RIM (Research in Motion) has finally announced the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook, after lot of rumors. It would be available in Canada starting from August 9th from Bell, Rogers and TELUS and would include support for 4G LTE networks along with HSPA+ with a Micro SIM card. Continue reading “4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook launching in Canada first on August 9th, others countries in coming months”
Hot on the heels of the FCC listing, The Verge has managed to get its hand on marketing documents for the upcoming Windows 8 tablet. Named as the ThinkPad Tablet 2, it will be powered by the dual-core Intel Clover Trail processor.
Continue reading “Lenovo to launch ThinkPad Tablet 2 aimed at business users”
Samsung has announced that they have started producing ultra-fast embedded memory for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in 16, 32 and 64-gigabyte (GB) densities. Samsung Embedded Multimedia Card (eMMC) Pro Class 1500 delivers up to 140 MB/s (megabytes per second) sequential reading speeds and up to 50 MB/s sequential writing speeds. It is much faster than the SanDisk iNAND Ultra embedded memory announced earlier this year. Continue reading “Samsung begins mass production of 64GB embedded flash memory for mobiles devices”
Rumors have been spreading that Research In Motion, manufacturer of BlackBerry devices, is handing over encryption keys for its enterprise services to the Government of India. To set matters straight, the company has issued a statement claiming the contrary.
Continue reading “BlackBerry enterprise security not compromised in India says RIM”
Founder of TAT (The Astonishing Tribe), Hampus Jakobsson has left RIM to get back to startup life. Jakobsson played a major role in the interface design of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphone OS.
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LG has launched Smartphone Idea Camp, an innovative online contest that would let customers stand a chance to win prices worth Rs. 15 Lakhs. Consumers need to submit unique app, feature, concept, service, design, UI ideas that they desire in their phones. If the idea gets selected, best ideas would get incorporated in LG’s future smartphone line-up and also win cash prize of Rs. 15, 00,000. Continue reading “LG India launches Smartphone Idea Camp contest”
HTC Desire VC that was announced along with the Desire V in June is now available in India from online retailer Saholic in India. It is a Dual SIM smartphone with Dual Active feature, and supports CDMA and GSM networks on each SIM cards. The specs are similar to the Desire V including, 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1GHZ single-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI. It is 9.42 mm thick and weighs 118 g. Continue reading “HTC Desire VC Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) smartphone now available in India for Rs. 20950”
Lenovo’s upcoming ThinkPad branded Windows 8 tablet just made a stop over at FCC for testing. Engadget previously got their hands on the tablet at Computex and report that the 10.1″ tablet is powered by an Intel Clover Trail CPU.
Continue reading “Lenovo ThinkPad tablet running Windows 8 shows up at FCC”
Sony has officially announced that they are investigating future Android OS upgrades for all devices including 2011 Xperia smartphones. John Cooper, Product Manager of Sony UK who attended an online Q&A session on Facebook last week said that XPERIA Arc S and the XPERIA mini Pro would not be upgraded to Jelly Bean. Sony says that the information from the spokesperson about the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) software development and rollout for 2011 Xperia smartphones was an error. Continue reading “Xperia smartphones from 2011 might get Jelly Bean update says Sony”
Range of slides with the details about Sony Xperia Tablet has surfaced on XDA developers forum. According to the source who claims to working for Sony, this first tablet under Xperia brand and would come with aluminium splash-proof body, 9.4-inch (1280 x 800) display similar to the Tablet S but would be powered by Tegra 3 quad-core CPU. It would run on Android 4.0 or later (we can expect Jelly Bean) and would come with a 1MP front-facing camera and a 8MP rear camera. It would be 8.8mm-thick, 42% thinner than the Tablet S. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Tablet with 9.4-inch display, Tegra 3 quad-core processor surface”
The ongoing Apple vs Samsung lawsuit has led to quite a few interesting revelations. With the patent trial kicking off in the US District Court yesterday, an interesting tid bit has just surfaced.
Continue reading “Samsung’s 11.8″ 2560×1600 tablet confirmed via Apple lawsuit documents”
Google’s Nexus branded 7″ tablet has been quite a success and buyers have been waiting for an official accessory line from the manufacturer, ASUS. After all the teasing, actual details have finally started flowing in regarding the accessory line up.
Continue reading “Official accessory line up for Nexus 7 leaked”
Micromax has introduced Funbook Pro, successor of the Funbook that launched in April. It is now available in India exclusively from online retailer Snapdeal. Other than the 10.1-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, most of the specs are similar including, 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor, 0.3MP VGA front facing camera and 3G via Tata Docomo Photon+ Dongle . The RAM has been upgraded to 1GB and it comes with 8GB internal memory with expandable micro SD slot and 5600 mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Funbook Pro 10.1-inch tablet running Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 9999”
Samsung Galaxy S Duos (S7562), Dual SIM Android phone has surfaced online along with the complete specs. The design looks similar to the Galaxy S III but according to GSMArena it is expected to comes with a Dual SIM support with dual standby, 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800) capacitive touch screen display and 1 GHz MSM7227A Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It would run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S Duos with Android 4.0 image and specs surface”
Multiple sources are claiming that the next big Apple product launch is about a month away. iMore is reporting a September 12th date for the event in which the new iPhone (iPhone 5) and a smaller version of the iPad (iPad Mini) will be launched. There have been multiple leaks of parts and cases related to new iPhone in recent weeks and the iPhone 4S is about to turn one this October.So the rumours might be pointing in the right direction.The new iPhone might go on sale on September 21st.
Continue reading “Apple iPhone and iPad Mini Launch Event might be set for September 12”
