Microsoft has announced that they have signed a patent licensing agreement with LG that covers LG mobile phones, tablets and other electronics running on Android and Chrome OS Platform. Microsoft has already signed agreement with others Android and Chrome OS OEMs such as HTC, Samsung and Acer and 7 others, and LG is the 11th company to join the club. Continue reading “Microsoft signs Patent Agreement with LG for Android and Chrome devices”
Category: Android
Huawei MediaPad to ship with ICS, launches new MediaPad Color Series
Huawei has announced that MediaPad tablets would ship with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). They claim that this is the world’s first tablet to come pre-loaded with the new Android 4.0. They launched the MediaPad last June as the first Android 3.2 tablet. They have also launched new MediaPad Color Series that would run on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad to ship with ICS, launches new MediaPad Color Series”
Viewsonic ViewPad 10pi dual-boot and ViewPad 10e Android tablet announced
Viewsnic has announced ViewPad 10pi, dual-boot tablet and ViewPad 10e Android tablet at the CES 2012. The ViewPad 10pi has dual-boot option that runs on both Windows 7 Professional-based Tablet and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It comes with 10.1-inch capacitive multi-touch and runs on 1.5GHz (Oak Trail) Intel Atom 2670 processor and is the successor of Viewpad 10pro that was unveiled at MWC 2011. The ViewPad 10e has a 9.7-inch TFT-LCD (1024×768 pixels) capacitive touch screen display. It is powered by 1 GHz CPU and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Viewsonic ViewPad 10pi dual-boot and ViewPad 10e Android tablet announced”
Viewsonic ViewPad E70 ICS tablet and ViewPhone 3 Dual SIM Android smartphone announced
Viewsonic has unveiled a Android ICS tablet, ViewPad E7 and a Dual SIM Android smartphone, ViewPhone 3 at CES 2012. The ViewPad E70 comes with a 7-inch (800 x 600 pixels) display and is powered by 1GHz processor. It runs on the latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS. The E70 is a Dual SIM smartphone that comes with a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch display and runs on Android (Gingerbread) 2.3 operating system. Continue reading “Viewsonic ViewPad E70 ICS tablet and ViewPhone 3 Dual SIM Android smartphone announced”
Google Search for Android updated, gets new UI, country-specific suggestions and more
Google Search for Android has been updated to v1.3.3.247963 for previous ICS versions of Android that brings new color scheme and Simplified User Interface that is faster, search suggestions are now grouped by type and more new features. Continue reading “Google Search for Android updated, gets new UI, country-specific suggestions and more”
Samsung Galaxy Tab 620 launched in India
Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Tab 620, their new Android Honeycomb tablet in India. It appeared on online retail sites last week. It has 7-inch WSVGA(1024X600) PLS LCD display and is powered by 1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor. It runs on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and is 9.96mm thin, and weighs 345g. It has 3 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash with 720p HD video recording @ 30 fps and a 2 MP front video calling camera, 1GB RAM, 16 GB Internal memory that is expandable up to 64GB with MicroSD. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 620 launched in India”
Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield powered smartphone announced for China
Lenovo and Intel has partnered to bring Lenovo K800, first Android smartphone powered by Intel processor. This comes with a 4.5-inch 720p HD TFT LCD touch screen display, 8MP camera with Dual LED flash. It is powered by 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor Z2460 (code-named Medfield) with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and would run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with LeOS Skin on top. Continue reading “Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield powered smartphone announced for China”
Samsung Galaxy Note Review
Phone or Tablet ? Samsung themselves have been unable to decide how to promote the Galaxy Note. With a massive 5.3″ screen , active digitizer, the Galaxy Note is also the perfect note taking device. How does it cope up as a phone ? Read the FoneArena Galaxy Note review to find out.
T-Mobile unveils Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Attain 4G coming to MetroPCS for $199
Samsung and T-Mobile has unveiled the Galaxy S Blaze 4G that would offer upto 42 Mbps data speeds on HSPA+. It would come with Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor with 1.5 GHz dual core CPU, Super AMOLED touch screen display and pre-loaded entertainment apps. Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G is a mid range phone that would be available for MetroPCS. It features a 3.5-inch display, 1GHz processor and runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “T-Mobile unveils Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Attain 4G coming to MetroPCS for $199”
Economic Times app for Mobile phones and Tablets
The Economic Times, India’s most-read business newspaper and most-visited business and finance site is now available for all platforms for mobile phones and tablets such as iPad, iPhone, Android phone, BlackBerry, Nokia and Windows Phone. This would keep you updated with live business news and stock markets with live stock quotes from both the BSE and NSE. Continue reading “Economic Times app for Mobile phones and Tablets”
Intel and Motorola Mobility enter into Multi-Year Partnership
Intel showed off its smartphone reference design at CES 2012 and said that it will announce a smartphone partner soon and now the news has arrived. Intel has entered into a multi-year partnership with handset maker Motorola Mobility which will use Intel’s Atom’s chips in it’s Android smartphones.The phones will be shipping later this year.Motorola will continue to use Qualcomm and TI chips in its phones.The partnership includes tablets as well so we might see Motorola tablets powered by Intel silicon in the future. Continue reading “Intel and Motorola Mobility enter into Multi-Year Partnership”
Soon you can control your Washing Machine from your mobile phone
Have you ever dreamt about controlling your washing machine using your mobile phone ? The new WF457 Samsung Washing Machine supports WiFi and if your mobile phone (We guess only Samsung phones might be supported) is also on the same WiFi network. Using a smart phone application users can monitor cycle selections, remaining time and finishing alerts, as well as remotely start or pause the washing machine ! Continue reading “Soon you can control your Washing Machine from your mobile phone”
Asus Transformer Prime TF700T with 10-inch 1920 x 1200 res display announced
Asus has unveiled the Transformer Prime TF700T, upgraded version of the Transformer Prime TF201. This features a 10.1-inch (1920×1200 pixels) HD Super IPS+ display, 1.3 GHz Quad core Cortex A9, 12 core GeForce GPU and runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.01. Continue reading “Asus Transformer Prime TF700T with 10-inch 1920 x 1200 res display announced”
LG Spectrum with LTE and True HD display coming to Verzion on January 19 for $199.99
LG has announced Spectrum, a new Android phone with LTE support for Verzion. It comes with 4.5-inch True HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS 500-nit display with 329 PPI and Real-Stripe RGB pixels offer users clear viewing in direct sunlight and accurate true-to-life color rendering and is also scratch-resistant since it has Gorilla Glass. It is powered by 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread (updgradable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP camera with LED flash with 1080p video recording and 1.3MP secondary camera. Continue reading “LG Spectrum with LTE and True HD display coming to Verzion on January 19 for $199.99”
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 32GB now available for pre-order in UK, Shipping in February
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 32GB is now available for pre-order in UK from Clove. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Nexus in October but only 16GB version were available. UK Retailer Clove released the price for the Galaxy Nexus 16GB version but there was no sign of 32GB version. They also announced the White Galaxy Nexus last week that would be shipping early February. Now they have announced that the 32GB version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is available for pre-order. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Nexus 32GB now available for pre-order in UK, Shipping in February”