RIM recently provided details about two unannounced BlackBerry smartphones to developers via its web site. RIM didn’t release full details about the two devices, but provided a peek at their specs. Shared details include NFC (near-field communication) support and RIM’s BlackBerry 7 OS. * Bold 9790: This monoblock smartphone includes a 2.4-inch touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera with video capture, 8GB of storage, and a 1.2GHz processor. * Curve 9380: This phone appears to primarily be a touch device, and includes a 3.2-inch display with 320 x 480 pixels. It also has ...
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Nokia Offers Nokia Suite Beta Software to Desktops
Nokia has recently renamed its Ovi Suite desktop software and is now offering a new version of it called Nokia Suite Beta 3.2. Aside from the new name, Nokia Suite 3.2 also includes a number of changes to Nokia’s syncing software, including a refreshed look, more device-specific support, better phone management tools, improved sync logs, and more reliable phone update performance. Nokia said that the software also has a lot of under-the-hood improvements, such as bug fixes. The beta software is free to download and use. ...
LG DoublePlay for T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA today announced the LG DoublePlay, a unique Android slider that has a full QWERTY keyboard with a second touch screen placed in between the split keyboard’s halves. The DoublePlay’s main display measures 3.5 inches and the secondary display measures 2 inches. T-Mobile says that the two displays can be operated independently of one another, or in tandem. Other features include a 1GHz SnapDragon processor; a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p HD video capture; and Cloud Text and Group Text for phone-to-phone and PC-to-phone texting. The DoublePlay runs Android ...
LG Enlighten
The smartphone industry nowadays is as lively as it was ever been. LG has just announced the Enlighten, its newest smartphone for Verizon Wireless. It features Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which are now very popular among people who use the internet every day or other important stuff like low fat chicken recipes and chicken cutlet recipes.The new LG Enlighten appears to be a successor to last year’s entry-level Ally. It sports a 3.2-inch, HVGA (320 x 480 pixel) resolution display and an 800MHz processor, and has a full QWERTY keyboard with large keys for ...
New Apple iPhone 4S
Apple’s new iPhone 4S is just last year’s design loaded with a new brain and more memory. It will run your apps faster and Apple’s new iOS5’s Assistant, an artificial intelligence program that listens and interprets your orders, and a new camera.It just looks exactly the same, but there’s plenty of changes inside.The iPhone 4S now has the iPad 2’s dual-core A5 CPU. It also has dual-core graphics, which will allow for faster and more detailed 3D. Apple claims this hardware combination makes the iPhone 4S seven times as fast as the iPhone 4 on games, and ...
LG Optimus 2x
The LG Optimus 2X is a powerhouse of an Android smartphone. Not only do you get to choose from thousands of apps, but thanks to its onboard dual core processor, it’s twice as fast as most phones out there. But that’s not all. It also packs a gorgeous four inch touchscreen, the latest Gingerbread version of the Android operating system and eight megapixel camera too. LessSpeed is at the heart of the LG Optimus 2X. Whilst most phones run on 1Ghz processors, the 2X features a dual core model, that massively boosts its power. It also means that flicking through menus and web is ...
HTC Titan, A Mega Mango Phone
HTC has this funny tradition of releasing gigantic phones running Microsoft’s mobile OS (the HTC Touch HD and the HD7 come to mind, both of which had 4.3-inch displays). Bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to phone displays, so I’m always skeptical of phones with displays larger than 4.3 inches.True to its name, the HTC Titan has a large 4.7-inch display. A phone this large can be difficult to hold and sometimes, when the screens get bigger, text and picture sharpness is compromised. I got a chance to play with the HTC Titan at CTIA 2011 in San Diego and I was ...
Samsung Galaxy S II hits AT&T on October 2
A regional carrier owned by Leap Wireless fondly called as Cricket is expanding its retail presence to a nationwide level. Starting on Sunday, September 25 with Best Buy stores, retailers across the country will begin selling Cricket phones and service. This means more competition on the mobile phone industry, much like the competition on low fat chicken recipes on the market these days.Cricket is now currently providing service to 5.7 million users in 35 states. Leap wireless wants to roll out services to new markets in the 35 states it presently service as well as those states that ...
N9 on way to retailers and operators
Nokia this week announced that shipments of their first and probably last Meego device, the Nokia N9 have commenced and are already on their way to retailers and operators in selected countries around the world.Since we announced the Nokia N9 in June this year, the feedback that it has gotten from discerning and avid smartphone users across the world has been nothing short of fantastic, said Ilari Nurmi, Vice President of Marketing, Nokia. With the innovations in industrial design, user interface, and the Qt developer experience, the Nokia N9 sets the bar for how natural technology can ...