iPad 2 Coming to 12 More Countries This Week

Apple’s iPad 2 arrived in Japan Thursday, and the company has announced that the tablet will be in 11 more countries by Friday.

iPad 2 will be available at Apple retail stores and select Apple authorized resellers at 9 a.m. local time, as well as the Apple online store starting at 1 a.m. Apple’s suggested price for the Wi-Fi only iPad 2 is $499 for the 16 GB model, $599 for the 32 GB model and $699 for the 64 GB model. The recommended price for the 3G plus Wi-Fi version is $629 for the 16 GB model, $729 for the 32 GB model and $829 for the 64 GB model.

The countries receiving the device on Friday are: Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and the U.A.E.

Furthermore, the iPad 2 with Wi-Fi will be available in China starting Friday, May 6, and Apple will announce further international availability at a later date. Two weeks after the March 11 U.S. release of the iPad 2, Apple released the device in 25 additional countries.

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Samsung launches Nexus S and first CDMA Android phone in India

Samsung has launched its much awaited Nexus S smartphone in the Indian market. The phone has been developed in partnership with the Google.

Nexus S is powered by Gingerbread, the Android 2.3 version. It is the first handset from Samsung Mobile with a 4 inch super clear curved LCD screen and Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

Samsung also has five new Galaxy Smart phones based on the Android 2.2 platform in its kitty (Galaxy Pro, Ace, Fit, Pop, and Galaxy Pop CDMA), making it the largest range of Android powered smartphones in the country from one company.

Ranjit Yadav, country head, Samsung Mobile and IT, said, "The slew of launches on the Android platform represents our commitment to deliver a smarter, simpler and more intuitive smartphone experience to our consumers. Our entire smartphone strategy hinges on providing consumers with a seamlessly connected experience while at work, home or on the go."

He added, "We are looking at notching up a 40 per cent market share in the fast growing smartphone market in India this year."

Nexus S comes preinstalled with whole host of Google apps such as the Google Search, Google Maps with Navigation, YouTube, Google Earth, Gmail, Mobile Instant and more. Nexus S also features Near Field Communication (NFC) technology which allows users to read information from nearby tags that are embedded with NFC chips.

The smartphone also includes popular Android features such as portable WiFi hotspot, true multitasking and access to over 150,000 apps and widgets on Android Market.

Powered with a 1 Ghz mega processor, the Nexus S provides powerful multimedia and gaming experience with brilliant 3D graphics.

With Android 2.3, users can enjoy hi-speed application downloads and watch HD video content with instant access. The handset also provides high speed connectivity options, internet calling (VoIP/SIP) support.

The OS provides one touch word selection and improved copy-paste function for all your documents and a dedicated camera/video switch that helps you capture pictures and videos with ease.

The Nexus S is equipped with a 5 megapixel rear facing camera and camcorder with flash, as well as a VGA front facing camera. In addition, Nexus S features a gyroscope sensor to provide smooth, fluid gaming experience when the user is tilting the device up or down or panning the phone to the left or right.

The phone comes with 16GB internal memory and a 1500mAH battery which provides a talk time up to 6.7 hours on 3G (14 hours on 2G) and a standby time up to 17.8 days on 3G (29.7 days on 2G). The Nexus S is priced at Rs 29,590.

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Samsung Announces the W200 Pocket Camcorder

If you’re still in shock and grief for the Flip Cam’s passing away, here’s something to make you feel a lot better. Samsung has announced a pocket camcorder for outdoor full high definition filming, called the W200.

The camera is said to be shock, water and dust-proof, thanks to the rugged body that it boasts of. It’s specially devised for taking videos and pictures underwater, which means that the W200 is also capable of submerging underwater to a maximum level of three meters.

The W200 has a built-in USB arm that can help transfer movies and videos to and from a PC or a laptop. The pocket camcorder is integrated with a 5 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor and an F2.2 Bright Lens. It has a special Aqua mode setting which automatically realizes the environment for underwater videos. The camcorder has an anti-water coating which is meant to keep the 2.3-inch LCD screen away from condensation. The W200’s embedded lens is also said to have an anti-fog coating which is supposed to help in getting blur-free pictures.

