Monday, April 18, 2011

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Nokia C2-06 Dual SIM Touch and Type Phone Leaked

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 06:06 PM PDT


The folks from Hackintosh India have got their hands on the Nokia C2-06 which is a Dual SIM Touch and Type phone. While the exterior of the phone mentions only C0-00 like most Nokia prototypes , the bluetooth menu reveals the name of the device as the C2-06. We can confirm the Dual-SIM functionality as we can see signal indicators in the homescreen. Here are the rumored specs of the device Dual SIM Resistive Touchscreen with T9 keypad Slide out form-factor 2 MP Camera No WiFi and 3G Bluetooth menu on the C2 Bl-5C battery 3.5mm audio jack microUSB connector Homescreen on the leaked handset looks a lot like Series 40. One of the areas Nokia made a grave mistake was to ignore the Dual SIM segment which accounts for the bulk of the sales of entry level handsets in markets like India , China and Africa. The company did announce their first ever Dual SIM handset at CommunicAsia last year the - C2-00 but sadly the handset is still not widely available in any market. Are you looking forward to the C2-06 ? Read

Samsung plans to launch Dual core 2Ghz Smartphone in 2012

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:46 AM PDT


Samsung plans to develop smartphones that boast a Ghz dual core processor reports Maeil Business Newspaper in Korea. Samsung Galaxy S2 which has Dual core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor showed impressive performance in the benchmarks in Russia. This is likely to be released by Exynos brand that was launched this February. Samsung has opted for dual core processor instead of single core processor with higher clock speed because it is suited best for smartphones and allows multitasking on its two cores. This would perform data processing on par with the personal computers that has processors of similar range. They also have plans to sell these CPUs separately for other smart phone markers. Other Smartphones with dual core processors include recently launched HTC Sensation that has 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, LG Optimus 2x and Motorola Atrix 4G that has Dual core 1 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor. Only the UK version of Galaxy S2 will get 1.2Ghz processor and others might get 1 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor. If phones come with 2Ghz Dual core processors then the tablets are likely to follow that. Will smartphones and tablets overtake PC's performance? What do you think? [via SamsungHub ]

HP Veer to launch next month in USA on AT&T?

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT


HP announced its smallest Web OS handset Veer this February and it was showcased at Mobile World Congress few days later. This phone was expected to launch this spring in USA. Now HP has put up an online invite to an event scheduled on May 2nd 2011. They have also mentioned there would be hands on experience, demos and giveaways at the event. HP Veer has similar specs as Pre 3, but smaller than that with 2.5 inch (320×400 Pixels) touch screen and a slide out keyboard. This also has a 5 MP EDoF camera, GPS,Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and runs on a  Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MHz Processor. precentral.net reports that HP has sent email to people who have registered should bring AT&T/Best Buy Business card to get in, which confirms that this would launch on AT&T. This device might launch in May. Check out our pictures and hands on video of HP Veer from MWC 2011.

Uninor offers local calls within network at 2p/min in Karnataka

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT


Uninor has introduced its new Talk More plans for its Karnataka customers, that offers all local Uninor to Uninor calls at 2 paise per minute. This offer is available for all prepaid customers across Karnataka. There are two packs that are available for Rs 38 and Rs 99 with Uninor to Uninor local calls valid for 30 days. Details about the pack below MRP Benefits Pack Validity 38 120000 secs Uninor to Uninor free for 30 days 30 Days 99 120000 secs U2U free for 30 days.Local/ STD at 1p/sec.5%to 60% discount on all local calls. 200 Local and National SMS free for 1 year. 365 Days According to these benefits this will come at 2 paise per minute which is a great deal. They have already launched talk time transfer service for its Karnataka customers few months back, that lets the prepaid customers transfer their amount to their friends.

HTC WP7 phone leaked with 16MP camera, is it real?

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:30 AM PDT


At the MWC, HTC announced a number of new Android powered phones and all of them are quite interesting devices. And few days ago, HTC announced their first ever dual-core smartphone known as the HTC Sensation. It looks like HTC is now paying their attention towards WP7 because you people may have seen the first leaked shots of HTC Mazaa, and now another video is leaked on YouTube which is actually a HTC ad. What's interesting about this ad is that HTC is showing off a new un-announced WP7 phone which features a 16 Megapixel camera with dual LED flash, you can see the image of the phone above. The phone looks like a Desire S running on WP7. The ad seems legit to me and HTC is capable to launch a phone with a powerful camera. Megapixels are not everything; the phone should come with a great lens. Just like iPhone 4, it has only 5 Megapixel camera, but the lens and image processor inside it is amazing which is the reason that images taken by iPhone 4 are always amazing. If we talk about the smartphone with the best camera, then Nokia N8 is leading. It comes with 12 ...

Sony Ericsson ARC Photo Gallery

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT


Our good friend Centrinos sent us these wonderful pictures of the Sony Ericsson ARC which is one of the best looking handsets in the market currently. The ARC's curvy design is bound to attract attention. Check out tons of photos of the device in the gallery below. It has a 8 MP Camera with a LED Flash on the back. [gallery] Looks like the XPERIA brand does live up to it's expectations.

Apple releases iOS 4.3.2 Update for iPad, iPod & iPhone

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:56 PM PDT


Apple has released its new software update, the iOS 4.3.2 for iPhone, iPad and the iPod Touch. The new update comes with minor tweaks and is compatible with the following Apple devices, iPhone 4 (GSM model) iPhone 3GS iPad 2 iPad iPod touch (4th generation) iPod touch (3rd generation) The iOS 4.3.2 comes with improvements and other bug fixes which includes, Latest security updates Fixes an issue that occasionally caused blank or frozen video during a FaceTime Call Fixes an issue that prevented some international users from connecting to 3G networks on iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G To update your Apple devices to iOS 4.3.2, all you have to do is connect your device and check for new updates. Check out the  direct download links for the new software update. iPad iPad iPad 2 Wi-Fi iPad 2 GSM iPad 2 CDMA iPhone iPhone 3GS iPhone 4 GSM iPhone 4 CDMA (4.2.7) iPod iPod Touch 3G iPod Touch 4G

Nokia Deep Dive: Nokia X7 hands on pictures!

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:30 PM PDT


I have been invited to a nice little event here from Nokia Austria, dubbed "Nokia Deep Dive". The whole event was made to show a handful of bloggers and developers here in Austria, the newly introduced Symbian Anna and the 2 new devices that will come with it out of the box, the Nokia E6 and X7. Announced as "extreme entertainment", the Nokia X7 shows once more, that the lines between Nokia's current naming are blurred. Of course, the X7 can entertain us all! It features the fancy music player we all love, or plays 720p mkv-files without conversion. But is there a real difference between this and, say a Nokia E7? Not much. Which, as i mentioned in my Nokia E7 hits and misses post, is not a bad thing at all! The real difference between the Nokia E7, is surely the design. The X-fighter (nice naming i read on Twitter) is shouty and very futuristic looking. It's dominated by a 4" AMOLED (not CBD) multitouchscreen, that comes in Nokia's good old (well, mostly old) 640 x 360 pixel resolution. It does NOT have 4 speakers as rumored earlier, but the 2 speakers inside are very good. The whole device ...
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