Samsung Galaxy 5 Review: The Small Android Your Non-Geeky Friends Will Love

The story with Android has been quite similar these last few years: manufacturers seem to always be on the run to deliver bigger, faster, better, devices with more specs inside than anyone can humanly memorize. Dual-Core processors, 4.3″ screens, 3D displays, HD video recording… are all interesting, except they target what? maybe 5-10% of the users. The rest, well, they get very confused and somewhat overwhelmed with these features. They want a phone, that’s it. Maybe they want Facebook in there, a camera of sorts, and email would be a nice plus. For those, the Samsung Galaxy 5 is perfect.

The Galaxy 5 is the smartphone brother of the iconic Samsung Corby, a device with a simple design, dedicated keys for calls, quite limited features in terms of camera and other hardware, but it packs Android Eclair 2.1 instead of Samsung’s dumbphone OS. But the question is does this mix work?

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Dell Venue Pro comes with Copy Paste NoDo update in India

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Dell Venue Pro might be the first Windows Phone 7 handset to come with the Copy-Paste NoDo update pre-installed as we found today a in handset we were able to get our hand on here in India. We were kinda surprised that copy/paste worked out of the box.

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Audioboo Comes To The Ovi Store Worldwide

Almost a year ago, I discovered the joys of using Audioboo for covering live events on Twitter. See, Audioboo is kind of the audio version of Twitpic for Twitter. You get 5 minutes of audio recording, and you can set that to be automatically sent to Twitter with a link to listen to the Boo. Quite simple, and when you want to get live impressions of people, it works wonderfully well. Except that there wasn’t a version for Symbian before and I had to use my iPod Touch and wait until I had WiFi around to upload my Boos, which defeated the purpose of its instantaneous approach.

Well, that problem is now solved as Audioboo has recently been launched in the Ovi Store, and after a few days of being limited to the UK only, is now available worldwide.

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Apple iPad 2 vs BlackBerry Playbook specs comparison

Finally the much awaited Apple iPad 2 was launched at San Francisco, which will start shipping from March 11, 2011.  The Apple iPad 2 undergoes some  updates, powered by Apple A5 processor and the latest iOS version 4.3. And also we have the BlackBerry’s first tablet, the Playbook, gearing up for a grand launch next month to take on the iPad2. Continue reading “Apple iPad 2 vs BlackBerry Playbook specs comparison”

Apple Might Launch Unlimited Music Download Service on iTunes

Apple is apparently in talks with major companies such as  Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music to make purchased music more easily accessible to users. Sources claim that an agreement might be made as early as mid 2011.

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Rumour : BlackBerry Messenger Service headed to Android and iOS

So here is the news for all those who dont use a BlackBerry, but always wanted to have a similar version of a BlackBerry Messenger service on their phones. Research In Motion(RIM) is  finally planning to bring their exclusive BlackBerry Messenger app service to Android and iOS . The company may offer the software free  to download or may charge users a one-time fee to access their BBM services on third-party platforms.

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Nimbuzz Releases Premium Version In The Ovi Store

I switch mobile phones quite often and whenever I get a new Symbian phone, I have a specific routine of 30 minutes, including removing the useless stuff away from the Main Menu, changing some settings and installing Whatsapp, Gravity and Nimbuzz. You can be certain that if any of these 3 applications aren’t there, I won’t be using the phone at all.

Nimbuzz has easily become the default Instant Messaging applications for Symbian, thanks to its one-login that imports all IM accounts instead of having to setup each one separately. Lately, it also added compression which made the app snappier for all tasks and decreased its data usage. But for the past few versions, Nimbuzz has been trying to get some revenue out of its free service by displaying ads in its chat window, which are non-intrusive but may annoy some people nonetheless. Enter the premium Ad-Free version of Nimbuzz, now available in the Ovi Store for about 2.29$. This new Ad-Free version of Nimbuzz currently offers 3 advantages over the free version.

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Get The Promised Symbian Overhauled Look Right Now

One thing Symbian has never had a lack of is excellent theme designers. Ever since the S60 2nd Edition days, you would simply have to hit up a small search on the internet to find hundreds upon hundreds of theme overhauls to help you personalize your device and always keep it feeling fresh. If fresh is what you’re aching for, then we’ve got just the thing for you.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo available for Pre-Order in India

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo is now available for pre-order at Flipkart, with a price tag of  Rs 24,999. The smartphone is the next device ready to be launched from the Xperia line-up. The Xperia Neo is expected to start shipping from the second week of April 2011. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo available for Pre-Order in India”