The pocket camcorder also has a Record Pause feature that lets the user pause the recording and then resume it later from that particular point. It has some extra features like Smart Filter and Fish-Eye Settings meant to add some more options while taking pictures or videos.

The W200 will be no sale from next month and is said to be priced at $159 (approx Rs. 7,100). We definitely hope to see this pocket camcorder hit Indian shores soon, especially because it might survive after hitting the shore as well!

Samsung Announces the W200 Pocket Camcorder

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Sony Ericsson W8: First Walkman Android Phone

Packs Android 2.1 Eclair, 3-inch display, 600 MHz processor and 3.2 megapixel camera

Sony Ericsson has announced its first ever Walkman brand smartphone running Google Android 2.1 Eclair update in Indonesia. Sporting 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the new Sony Ericsson W8 walkman smartphone looks very similar to Xperia X8. There's no word on the pricing and this phone will be available in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malayasia, Phillipines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam from Q2 2011 in Azure Blue, Metallic Red and Iconic Orange.

New Sony Ericsson W8 has a 3-inch capacitive HVGA (320x480) display and houses 600Mhz processor under the hood. With 128MB memory on board, this handset comes with Android 2.1 Eclair running on it and I doubt if it will get Froyo richness. Kindly forget about the phone getting Gingerbread. Sony Ericsson has layered the Timescape UI on the top of Android.

Branded as a Walkman series smartphone, the W8 will have Walkman Music Player ported to Android, TrackID music recognition, and PlayNow technologies. At the back lies a 3.2 megapixel camera that would give you mediocre quality photos along with Geo-tagging capability.

Being 3G Network compatible, the new W8 Android phone offers 23 hours and 40 minutes worth of music listening time. The phone is connectible wirelessly via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Apart from that, the W8 offers Twitter and Facebook integration in the Timescape UI.

Sounds like a good contender for sub Rs. 10,000 Android based smartphone, the Sony Ericsson W8 does look a bit tacky in Iconic Orange, may be its just me.

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World's Smallest 64Gb NAND Flash Memory

World's Smallest 64Gb NAND Flash Memory

SanDisk and Tsohiba announced the world's smallest and the most advanced memory process technology node in the world.It is 64-gigabit (Gb), 2-bits-per-cell (X2) based monolithic chip made on 19-nanometer (nm) NAND flash memory chip.

Sampling world's smallest NAND flash memory device begin this quarter and high-volume production will begin in the second half of 2011 by Toshiba. With increase in production, SanDisk is planing to add 3-bits-per-cell (X3) products fabricated with the 19nm process technology.

Yoram Cedar, executive vice president and chief technology officer of SanDisk said that "We are excited to introduce the world's smallest and lowest-cost NAND flash chips based on industry-leading 19nm process technology in our ongoing collaboration with our manufacturing partner Toshiba" . Further adding he said "Products based on this technology are designed to enable new applications, form factors and consumer experience that will continue to drive the flash industry to new heights."

The companies said the smaller process would help device makers to get more storage in less space. There's no mention of the chip's actual dimensions besides citing the prospect of stacking a batch of 16 to deliver 128GB modules for use in mobile phones, tablet computers and other devices. The 19nm NAND chips are equipped with Toggle DDR2.0 to enhance data transfer speed, and use an All-Bit-Line architecture with proprietary programming algorithms and multi-level data storage management that will allegedly uphold performance and reliability.

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Latest Gadgets at the Gadget Show Live 2011‎

Latest Gadgets made its yearly pilgrimage to the Gadget Show Live in Birmingham to play with the latest and greatest tech that manufacturers had to offer. Fighting our way through the bear pit that is the coffee table in the press room, we emerged refreshed and ran around attempting to see as much as possible before the caffeine wore off.

iPad stands were ubiquitous, but the only one that actually caught our eye was Cygnett’s that had copied Apple’s Smart Cover technology (well the wake from sleep functionality) and added a stand that works vertically and horizontally – all in a big (and admittedly slightly bulky) leather case. They were stood next to Henge Docks – a great laptop dock that enabled you to use your MacBook with a Widescreen monitor and pretend you have a full desktop. We also had a quick look at the PopBox – a self-styled “Apple TV” killer, that streams your HD content via DLNA and its own app store. And we also played with some wireless Jaybird headphones, the Qbdesktop USB speakers and FlipVideo who surprisingly said nothing about their impending demise.

