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According to a report by research firm Berg Insight, global shipments of handsets featuring Near Field Communication (NFC) has reached 30 million units in 2011 from about 3 million units in 2010. With 87.8% increase annually, shipments are expected to reach 700 million in 2016. Continue reading “NFC-enabled handset shipments reach 30 million units in 2011”
Images of Dual SIM HTC smartphone, HTC T328w Wind has surfaced in China. This has Dual SIM support along with Dual Standby and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This phone belongs to HTC Dragon series that was announced last month in China and comes with a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super LCD WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, single-core 1Ghz processor and Beats audio support. Continue reading “Dual SIM HTC T328w Wind running Android 4.0 surfaces in China”
NTT Docomo has announced the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for 18 devices in their docomo with series, docomo NEXT series and docomo tablets. Some of these devices were announce in May and October 2012. The Xperia Acro and NX SO-02D were announced this January. Continue reading “NTT Docomo announces Android 4.0 update for 18 devices, to roll out starting July 2012”
Carbon for Twitter which had made a name for itself on the doomed WebOS platform recently made the jump to Windows Phone 7. Increasing its reach a bit , it is now also making its way to the exceptionally popular Android platform. The developers put up a short video demoing its refreshing new UI today.
Continue reading “Carbon for Android previewed on video , Looks fantastic”
AT&T and Nokia has announced that Nokia Lumia 900 would be available exclusively in the U.S. from them on April 8 for $99.99. Nokia and AT&T announced the Lumia 900 with AT&T’s 4G LTE support at CES 2012 in January. The Nokia Lumia 900 has 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor. It has 8 MP camera on the back with Nokia’s Carl Zeiss optics and a front-facing camera which was missing in the 800. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and has 1830 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T on April 8 for $99.99”
HTC has confirmed on their Facebook page that HTC One X, their first Quad-core smartphone would launch in India in April 2012. HTC announced the HTC One X at the MWC 2012 last month. It packs in 4.7 inch Super LCD HD display as well as a 1.5 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-Core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Operating System with HTC Sense 4 UI and has Beats audio integration. Continue reading “HTC One X launching in India in April”
The long awaited version of Instagram for Android is right around the corner as was revealed by co-founder Kevin Systrom at SXSW. In anticipation for the impending release , Instagram has opened up a sign up page so that Android users will be notified as soon as the app goes live on the store.
Instagram is an incredibly popular photo sharing service which lets users apply filters to images. Used by over 27 million users, the service has so far been an iOS exclusive. Systrom has previously claimed that the Android app is even better than the much lauded iOS application. There is no set date for the application to go live but you can sign up at the link below to be informed about it as soon as it does.
[Via – Instagram]
Uninor has launched a new festive offer called Ugadi Unlimited Offer for prepaid GSM subscribers in Andhra Pradesh. In this offer customers recharging with either STV 198 or STV 199 during the 10 day Ugadi period will stand a chance to win exiting prizes like Samsung LCD TV, DVD players, MP3 player, Pen drives, Wall clocks, Travel bags and many more. Continue reading “Uninor launches ‘Ugadi Unlimited Offer’ in Andhra Pradesh”
LG Optimus LTE P936 hands-on images has surfaced online along with benchmarks. This phone looks similar to the Optimus LTE SU640 that was launched in Korea last October. It also has similar specs including, 4.5–inch True HD IPS display, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 8MP camera and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “LG Optimus LTE P936 images and benchmarks surfaces”
AT&T has officially announced the availability of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for HTC Vivid. We told you how to update HTC Vivid to ICS manually last week. This update would bring optimized audio experience of Beats by Dr. Dre Audio and new and improved HTC Sense experience with Sense version 3.6. The company announced HTC Vivid last November. Last week HTC confirmed list of devices that would receive Android 4.0 update. This will also the first U.S. smartphone to receive Ice Cream Sandwich update issued by a carrier. Continue reading “AT&T rolls out Android 4.0 update for HTC Vivid, lists 10 other devices to get ICS update”
When it comes to ads, Sony has always pushed the limit of creativeness. Who here remember their famous Bravia ads, like Playdoh and Paint? With the release of their next Xperia NXT devices, Sony Mobile is relying on a massive advertising campaign to promote the brand. The new TV campaign is directed by Wes Anderson of Fantastic Mr. Fox fame. It tells the story of little Androids who work tirelessly inside an Xperia smartphone, all based on the imagination of a little kid. How sweet is that? The TV ad is supposed to premier on the evening of Saturday 24 March but it seems that someone at Sony has jumped the gun. Jump over to view the stop motion animated ad in all its glory.
Continue reading “Sony Xperia’s TV Ad is Made of Tiny Robots”
Panasonic announced Eluga, 4-3-inch waterproof Android smartphone for Europe at MWC 2012 last month. NTT docomo has announced that it will be available on March 29th as P-04D in their NEXT series. It would run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update promised in summer of 2012. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga coming to NTT Docomo in Japan on March 29”
Semiconductor manufacturer MediaTek has launched Mobile Theater, a new video and audio compression software for feature phones. It runs both MPEG-4 and H.264, among other popular digital video/audio coding formats. The compression reduces the video size allowing users to store 50 film clips on a 2GB T-card without compromising on quality. Continue reading “MediaTek launches Mobile Theater – Mobile audio and video compression software”
Sony has announced that the Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update would be available for Sony Tablet S and Tablet P in late April 2012. This update will also include new features such as camera access from the lock screen, edit photos in the gallery application, taking panoramic pictures and Recopla app that allows users to stream recorded content from a Sony Blu-ray recorder. Continue reading “Sony Tablet S and Tablet P to get Android 4.0 update in April 2012”
Rovio has launched the Angry Birds Space, a new game in the Angry Birds franchise for Android, iPhone and iPad. Angry Birds Space features 60 interstellar levels on planets and in zero gravity. This has regular free updates and new in-app purchases. Continue reading “Angry Birds Space now available for Download for Android, iPhone and iPad”
