Nokia may bring slimmer Pureview devices
- Category: Nokia
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:29
- by Amol Mathur
The recently announced the Nokia 808 PureView comes with a whooping 41 MP camera sensor at its back which is indeed awesome but then it makes the smartphone a little bulky with the hump at the back. But if the latest news is to be believed, we may see slimmer PureView smartphones from the Finnish giant.
This comes in straight from Vesa Jutila, who is the Head of Product Marketing for Nokia 808 PureView who has said that additional handsets featuring the same camera technology are in the pipeline.
Sony officially launches the Xperia P, U and Sola in India
- Category: Sony
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:15
- by Kunal Khullar
Sony Mobile Communications has launched three new smartphones in its NXT range which were showcased in India back in April. The new Xperia U, P and Sola are now officially launched and will start hitting shelves this month.
The Xperia U and Xperia Sola are already retailing and Xperia P will be available in the last week of this month.
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 video confirms ICS upgrade for the smartphone
- Category: Samsung
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:44
- by Kunal Khullar
Announced just around the Mobile World Congress, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is the successor to the Galaxy Ace. But the smartphone still came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread showing signs that it might not get an Android 4.0 upgrade.
But thanks to a video, we can confirm that the smartphone will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the future.
But thanks to a video, we can confirm that the smartphone will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the future.Google might release 5 Nexus devices on Android's 5th Birthday in November
- Category: Google
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:15
- by Amol Mathur
Just last week, we shared with you about a rumour which stated that Google may be planning to launch multiple (Read 5) Google Nexus devices which may include both smartphones and tablets, later this year and was in talks with manufacturers for developing the devices.
And today we hear another set of rumour which states that Google may go on to launch the 5 devices on November 5, 2012 this year.
And today we hear another set of rumour which states that Google may go on to launch the 5 devices on November 5, 2012 this year.
Here’s another cheap Android PC at just $49 by VIA
- Category: Mobile Phones / Tablets
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:40
- by Kunal Khullar
A company called VIA has launched an ultra cheap Android PC which is a full-fledged computer device that looks like a motherboard complete with ports and integrated chips onboard.
Called the APC, it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and allows you to run the platform on a PC like environment.
Google's 7-inch tablet to ship in June with 600,000 units
- Category: Google
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:14
- by Amol Mathur
It seems that Google’s much rumoured and much awaited 7-inch tablet may go on to ship from June with an initial shipments of 600,000 units. The news comes in from Digitimes, who is quoting its sources from the upstream supply chain that the device will go on to be released in July.
[Rumoured 7 inch Google Tablet]
[Rumoured 7 inch Google Tablet]
The tablet is said to be being developed by Google and ASUS because the search engine giant believes in ASUS’ ODM capability and good product quality.
Nvidia hopes to launch a $199 quad-core equipped tablet soon
- Category: Mobile Phones / Tablets
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:30
- by Kunal Khullar
Nvidia has surely made its mark in the mobile industry by launching the Tegra 3 chipset with quad processor. However it is only available on high end devices, but Nvidia plans to change all of that.
Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang briefly showed off a new 7 inch quad-core tablet back at CES and he claimed that it might be priced at about $250. Since then he has been boasting about the fact that $199 Tegra 3 Android tablets could soon be a reality this year.
S-Voice knows less about Samsung and more about Apple
- Category: Samsung
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:10
- by Amol Mathur
A couple of weeks back we saw Apple’s Virtual Personal assistant, Siri make a blunder when the app went on to name its competitor, the Nokia Lumia 900 as the ‘Best Cell Phone Ever’. But then, Apple was quick enough to re-program Siri and changed her mind.
Now the latest newbie on the block as a personal assistant is the S-Voice which has also gone ahead and done a blunder even before arriving officially into the market.
Android 4.0 ICS rolling out for Samsung Galaxy Note in India
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:22
- by Amol Mathur
So the wait is finally over! Samsung India has finally started rolling out the much-awaited and delayed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its 5.3 inch Phablet Galaxy Note in India. Our sources in Samsung have also confirmed the same.
The update is currently available for download for all Galaxy Note users through the Kies Software and is of about 319 MB with the firmware PDA:LP8 / PHONE:LP4 / CSC:LP5 (INU).
Samsung accepts the blocking of S-Voice app
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:46
- by Amol Mathur
Are you one of those who are not able to access the leaked S-Voice service which is exclusively for the Samsung Galaxy S III? Well you are not alone. As soon as the personal voice assistant for the S III got leaked, Samsung took no time in blocking users to access the service.
S-Voice makes use of Vlingo’s servers and thus it was easy for both Samsung and Vlingo to block access to non-S III devices and returned a ‘Network Error’ result. Today, Samsung has gone ahead and officially accepted that it has blocked the app