Of course this is a tiny fraction of what we had a play with so expect to see a few more in-depth articles over the coming week.

Wacom had just that day released a Bamboo stylus for the iPad. I’m keen doodler and had a quick play. It feels great to hold – and is very close to holding a real pen. It’s also 25 percent slimmer tip than main competitors as the reps insisted on telling me. The prototype app to accompany it (you can of course use the stylus with all drawing apps) looks pretty fun as well but wasn’t yet ready for final assessment. The stylus should be out in mid-May for about £25.

We waved at the people from 3M who were showing off their MPro 180 wireless pico projector rigged up to a PS3 and an iPad. We had a more in-depth look at it here. The most stylish area was the shiny white Golla zone where lots of beautiful people looked over enthusiastic about a range of pretty looking laptop bags and camera cases. We took a look at some here.

Our first stop was Brasso (covered here) who had a little stall set up to clean all our gadgets. As an owner of a filthy iPhone, iPad and pair of glasses it was nice to have someone give them a quick wipedown. Plus there was cake. Orbitsound had their T3 mobile stereo speaker on display – a little iPod classic shaped unit that provides stereo sound on the go – and that can be worn around the neck to create a sound aura. Amazing. Also a potential nightmare if young kids on London buses get hold of it.

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Low-End Nokia C2-06 Slider Handset with 2 megapixel camera & dual-SIM

Nokia seems to be adding a couple of more 'Touch and Type' mobile handset models for the emerging markets. Prototype of an upcoming dual-SIM handset, Nokia C2-06 Slider - Touch and Type smartphone was spotted by Indian website Hackintos. This entry level dual-SIM slider was running Symbian Series 40 6th Edition operating system.

Upcoming Touch and Type series Nokia C2-XX handset will have a slider form factor with resistive touchscreen display. This Nokia C2-06 handset has 2 megapixel camera at the back that will give you pretty entry level quality of photos.

No word is available on when this dual-SIM (GSM only) touch and type family Nokia C2-06 slider will be launched and at what price. We'll have to hold our horses for this handset.

Low-End Nokia C2-06 Slider Handset with 2 megapixel camera & dual-SIM

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HTC Sensation Expected To Be Launched In India Around Monsoons

HTC’s latest smartphone, HTC Sensation, unveiled last week in London, will hit the Indian shore in the second quarter of 2011.

HTC Sensation incorporates a 4.3-inch S-LCD (gorilla glass encased) capacitive touchscreen with a 960 x 540 pixel resolution. It has 768MB of RAM and a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor with an Adreno 220 GPU making it the most powerful HTC smartphone till date.

It works on the v.2.3 Android Gingerbread OS and has the latest HTC Sense 3.0 user interface. The internal memory is 1GB which can be extended up to 32GB and the dimensions of the device are 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm and it weighs at 148 grams.

HTC Sensation has an 8.1 mega pixels camera with dual LED flash and touch focus; it can record 1080p HD videos at 30 fps and has a front facing VGA camera for video calling. HTC has introduced a new feature in this device called instant capture. What instant capture does is capture a photo the moment you click the button, unlike older devices where there was a time gap of a few seconds between clicking the camera button and the picture being taken. So you will never miss that priceless moment again.

Another handy tool is the video trimmer which helps you reduce the size of the video so it is easier to share on social networking sites.

The Taiwan based HTC has also introduced Watch – an application and service that puts an entire library of the latest, premium movies and TV shows right at your fingertips, letting people discover the latest video content in an easy and visually engaging way. HTC Watch uses progressive download technology that makes it possible to watch videos without waiting for a huge file to finish downloading. HTC Watch offers the choice of renting or buying videos, and if purchased, lets you watch them on up to five different HTC devices.

Another cool feature in HTC Sensation is its lock screen; you can get info about the weather, stocks updates and social updates directly without unlocking the mobile screen. It also gives you an option of placing widgets like camera, phonebook and messages etc on the lock screen which can then be accessed directly from there.

