I had a chance to interact with Arlene Chang who writes on IndiaRealTime which is part of the Wall Street Journal India Edition. As you all know , we were one of the first to get the iPhone 4 in India. I shared my thoughts about the same and about the prospects for the new device in India.
Head over to Wall Street Journal to read the full article
The news comes from Droid-Life, when their readers told them that they tried to claim their Droid over at mobile insurance company Asurion, but they were told that Motorola has stopped the production of the Motorola Droid and is no longer available in stock, and instead of Motorola Droid, they will replace it with Motorola Devour, Droid Eris, or LG Ally. So people if your Droid is insured, then don’t sit on it because Asurion is not going to replace it with a new Motorola Droid (Droid Eris is not a bad choice).
If Motorola has stopped the production of Droid, then it means that the Droid 2 is in production, which is a successor to the Droid 1. Somehow, the discontinuing of Droid 1 is not bad, because Droid 2 is a new, fast, and a better version, and people like buying new and improve stuff instead of buying something old. But Droid don’t think we’ll forget you, because you are known as the one of the best Android devices ever made.
Nokia announced it’s results for Q2 and the Finnish phone maker is still shipping tons of phones compared to other handset makers. It shipped 111.1 million units , had sales of 10 billion USD.
But the sad news is that operating profit was down 40 % compared to last year mainly due to low margins on devices sold and various other reasons. The ASP or Average selling price of Nokia handsets have also dropped. Nokia needs to roll out Symbian^3 devices and MeeGo devices to win back the profits !
Continue reading “Nokia shipped 111.1 million phones yet profits dropped 40%”
Who wants the Nokia N900 and Nokia E72 for $1? There’s no doubt in it that everyone want to buy an expensive phone for $1. So if you want to try your luck, then let me tell you how to do it. Continue reading “Newegg and Nokia offering Nokia N900 and Nokia E72 for $1”
Olive Telecom just announced the Olive Pad for India. Here are the full specifications of the device. Looks like the device in addition to it’s tablet functionality can also make calls . It runs on Android although we don’t know the exact version . Although they are calling it as India’s first 3G Tablet looks like it has some connection to Chunghwa of Taiwan as you can seen in the image below.
Continue reading “OlivePad VT100 Full Specifications”
Olive Telecom has announced the launch of OlivePad – VT100, India’s first 3G Android Tablet. The Tablet is expected to hit Croma Stores in August. Continue reading “Olive Pad – India’s first 3G Android Tablet”
Samsung has always been one of the leading display manufacturing companies and more recently they have hit the mobile world by storm with the release of their Super AMOLED screens. They already seem to be focused on their next big innovation.
Continue reading “Samsung to Launch Unbreakable AMOLED Screens”
The old rumour that Apple is launching the iPhone 4 under the T-Mobile network seems to have resurfaced. But now the chances are more likely considering the problems it is facing. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 4 to Be Released on T-Mobile”
While Steve Jobs gave the presentation about the iPhone 4’s signal issues, he mentioned that the dropped call statistics from AT&T weren’t available at the time.
Nokia has lost a significant market share in the smart phone space mainly due to the rise of iPhone and Android. So does Nokia need a new CEO ?
Two operators in Malaysia have put up pages for the iPhone 4 . Operator DiGi has put up a Registration of interest page and Maxis too
Skype had shown off Multitasking on iOS4 during an Apple event few months ago but we never had the chance to get the updated app so far. Today Skype for iOS4 is available from the App Store.
Continue reading “Skype update brings iOS 4 multitasking , no extra charges for calls over 3G”
Samsung Galaxy S is known as the one of the most beautiful and fast devices ever made by Samsung. Samsung sold more than 300,000 Galaxy S units in S.Korea, and they recently announced the Galaxy S series phones on 4 major US carriers (AT&T,Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint), and only AT&T and T-Mobile launched their Samsung Galaxy S versions so far . Now Samsung is planning to cross the border and launch the Samsung Galaxy S in Canada via Rogers. Continue reading “Rogers launching Samsung Galaxy S in Canada”
Folks out there who are using the Motorola Milestone are waiting for Android 2.2 from a long time, but I think the following statement will break their hopes. Have a look:
Next European Milestone and 2.2 (Froyo). I have expressed over the last few days that the decision is pending. The team here has been collating key pieces of information and views from this community in the last month and providing input to relevant teams in Motorola so they are aware. I am pushing for that decision to be made as quickly as possible, and we can then all go from there. Some others ask why the decisions on upgrades take so long, and why does implementation then take much longer still. What I can say and have stated recently is that upgrades are not a walk in the park.
Sure there are short cuts that people can take, but when you have to integrate software to a specific hardware, then test it and integrate with third party applications, let alone any innovation from ourselves, plus then get approvals to make this all official and safe… its is a big undertaking that requires planning and resource and third party coordination to see this all through. As I say, once we have decision, we will inform.
That’s what Motorola European region MD, James King said. We want Motorola to launch Android 2.2, because Motorola Milestone is capable to run Android 2.2. Well, lets see what Motorola do, so stay tuned.
via AndroidGuys
A worker over at the Best Buy sent a image to BGR, you can check out the image above in which you can see the Samsung Intensity II in blue color, which is going to hit Verizon Wireless soon. It’s a dummy of the phone above, but it’s a cute little phone and a great phone for young boys and girls, because their favorite habit is text messaging, and this phone is very good for that purpose. Continue reading “Samsung Intensity II hitting Verizon”
