Samsung launched the Galaxy Note in India yesterday at Rs.34500 and we got a chance to compare the beast with the Galaxy S2 and the iPhone 4S. Here are some pictures for you. The iPhone 4S looks so tiny next to the Galaxy Note’s 5.3 inch Screen.Some might feel that its a tablet sitting next to a phone. More pics after the break. The Note also packs a stylus on the back known as the S Pen
Motorola has launched two new tablets, Motorola Xoom 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition in UK and Ireland. Both these feature Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, displays with Corning Gorilla Glass and a splashguard coating. Both these tablets comes with 1.3 MP front and 5 MP rear-facing HD cameras with digital zoom, auto focus, and LED flash, 1GB RAM and 16 GB storage. Continue reading “Motorola Xoom 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition launched in UK and Ireland”
Samsung has launched their new Android smartphone device, the Samsung GALAXY Note. It has 5.3 inch (1280 x 800 pixels), 285 PPI HD Super AMOLED display which is the largest on any phone till date. It features 1.4GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has advanced pen-input technology, called the S Pen for sketching and artwork. It is 9.65mm thick and weighs 178g. Continue reading “Samsung GALAXY Note launched in India at Rs. 34990”
MachineWorks Northwest has launched the Android version of the popular game Duke Nukem 3D as they said last month. It is already available for iPhone and iPad. The Game is 28MB in size and it installs to the MicroSD card by default. Continue reading “Duke Nukem 3D now available for Android”
iOnRoad Augmented Driving app for Android uses the smartphone’s native camera and sensors to detect vehicles in front of the vehicle, alerting drivers when they are in danger. The VisualRadar, maps objects in front of the driver in realtime, calculating the user’s current speed using native sensor. It also shows audio-visual warning pops up to warn the driver of a possible collision, allowing them to brake in time. Continue reading “iOnRoad app for Android – Augmented Driving and Real-time collision detection for your Car”
With the impending Android 4.0 ie Ice Cream Sandwich release , Google has started rolling out updated applications for its own offerings to better match the UI of the new OS.
Continue reading “Google+ for Android updated to support Ice Cream Sandwich”
AT&T has announced their first LTE phone lineup with HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket that would be available from November 6. These smartphones uses both the LTE and HSPA+ 4G for a consistently fast connection in and out of LTE areas. The HTC Vivid has dual core 1.2 GHz processor 4.5-inch qHD display and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket is powered by 1.5 GHz dual core processor and has 4.5-inch SuperAMOLED Plus display. Both these phones run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “AT&T announces HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket LTE phones, coming on November 6”
Vodafone has launched Vodafone Mobile Application Store, Powered by Appia that has vast selection of over 10,000 free and paid applications for different mobile platforms such as Android, Java, Symbian and Blackberry. It shows Featured, Popular and New apps. The popular App categories includes games, entertainment, social networking and local culture. There are also Apps from the local providers, including Hungama, India Games and Nazara, Spice, and Vodafone-branded apps like Portfolio Tracker, Vodafone TV, and Chhota Comics. You can also search for the apps manually. Continue reading “Vodafone launches Appia powered Mobile Application Store in India”
Samsung Italy has reportedly mentioned which of their devices will be getting an upgrade to the latest version of Google’s Android OS – Ice Cream Sandwich. Continue reading “Samsung Lists Devices Eligible for Android Ice Cream Sandwich”
Garmin has launched their Garmin Fit app that would let the users track metrics such as speed, pace, distance, time, calories of their activities such as running, cycling and lots more. With the help of Garmin accessories it displays heart rate and cadence. It also maps and automatically uploads workouts to Garmin Connect. They have also launched their ANT+ adapter for iPhone allowing users to use their Garmin ANT+ accessories with their iPhone. Continue reading “Garmin launches Garmin Fit app for Android and iPhone and ANT+ adapter”
We already know that recently Samsung India has launched three new smartphones in 3 different platforms namely, Android, BADA and Windows Phone. We attended the launch event in Delhi and here are the hands-on photos of Samsung Galaxy Y. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Y Hands-On”
The Android Market surpassed 500,000 applications in the month of September. Although more that 37% of submissions have been taken out over the course time for an assortment of excuses, the Android Market transcended 500,000 issued applications last month as recorded by a mobile app market intelligence firm research2guidance. This firm also stated that the Apple’s App Store has had more than 600,000 bestselling submissions till date having 24% of apps have been removed. This is what the firm had to say – “Although Apple regularly cleans up its store from inappropriate or outdated content, its active application share still exceeds that of Android,” it also stated about Apple – “It is likely that the more rigid application submission requirements prevent developers from publishing multiple trial or low quality applications whereas publishers in the Android Market place a lot of market testing, trials, demo and malware content.”
Continue reading “Half a milion apps sold on the Android market.”
Lava mobiles has launched their first Android Smartphone, the LAVA S12 that is powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo). It is a sleek phone which is 13.5mm thick and has matte leather finish with rounded top and bottom edges. The hard keys and edges have metallic silver finish. It features 600MHz Qualcomm processor and has 3D home screen UI which is customizable that has unique smart folders and a rich set of animated 3D widgets. Continue reading “Lava Mobiles launches LAVA S12 Android Phone”
This morning I had the chance to play with Motorola’s newest Android smartphone – the RAZR. The impossibly slim smartphone is the thinnest I have ever held. At 7.1mm thickness, the RAZR best the Galaxy S2 by a full 1.4mm.
The RAZR’s specs are typical of what to expect from a late 2011 smartphone. Beneath the glossy and stylish metal exterior lies a Texas Instrument OMAP 4430 SoC with dual core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and PowerVR SGX540 GPU. In essence the RAZR is a DROID Bionic reborned for the international market after a diet and slight speed upgrade. Continue reading “Motorola RAZR hands-on”
Gameloft offers 6 iPhone, 3 iPad and 2 Android games as a treat for this Halloween. Their previous sale was earlier this month that offered Action games for iPhone and iPad. They have also announced their Halloween Trick or Treat Facebook contest that would let you win a Tablet. Continue reading “Halloween Treat: Gameloft iPhone, iPad and Android games at $0.99”