The major difference between HTC Sensation and its predecessors like HTC Desire, Desire Z, Desire HD and HTC HD 7 is in its processor (it’s stronger in HTC Sensation) and the fact that the HTC sense 3.0 UI will not work on older versions of HTC Mobile phones.

HTC Sensation is definitely the superhero of HTC smartphones.

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Microsoft Announces Office 365 Public Beta, Marketplace

Last October, Microsoft launched a private beta of Office 365, an evolution of its Web-based version of key business products like Office, SharePoint, and Lync Server. The offering is designed to take on competitors like Google Docs, Salesforce, and Zoho.

While the beta badge is still scheduled to come off the service sometime in 2011, Microsoft has now expanded the Office 365 beta to the public, added 38 countries and 17 languages, and introduced a new Marketplace for third parties to offer more apps and services to Office 365 customers.

The Office 365 public beta has two tiers. The first, Plan 1 (P1), includes hosted versions of Office Web Apps, SharePoint Server, and Lync Server, which provide messaging, e-mail, and calendaring for businesses that need no more than 25 seats. For a price of $6 per user per month, P1 provides access to these apps and Microsoft's community support site, but not desktop Office clients or live support.

The second option, Plan E3, is designed for enterprise customers. It still has a 25-seat limit during the beta, but in addition to the P1 features and a price of $24 per seat, it includes subscription versions of Office 2010 for Windows (Microsoft is considering offering Office 2011 for Mac as well), Active Directory Sync, and 24/7 phone support.

Along with opening the doors on this public beta, Microsoft also announced the Office 365 Marketplace. It's a way for Office 365 customers to add other apps and services to their accounts from trusted Microsoft partners. For the launch, Microsoft has over 100 apps and 400 professional services available like migration assistance, domain name management, SharePoint-based CRM solutions, and more.

Microsoft has yet to set a firm deadline for releasing Office 365 other than "2011." When Office 365 goes official, pricing tiers will expand to accommodate a wider range of users, including a monthly $2 plan for those who just need business e-mail.

source: Microsoft Announces Office 365 Public Beta, Marketplace

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Samsung unleashes the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1

Step aside Apple; we have a new tablet that's caught our attention! Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1. The company hasn't announced a release date for the 8.9 version of the tablet but you can see the 10.1-inch Wi-Fi only on store shelves on June 8, 2011 in the US. Samsung also plans to launch the device in India very soon after its global launch. It could launch in India as soon as 30 days after its global launch.

The 16GB version of the 10.1-inch device is priced at $499 (Rs. 22,379) and the 32GB at $599 (Rs. 26,864). The 8.9-inch due out in later this year will cost you $469 (Rs. 21,064) for the 16GB version and $569 (Rs. 25,519) for the 32GB one. The prices for the 3G versions of both the devices are still to be revealed. The prices are an approximate conversion of US prices and not the final prices at which the tablets will be launches in India.

In terms of specifications however, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 seems to be a threat for the iPad 2. The device has an 8.9-inch WXGA TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1200 x 800. The device is just 8.6mm thin. That's 0.036mm thinner than the iPad 2, which to the naked eye really makes no difference. None-the-less it crowns the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 as the thinnest tablet in the market. TheGalaxy Tab 8.9 is also lighter than the iPad 2 by 131gms. (This is beginning to sound like a models anorexia war than tech but any way...). The 8.9-inch beauty boasts of a 1GHz dual core processor running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, has Samsung's TouchWiz 4.0 layer and Flash 10.2 support.

The device will come with 16GB and 32GB storage variants at launch but you can expect a 64GB variant in the future. The device also comes with stereo speakers, full HD video playback, a 2MP Front facing camera; 3MP rear camera with flash and can record video at 720p HD. The device also claims to have a battery life of 10 hours from its 6800-mAh battery.

The 10.1-inch big brother possesses the same specification and is a bit heavier at 595gms. The screen resolution too remains the same at 1200 x 800.

We were there at the Samsung event at the Taj Palace, New Delhi. Stay tuned for the first pictures from there soon.

