Windows Mobile: јануар 2012

уторак, 31. јануар 2012.

Nokia Asha 300 available online for Rs. 6,385

Related Stories: Nokia unveils Asha 200, 201, 300, 303... Nokia launches Music Unlimited, a free... Nokia launches Asha 200, 300 and X2-02... Nokia's S40 operating system-based Asha 300 phone is now available via online stores such as flipkart.com. Priced at Rs. 6,385, the Nokia Asha 300 is a touch and type phone. The phone was introduced along with other Asha phones at the Nokia World 2011 event. Nokia had officially announced the phone for the Indian market last month.

The Nokia Asha 300 features a 2.4 inch QVGA resistive touchscreen with 240 x 360 pixels resolution and a 5MP camera with 4x zoom. The phone is powered by a 1GHz processor. The Asha 300 has an internal storage of 140 MB and is expandable up to 32 GB via microSD, microSDHC cards. For connectivity, the phone supports GPRS, EDGE, 3G and bluetooth. The phone comes with a Li-Ion 1110 mAh battery that is rated to deliver a talk time of up to 6 hours on 2G and 4 hours on 3G.

The Asha 300 comes pre-loaded with Angry Birds Lite game and offers fast access to messaging, e-mail and instant messaging via the wide range of S40-based applications available through Nokia Store. Check out the full specifications of the Nokia Asha 300 here.

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Telcos allowed to share 2G spectrum; no word on 3G sharing yet

Related Stories: BSNL joins 3G roaming pact row, accuses... DoT to monitor software used by mobile... TDSAT stays DoT order on 3G roaming... Amid ongoing standoff between the government and telcos over '3G spectrum sharing', the Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body of the communications ministry, has allowed the operators to share 2G airwaves. The move is unlikely to relieve the telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Aircel who have dragged the government to court after the telecom department (DoT) and other government machineries dubbed their 3G roaming deals as illegal.

The 3G telecom operators had entered into agreement with each other to provide 3G services in circles where they did not own the spectrum license. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), however, held back the DoT order to terminate the 3G roaming agreements between the telecom operators. The telecom operators, meanwhile, have declined to comment on the development, stating they are not aware about the TC decision as it wasn't officially announced by the government yet.

Besides permission for 2G sharing, the TC has also announced a slew of riders to manage and control spectrum sharing. One of the notable announcement is the operators that own airwaves in a specific region can only share it. This means a telecom operator who has not 2G spectrum in a particular circle will not share airwaves with other operator who has radio frequencies.

"Spectrum can be shared only between two spectrum holders.... In other words, a non-licensee or licensee who has not been assigned spectrum as yet cannot be party to spectrum trading," Times of India quotes the excerpts of the latest TC meeting. The TC has further decided to levy a one-time fee for extra spectrum beyond the contracted limit of 6.2 MHz. The move is believed to put heavy monetary burden on old GSM operators.

Lenovo IdeaPad, ThinkPad tablets to get ICS upgrade by May

Related Stories: Acer, Lenovo bringing quad-core Android... 5-inch Lenovo Android tablet rumoured Lenovo joins Indian tablet market with... Earlier this month, we'd reported that Lenovo is going to roll out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its ThinkPad tablet in the second quarter this year. And now Lenovo has revealed that its IdeaPad tablet will also receive the ICS update. According to reports, the update is likely to arrive in India by May this year.

The Lenovo ThinkPad and IdeaPad tablets currently run on Android 3.1 Honeycomb operating system. Lenovo's ThinkPad tablet is available for Rs. 45,000 in India presently. The tablet sports a 10.1-inch display with 1280x800 pixel HD resolution, 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM. Read our hands-on of the ThinkPad tablet for more information about its specifications and other features.

While the ThinkPad tablet is aimed at enterprise users, the IdeaPad tablets are meant for the general users. Lenovo sells two IdeaPad tablets in India – IdeaPad A1 and IdeaPad K1. According to reports, Lenovo is likely to roll out ICS upgrade to the IdeaPad K1 tablet, as it runs on Android 3.1 Honeycomb. The IdeaPad K1 has a dual-core 1.0 GHz Nvidia Tegra T20 mobile processor with 1 GB DDR2 memory and 16 GB on-board storage. Read our review of the product for more information about its features and performance.

At the recently concluded CES 2012 event, Lenovo had unveiled a new 10-inch tablet, called the IdeaTab S2, running on the ICS operating system. Besides Lenovo, Asus has already announced ICS upgrade plans for its Eee Pad series of tablets. The first Asus tablet to sport the latest Android OS is the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime. ViewSonic has also announced ViewPad e70 tablet with Android ICS.

Apple takes the lead in global PC shipments, with the iPad

Related Stories: Simmtronics and VIA team up to offer... AMD releases Fusion APUs - taking performance... Top tablet comparison: iPad vs. Xoom... According to the fourth quarter report by market research firm Canalys, Apple has taken the lead in global client PC shipments. The report took into account desktops, laptops, netbooks, and tablet PCs.

Apple shipped more than 15 million iPad tablets and 5 million Mac (laptops and desktops), giving it a 17 percent stake in the global market in Q4 2011, which saw 120 million client PCs shipped worldwide. HP, formerly the biggest PC vendor in the world, shipped 12.7 percent of the PCs in the market in that same period.

HP had expressed its reluctance to continue in the PC market last year, citing tablets, like the iPad, already making a further dent in the already low-margin industry. The category to see the biggest slow down was netbooks, with tablets apparently a viable alternative in customers’ minds. Speaking to CNET about the changing market, Steve Brazier, CEO of Canalys, said:

"We're going through the biggest shift the PC industry has seen in 20 years. It's very difficult to grow in the classic PC market when all of the growth is coming from iPads. For example, the Netbook category, which was all the rage a few years ago, has been decimated by iPads...And that's a big problem for HP."

With Apple riding to the top almost solely on the basis on its iPad tablet sales, other PC makers are also itching to get in on the action of the tablet market. All of the top five PC makers in the world already have tablet offerings in the market, with Dell and HP the only ones currently without a consumer-facing offering.

Apart from Apple and Lenovo (which increased its share by 2%), none of the other manufacturers in the top five managed to increase their market share, with HP, Acer and Dell’s shares taking hits since the same quarter last year. While the total PC market grew by 16 percent year-over-year, if one doesn't count tablets, the size of the PC market actually reduced by 0.4 percent.

According to Brazier, the vast demand for tablets may just make some non-conventional PC manufacturers like Motorola, HTC, RIM, and Amazon, major competitors in the PC space, with their tablet offerings. Amazon’s already seen rapid sales of its Kindle Fire tablet, with 5 million units shipped in the same period.

"In five years, maybe less, a company like Amazon may be a bigger PC company than some of the top fives today. It's a fundamental shift so those who are in denial are in trouble."

Another new entrant to the PC market is the Intel Ultrabook category, and most major laptop manufacturers have unveiled their offerings. According to Michael Kauh, an analyst at Canalys, Ultrabooks will soon see some growth:

"We expect ultrabook volumes to see limited adoption through the first half of 2012, before finally gaining momentum later in the year as price points decline and Intel launches a new line of processors and embarks on an aggressive marketing campaign. In the short term though, vendors will experience more pressure in the netbook and notebook segments, especially with Apple’s annual iPad refresh approaching."

Source: Canalys, via CNET

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Over 20,000 units of UbiSlate 7+ booked in Nepal

Related Stories: Mumbai University gets 25,000 booking... Andhra students to get 'improved' Aakash... Aakash tablet PC to feature Indian War... The indigenous ultra low-cost Aakash tablet PC isn't just creating buzz in India but outside as well. Our neighbouring country, Nepal is currently hosting its biggest technology exhibition, CAN Info-Tech 2012. According to reports, thousands of visitors are arriving at the event to take a look at what is touted as the world's cheapest tablet. So far, more than 20,000 units of the UbiSlate 7

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Megaupload data may be deleted this week [Update: Reprieve till mid-Feb]

Related Stories: Megaupload shutdown by DOJ, Anonymous... Google shows its support for Blackout... Anonymous hacks FTC's OnGuardOnline.gov... Update: According to CNET, Ira Rothken, Megaupload's attorney, says the Megaupload data will not be deleted for another two weeks. Hopefully, they will work out a way for users to retrieve their data in the interim.

