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HTC Rezound with Beats Audio announced, Coming to Verizon for $299.99 on November 14

HTC has announced HTC Rezound , the only phone in the United States with Beats Audio integration. It comes with 4.3-inch true HD 720p display and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) (Upgradable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)). It works on Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. It comes with 8MP auto focus camera with a f/2.2 and 28mm wide-angle lens with BSI sensor for better low-light performance and a 2MP front video calling camera. It also comes with the latest HTC Sense that offers social updates, photos, weather or stock updates on the home screen. Continue reading “HTC Rezound with Beats Audio announced, Coming to Verizon for $299.99 on November 14”

Yahoo launches personalized magazine app Livestand for iPad

Yahoo has launched a new personalized living magazine app, Livestand for iPad that offers news and stories with images and video from 100  publications, including, ABC News, Forbes, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance and more. You can also personalize the news and some of your basic needs such as weather, stocks, horoscope, and TV. Continue reading “Yahoo launches personalized magazine app Livestand for iPad”

BBM Music launched in US, Canada and Australia


RIM has launched their own cloud based music service, BBM Music after closed Beta trial of several months in Canada, the United States and the UK. The BBM music was announced in August.  The BBM Music is powered by cloud music service provider, Omnifone and it has millions of songs from leading music companies. The BBM music lets you listen to full tracks from the friend’s profile, build a music profile with 50 of your favorite songs with an option to swap 25 songs each month and create multiple playlist. The more BBM friends with BBM Music Premium subscriptions you have, the more songs you can share. Continue reading “BBM Music launched in US, Canada and Australia”

AT&T announces HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket LTE phones, coming on November 6

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”

Sprint announces Motorola ADMIRAL with Direct Connect, Coming on October 23 for $99.99

Spirnt has announced the  Motorola ADMIRAL, the first smartphone that boasts Sprint Direct Connect speed. It is powered by a 1.2GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It feature a 3.1-inch (640 x 480 pixels) touchscreen display and QWERTY keyboard. It has push-to-talk capabilities with Sprint Direct Connect that uses Sprint 3G (EVDO Rev. A) network. Continue reading “Sprint announces Motorola ADMIRAL with Direct Connect, Coming on October 23 for $99.99”

Sprint announces HTC EVO Design 4G, coming on October 23 for $99.99

Sprint has announced another phone in the HTC EVO family, the HTC EVO Design 4G. It has 4-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touchscreen display and has aluminum unibody design. It is powered by 1.2GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It features 5MP rear-facing camera with flash and HD video recording and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sprint announces HTC EVO Design 4G, coming on October 23 for $99.99”

iPhone 4S At a Glance

Apple has released another addition to the iPhone series this year and they named it the iPhone 4S. As many of you remember the S indicates upgrades in hardware and software alike. In June of 2009 Apple made this very same bold move by releasing the 3GS which was a performance boosted 3G. Many claim to be “disappointed” by the decision yet the record sales disprove that claim abruptly. Whether you approve of the decision or not the 4S claims to be a faster, more efficient version of the wildly popular 4 released in June 2010. Let’s take a few minutes and look at the noticeable differences at a glance. Please note this is not a full review of the hardware or software. With that in mind lets move along to the good stuff. Continue reading “iPhone 4S At a Glance”

LG DoublePlay with Dual Touch Screen Displays announced for T-Mobile

LG and T-Mobile has announced an unique phone, LG DoublePlay with dual touch screen displays and split QWERTY keyboard. The phone has 3.5-inch main display and 2.0-inch sub display as well as a full slide-out split QWERTY keyboard and Swype. This would let you multitask easily by working on the 2 screens simultaneously. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and it is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Continue reading “LG DoublePlay with Dual Touch Screen Displays announced for T-Mobile”

Apple iPhone 4S Unboxing

The iPhone 4S hit stores in many countries across the world yesterday including the United States.FoneArena’s Sloan Bowman takes a quick look at the iPhone 4S for AT&T and unboxes the device for us. As a bonus we have a interesting comparison between the iPhone 4 and the 4S. Watch the video after the break.

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Apple iOS 5 – The Changes

Apple’s iOS 5 mobile operating system will be released in the next few hours. This latest update is compatible with most recent iterations of the Apple mobile line, including iPhones after the 3GS, iPads and the iPod Touch.

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Samsung Stratosphere with 4G LTE and QWERTY Keyboard announced for Verizon

Samsung has announced their new 4G LTE smartphone, Samsung Stratosphere for Verizon Wireless. This phone is the first Verizon 4G LTE phone with five-row QWERTY keyboard. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and it is powered by 1 GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor. Continue reading “Samsung Stratosphere with 4G LTE and QWERTY Keyboard announced for Verizon”

Motorola Announces The Powerful Motorola Atrix 2 Smartphone

Motorola recently announced the new Motorola Atrix 2 smartphone. This handset is the successor of the highly popular Motorola Atrix smartphone, which was announced earlier this year at CES 2011.

Motorola recently announced the new Motorola Atrix 2 smartphone. This handset is the successor of the highly popular Motorola Atrix smartphone, which was announced earlier this year at CES 2011. The specs of both the devices are almost similar, except the large 4.3 inch qHD and an 8 megapixel camera. Sadly, this handset comes with a 1785 mAh battery, instead of the powerful 1930 mAh battery, which was found in the original Atrix smartphone. This handset will be exclusively available for the AT&T customers in the US. Check out the complete specs below. Continue reading “Motorola Announces The Powerful Motorola Atrix 2 Smartphone”

T-Mobile announces 7 inch SpringBoard and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablets

T-Mobile has announced two new tablets, Huawei SpringBoard and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that runs on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and supports 4G HSPA+ connectivity . The T-Mobile SpringBoard features 7-inch ( 1280 X 800 pixels) multi-touch display and 1.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8260 dual-core processor. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-inch ( 1280 X 800 pixels) multi-touch display and it is powered by 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor. Continue reading “T-Mobile announces 7 inch SpringBoard and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablets”

T-Mobile announces myTouch and myTouch Q

T-Mobile has announced two new phones, myTouch and myTouch Q, manufactured by LG. These phones run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and features 1 GHz Qualcomm processor. These phones also has 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash and 720p HD video recording. The myTouch has 3.8-inch touch screen, front and comes with pre-installed Swype keyboard. The myTouch Q is equipped with a 3.5-inch touch screen and comes with a physical slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Continue reading “T-Mobile announces myTouch and myTouch Q”

Apple Might Not Reveal the iPhone 5 Tonight?!

We’re just a few hours away from the most anticipated phone event of the year and we have received some breaking news. Sources say that there might just be one iPhone tonight.

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