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Cisco's Flip Camcorders Bite the Dust

Cisco announced that it will shut down the Flip video camera line as part of a restructuring of its consumer business. In addition to killing the Flip, Cisco will focus its umi video conferencing products on the enterprise, but will continue to sell home Internet routers in retail stores. For current FlipShare users, Cisco says it's working on a transition plan.

In 2009, Cisco bought Pure Digital, creator of the Flip, for $590 million in stock. The acquisition was part of Cisco's plan to capture what it thought was a growing field of video communication among consumers.

While Flip cameras have improved steadily over the last two years -- the latest Flip MinoHD and UltraHD added 60 frames per second video capture-- Cisco rarely experimented with the Flip's familiar candy bar shape. The one recent exception was the Flip SlideHD, a camera with a nice touchscreen butfrustrating controls. The latest Flip cameras don't even include optical zoom, which is standard among digital cameras with video recording.

Cisco also swung and missed on FlipShare TV, a set-top box designed to let people watch their videos, along with videos from other Flip camera users, on a big screen through a dedicated online channel. It seemed a bit redundant in the age of YouTube and Facebook.

All the while, the threat of smartphones and iPods loomed. When Apple chief executive Steve Jobs introduced the fifth-generation iPod Nano with a video camera in 2009, he called out the Flip for offering just a single function at the same price as Apple's media player. The same is true for smartphones, and although Flip cameras offer better video quality, they don't match the storage capacity, location features and Internet connectivity of modern handsets.

Cisco foreshadowed the Flip's demise in February, when Jonathan Kaplan, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Consumer Products, resigned. Kaplan was chairman and chief executive of Pure Digital when Cisco acquired the company. Announcing Kaplan's resignation, Cisco said it was taking its consumer business "to the next level."

Apparently that means laying off 550 employees and discontinuing a once-proud line of digital video cameras.

Source : Cisco's Flip Camcorders Bite the Dust

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Google Brags About Android Market Stats

Google said during the company's earnings call on Thursday that more than 3 billion apps have been installed from the Android Market so far, and around 350,000 smartphones are activated every day. The new figures highlight the exceptional growth of Android, but when it comes to app stores, Apple's is still king.

It didn't take Google long to reach the 3 billion downloaded apps milestone for the Android Market. It took 20 months to reach 1 billion apps installed; the second billion took another five months; and then it took only two months for Google to reach 3 billion -- a 50 percent increase from the previous quarter.

However, it's unclear how Google counted the app installs, if it included third-party stores (like Amazon's), or just the Android Market.Electronista's hunch is that all stores were included in Google's count. The balance between paid and free apps is also unspecified.

Impressive Android Market stats aside, Apple's App Store is still at the top. Apple announced earlier this year that its marketplace reached 10 billion downloads, more than three times more than Android's performance. When it comes to the number of apps, Apple rules too: the App Store has more than 350,000 apps, while the Android Market clocks in at an estimated half of that number.

Source : Google Brags About Android Market Stats

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Acer announces two new 3D LCD monitors

Acer announces two new 3D LCD monitors called Acer HN274H and Acer HS244Q

Acer is undoubtedly one of the world’s best brands when it comes to producing computer products. It has just added two new members to its range of monitors and these two models are known as Acer HN274H and Acer HS244Q.Both of these monitors come with 3D LCD display screens.

The first member Acer HN274H sports a 72 inch display which is equipped with the 3D technology and promises to bring about a whole new viewing experience for the users. This device also comes with HDMI 3D and NVIDIA 3D vision. Users are provided with NVIDIA 3D glasses to enjoy the 3D active shutter technology and it also features a built in IR emitter.

The other product Acer HS244Q boasts a 23.6 inch display and has a 12000000:1 contrast ratio. This device comes with full HD resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio. This monitor too comes with built in IR emitter and also 3D glasses with advanced active shutter technology.

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Gmail gets Background Customization Feature

Google has added yet another eye-candy feature to its web-based email service - Gmail. Over two years ago, Google had added themes in Gmail which certainly impressed several users, geeks and Gmail loyalists. Today onwards, Google will let you customize your Gmail with any image or your own custom image for the background. Yes, you can customize your Gmail with Kelly Clarkson's wallpaper, Dark Knight Rises Poster, or even a photo of your own. Wonder why took Gmail so long to introduce this feature.