“The hosting companies have been gracious enough to provide additional time so we can work out some kind of arrangement with the government.”

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Users of Megaupload and its associate hosting sites have dire news – their data, whether legitimate or not, could be deleted as soon as Thursday. Megupload is currently in hot water with the Department of Justice, and apart from the arrest of its owners and proprietors, its websites have been shutdown, with a FBI Anti-Piracy Warning displayed there instead.

Megaupload, with 150 million registered users, also used third-party storage for hosting its data, such as Carpathia Hosting Inc, and Cogent Communications Group, which together keep the data of approximately 50 million Megaupload users.

As Megaupload’s funds have currently been frozen by federal authorities, the company is unable to pay the third-parties to keep holding its data. Ira Rothken, Megaupload’s attorney, says the company is currently in talks with the prosecution, to help ensure that users’ uploaded data is not deleted.

However, both hosting companies have received letters from the U.S. Attorney’s Office last week, informing them they may begin deleting Megaupload data as soon as Thursday.

"It is our understanding that the hosting companies may begin deleting the contents of the servers beginning as early as 2 February… Should the defendants wish to obtain independent access... that issue must be resolved directly with Cogent or Carpathia."

Carpathia Hosting Inc published a statement soon after the first reports, saying:

"Carpathia Hosting does not have, and has never had, access to the content on Megaupload servers and has no mechanism for returning any content residing on such servers to Megaupload's customers. The reference to the 2 Feb 2012 date in the Department of Justice letter for the deletion of content is not based on any information provided by Carpathia to the US Government. We would recommend that anyone who believes that they have content on MegaUpload servers contact MegaUpload. Please do not contact Carpathia Hosting.""

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65-inch Sony Bravia KDL-65HX295 lands in India, for Rs. 3,59,900

Related Stories: CES 2012: Sony takes on OLED tech with... CES 2012: Samsung unveils 55-inch Super... Lenovo announces its first Android 4.0... Sony has brought its largest LED TV in the Bravia lineup to India, the 65-inch Sony Bravia HX925, priced at Rs. 3,59,900. Featuring the company’s monolithic design, the Sony Bravia HX925 LED TV is internet enabled, and features a full HD resolution with 3D capability, and a built-in transmitter. It ships with a Skype camera, and two pairs of 3D glasses.

The 65-inch (165 cm) Sony Bravia HX925 HDTV, or Sony Bravia KDL-65HX925 comes with Sony’s new picture engine, the X-Reality Pro Engine, using pixel-by-pixel analysis and pattern-optimisation for better picture quality, colour accuracy, and details.

Other features include OptiContrast, a Gorilla Glass panel, and Intelligent Peak LED technology, which apart from ensuring the HX295’s panel is thinner and uses less power, features a local dimming function for better contrast. Also onboard is Sony’s Motionflow technology, doing away with blurring and ghosting by increases the frame rate by up to four times.

The 3D functionality of the Bravia HX295 also allows users to convert 2D images and videos to simulated 3D using an advanced alorithm, with the click of a button. The HX925 has a 120 degree viewing angle for 3D viewing, allowing the whole family to watch crisp and clear 3D irrespective of where they are sitting in the room.

The Sony Bravia KDL-65HX925 also features an internet content library from Youtube, Sony Entertainment Network, Star TV, BIGFlix, Times Internet Limited (Indiatimes.com), Bollywood Hungama, What’s-On-India, and FridayMoviez, among others. Users will also be able to use a compatible smartphone to browse the internet, and otherwise control the TV, with the Media Remote app for Android and iOS. The Android version of the app also allows for voice search.

The KDL-65HX925 also features built-in apps for Facebook, Twitter and Skype. Also onboard are eco features, such as Backlight Off Mode, Intelligent Presence Detector with Face Detection, and more. For more details, visit Sony India’s page for the Sony Bravia KDL-65HX925.

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HP launches refreshed Pavilion dm4 and HP Mini 210, with Beats Audio

Related Stories: HP unveils new Envy, Pavilion & Mini... CES 2011 - HP refreshes almost entire... Apple takes the lead in global PC shipments,... HP has launched three new devices in India, with two new HP Pavilion dm4 laptops, and the redesigned HP Mini 210 netbook. All three devices devices are ultraportable offerings, with sleek frames and lightweight bodies.

Two variants of the HP Pavilion dm4 are available, the HP Pavillion dm4 at Rs. 51,999, and the HP Pavilion dm4-3000 Entertainment Beats Edition at Rs. 54,999. Specifications are roughly similar, with the exception of Beats Audio technology, HP’s Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer, and Beats Audio branding. Both laptops come with Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium pre-installed, HP CoolSense, HP SimplePass fingerprint reader, as well as the optional Intel Smart Response Technology, which provides faster boot times and application loads.

The HP Pavilion dm4 Entertainment Beats Edition ships with a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2450M processor, 6GB of DDR3 RAM (up to 16GB), 1GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7470M GPU, 640GB 5,400 RPM hard drive, DVD writer, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, as well as VGA, HDMI, USB 2.0, 2xUSB 3.0, and Ethernet ports. It will ship with Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium onboard.

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Asus launches ROG Rampage IV Gene X79 in India, at Rs. 18,650

Related Stories: Asus HD 7970 launched in India at Rs.... Nvidia declares some AMD love - SLI... Corsair launches Cerulean Blue Vengeance... Asus has launched the ROG Rampage IV GENE X79 micro ATX gaming board in India, using the X79 chipset, and meant for Sandy Bridge-E CPUs compatible with Intel Socket LGA 2011. According to Asus, the ROG Rampage IV GENE X79 is the first Intel X79-based motherboard formally authorized and certified USB 3.0-ready by the USB Implementers Forum. Unlike budget microATX boards, it also supports 2-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX.

Other features of the Asus ROG Rampage IV GENE X79 mATX board include SupremeFX III EMI-shielded audio for better in-game sound, Intel Ethernet LAN and ROG GameFirst technology for enhanced multiplayer performance, and ROG Extreme Engine Digi

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D-Link Boxee Box Review

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недеља, 8. јануар 2012.

Motorola Video Hints Wireless Charging at CES 2012

Don't feel strange if you feel sorry for the USB adaptor in the video below. It makes a sad face and even manages to squeeze out a tear from one of its ports.

Motorola invites everyone to "stay unplugged" as the manufacturer teases some sort of wireless charging and/or synching technology for CES. Of course, the wireless charging concept is no stranger, not to mention the wireless synching concept which is already part of many smartphone owners' lives. How is Motorola going to implement the new technology? We'll find out soon enough!

Source: YouTube
Via: Engadget Other posts tagged with: Motorola, News

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"Dream Team" Created To Bring iPhone 4S Jailbreak To the World

This is no Marvel comic and it's definitely not your all-star basketball team. It is very much real and it's about legendary hackers joining a "Dream Team" which will hopefully bring the long-awaited iPhone 4S jailbreak to the world.

Joining pod2g in his work are planetbeing, MuscleNerd, and p0sixninja, three people that don't need any introduction if you're living in the Apple iPhone world. As hackers unite and pod2g is convinced "we now have a dream team to find a path for a public release of the A5 jailbreak", the community crosses its fingers and hopes for a solution to come soon!

Source: pod2g's iOS blog
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Researchers get Moore's Law to work at the atomic scale

Moore's Law may just survive quirky quantum effects to oversee the incredible shrinking procession of computer chips for years to come if a new study by Australian and American researchers is adaptable to large-scale silicon fabrication.

