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Nokia N8 is the World’s First Dolby Digital Plus phone

As we were told in the Nokia N8 QnA , this upcoming Symbian^3 phone does Video playback with 5.1 surround sound and it does have something special to offer as Dolby and Nokia have joined hands to make the Nokia N8 the World’s first Dolby Digital Plus phone. We have tried the Dolby Effects on the LG Arena and it was quite impressive . Nokia has been quite late to get Dolby on its phones but seems like we’ll see it quite a number of Nokia handsets starting with the N8

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Fennec Pre-Alpha Version Now Available For Android

The pre-alpha version of Fennac was recently made available for Android devices. Currently it works only on Nexus One and Motorola Droid. Since this is the pre-alpha version, it may have lots of bugs, but it works almost perfectly on these devices.

The pre-alpha version of Fennac was recently made available for Android devices. Currently it works only on Nexus One and Motorola Droid. Since this is the pre-alpha version, it may have lots of bugs, but it works almost perfectly on these devices. This build requires Android 2.0 or above and an OpenGL ES 2.0 capable device.

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LG Finally Launches The Android Powered Optimus

LG recently launched the Android powered budget smartphone, the LG Optimus. This handset runs on the Android 1.6 operating system. It comes with a 3 inch touchscreen display, 3 megapixel camera, 32 GB expandable memory.

LG recently launched the Android powered budget smartphone, the LG Optimus. This handset runs on the Android 1.6 operating system. It comes with a 3 inch touchscreen display, 3 megapixel camera, 4 GB in-built memory, 32 GB expandable memory and much more. Check out the specs of this device below.

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HTC Wildfire Android Phone Leaked

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is known to be a source from which many leaks are spotted. But usually they just post blueprints of phones and not the real live photos. But this time, that’s exactly what they did.

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Windows Live Messenger for Apple iPhone

Back in December 2009, rumours were going around about a Windows Live Messenger application for the Apple iPhone. It seems that it is true and here are some screenshots of the Windows Live Messenger which are said to be the official screenshots from Microsoft.

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Nokia N8 Questions and Answers

We are part of the first official Question and Answer session around the Nokia N8 Q&A. We have been covering the N8 ever since it leaked. Since the Nokia N8 has got a 12 MP best of the class Camera sensor. Some may see it as Camera with a SIM card slot.

There have been a lot of questions from users about N8 . Is the battery non-removable ? When will it start shipping ? What makes the Camera special ?

Looking at the Camera samples , the N8 looks like a Camera with a SIM card slot.

Folks from Nokia were bombarded with questions about the N8 by a group of bloggers CJ , Rafe , Micky , Farhan and our very own Varun

Dive in to find out

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Android Powered Samsung Galaxy A Launched In South Korea

Samsung recently launched its first Android powered smartphone Samsung SHW-M100S in South Korea. This handset is currently available on the airwaves of wireless operator SKT. This handset is called as “Samsung Galaxy A” in the South Korea.

Samsung recently launched its first Android powered smartphone Samsung SHW-M100S in South Korea. This handset is currently available on the airwaves of wireless operator SKT. This handset is called as “Samsung Galaxy A” in the South Korea. This device has an amazing 5 megapixel camera with HD (720p) video recording.

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Install Android On iPhone 2G

Here is a good news for iPhone 2G users. Now you can install Android OS in your iPhone 2G by following a simple tutorial, which was recently posted by the guys at Android A Lot.

Here is a good news for iPhone 2G users. Now you can install Android OS in your iPhone 2G by following a simple tutorial, which was recently posted by the guys at Android A Lot. You can install Android 1.6 on your iPhone 2G from Mac, Windows as well as from Linux. To learn more, check out the video below.

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Microsoft and HTC sign Patent Agreement

In a interesting turn of events Microsoft who is the maker of Windows Mobile Operating System has signed a Patent agreement with  phone maker HTC. Taiwan based HTC has been one of the biggest supporters of Windows Mobile so far and now they are one of the major adopters of Android with handsets like the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire and Legend.As a part of the new agreement HTC will have to pay Microsoft a royalty. Looks like Android OS has some Intellectual Property issues.

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Nokia N8 Camera Samples – 12 Megapixel Glory

The Nokia N8 packs a 12 Megapixel Camera and might have the largest camera sensor on a mobile phone ever !  Nokia has shared some amazing untouched , unedited photos straight from the N8’s Camera

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Nokia slaps Mobile-Review on the face , ask for N8 prototype back

In a interesting turn of events , Nokia has officially made a comment about the early N8 preview by Russian site Mobile-Review .  Although they are explicitly mentioning about Eldar or Mobile-Review , anyone who has been tracking the blogs or twitter updates will surely know about the negative remarks of the N8 made by the Russian blogger after he played with a prototype handset

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