Do note that adding a huge image to your Gmail background might make your web browser a wee bit slower. To customize background image on Gmail, go to Themes Tabs in Settings or just click here to go there directly in Gmail.

In the Themes tab, the last option is "Create your own theme" where you must click and a pop-up window will show up. Over there, you'll get a wireframe like snapshot of your Gmail, where you can customize the different areas with the colors of your choice. Click on the small box on top left corner of that window to give you a drop-down menu about colors and an option to upload image.

Check out the image below to find the upload image option where in you can pull image from Picasa or upload directly from your computer.

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Skype for Android Suffers from Security Issues

Almost six months ago, popular Voice over Internet Protocol company Skype unveiled the Skype for Android App. Recently, Android enthusiast blog Android Police discovered a security issue with Skype for Android App that may lead to an open invite for hackers to access user data on the device. According to Android Police, the latest version of Skype for Android stores chats logs and other information on the microSD card un-encrypted.

Until the Android 2.2 Froyo update, all smartphone users had to install their apps on the internal on-board memory of their smartphones. Once the Froyo update was rolled out, users could install and store the apps on the MicroSD card. However, there lies a limitation as developers still get to choose whether the app should be allowed to be installed on the microSD card or not. In case the developer allows the app to be installed and store data on the microSD card, that data is supposed to be strongly encrypted. Else, it's like storing all your passwords and data in a text file on your desktop. It's plain stupidity and an open invite for anyone to steal data from there.

The latest version of Skype for Android lets users install stuff from microSD card and stores all user data such as chat logs and profile information on the card itself. However, the Skype for Android app doesn't apply encryption on that whatever additional information is saved on the external storage. That leaves the personal information of the user exposed to potential hackers.

Skype has confirmed about the issue and is said to be investigating it.

Take a look at the video by Android Police that shows the issue:

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Nokia X3 Touch and Type Debuts

Nokia has just announced the launch of its latest mid-range multimedia handset, the X3 Touch and Type. The phone features a 2.4-inch touchscreen as well as a normal, traditional keyboard.

The X3 Touch and Type is Nokia's first attempt at making a phone with a touchscreen display coupled with a normal keypad.

Let's see what other features the X3 Touch and Type comes loaded with. The phone is quite thin and lightweight - it is just 9.6mm thick and tips the scales at just 78g. It is a quad band device with support for 3G, HSPA and Wi-Fi, a music player and an FM radio. The imaging bit is taken care of by the 5-megapixel camera which supports 4x zoom (digital). It can also capture videos.
The phone also comes with dedicated music and messaging keys and in select countries, will be offered with Ovi Music Unlimited, allowing access to a library of over 11 million tracks. For extra storage - up to 16GB - there's a MicroSD memory card slot. The X3 T&T offers five hours of talk time and can remain in standby mode for upto 17 days.

The X3 Touch and Type is expected to be on sale this quarter and will retail for approximately 125, (Rs. 7,500) excluding taxes and subsidies. It will initially be offered in China, Ireland, the UK, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Mexico Saudi and Yemen. When launched, it would be available in a brushed aluminium finish and with a choice of five colors.

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Android Handsets Specification Comparison

The Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000 price range has suddenly become very exciting because of all the new Android phones that are pouring in thick and fast. For a prospective buyer, this is both good news as well as bad news. Good news because he now has a choice; bad news because there are too many options to choose from.

Each of these phones differs from one another by one or two features. It becomes difficult to keep track of these things and even if you use a compare engine the task becomes tedious because of the sheer number. So we decided to club all of these high-end smartphones into a table and list out all the important specifications, so that it is easy to compare. Some of these handsets are currently on sale in India, whereas others are yet to launch but worth keeping an eye out for.

Since these are just the specifications, we would advise not to make your buying decision solely based on them, but also have a hands-on with the phone or read/watch online reviews before committing to any of them.

This table is only for high-end phones but we may even come up with a similar one for mid-range and low-end Android phones too. Do let us know what you think about this chart, if it requires any additions or if you spot any errors.