Ohm's law, which suggests that electrical resistivity should remain constant no matter the size of an electrical component, also appears to be safe. It turns out that silicon wires just an atom tall and four atoms wide can maintain low electrical resistivity if put together just the right way, according to a research team led by Michelle Simmons of the Center for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at the School of Physics of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Chip manufacturers like Intel have managed to shrink their products regularly for decades—doubling the circuitry on silicon wafers roughly every two years, as per Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's eponymous "law" —thanks to technological innovation and lower manufacturing costs. But as the transistors that make up computer chips have shrunk to sizes approaching the atomic scale, a new challenge looms—extremely tiny chip components tend to resist the flow of an electrical current. Since computer chips use electricity to conduct their business, that's a major problem. In fact, scientists have found that once circuitry gets below 10 nanometers, its resistivity increases exponentially the smaller it gets. Semiconductor manufacturers are already producing 22nm chips for release this year and the 10nm node should come online in 2015, as per Moore's Law. But to get even smaller, chip makers will have to figure out ways around the resistivity problem and other atomic-scale problems like quantum tunneling. Enter Simmons and researchers from the University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne, and Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center. In a study published in the current issue ofScience, they say they've achieved ohmic scaling to the atomic limit—which is to say they've managed to get electrical wires just a few atoms in width to work the way they're supposed to. The researchers embedded phosphorus atoms within a silicon crystal "with an average spacing of less than one nanometer," they report, to create wires with widths ranging from 1.5 to 11 nanometers. The resistivity exhibited by the wires, from skinniest to thickest, was roughly the same—a result that Simmons and her co-authors say could "pave the way for single-atom device architectures for both classical and quantum information processing." The trick, however, will be to translate the experiment to large-scale manufacturing processes. Simmons and her team basically hand-crafted their circuitry, "covering a silicon crystal with a layer of hydrogen atoms and then carving out several-nanometer-wide channels in the hydrogen using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope," according to Nature, which reviewed the Science report. That's a far cry from the mass-production techniques used in modern semiconductor manufacturing, one skeptic told Nature. Penn State electrical engineer Suman Datta said that in practical chip production, it probably wouldn't be possible to use as much phosphorous as the researchers did, meaning resistivity would still increase as circuitry reaches the atomic scale unless another solution is found.

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The Best Firefox Extensions, 2011

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Microsoft Says Nothing Changed Windows Phone Update-Wise

"Nothing has changed in regard to how we work with carriers to deliver Windows Phone updates to our customers", said Greg Sullivan, Senior Product Manager for Windows Phone at Microsoft, talking to Mary-Jo Foley.

According to a recent Windows Phone Blog post, the team said that the firmware and maintenance updates will still be pushed out by Redmond but they will only be available depending on country, phone model and the carrier who requests it.

Microsoft believes that the whole system is unchanged, exactly as we knew it until now. Carriers still can't skip more than one update and the entire policy, development and delivery process in just the same as one year ago.

There are two possibilities here; unfortunately, either way we go, it's just bad for Microsoft. First, Microsoft's intention might have been to change the whole policy and then backtracked due to heavy negative feedback. Second, Redmond really had no change in mind, in which case it's just another Marketing and/or PR miscommunication. Let's say the CES Windows Phone announcements could have done without this drama.

Source: All About Microsoft
Via: MobileTechWorld Other posts tagged with: Windows Phone 7, Microsoft, News, Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango)

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Sony Ericsson To Announce Xperia S and Xperia Ion at CES?

According to recent rumors, Sony Ericsson will unveil two Android-powered smartphones at the upcoming CES. According to reports, they will be the Xperia S and the Xperia Ion, wearing a "Sony"-only branding (though it is yet unknown whether it will be accompanied by the "Sony Ericsson" branding too, or not).

The Xperia S is a new name but it appears to relate to the LT26i "Nozomi" phone which we've recently saw previewed (though with a full "Sony Ericsson" branding at the top). You should expect specs like 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 12-megapixel camera, and a 720p.

As far as the Xperia Ion goes there is nothing really known about the phone except for the fact that the manufacturer trademarked the name. While we attributed the Xperia Ion name to the LT28at which took a picture with its 13-megapixel camera, recent reports indicate that the phone will indeed be the LT29i Hayabusa. This will allegedly look similar to the Xperia Arc and Arc S but with specs closer to the Xperia S above.

We'll just have to wait a couple of more days for official CES wording. Anyways, rest assured that we'll be there to check the phone(s) out as part of our CES coverage.

Source: SEMC Blog
Via: XperiaBlog Other posts tagged with: Android, Sony Ericsson, News

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Samsung's ChatOn Makes It To Apple's iTunes App Store

Samsung's plans for its own Instant Messaging tool, called ChatOn, were made public back in October. We were told of a cross-platform application that will come preloaded on Bada and Android-powered Samsung devices, with plans for BlackBerry and iPhone up the sleeve too.

After launching the Android version of ChatOn, available for anyone to download from the Android Market, it is now time for the iPhone iteration to be up in the Apple iTunes App Store.

Described as "a Global Mobile Communication Service that enables you to have better relationships with your buddies or groups", ChatOn allows you to make one-on-one chats, group chats, broadcast, draw messages, send picture, video, voice, location, contacts, calendar items and more. It is free to download so if you're interested follow the source link below.

Source: iTunes
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субота, 7. јануар 2012.

Future Windows Phone Maintenance Updates at Carrier's Discretion?

The model Microsoft introduced with Windows Phone somehow guaranteed that no device will be left behind software update-wise. Of course there were some carrier related glitches over the past year where it took one certain network operator longer than others to test and approve an update but nevertheless, phones received the refresh. There were also some problems related to certain phones (Focus, Omnia 7) but still, those phones more or less are rocking the latest platform iteration.

Eric Hautala posted his weekly blog article and he says: "In the months ahead, we

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Android Application Weekly - Pixel Rain, Star Chart, Traffic Cam Viewer, Photo Grid, Cartoons

In this episode of the Android Application Weekly we demonstrate some apps that will keep you entertained, allow you to view traffic cameras, and turn your photos into collage like grids. To download these directly to your Android smartphone or tablet just take a picture of the QR-Code using Google Goggles or any other QR-Code scanner or click on the app title link to be taken directly to the Android Market.

Pixel Rain

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HTC Unlocks Wildfire S, Wildfire, Salsa, Merge, and Desire

HTC is doing its best, unlike Motorola, to keep the promise Peter Chou made with regards to unlocking bootloaders. Several different phone models are now unlockable via the HTCdev website, among which all devices released after September 2011, and even prior to that date.

According to a recent tweet, new phones have been added to the unlock list. If you have an HTC Wildfire S, Wildfire, Salsa, Merge, or Desire, you can now unlock its bootloader -- given that you understand the risks and that it will void your warranty. However, that never stopped the community so if you feel like, jump over to HTCdev and get the bits which will set your bootloader free.

Source: Twitter
Via: PhoneArena Other posts tagged with: HTC, Android, Desire, Salsa, Wildfire S, News

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Samsung Galaxy S 'Value Pack' Leaked, Contains Some ICS Goodies

The situation of the Samsung Galaxy S, Ice Cream Sandwich update-wise, is rather interesting. Initially, Samsung said there will be no update because of TouchWiz, then the manufacturer backtracked and promised a "Value Pack" and later on retracted.

Well, brace yourselves as the Samsung Galaxy S "Value Pack" seems to have leaked online in the form of a ROM. While still a Gingerbread ROM, you will be able to use Face Unlock and take pictures while recording a video. The only question remaining is whether Samsung is still working on the update or not. The build date is December 29, 2011, way before Samsung denied Galaxy S users their previously promised "Value Pack".

Aside from the above mentioned, the leaked ROM includes camera fixes for recording video, the Photo Editor from the S2, new Lockscreen sounds, faster auto-rotation, better I/O performance, smoother browsing, faster Gallery and some more.

