Okay. Chinese companies, mostly the ones you don’t know about, are quite adept at making clones. This time, it’s a clone of the Sony Wii – the JXD 7100. Running Android 2.2 Froyo, the S7100 comes with a 7″ display of 800×480 pixel resolution, and it’s got a dual core Cortex A9 processor under the…
What the world knows as the Ideos X5 (hey, at least I know so), AT&T has launched the Impulse 4G, its cheapest Android 4G phone ever, costing just $30, on a 2-year contract.
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Android 2.2 (Froyo) 3.8″ display of 480×800 resolution (~246 ppi) 800 MHz processor with Adreno 205 GPU; 512 MB RAM 5 MP…Skype for Android has been bumped to v2.1, adding Video calling support to the following 17 devices:
Acer A5 HTC Desire (2.2) HTC Desire HD HTC Evo 3D HTC Evo 4G HTC Flyer HTC Incredible S HTC Sensation HTC Thunderbolt – Verizon (2.2) (US only) LG Revolution – Verizon (2.2) (US only) Samsung Droid Charge – Verizon (2.2) (US only) Samsung Galaxy S Samsung Galaxy S…Micromax, an Indian manufacturer, has launched the Andro A70 today. Priced at INR 8,000, this device comes with Android 2.2, has a 3.2″ capacitive touchscreen and a 5 MP camera. Quite a good deal for the amount it demands.
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Android 2.2 3.2″ display 600 MHz processor Internal memory expandable upto 32 GB 5 MP main camera; 0.3 MP front camera Mi-Fi,…Budget Android phones are definitely increasing every day. To add to the list, there’s this Motorola XT316, a candybar Qwerty device with a 2.8″ QVGA resolution touchscreen. Touch and type, anyone?
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Android 2.2 Froyo (upgradable to Gingerbread 2.3 this fall; could launch with Gingerbread in Europe) 2.8″ QVGA resolution touchscreen 3 MP fixed focus camera 600 MHz ARM…It’s almost becoming a trend these days, to launch a ‘new’ color variant of the device. This time, it’s the LG Optimus Black, being put on sale by Netherland’s Sizz, in White variant. Unsurprisingly, it’s named as Optimus White. The operator is offering the device for free, with 5 different plans to chose…
The LG Optimus 3D, called by LG as the world’s first tri-dual architecture smartphone (geek alert) – a dual core CPU, dual channel RAM and dual channel memory. At a time when we’re seeing devices being announced with Dual Core Processors, LG has gone one step ahead and laced the Optimus 3D with Dual channel RAM,…
In another not-so-surprising piece of news today, HTC UK on it’s Facebook fanpage announced that the original Desire would not be updated to Gingerbread. At all. The reason being given here is ‘memory constraints’. Wait, below is the full text from their fanpage -
Our engineering teams have been working hard for the past few months to…
LG Optimus 3D, announced at the Mobile World Congress 2011, seems to be gearing up for it’s UK launch. Amazon has listed the smartphone at a price of £599.99. Of course, it comes unlocked and all. The price is not really very good, but then, you get a 3D display and a 3D camera for that. Then…
ViewSonic’s V350, announced at the Mobile World Congress this year, finally seems to be readying itself for a June release. If you don’t just yet know, it’s a Dual SIM Android, capable of running on two different 3G SIMs, so you can have more flexibility in the plans you chose. Very well. Although, I should point…
Kyocera started it all. Now LG, the Korean giant, has a dual-screen headed to US Cellular. It’s not similar to the Kyocera Echo, though. One screen is on the top, when the Qwerty keyboard is closed, looking like any other candybar Android. But when you slide open the keyboard, you’ll find the second display.
Quick heads up guys, Vodafone UK is coming up with an entry level Android powered device, called the Smart. It’s a PAYG device, so you need not bother about signing a 2-year contract. Thanks, Vodafone.
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Android 2.2 aka Froyo 2.8″ capacitive touchscreen 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 2 MP cameraClearly, not much to write home about. The device will come in two colors – Black…