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Nokia Launches E6 Touchscreen Smartphone

The Nokia E6 that we have been seeing in leaked pictures so far has become official. The E6 is a business phone based on the successful E71 smartphone but with some new tricks up its sleeve. For starters, there is a 2.46-inch touchscreen display with VGA resolution, which gives it incredible pixel density of 325 ppi, the same as the iPhone 4's Retina display. The phone boasts of a long battery life and Microsoft's messaging experience out-of-the-box.

The phone comes loaded with productivity and social networking applications as well as Nokia's free Ovi Maps navigation. The E6 has an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash that can record videos in 720p resolution. The phone has expandable memory with 8GB built-in. The phone will go on sale for approximately Rs. 22,000 later this quarter.

The E6 will be running the newer version of Symbian OS, nicknamed Anna. It features new icons, faster web browser and a portrait QWERTY keypad (not available on the E6). This new OS will be available on the N8, E7, C7 and C6 soon.



Source: http://events.nokia.com/discover-symbian/

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Nokia X7 announced with 8 Megapixel Camera

Nokia, at a UK-based event, formally launched the much anticipated X7 smartphone. The new Nokia X7-00 features a large 4-inch AMOLED display made with Corning Gorilla Glass technology. Apparently, it looks like a cross between the N8 and E7. Yesterday we spotted a video of Nokia X7 being demoed for Three, British Mobile Operator. The X7-00 will remain Three exclusive in UK. Nokia will offer X7-00 in Dark Steel and Silver Steel colors.

The New Nokia X7 has a 4-inch AMOLED display that supports 16:9 nHD 640x360 pixel resolution. Under the hood it houses a 680MHz ARM11 processor which seems to be the same one used in the N8 and E7. Weighing 146 grams, the new X7 is just 11.9 mm thick. It comes with 8GB memory card included and has expansion slot that can carry up to 32GB microSD.

With Nokia X7, the company also introduced the next version of Symbian updated dubbed as Symbian Anna, which was previously referred as PR2. Nokia will release Symbian Anna for N8, C7, C6-01 and E7 in the coming months. The new Symbian Anna update brings fresh set of icons with rounded corners, portrait QWERTY input, better browser, better Ovi Maps, and other enhancements.

The major focus of the Nokia X7-00 is its entertainment and gaming aspect. This new X7-00 supports the usual audio formats with up to 320 kbps Bit rate and also has Stereo FM radio. Apart from that the on-board graphics supports OpenGL 2.0 that enables 3D graphics and thus games are enjoyable with the help of accelerometer.

At the back lies the 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and capable of recording 720p HD video. There's no front facing camera for video chat/call.

Here's a snapshot of Nokia X7 features:

Key features:
- Symbian^3 Anna (PR2) OS
- 680 MHz ARM11 CPU
- 256MB RAM, 1GB ROM memory
- 4.0-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display, widescreen 16:9 nHD (640x360)
- 8MP camera with Dual LED Flash
- 720p HD Video recording
- Expandable memory of up to 32G
- 3G (HSPA+) support
- WLAN (802.11 b/g/n)
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Ovi store access
- Stereo FM radio
- High-Speed USB 2.0 with USB on-the-go feature
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS support
- Ovi Maps with free car and pedestrian navigations (region specific only)
- Accelerometer
- 1300mAh Li-Ion battery
- Talk time: GSM - 6.5 hours; WCDMA: 4.5 hours

The Nokia X7 will be available in Q2 2011 and, before taxes and operator subsidies, it will cost 380 (Rs. 24,415 approx.). There's no word on its availability in India as yet.

Source: Nokia X7 announced with 8 Megapixel Camera

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New Opera 11.10 released; Improves Opera Turbo & the Speed Dial

The latest release of Opera is out, and it brings some great improvements to two of the browsers beloved features, Opera Turbo, and the Speed Dial.

The updated Opera Turbo now promises of offer greater compression than ever while simultaneously improving on quality. Opera Turbo now uses Google's new open WebP image format rather than JPEG making such improvements possible.

