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Quadcore HTC Edge to be showcased at MWC 2012

Last year was not a great year for HTC, their target profit was not achieved and also their devices were overpowered by the smartphones and tablets coming out of Samsung’s camp . Partnership with Beats did not market their products to a great extent. This year they are expecting to make their device superior and more powerful, and they will be leading the charge with is the HTC Edge, a quadcore nVIDIA Tegra 3 powered beast, which they will be showcasing at MWC.

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Samsung Galaxy Note gets maintenance update

It’s really surprising to see Samsung pushing an OTA update and that too for a device which has been launched just a few months back. Well it is not a major Android 4.0 update, it is just minor maintenance update which updates the keyboard, lockscreen, browser brightness control, torch app.

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Samsung Galaxy ACE White Hands-On Pictures

I recently had opportunity to play with Samsung GALAXY ACE White edition which launched in India recently with Android 2.3.5. Here are some hands-on pictures for all FoneArena readers. Enjoy….

 

 

ACE in white looks quite stunning. Now its preloaded with Android 2.3.5 which provides performance boost to the ACE. It is quite smooth and snappy out of the box compared to Android 2.2 (Froyo). Other that the software it is similar to the black version of the Galaxy Ace The current MOP of ACE White edition is Rs. 14500/- in Mumbai, India.

Samsung Promises Better Battery Life in Smartphones

In recent years, manufactureres have managed to create phones that can even rival some of the dedicated computers in terms of performance. But the battery life is one aspect that hasnt improved over time.

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Samsung Omnia W Unboxing

Here is quick unboxing of the Samsung Omnia W , Samsung’s first Windows Phone to be launched in India.We already did a hands on from the India launch event last year. It is powered by a 1.4GHz CPU and sports a 3.7 in Super AMOLED display.It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system and one can download apps from the Windows Marketplace. Take a look at the video below where we unbox the device and also show you a really quick hardware overview of the device.

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Google restarts roll out of Android 4.0.2 update for Galaxy Nexus [Download]

A few weeks back the Galaxy Nexus users had reported about the device getting  4.0.2 update to their devices, but later we came to know that Google pulled off this update due to internal issues and now people from various countries using the Galaxy Nexus have reported that Android update 4.0.2 is rolling out for the GSM version.

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Tizen Screenshots Leaked; Might Run On Samsung I9500 Smartphone

Tizen OS is an open-source Linux-based project developed by Samsung, Intel and the Linux Foundation. According to the rumors, Samsung is expected to announce its first Tizen based device next month at the MWC 2012 in Barcelona.

We already know that MeeGo is dead! For the unknown, the Tizen OS is the successor of the MeeGo OS. It is an open-source Linux-based project developed by Samsung, Intel, Panasonic, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo and the Linux Foundation. According to the rumors, Samsung is expected to announce its first Tizen based device next month at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in Barcelona. The guys at SamMobile recently shared some screenshots of the new Tizen OS. Continue reading “Tizen Screenshots Leaked; Might Run On Samsung I9500 Smartphone”

AT&T Unveils The Samsung Galaxy Note LTE

AT&T officially announced the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy Note at the CES 2012 in Las Vegas. AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note will be available in 2 colors – carbon blue and ceramic white.

Last year, Samsung announced the company’s first phone/tablet hybrid device, the Samsung Galaxy Note. Samsung also announced that the global sales of Galaxy Note has finally crossed the 1 million mark within 2 months of its official launch. This was definitely a great news, since the device was not yet available in the US. We have already seen the leaked pics of the AT&T Galaxy Note couple of times. Now, AT&T officially announced the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy Note at the CES 2012 in Las Vegas. This device will be exclusively available for the AT&T customers in the US. Continue reading “AT&T Unveils The Samsung Galaxy Note LTE”

Samsung introduces line of wired , wireless mobile headsets

At CES , Samsung has unveiled its latest line of wired and wireless headsets for mobile users. Two wireless bluetooth enabled models are included while four wired headsets were introduced. The headsets are designed to be used across all devices so that users will experience superior audio, wide frequency performance, in-line audio controls and microphone for placing and answering calls and high-end style.

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Press images for AT&T branded Galaxy Note leaked

An AT&T branded Galaxy Note was already caught at FCC a few days back and this new leaked images are proof that Galaxy Note will be coming to AT&T around next month. Pocketnow was successul in somehow managing an image from the press release and we can clearly see the AT&T logo in the front of the device.

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Samsung Galaxy Note gets eco-friendly carbon labeling certification in Korea

Samsung Galaxy Note has received an eco-friendly carbon labeling certification in Korea. It was issued by the KEITI (Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute) on Dec 27 last year. This carbon labeling certification for the electronics was established in February 2009 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 received such certification in Korea last August. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note gets eco-friendly carbon labeling certification in Korea”

Now face unlock with Android 4.0 in your Nexus S

Nexus S received the Android 4.0 update a few weeks back though not all the features of ICS were available in the Nexus S update and one of the feature was Face unlock and the the main reason behind that was the VGA front camera. Many of the Nexus S users were really upset about the decision taken by Google, but the developer community is always there to look out for all the consumers and now this time they have taken the official update and have embedded face unlock into it.

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Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus announced, 3.65-inch display and 1 GHz Processor

Samsung has unveiled GALAXY Ace Plus, successor of Samsung GALAXY Ace. It comes with 3.65-inch TFT display and is powered by 1 GHz Processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It also comes with 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, Samsung ChatON mobile communication service and ThinkFree document editing tool. It comes with 3GB internal memory (2GB of shared storage capacity for multimedia content and up to 1GB of direct storage for applications) Continue reading “Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus announced, 3.65-inch display and 1 GHz Processor”

Samsung Galaxy S III/3D Might Feature Quad Core Processor

The first two Galaxy flagships – the Galaxy S and the Galaxy S II have had great success and Samsung are doing their best to make sure the next generation Galaxy flagship will grab everyone’s attention as well.

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