Those techy and brave enough among you will probably flash the ROM and test it out. Big word of warning, as usual, but if you can't help it, follow the source link to read through the thread and get the download links.

Source: SamMobile, XDA Developers
Thanks: Kaik541 Other posts tagged with: Samsung, Android, Galaxy S, News

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Verizon Motorola Droid 4 Gets DLNA-Certified

Everyone's expecting the Motorola Droid 4, especially because of its slender shape and QWERTY keyboard. We might even see the phone announced next week at CES and here's some more information showing that the phone is indeed on the right track.

The keyboard-enabled Droid RAZR has just received its DLNA certification. Tested as the Motorola XT894, the phone seems to be in the attention of DLNA since October 2010, before Verizon and Motorola even announced the Droid RAZR. As the device stacks up its approvals, we are kindly waiting for a possible CES announcement. It would be about time!

Source: DLNA, Blog of Mobile
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Sony Ericsson MT27i Pepper Pictured As Xperia neo Successor?

Despite getting the Xperia neo V as its refresh last year in Berlin, the Sony Ericsson Xperia neo is rumroed to get a successor and we sure hope it will be soon, if not at CES then definitely at MWC.

The phone's model number is MT27i and is also referred to as "Pepper". You can see it in the leaked image above accompanied by rumored specs that include a 1GHz dual-core processor (probably made by ST-Ericsson, the NovaThor U8500 according to reports), 3.7-inch FWVGA display, five-megapixel camera with 720p video recording capability.

Source: XperiaBlog Other posts tagged with: Android, Sony Ericsson, News

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In 2012, the Mobile Web will blur tech boundaries

From my perspective, 2011 was mostly characterized by the broader acceptance of tablets and cloud computing and I expect those trends will continue in 2012. Still, two big contentions remain that I think may well define technology in the coming year: traditional PC technology versus mobile technology and web-based applications versus native clients. The competition in these areas has already begun to heat up and will play out over several years, but I think this year promises a lot of action on both fronts.

In the past year, we've witnessed traditional PC technology intersecting mobile technology. Smartphone sales top those of PCs and mobile devices are quite likely to become the dominant way that people access the Internet. As mobile technology gets faster and more powerful, traditional mobile designs, chips, and operating systems begin to tackle things that were previously the province of the PC, such as high-resolution games and business productivity.

A few years back, Qualcomm toyed with the idea of "smartbooks," fundamentally smartphones or tablets with keyboards. These lightweight notebooks running a phone operating system didn't go very far then, but they are likely to resurface this year. For instance, it's easy to think of the Asus Transformer Prime with its keyboard as an Android-based notebook. I expect we'll see a lot more products like that in 2012. It's not too big of a stretch to imagine Apple shipping a thin notebook that runs iOS, essentially an iPad with a keyboard. In addition, the news that Windows 8 will run on ARM-based processors has both Qualcomm and Nvidia (and potentially Texas Instruments) talking about ARM-based Windows notebooks.

At the same time, all the big PC vendors are taking aim at the mobile market. Windows Phones and Tablet PCs have so far been mostly niche products, but Microsoft has made it clear that it will push Windows 8 on tablets. I expect a broader push for Windows Phones, as well. Intel is venturing further into the smartphone and tablet markets with its Medfield and Clover Trail processors and AMD is talking more about tablets, too.

I expect the vast majority of PCs will run traditional chips and Windows and the vast majority of smartphones and tablets will run traditional mobile OSs and ARM-based processors in 2012. The potential for competition, however, forces all the vendors, and especially the companies that make final products, to take another look at their offerings. The result can only be good for innovation.

Also this year, web apps will come face to face with native applications. Until now, almost all the really powerful applications have been native applications of one sort or another, whether traditional Windows-based client applications or applications written for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, PlayStation, Xbox, or other specific platforms. Web-based applications—or software-as-a-service (SaaS), as the concept is sometimes called—have been growing. Applications such as Salesforce, Netsuite, Workday, Concur, and Google Docs are increasing in power. Microsoft has gotten in the game with its Office 365 and big enterprise companies like Oracle and SAP are now talking about this, as well.

But browser-based applications have had some limitations: restricted use of local processing, minimal graphics support, spotty connectivity, and little or no offline usage. HTML5, especially as it evolves, promises to change this. All the big browser makers are promising more support in the year ahead, though with important differences among them.

We've already seen a few companies, like the Financial Times, try to use web-based applications to get around the limitations imposed by the platform makers' application stores.

Meanwhile, Apple pioneered the App Store. Recently, more app stores from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are also getting attention. In some respects, that's understandable; easier organization makes it easier for consumers to find the applications they want, and it's good to see the platform makers trying to do more to police applications in this world of continuing security threats. Of course, it also puts more control (and a cut of sales) back into the hands of the platform vendors.

It's interesting that the companies that are pushing app stores the hardest—Apple, Google, and Microsoft—are all also promising more and better HTML5 support. It will be interesting to see how well each company balances these competing trends.

There are many other technology trends, of course. I expect that 2012 will be the year we finally see commercial large-screen OLED-based TVs and more connected or "smart" TVs. We'll continue to see a proliferation of mobile, social, location-aware applications for the Internet and smart devices. We'll see thinner notebooks—what Intel calls "Ultrabooks" and faster wireless networks.

On the enterprise side, I expect to hear more about "private clouds" and cloud platforms, and see new versions of some of the key business packages. "Big Data," business intelligence, and analytics deserve and are finally getting much more attention. I expect security and privacy concerns will remain big issues.

In the past few weeks, I've written a number of "roadmap" stories in which I look at what major hardware vendors have planned in various categories: 2012 PC Roadmap, Desktop and Notebook Processor Roadmap, Server Roadmaps, Graphics Roadmap, Mobile Roadmap.

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USB 3.0 picks up mobile backup pace

If you've ever backed up a hard drive, or just wanted to move files between systems, you know the process almost always takes longer than you'd like. That's why I've been so enthusiastic about new technologies such as USB 3.0, which promises transfer rates as much as 10 times faster as USB 2.0. In practice, I haven't seen that drastic of a performance improvement but I have seen some very noticeable improvements, depending on the kind of data being backed up.

To test this out, I reran some of the tests I did with the first USB 3.0 drives using a newer machine that comes with a built-in USB 3.0 port, rather than using an add-in card. For my tests, I used a Lenovo ThinkPad X1, which has an internal Hitachi 7,200GB drive as well as both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports. (By convention the USB 3.0 ports are marked with a blue connector and the cables say "SS" for "super speed.")

As before, I started with Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex drive, a 5,400-rpm 500GB drive that is available with multiple connections. I tested with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, and then tried again Seagate's 7,200-rpm BlackArmor PS100, a USB 3.0 drive. Next, I tried a USB 3.0 flash drive, in this case Kingston's DataTraveler HyperX 3.0, a 64GB flash drive that promises read speeds up to 225MB/s and write speeds up to 135 MB/s (both big jumps over what you can expect with traditional memory sticks).

I started by backing up a 1.25GB video file and testing each drive from both the USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports; the differences were dramatic. In all cases, the drives performed much better when connected by USB 3.0:

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Nokia Acquires Smarterphone

It seems Nokia is looking for a new OS for its features phone range.

It has just acquired a Norway-based company Smarterphone, which is responsible for creating an OS designed to provide functionalities of a smartphone but on lower-range, lower-power handsets.

Their Smarterphone OS 3.0 offers a large number of features, customizable by the handset manufacturer, with the usual slew of multimedia, internet and social feautres that one can expect even in the lowliest of handsets nowadays.

Nokia might have switched to Windows Phone 7 exclusively for its higher-end range, however they also have a strong -- on of the strongest -- markets for lower-end feature phones. Windows Phone 7 may be appropriate for the higher-end phone configurations, but perhaps not the lower-end phones; which is where this acquisition could fit in. It just seems like another sign that Symbian truly is going away.