Of course since Opera is using WebP in turbo, they have also added support for the format in the browser. While the format is far from popular - in fact it is currently not supported in any major image editor or viewer - supporting this new open format means that there is hope that the format will take off with time. You can check out a gallery of WebP images here.

The other big change is in how Opera's Speed Dial works. In recent versions Opera added support for more speed dial layouts. This feature has not received the ultimate upgrade. It now supports unlimited entries, and the layout fluidly accommodates any new entries you add rather than displaying an inflexible grid with some missing entries. Additionally, you can zoom into or out of the Speed Dial and the entries will fluidly take the optimum layout.

Another update to Speed Dial is the thumbnails displayed. While thumbnails are useful, most sites when displayed in their entirety in a small thumbnail window become indiscernible. Opera now lets website authors specify what should be shown in this thumbnail. This thumbnail need not be static either, it can provide dynamic content, even animated content that can pull information from your account, making it more personal.

Opera 11.10 also comes with improved support for web standards, with CSS3 multi-column layouts, WOFF fonts support, CSS3 gradients and more.Plug-in detection and installation has now also been automated, so if you visit a website that requires the Flash Player and you don't have it installed, Opera will download and install it automatically.

What lies ahead is Opera 11.50, preview builds of which are already available. This version is expected to finally bring hardware acceleration to the Opera browser, andwill feature an HTML5 parser, which is one of the most important parts of the new web standard.

Source : New Opera 11.10 released; Improves Opera Turbo and the Speed Dial

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HTC Incredible 2 - Android smartphone

HTC Incredible 2 - Android smartphone

This time last year, HTC had two Android smartphones for the mainstream: the 3.7-inch Desire, outfitted with the latest and greatest, and the 3.2-inch Legend, which was humbler in specs but offered the novelty of an aluminum unibody construction. After seeing that strategy pay off handsomely, the company's come back in 2011 with a similar proposition. The 4-inch Incredible S is now the higher-end device, while the 3.7-inch Desire S is the smaller, aluminum-shelled handset. What's curious this time, however, is that the Desire S has exactly the same 1GHz Snapdragon inside it, the same graphics, same WVGA resolution, and the same 768MB of RAM as the Incredible S. Throw in the fact it comes with Gingerbread preloaded and a few new tweaks to the Sense UI and you've got to wonder if this might not be the more, um, desirable of HTC's new Android duo. Only one way to find out, right? Full review after the break.

Read the full specs below:

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 900/2100
• 3.7-inch, 480 x 800, S-LCD
• Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255, 1GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, 768MB RAM
• 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash, 720p video recording
• VGA video call camera
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1, A-GPS
• 1.1GB internal memory, microSD card slot
• 1450mAh Li-Ion battery
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• Price at Rs. 25,490 in Indian Market

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LG launched Optimus 2X, Optimus Black in India

LG has priced the two devices the Optimus 2x and the Optimus Black at Rs 30,000 and Rs 27,000 respectively.

LG has launched its flagship smartphones, the Optimus 2X and Optimus Black, in India. LG is also planning to launch several more mobile phones across category for the Indian market during the year ahead.

The LG Optimus 2X is now officially the first ever dual core processor based smartphone available in the Indian market. It features the slightly older version of Android, the Android 2.2, but it is upgradable to 2.3.

It also includes a total of 512 MB of RAM and eight GB of onboard storage. The inclusion of the nVidia Tegra GPU is a welcome inclusion. With its Gyro sensor and the accelerometer sensor, it is expected to be notch above the rest in gaming. A four inch display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and an eight megapixel camera, capable of recording HD videos, are also included in this.

The Optimus Black is a slightly stripped version of the 2X with Android 2.2, a 1GHz single core processor, and a five megapixel camera and a lesser two GB of onboard storage. It features the Nova display, which LG claims is the best for a mobile device with 700nits of brightness making it legitimate even in bright light conditions.

LG has priced the two devices the Optimus 2x and the Optimus Black at Rs 30,000 and Rs 27,000 respectively. The devices will be available across all major and small mobile outlet including LG stores. LG has not announced any network partnership with any service operator so no special rate plans are available for these two devices as of now.

www.themobileindian.com

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