Review: Samsung Omnia W
- Category: Reviews
- Saturday, 28 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
Windows Phone is being called as the OS of the future and a number of handset manufacturers have started tilting towards the new platform. Samsung had already committed to Microsoft and had launched the Omnia 7 long back. Now there’s an upgrade, err...sort of.
The Omnia W is the latest offering by Samsung running Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango. While the device doesn’t look all that bad, it also falls in a decent price segment.
Make changes in Android to reduce data consumption: NTT DoCoMo
- Category: Android Apps
- Saturday, 28 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
We all know Android OS uses data almost all the time. Well, Japanese mobile phone service provider NTT DoCoMo will request Google to make changes in the OS to transmit control signals less often.
DoCoMo has identified some Android applications that send out control signals once every three to five minutes even when not in use. This translates to ten times that of a conventional mobile phone which means a lot of load on the network.
Blackberry comes up with apps for fitness, doctors and paramedics
- Category: BlackBerry Apps
- Saturday, 28 January 2012
- Written by Rishabh Jain
BlackBerry, it seems is making efforts towards improving healthcare. It has unleashed seven apps that will help patients medical personnel perform better and faster. Of course, they need to have a BB handy to use these.
Check out some apps below:
Check out some apps below:
HTC to focus on Quality rather than Quantity this year
- Category: HTC
- Saturday, 28 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
HTC had a number of devices launched both on the Android and Windows Phone platforms last year. While the company did fairly well, they are now saying that they will be launching less number of smartphones and tablets in the year 2012.
The company has revealed that it will be focussing more on head-spinning and quality devices rather than launching an array of devices.
The company has revealed that it will be focussing more on head-spinning and quality devices rather than launching an array of devices.
Photo-centric apps out for BlackBerry; check them out
- Category: BlackBerry Apps
- Saturday, 28 January 2012
- Written by Rishabh Jain
Apple has done it with the iOS 5. Android has done it with the Ice Cream Sandwich OS. And finally, BlackBerry has woken up to photo editing on the phone. BlackBerry has provided users with free and paid BlackBerry photo-editing apps. It seems BlackBerry is finally getting its act together to keep its loyalists from wavering.
These include free ones such as:
All Symbian^3 devices to be shipped with Nokia Belle pre-installed
- Category: Nokia
- Friday, 27 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
Nokia has a tradition to make its Symbian fans wait for new updates and owners of Symbian^3 devices have been waiting eagerly for the new Belle update. While Nokia says that the update rollout will begin in February, there is some good news for Nokia fans.
According to tweets by Nokia, new shipments of Symbian^3 devices including the N8, E7, C7, E6, X7, C6-01 and 500 will now have the Belle right out of the box. Well, atleast that’s some progress rather than no progress
Tablets; Android inching closer, but Apple still confident
- Category: Apple
- Friday, 27 January 2012
- Written by Rishabh Jain
While Apple’s iPad still remains the king of the tablets three years after Apple introduced us to the almost mystical device called a tablet. In this time, Apple has released the next version of its famed tablet iPad – the iPad 2, while more Android tablets have emerged then we can count on our fingers.
When it comes to tablets, we have to give Apple credit as it not only launched the first popular tablet, it has actually maintained status quo as top contender by endowing its tablets with great features that anyone has hardly matched up. Android, on the other hand, has performed great as an open source software and bought tablets to the average consumers ranging from the Samsung Galaxy Tab to our very own Aakash tablet.
Samsung to produce Dual-Core 2GHz Exynos 5250 SoC in Q2
- Category: Samsung
- Friday, 27 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
News is coming in that Samsung has confirmed that it will mass producing its Exynos 5250 chipset from second quarter of this year. The SoC has a dual-core processor which clocks at 2GHz packing in two Cortex-A15 chips.
The chip also supports WQXGA (2560×1600) display resolution and is said to offer four times better graphics as compared to a Cortex-A9 SoC.
Whatsapp for Windows Phone updates to V1.6
- Category: Windows Phone Apps
- Friday, 27 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
A new update has arrived for Whatsapp for Windows Phone. The new version bumps it to version 1.6 and brings in new features and fixes for the application.
The app really needed some improvements as it was lagging behind in features comparing to iOS or Android or even Symbian. Well, it finally seems that we’ll be seeing some updates and further improvements.
The app really needed some improvements as it was lagging behind in features comparing to iOS or Android or even Symbian. Well, it finally seems that we’ll be seeing some updates and further improvements.
RIM’s 2012-2013 roadmap leaks, new BlackBerry devices and updates imminent
- Category: BlackBerry
- Friday, 27 January 2012
- Written by Kunal Khullar
Thanks to a leaked roadmap, we now have some interesting information about RIM’s plans for the years 2012 and 2013. A chart shows how RIM intends to launch new devices including the PlayBook 3G (FINALLY !), new curve series devices and addition of new colours to already existing devices. Other plans include the release BlackBerry OS 7.1, introduction of Wi-Fi media server sharing and more.
The only sad part here is that RIM’s BlackBerry OS 10 will be launching pretty late. Meaning that the codenamed device ‘London’ will be delayed as well. Going by the roadmap, we might see the new BB 10 OS device in the third quarter of 2013 (September, October, November).
The only sad part here is that RIM’s BlackBerry OS 10 will be launching pretty late. Meaning that the codenamed device ‘London’ will be delayed as well. Going by the roadmap, we might see the new BB 10 OS device in the third quarter of 2013 (September, October, November).
