Apple has purchased AuthenTec that offers fingerprint security on PCs and mobile devices for $356 million. The company also develops encryption technology, fingerprint sensors and identity management software. Some of their current customers include, Cisco, Fujitsu, HBO, HP, Lenovo, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Texas Instruments. Continue reading “Apple buys security firm AuthenTec for $356 million”
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Motorola and Nextel Announce i867 Ferrari Smartphone
Motorola has announced the i867 Ferrari smartphone with Push to Talk in Brazil in partnership with Nextel. The phone’s design is inspired by the Ferrari 458 Italia and the back cover is designed to resemble the hood of the car.
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IDC: Mobile Phone Market Q2 2012 – Samsung, Apple top Smartphone vendors by shipments
Samsung, Nokia and Apple are the leading Mobile vendors by shipments once again in Q2 2012, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). Mobile phone market grew 1% year over year in Q2 2012 with worldwide shipments of 406.0 million units compared to 401.8 million units in Q2 2011. Continue reading “IDC: Mobile Phone Market Q2 2012 – Samsung, Apple top Smartphone vendors by shipments”
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Preview
At the Mobile Benchmarking Workshop here in San Francisco , Qualcomm showed off it’s next generation Quadcore mobile processor – the Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ 8064) . And guess what Qualcomm just did not make just a boring announcement about a chipset and that the devices using the chip will be in the market later this year. But , Qualcomm let us use a tablet (prototype obviously ) which uses the new quadcore chip with 4 Krait cores along with the new Adreno 320 GPU. We ran a lot of tests on this device and this device hit the ball out of the park in most cases.Interesting numbers are reported below. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Preview”
NVIDIA announces support for Miracast wireless display standard for Tegra 3 devices
NVIDIA has announced that they would bring support for Miracast, open wireless display standard that was announced earlier this May. It would let Tegra 3 users to instantly stream content including photos and HDTVs to any Miracast-enabled display. The quad-core Tegra 3 chip would also let you stream intensive games such as ShadowGun THD which is Tegra 3-optimized game on to HDTVs. Continue reading “NVIDIA announces support for Miracast wireless display standard for Tegra 3 devices”
Nuance introduces support for ‘Hinglish’ language in Swype
Most Android users have tried and tested the Swype keyboard which relies on quite literally swiping your fingers across the on-screen keyboard. It uses adaptive learning capabilities and smart algorithms to type out the current word and more. Nuance today announced that keeping in mind the Indian market where users tend to mix English and Hindi while messaging, they’ve worked on a special ‘Hinglish’ keyboard. The keyboard has a dictionary of several thousand words which are often used including chai, paani, desi, garam, masti, jungli amongst others.
In addition, the application is much smarter than before due to its added capabilities like Next Word Prediction and Multi-Modal Keyboard which are detailed below.
Asphalt 7: Heat finally arrives for Android
Gameloft has finally released the Asphalt 7: Heat for Android, after a month after they released the game for iPhone and iPad. It offers even more action, challenges than the previous versions and the most life-like graphics ever! Continue reading “Asphalt 7: Heat finally arrives for Android”
Samsung Omnia M now available in India for Rs. 16,400
Samsung Omnia M that was announced in May is now available in India from official Samsung eStore. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and has 4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super AMOLED display, 1 GHz processor and 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia M now available in India for Rs. 16,400”
Samsung introduces Galaxy S3 London Olympics special edition flip cover
Samsung, Worldwide Olympic Partner for Wireless Communications Equipment has launched London Olympics special edition flip cover in UK. They have also partnered with Holiday Inn for providing Galaxy S3 users with an app that would let them use their smartphone as a room key or a portable hotel interphone, and to turn on/off the TV, Air conditioner, lights, and A/V in the Holiday Inn group of hotels. In addition, this app also local information, location-based offers and news. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Galaxy S3 London Olympics special edition flip cover”
Penta T-Pad IS701C running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 4,999
Pantel Technologies has launched T-Pad IS701C, their new tablet running on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) 16 million color Multi Touch Capacitive touch screen display with 16:9 aspect ratio and is powered by 1 GHz processor. It has WiFi and supports 2G and 3G via USB Dongles for data connectivity.
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Apple reveals Q3 2012 earnings: Net profit of $8.8 billion, $35 billion in revenues
Apple just announced its quarter 3 earnings for 2012 and the numbers appear to be slightly lower than the $37.4 billion expected by analysts. The Cupertino based company has reported quarterly net profits of $8.8billion which comes down to earnings of $9.32 per share.
Study Buddy for BlackBerry exclusively launched for Vodafone customers
Chennai: IMS, leader in management entrance exam training has launched Study Buddy app for competitive exam preparation. It is powered by intellectually rich and research-based content and offers mock tests for premier MBA entrance exams such as CAT and CMAT. It also offers placement tests used by leading IT and other organizations for campus recruitment. IMS launched the app in Pune last week. Continue reading “Study Buddy for BlackBerry exclusively launched for Vodafone customers”
INTEX i-Buddy 7-inch tablet running Android 4.0 launched in South India for Rs 6,490
INTEX has launched i-Buddy tablet, their second Android tablet. They launched the iTab, 8-inch Android tablet earlier this March which got a price cut in May. This new INTEX i-Buddy tab has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 1 GHz processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and is just 9mm thick. It also has a front-facing camera for easy video chatting using apps like skype. Continue reading “INTEX i-Buddy 7-inch tablet running Android 4.0 launched in South India for Rs 6,490”
Huawei Ascend G300 and Y200 launched in India for Rs. 13490 and Rs. 8190
Huawei has launched their new Android smartphones Ascend G300 and Ascend Y200 in India. The G300 is the first smartphone in the Ascend G (gold) series and it packs in 4-inch ( 800×480 pixels) display and is powered by 1GHz processor. It has 5MP auto focus camera with LED Flash. The Ascend Y200 lies in youth series and has Stylish U form design with premium looks and 3D texture on back. it packs in a 3.5-inch (320×480 pixels) display, 800 MHz processor and 3.2MP camera. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G300 and Y200 launched in India for Rs. 13490 and Rs. 8190”
LG Quick Voice is now ‘Q Voice’, Global English version coming in 2013
LG announced the Quick Voice, their own intelligent voice recognition app for Optimus devices last month. The company has now renamed it to Q Voice. This voice recognition app would let the users call contacts, on the address book, set alarm, set appointments on the calendar and open apps, open maps to view directions, check weather forecasts, stocks, open YouTube videos and much more using voice commands. Continue reading “LG Quick Voice is now ‘Q Voice’, Global English version coming in 2013”