You can check out the following videos of this Smarterphone OS:

Media and Internet

Smarterphone "Radial" user interface demo

Uploading a video to facebook with Smarterphone

Here are some of the features Smarterphone prvides, according to its product page:

social media sophisticated text entry (character recognition, predictive) advanced web browser advanced address book, integrating all connected services theme switching image viewer with thumbnail scrolling media player for audio and video messaging: email, MMS and SMS JavaME applications engine touch-screen (resistive or multi-touch capacitive) wifi Bluetooth calendar and to-do world wide weather forecasts currency converter with auto updates

You can find more form the Smarterphone website.

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First US Cellular LTE Smartphone Hits The FCC?

Back in September, we were tipped-off to the existence of the Samsung SCH-R930, apparently an Android undergoing testing on the still-in-construction US Cellular LTE network. A couple months later, we learned of some more detailed plans for just what areas would see initial US Cellular LTE coverage, anticipated for going live sometime in Q1 2012. It now looks like things are really about to start happening; last night, the carrier tweeted announcements of its first LTE hardware, and today we see our old friend the Samsung SCH-R930 pop-up in its FCC filings, sporting a whole mess of LTE bands.

US Cellular has disclosed plans to offer an LTE-compatible tablet (presumably an Android) in late March, followed by a smartphone arriving sometime in April. There could always be another model that's been in the works that slipped-by our radar, but it's likely to be this SCH-R930 we've had our eye on.

The SCH-R930's FCC paperwork shows regular CDMA coverage on 850 and 1900 MHz. For LTE service, the handset is compatible with bands 2, 4, 5, and 12, hitting frequencies in the 700MHz, 800MHz, 1700MHz, and 1850MHz ranges.

We haven't yet heard what name the handset might take as it goes up for sale, but we wouldn't be surprised to see it slip out in the coming weeks.

Source: FCC, US Cellular (Twitter)
Via: Engadget Other posts tagged with: Samsung, Android, CDMA, LTE, 4G, Rumors, News

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Verizon BlackBerry Users About to Get Bold 9930, Torch 9850 Updates

BlackBerry users on Sprint got themselves a little bit of a pre-holiday treat when the carrier released BlackBerry OS 7.1 updates for the Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 midway through last month. If, on the other hand, you're a Verizon subscriber, you've probably been impatiently tapping your foot, wondering just when your carrier would get with the program and update your BlackBerry as well. The good news is that your wait is nearly over, as Verizon has updated the support documentation for its own versions of the Bold 9930 and Torch 9850, suggesting that the BBOS 7.1 update is ready to drop any day now.

By now, we're well familiar with the feature set of BBOS 7.1. The most notable change here, and the one that will probably go over the best with users, is the introduction of a mobile WiFi hotspot mode.

A whole bunch of little bugfixes has been introduced with this release, which should lead to some more stable phone behavior. While none of the problems being addressed were very serious issues, some had the potential to reset your phone or cause it to stop responding to certain inputs. There's at least one Verizon-specific fix these two phones are getting, targeting VCAST audio quality.

There's no specific ETA for these updates to start showing-up, but knowing Verizon, we expect to see them go out within the next week.

Source: Verizon 1, 2 (PDFs)
Via: CrackBerry Other posts tagged with: RIM, Verizon, BlackBerry, Bold 9900, News

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Extra-Tough Gorilla Glass 2 to be Exhibited at CES

The letter "E" in CES stands for Electronics, as many of you no doubt already know. While that sounds like a pretty open-and-shut description for the kind of gear you can expect to see at the show, there are always cases that manage to squeeze by on the fringe. Take, for instance, glass manufacturer Corning. While its products are about as far as you can come from electronics, it's the manufacturer of Gorilla Glass, and as a component, we often see Gorilla Glass elements integrated into the latest smartphones. If you were a fan of the durable screens before, you'll definitely want to check out Corning's latest development, the extra-scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass 2.

Gorilla Glass is created by means of a special manufacturing process, treating the molten glass with chemicals that add extra strength. This new Gorilla Glass 2 is supposed to improve over the existing process by resulting in the formation of glass that is harder, thinner, and more resistant to scratches than ever before.

Corning hasn't provided any estimates on when we may see Gorilla Glass 2 in phones, but given the popularity of the original, we're sure manufacturers will be eager to adopt it.

Source: Corning
Via: IntoMobile Other posts tagged with: CES, News

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OPMOSH Demands Motorola Bootloader Answers

Many of us who choose Android as our smartphone platform of preference do so because of the nearly open-ended flexibility offered through all the avenues that exist to customize your phone. For a certain segment of users, that means custom ROMs. As a result, when shopping for a new phone, you might end up paying special attention to the phone's bootloader status. A locked (or rather, well-locked) bootloader can seriously get in the way of your ability to later install custom software. This year, we saw some progress towards granting users greater control over their Androids, with HTC starting a bootloader unlocking program that targets a good number of its phones, with a still-growing list. On the flip side, there's Motorola and its current indifference towards the bootloader issue, which is starting to generate some organized backlash in the form of Operation: Make Ourselves Heard.

Simplified as #OPMOSH, the movement seeks to hold Motorola accountable for earlier statements it's made that indicated it would have a bootloader unlocking system of its own before the end of last year. As some customers relied on that promise when making their purchasing decisions, they're not rightfully upset at the missing feature.

#OPMOSH seeks to use a communication campaign to target the FCC as well as Motorola directly. The goal here is to force Motorola into some sort of action in regards to that earlier bootloader promise, and let it know that its users simply aren't going to let things slide. If you'd like to help out, or just add your name to the petition, check out the group's mission statement and links to its resources through the Source link below.

Source: XDA-Developers
Via: phoneArena Other posts tagged with: Motorola, Android, News

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LG's Prada Phone 3.0 Will Be Surprisingly Affordable

Of all the special "boutique" smartphones we've seen recently, the Prada phone by LG 3.0 is arguably one of the best-looking (right up there with LG's Jil Sander phone). After hearing about it for a while, LG finally made things official mid-last-month, formally announcing the coming availability of the dual-core Android. While these types of phones can end up being quite eye-catching, we've learned to tread carefully around them when it comes to subject of cost. Some end up priced quite reasonably, with just a small premium over a mass-market phone, but there are always exceptions, like the Porsche Design BlackBerry we just saw get a $2000 price tag. Details on the Prada phone's launch have now landed, and it's thankfully going to be quite affordable.

Smartphone users in the UK will have the opportunity to buy the Prada phone by LG 3.0 starting the second week of February. For this stylish handset, they'll have to shell-out the equivalent of about $660. That's off-contract, though, so it's really no more expensive than many of the regular smartphones we see.

The Prada phone features a 4.3-inch WVGA NOVA display, a dual-core 1GHz processor, and supports high-speed 21Mbps HSPA

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Untethered iPhone 4S Jailbreak Hits a Snag

If you've been following the progress of pod2g towards developing some new jailbreak tools for iOS devices, you'd know that an update he posted a couple days ago teased that we might get the chance to see the release of his finished work sometime next week. After waiting this long, it looked like owners of the iPhone 4S might finally have a means by which to jailbreak their smartphones. At least, that was until today, when pod2g posted a new update that puts some doubt into how soon something might be released.

So, we've got an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for older devices, and pod2g has been sharing news of his work in adapting his exploits for the dual-core A5 chip in the iPhone 4S, but nothing's been released just yet. According to the developer, that's because there's still one big roadblock in the way of making the jailbreak useful. In order to get the needed files onto the iPhone 4S in the first place, the only means currently known would require having an Apple developer account. That's never going to fly with the jailbreak community, so that's why we haven't seen any release just yet.

