Asus has officially announced on their Facebook Page that the Asus Transformer Prime would receive the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update Over the Air (OTA) start January 12th 2012 worldwide. They are also developing an unlock tool for the modding community who would like to have the bootloader unlocked. The warranty of the device will be void once the bootloader is unlocked and Google video rental and other DRM service would also be unavailable. Continue reading “Asus Transformer Prime ICS update to roll out starting January 12, Bootloader unlock tool to follow”
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Samsung Galaxy M Style Android smartphone launched in Korea
Samsung has launched the Galaxy M Style, new entry-level Android smartphone in Korea. It comes with 4-inch ( 640 × 480 pixels) capacitive super AMOLED touch screen display. It is powered by 1GHz single core processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It is just 9.9 mm thick with metal body and comes with a 3MP camera with secondary camera and 4GB internal memory with expandable memory up to 32GB. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M Style Android smartphone launched in Korea”
Aakash tablet online bookings reach 14 lakh in 2 weeks, UbiSlate 7 sold out till February
Bookings for the Aakash tablet has reached 14 lakh in just 2 weeks after the bookings opened last month, according a report from Economic Times. The UbiSlate 7 (upgraded Aakash tablet) has been renamed to UbiSlate 7+ recently. The UbiSlate 7+ (Aakash2 tablet) is also sold out on their official site till February, however you can book it for March. Continue reading “Aakash tablet online bookings reach 14 lakh in 2 weeks, UbiSlate 7 sold out till February”
Spice Mi-280 Dual SIM Android phone launched in India for Rs. 5123
Spice has launched another Dual SIM Android phone, Spice Mi-280 in India. This has 2.8 inch capacitive touchscreen, 3.2MP camera and VGA front camera. It is powered by 600MHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It also comes with 5-way key and touch navigation button. It is the successor of Spice Mi-270, Dual SIM Android phone that was launched last year. They also launched another Dual SIM Android phone, Mi-350n recently. Continue reading “Spice Mi-280 Dual SIM Android phone launched in India for Rs. 5123”
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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HTCdev bootloader unlocking tool updated to support phones launched after September 2011
HTC has announced that the latest HTC devices launched after September 2011 are now unlockable with the updated bootloader unlocking tool. They announced that they would offer an option to unlock the boot loader and launched the unlocking tool earlier this August starting with the HTC Sensation and have added more devices to the list since then. They also launched the HTCdev site with OpenSense S3D and Pen SDK along with the web tool for unlocking the boot loaders. Continue reading “HTCdev bootloader unlocking tool updated to support phones launched after September 2011”
Clingle partners with Red Bull for Sunburn 2011
Clingle, the geo-social mobile app that enables users to send location based personal messages with a picture or video or “Clings,” has partnered with Red Bull to provide the latest updates from Sunburn Goa 2011.
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Samsung Galaxy Note shipments exceed 1 million
Samsung has announced that they have shipped over 1 million units of the Galaxy Note globally since the launch in October this year, after the announcement on September in IFA. They have also said that the shipments are strong in the European countries such as France, Germany and are increasing steadily in Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Note remains one of the top favorite phones among people. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note shipments exceed 1 million”
LG PRADA 3.0 now available in Korea, hitting Europe in January
LG unveiled the PRADA 3.0, their 3rd generation PRADA phone in collaboration with LG earlier this month. The PRADA 3.0 is also the first PRADA phone to run on Android. The phone is now available for Korean customers. It features 4.3 inch (800 x 480 pixels) NOVA Plus display with 800-nit brightness. It is powered by 1.0 GHz Dual core processor with Dual Channel architecture and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) that is up-gradable to Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich. Continue reading “LG PRADA 3.0 now available in Korea, hitting Europe in January”
WD brings TV remote to Android market for it’s set top box
It’s time for the people who own Western Digital’s set top box to rejoice as now you can control the set top box with your Android phone. WD has finally launched the remote application for the TV on the Android market which can be downloaded by the users and use it to control your TV.
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JXD S7100 Gaming Tablet Announced
JXD, a Chinese manufacturer has just released a new tablet called the S7100. The tablet is essentially a gaming device with D-Pad and a set of other gaming controls. Continue reading “JXD S7100 Gaming Tablet Announced”
LG to roll out Android Ice Cream Sandwich update starting Q2 2012
LG has announced on their Official Facebook page that they would start rolling the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update starting Q2 2012. They already confirmed the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the LG Optimus 2x, Optimus Black, Optimus 3D and Optimus LTE devices last month. Continue reading “LG to roll out Android Ice Cream Sandwich update starting Q2 2012”
Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab won’t get ICS – Samsung’s Korean Blog explains WHY?
Bearing in mind as how Samsung just proclaimed its preliminary round of ICS updates, it veritably should not come as a revelation that neither the Galaxy S nor the Galaxy Tab made the ICS cut, adding to the extensive record of Android devices that will not legitimately be modernized to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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Sharp Android 2.3 AQUOS Phone IS14H Launched In Japan
The ever expanding smartphone market – Japan is receiving a new distinctive Android device from Sharp, the AQUOS Phone IS14H .he phone and as one might straight away correlate it to a feature phone, it is far from it. Apart from its slide-out numerical keypad nothing much can be compared.
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Galaxy Nexus Users Rejoice With Swype [Download]
Swyp e is a very famous app on the Android market and one of the best replacements for the stock Android keyboard. Swype can be used on various devices but the app was not updated to support devices running Android 4.0 but an XDA member – ‘theb1rdm4n’ customized Swype to work on the Galaxy Nexus. All those Galaxy Nexus users (using ICS) now have additional reasons to celebrate apart from the birth of Christ.
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