 5250 SoC and will probably start the mass production for their devices from Q2 2012 on wards if everything goes right.
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Grand Theft Auto (GTA) III for Android has been updated to version 1.3 that brings new features such as support for Asus Transformer Prime and Medion LifeTab tablets. Rockstar games launched the first version, 1.2 on December 15 for Android and iPhone. The new version also comes with new features such as Haptic Feedback, SD card support and more. Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto III v1.3 update brings support for Asus Transformer Prime, new features”
BlackBerry Curve 9320 and Curve 9220 specs has surfaced in RIM’s 2012 lineup. According to the slides from BGR, these are expected to arrive mid-2012. These are aimed at emerging market and would come with BB OS 7.1 on board. Continue reading “BlackBerry Curve 9320 and Curve 9220 specs surface”
RIM’s 2012 lineup of devices has surfaced. This reveals new BlackBerry PlayBook with upgraded 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP processor and new BlackBerry curve devices. According to the slides from BGR, the upgraded PlayBook would come with 42Mbps HSPA+ Connectivity and NFC support, in addition to OS 2.0 in May or June. Continue reading “BlackBerry PlayBook 3G with 1.5GHz dual-core processor, NFC rumored”
Motorola Mobility has announced their financial Results for the fourth quarter of 2011. They have declared a net loss of $80 million on revenue of $3.4 billion last quarter. They managed to ship 10.5 million mobile devices, including 5.3 million smartphones and 200 thousand tablets in Q4 2011. They have shipped 42.4 million mobile devices and 1 million tablets for the full year of 2011. Continue reading “Motorola announces Q4 2011 earnings, 10.5M phones and 200K tablets shipped”
Mobile World Congress 2012 also known as MWC takes place in Barcelona next month from Feb 27-Mar 1.It is the biggest mobile event of the year and FoneArena is going to cover MWC 2012 in full force. As I was adding events to my calendar , I noticed that many events were overlapping. I decided to create this MWC 2012 calendar and made it public so that it will help other attendees plan their show as well. We have included product launches , important keynotes and of course the parties as well ! In case you want to add any event to our calendar or make changes to an existing event , feel free to email us mwc AT fonearena.com
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Nokia just published their Q4 2011 results with predictably dropping sales. What is interesting to note is that the Finnish cellphone manufacturer managed to sell over 1 million Lumia devices. Sales are 31% lower than the same quarter last year essentially selling 19.6 million units. These numbers however are 17% up since Q3 2011.
Nokia’s Q4 results report reveals that it has received a “platform support payment” from Microsoft to the tune of $250 million.
Nokia states that this fee is on a per quarter basis which means that it will be getting more such payments in the future. Over the course of the agreement , platform support payment are expected to figure in billions of dollars. Nokia still has to pay an OS licensing fee of approximately $27 per device sold to Microsoft.
Earlier, we had brought you the news that the LG PRADA 3.0 is set to arrive in UK sometime in early February. However it now seems that the phone will arrive earlier than expected.
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