The situation is no better for hopes of a tethered iPhone 4S jailbreak. Work continues on looking for a way to get the required files onto the smartphone that can be packaged into a tool ready for public distribution.

Source: pod2g
Via: TiPb Other posts tagged with: iPhone 4S, News, iOS, Jailbreak

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Boost Mobile Announces Samsung Replenish Availability

Last month we broke the news that Boost Mobile had its eye on a couple new Androids to add to its lineup: the LG Optimus Black and the Samsung Replenish. Shortly thereafter, we brought you the first press shots of the pair as they would arrive adorned with Boost badging. We didn't have a very precise idea of when either phone would likely arrive at the carrier, but it turns out, for the Replenish at least, we didn't have to wait very long at all to learn the full story of the phone's release; Boost Mobile announced today that it will start carrying the Replenish beginning January 16.

We just learned that Sprint is pushing an update out to the Samsung Replenish for its users, finally bringing Gingerbread to the Android. Boost users won't even have to wait for an update to arrive, as their phones will come with Gingerbread already installed.

Sprint's got the Replenish free-on-contract at the moment, and while you'll obviously have to pay something for it on Boost, it's not too bad, priced at just about $100. Of course, it's that cheap because we're talking about some pretty low-end hardware, with just a 600MHz processor and QVGA display. The appeal of the Replenish isn't going to be for Android power users, but those looking for a solid messaging phone that also just happens to be an Android.

Source: Sprint
Via: Phandroid Other posts tagged with: CDMA, Sprint, Samsung, Replenish, News, Android

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RIM Showing-Off BlackBerry 10 at Mobile World Congress

Over the past several months, we've heard plenty of rumors about BlackBerry 10 hardware, and seen renders of some admittedly unusual-looking devices. When it comes to the operating system itself, though, we're still largely in the dark. The once-BBX platform is based on QNX, like the operating system currently running on the PlayBook. We've been curious to learn just how RIM will adapt that system for its smartphones. It turns out we'll soon get our chance to learn, as RIM has revealed its intent to showcase the OS at next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

A company spokesman confirmed the plans, adding that RIM will continue to promote BlackBerry 7, as seen on its current generation of devices. While BlackBerry 10 will be there, the spokesman didn't have anything to say about associated hardware. With RIM not planning to release those models until much later in the year, it may not have anything final ready to show-off in February, and could end up demoing the OS on prototype hardware.

We'll be providing some first-hand coverage of all the smartphone news revealed at the MWC, so check back with us in late February to see what RIM's cooked up.

Source: Pocket-lint
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Motorola Introduces Defy Mini, Motoluxe Androids

with a processor bump. Now there will be one more piece of hardware joining the Defy family, with Motorola announcing the coming arrival of the Defy Mini, along with the Motoluxe.

Like the previous Defy models, the Defy mini will be protected against dust and resist damage from exposure to water, albeit now in a more petite package. The phone's display shrinks-down from 3.7 inches to just 3.2, and with the resolution dropping from FWVGA to HVGA. The really unfortunate part sounds like the phone's processor. While the Defy had an 800MHz processor, and the Defy

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Nokia Dismisses Microsoft Buyout Rumors

Eldar Murtazin's prognostications are often the source of heated debate, not only regarding their veracity but what the impact of the news would be, should it be revealed as true. The rumors he started spreading last night are no exception, with claims that Nokia was about to sell-off its smartphone operations to Microsoft. While we haven't heard anything out of Microsoft regarding the suggestion, Nokia has now had a chance to respond, and rejects the notion, claiming that its work with Microsoft will remain a partnership.

If this all sounds familiar to you, you're not alone. These rumors mirror Murtazin's earlier claims from last spring regarding Microsoft's intention to acquire Nokia's mobile division. Stephen Elop described those as being "baseless" at the time.

With this idea of a buyout now apparently repeating itself, Nokia is falling back on its same reaction as before. The company's UK division referenced the earlier incident in a statement today, saying, "we

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Motorola Droid RAZR Review

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review

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HTC Rezound Review

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Untethered iPhone 4S Jailbreak May Land Next Week

Over the course of the past month, we've seen tons of progress towards developing jailbreaks for the latest iPhone hardware and software. Near the end of December, an untethered jailbreak for older Apple devices running iOS 5.0.1 became available, but the exploit wasn't yet ready for jailbreaking models built around A5 chips, like the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S. Developer pod2g has been keeping us all updated on his progress towards finally tackling that mission, informing us about the new challenges he faced going up against dual-core architecture. It now looks like everything's very nearly about to come together, and pod2g has voiced his optimism that we could see a finished tool released in a week's time.

Unlike some of the status updates we've seen pod2g post as he's worked on this project, this time we don't get a lot of detail

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RIM May Have Canceled the Portrait QWERTY Slider BlackBerry Milan

While 2012 will ultimately mark the arrival of RIM's new BlackBerry 10 OS, we still know very little about the hardware that will feature the new platform. The only candidate we've seen real imagery of is what we know as the BlackBerry London, a full-touchscreen model with the PlayBook's widescreen aspect ratio. That had us wondering just what RIM was thinking about the role of its iconic QWERTY keyboard in this next generation of hardware. We got some insight into that last month when a render was leaked of a portrait-orientation QWERTY slider called the BlackBerry Milan. Unfortunately, that may be all we ever get out of the Milan, as a new rumor claims that RIM has already canceled its plans for the handset.

Exactly why RIM would decide to pull the plug on the Milan hasn't yet been made public, but it supposedly comes down to a hardware issue. It's not clear if that means RIM was unsatisfied with the Milan's planned tech specs, or if it had second thoughts about the phone's form factor, which looked like it had a tendency to become a little hard to handle with the keyboard extended. We've already heard from RIM that it's waiting on new LTE chips, so maybe existing projects are being canned, rather than letting them stagnate until the chips are available. Regardless, with the Milan no longer in the running, we're back to wondering just how RIM plans to marry hardware keyboards with its new platform.

Source: N4BB
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No Android 4.0 "Value Pack" For Samsung Galaxy S After All?

Last month, Samsung shared with the world some of its plans for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich updates for its existing Android hardware. Unfortunately, that meant also deciding which models wouldn't see an update past Gingerbread. To the dissatisfaction of many owners, Samsung decided that its Galaxy S phones wouldn't be receiving Android 4.0 updates. Upset Galaxy S users voiced their frustrations, forcing Samsung to revisit its decision. After all, Samsung pointed to TouchWiz as part of the problem, so maybe there would be a way to make the ICS update viable if Samsung dropped the custom UI. Instead, we heard that Samsung was now thinking about an Ice Cream Sandwich "value pack" of sorts, delivering certain key features while staying on what's still essentially Gingerbread. We weren't quite sure what to make of that unusual development, but perhaps now we might not end up getting the chance; supposedly, Samsung has decided against the value pack option as well.

According to The Next Web, it has heard from Samsung since the news of the value pack broke, and was told that the idea was up against similar limitations to those the initial ICS update plans faced. That is, Samsung still sees the Galaxy S hardware as insufficient to handle even this dialed-down value pack plan. All this back-and-forth wavering on the topic of ICS updates has us thinking that we're not getting the whole story here, and any reasons for not wanting to bring the software to the Galaxy S are a bit more nuanced than we're hearing about second-hand. Whatever the reason, if this is true, it's awful news for Galaxy S owners who were hoping for an official upgrade path to Android 4.0.

Source: The Next Web
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HTC HD2 Gets Improved Windows Phone Multi-Touch Driver

HTC's HD2 is like the Swiss Army knife of smartphones, with its development community bringing probably the largest selection of smartphone operating systems around to the handset. While it may have launched running Windows Mobile, it didn't take long for hackers to figure out how to load Windows Phone 7 on its hardware. That was a huge accomplishment in and of itself, but some issues remained that kept the HD2 from running the platform as smoothly as native hardware did. One of those issues was some incomplete touchscreen support, with notable problems handling multi-touch inputs. While that seemed insurmountable without the help of HTC, a year later we have some real progress, and a new driver has been released that greatly improves multi-touch performance.

Windows Phone multi-touch on the HD2 is still not perfect, but it's reportedly a whole lot better than what's been available thus far. Occasionally it will lose track of your fingertips during a pinch-to-zoom, but anyone who's been struggling with the existing support should notice a world of improvement.

New ROMs featuring the updated driver are already available; see the Via link for downloads.

Source: XDA-Developers forum
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INQ Decides Not to Release Cloud Q "Facebook Phone"

Last year, we saw quite a few smartphone manufacturers turn their attentions to social networking, designing phones with dedicated hardware Facebook buttons, or with new software updates to more completely integrate social sites into the phone's UI. One of the first to be announced was a pair from INQ: the full-touchscreen Cloud Touch, and the Cloud Q with a hardware keyboard. While we eventuality saw the arrival of the Cloud Touch, the last we heard was that the Cloud Q was scheduled for a June debut that never ended up happening. Coming up on a year since the Cloud Q was displayed at the Mobile World Congress, INQ has revealed that it's dropped plans for the phone and will be focusing on future hardware.

Apparently, INQ put a lot of thought into getting the Cloud Q out in the latter half of last year, but ultimately decided that the market wasn't right for the Android. We don't the nature of just what it's working on now, but it intends to have a new product ready sometime later on this year. Social networking is likely to be a big part of that one, too, but we'll have to keep waiting for any specific details.

Source: Electricpig
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Wrong Time On the iPhone Can Expose Pictures In iOS 5

Whenever we head into Settings (regardless of the platform the phone runs) and decide to password lock our devices, it is because we want to limit other people's access to information on our devices. Apple's latest iOS allows users to snap pictures quickly without the need to unlock the phone; after all, some moments only last for a couple of blinks.

There seems to be a bug in iOS 5 that could allow an unauthorized person to take a look at your photos, without the need to unlock the device. It is a bit tricky but nevertheless a security issue. Normally one would only be able to snap pictures and review those in that session when the iPhone is locked.

"Turns out Apple

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Samsung Introduces the Galaxy M In South Korea

Remember the Samsung Galaxy Z? It was basically a lite version of the Galaxy S II and it landed in the U.K. as the Galaxy R. Now Samsung is further tweaking the specs with the addition of the Galaxy M.

According to Samsung's naming convention, the Galaxy M is a mid-tier device ("M" as in Magical, offering decent performance at affordable price). It sports a four-inch Super AMOLED screen (opposed to the Super LCD found on the Galaxy Z/R) but CPU-wise it is powered by a single-core processor clocking at 1GHz. The camera at its back is a three-megapixel shooter and the webcam has a VGA resolution. There's also WiFi b/g/n, a TV tuner and a 1,650mAh battery to power it all. The platform is Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the phone will be available, for around $500 and currently only in South Korea, in platinum-silver, blue-black, and lavender-pink combos.

Source: Samsung
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Google Acquires 217 Patents From IBM

The Google-Motorola deal granted Mountain View access to the phone-maker's broad portfolio of patents which got even larger with the recent acquisition of 217 additional ones from IBM.

While the new patents could further defend Google and its partners in lawsuits involving intellectual property, among the newly acquired ones seem to be a couple which could help Google develop further offerings. Email management, online calendars and transferring web apps between devices are just some of the many different patents now owned by the Android-maker. Add to those patents related to "presentation software, blade servers, data caching, server load balancing, network performance, video conferencing, email administration, instant messaging applications" and the list could go on.

One patent in particular -- U.S. Patent 7,865,592 -- refers to "using semantic networks to develop a social network". In plain English, it could help a member of a social network find other, similar and "like-minded" users. This could give Google

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European Motorola RAZR Gets Update With Some Improvements

The Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR received an update before Christmas which brought a couple of improvements especially in the Camera department. The European Motorola RAZR is up next with its own update which bumps the version numbers to 651.73.30, bringing new features and performance improvements.

The update includes a new version of Evernote for all your note taking needs as well as general improvements to camera performance. Also in the package are Google Android release security features, call performance and Bluetooth connectivity, localization as well as WiFi performance and stability improvements.

If you have a Motorola RAZR in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden or on T-Mobile Germany and/or U.K., this one's for you.

Source: Motorola
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You Can Now Pre-Order the Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry

Research in Motion officially unveiled the Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry together with the car-maker at the end of October but you can now place a pre-order for the device if you feel you have some extra cash to burn.

According to recent reports, at least one Porsche Design store is taking pre-orders on the phone. When it will become available at the end of February it will cost around $1,700, but this should be no problem for those of you who drive a Porsche. The phone will be great match to go with those sports wheels.

What's inside that Porsche design? A 1.2GHz processor, 768MB of RAM, 8GB of flash with the possibility for expansion via microSD, a five-megapixel rear camera, as well as NFC support. It will run a custom Porsche UI on top of BlackBerry OS 7 and feature a custom Wikitude augmented reality browser.

Source: PocketBerry
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Google Requires Its Holo Theme To Be Bundled On Every ICS Phone

"Holo" is the main theme Google decided to go with in Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich and the software maker is determined to make it a standard. The problem with previous versions of Android, let it be Froyo or Gingerbread, was that applications were often inconsistent across devices. This is going to change, according to the Android Developer Blog.

"Before Android 4.0 the variance in system themes from device to device could make it difficult to design an app with a single predictable look and feel. We set out to improve this situation for the developer community in Ice Cream Sandwich and beyond," says Tim Bray on the Android Developer Blog. Manufacturers of phones running Ice Cream Sandwich will be required to include the Holo theme on the handsets.

This doesn't stop OEMs from differentiating from other device manufacturers. Custom themes are allowed for different ICS-powered phones but applications will look consistent, regardless if you run them on a Motorola, HTC, Sony Ericsson or any other brand. It will also make it easier for developers to take advantage of the "Holo" theme which will be bundled with phones. To put it simple, the blog says: "If the device has Android Market it will have the Holo themes as they were originally designed."

Source: Android Developers
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Chile Bans Locked Phone Sales As Of January 14

The Government of Chile was brave enough to come up with a decision that will probably make many of us wish the same thing would happen in our own country. Starting January 16, no phone sold in Chile will be network locked.

Carriers might not put up a wide smile but users definitely will. Every phone sold in Chile after the aforementioned date shall be unlocked. Devices purchased earlier will be unlocked with the help of a website where the owner needs to input the IMEI of the device. Would you be in favor of such an extreme measure as banning locked phone sales in your own country or would you prefer a milder approach, such as unlocking by request with no questions asked?

Source: Twitter
Via: PhoneArena Other posts tagged with: News, Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango)

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Does Google Music Work for You?

There's been a pretty good sale going on in the Google Android Market's new Music section that offers a number of songs for free as well as deep discounts on many other songs. I thought that sounded pretty good, decided to take advantage of it and try out Google Music. So I clicked the free song of the day and Android returned an error; "Error retrieving information from server." I figured okay maybe my reception is too low, so I tried from a different location and time. Same error on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I kept trying with different songs thinking maybe there was a mistake in the Market for just the songs I was trying to purchase. Every single one had the error! I tried with an Infuse 4G on WiFi running an older version of Android... same error! I asked about it on twitter. Other people are having the same problem.

Have you had this issue as well or is Google Music working perfectly for you?

UPDATE: It turns out the above error regarding server connectivity problems (at least in my situation) really means that the payment method associated with your Google account has expired and needs to be updated by logging into your Google account on a PC. Other posts tagged with: Android

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Windows Phone Marketing Plan to Exceed Double Earlier Estimate?

Earlier today, we told you about plans we heard for the marketing of the Nokia Ace/Lumia 900, with an estimated $100 million to be spent between Nokia, Microsoft, and AT&T. Considering the slow start Windows Phone has had, that's the kind of big money that might be necessary to really get smartphone users tempted into trying out an unfamiliar platform. It turns out, though, that might just be the tip of the iceberg, with even grander plans in store for marketing the operating system in 2012.

According to Paul Thurrott, we're looking at something more in the range of $200 million, just for promoting Windows Phone gear in the US alone. That's not only with Nokia involved, but engaging other handset manufacturers, as well. Even still, Nokia is supposed to be a major part of the effort, and for certain aspects of the campaign will be putting up at least double the money for marketing compared to carriers also involved in the effort.

Besides paying for the usual media buys, some of this money is earmarked to end up in the hands of retail employees as incentives to promote Windows Phone sales. After all, all the commercials in the world won't do much good if those involved with selling smartphones are steering their customers to Android or iOS.

So, yes, it does look like there will be a huge marketing push for Windows Phone just over the horizon, but the scale of this effort could far exceed what's been rumored already.

Source: Paul Thurrott Other posts tagged with: at&t, Microsoft, Nokia, News, Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), Rumors

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HTC Preparing Quad-Core Edge for MWC Debut?

Two months ago, we gave you the first glimpse at the HTC Edge, which was looking like it would be the initial quad-core smartphone produced by the manufacturer. We were expecting it to arrive somewhere around the start of springtime, but didn't have specifics as to just how the handset would be launched. A new theory, championed by analysts at JPMorgan Chase, claims that HTC will first show-off the Edge at the Mobile World Congress next month.

With CES about to begin, our attention is largely focused on that event, but the 2012 Mobile World Congress will follow hot on its trail just a matter of weeks later. HTC will definitely have new gear to demonstrate at the CES, but this rumor says that quad-core devices like the Edge won't be on display so soon. And yes, that's "devices" plural, so the Edge may be bringing a cousin or two along with it.

Though the quad-core processor will be the highlight of the Edge, the rest of its hardware sounds like it will be equally impressive. We're expecting it to sport a 4.7-inch S-LCD 2 display in 720p, eight-megapixel main camera with 720p-capable front-facer, and include at least a gigabyte of RAM.

The Mobile World Congress gets started on February 27 in Barcelona.

Source: DigiTimes
Via: BGR Other posts tagged with: HTC, MWC, News, Android, Rumors

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четвртак, 5. јануар 2012.

Amazon's Kindle Fire Silk Browser Ported to Other Androids

Amazon's Kindle Fire is an odd duck. While an Android device at its core, Amazon's done a nice job at making the tablet's user experience uniquely its own. A big part of that customization is Amazon's Silk browser, which the company has been promoting as a way to browse the web while speeding load times and decreasing bandwidth consumption. If you haven't picked up a Fire but are still interested in Silk, you're in luck, because the browser has been extracted and a means found to get it working on other Android devices.

As you might expect, it's a bit more convoluted than just clicking on an Android Market download, but the process doesn't look too, too bad. You'll need root access, since you'll be manually installing some needed system files and setting their permissions.

Since there are other browsers available for Android that already do Silk's style of pre-processing web pages, this is more of a curiosity than anything else, especially since it's debatable just how significant Silk's purported performance gains really are. If curiosity has the best of you, head over to the thread in the source link for details on pulling off this feat.

Source: XDA-Developers forum
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Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review

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Nokia Solar-Powered Phone Tests Not Too Promising

Every once in a while, we see a manufacturer get it into its head that it wants to jump on the "green" bandwagon and try producing a handset that gets at least some of its power from sun. It's an admirable goal, and who wouldn't want a smartphone that they didn't have to keep plugging-in every night in order to keep it charged? Samsung released an optional solar-charging battery cover for its Replenish, and we've also heard about solar-powered phones from the likes of ZTE. Nokia started thinking about the solar option recently, and put phones to the test to see just how useful a solar panel really might be.

Nokia strapped a solar panel to some handsets and sent them out for testing all around the world. Location turns out to matter quite a bit, and areas closer to the equator with more direct sun coverage saw better performance. Ultimately, the company found plenty of things that detracted from a phone's ability to effectively harness the sun, and even under ideal conditions, the power produced was negligible, barely able to keep a phone powered in standby mode.

For these tests, Nokia used one of its feature phones, but the results carry right over to smartphones; it actually sounds like a bit of a double-edged sword, since there's higher power consumption to deal with, but also the opportunity for larger devices with more surface area

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RIM extends BlackBerry PlayBook 50% discount offer by a week

After an overwhelming response to its New Year’s 50% discount offer on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RIM has announced it will be extending the offer for another week.

According to the company, the 16GB and 32GB models had the highest sales off the shelves during the limited period offer. Retailers and distributors (Redington and Ingram) are currently awaiting more stocks from the company, with the device sold out in stores across the country. More than 12,000 PlayBook tablets were bought in the four days the offer lasted, from December 28th to 31st.

It certainly looks like the offer worked. The BlackBerry brand has become increasing popular amongst India consumers, and we’ve already highlighted the solid build quality and well-tuned hardware of the device. Perhaps the upcoming Android and Java app support, combined with the slashed price offer, really clinched the deal.

If you didn’t make it in time last year, you have a week to get one for yourself at half the price. The PlayBook tablets are currently priced at Rs. 13,490 for the 16GB model, Rs. 15,990 for the 32GB model, and 24,490 for the 64GB model.

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Motorola Xoom now available online for Rs. 21,500

The Motorola Xoom tablet is now available for reduced prices in India, with Koovs.com selling the 32GB Wi-Fi only model for as low as Rs. 21,500 (44% discount) and the 32GB Wi-Fi

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Classpad tablet launched for education sector

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Google+ to cross 400 million users by 2012 end

will have more than 400 million users by the end of the 2012. In contrast, Facebook currently has more than 800 million registered users.

The news obviously has to be taken with a pinch of salt, and the fact that there are several conflicting estimates of the current size of Google

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Japan developing ethical virus in war against cyber crime

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LG announces 55-inch OLED HDTV, with 4-Color Pixels

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Review

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Aakash 2 a.k.a UbiSlate 7 sold out till Feb; pre-orders available for March

The UbiSlate 7, the upgraded version of the Aakash tablet, is sold out for the month of January and February. DataWind is presently taking pre-orders for the month of March only. The pre-bookings for the UbiSlate 7 were opened last month along with online release of the Aakash tablet. The Aakash tablet, also touted as the world's cheapest tablet PC, was sold out in less than a week after it was launched online.

The UbiSlate 7 a.k.a Aakash 2 is said to be an upgraded version of the original Aakash tablet. The UbiSlate 7 runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and is powered by a better Cortex A8 – 700 MHz processor. The tablet has a 3200 mAh battery. For connectivity, the UbiSlate 7 supports Wi-Fi and GPRS. Also, it has SIM and phone functionality. The UbiSlate 7 has been priced at Rs. 2,999. For more details about the UbiSlate 7 read, Skip Aakash and buy the Aakash 2 tablet for Rs. 500 more.

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Google starts rolling out new homepage design

Google has started rolling out its new homepage design, replacing the black strip on the top with a grey logo. When clicked/highlighted, the fly-out menu appears, showing various Google services along with an option to explore more. Google has assigned unique icon for each of its services, making it easy for identification. The new home page design is likely to be rolled out globally very soon.

The new Google home page design features access to various Google services, which were missing from the previous home page design. Google has also put its Google

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DoT to monitor software used by mobile phone companies: Report

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Booking rail tickets gets easier as IRCTC launches mobile ticketing site

Now you can easily book your railway tickets through your mobile phone! The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has now launched its mobile website, which is said to be more convenient and easier to use. The mobile site can be accessed via any mobile phone having GPRS functionality.

The mobile site has all the features available in the PC version of the site such as booking history and ticket cancellation. The site supports credit/debit card payments. To access the site, users can use their existing IRCTC id and password. After booking is completed, users will receive a reservation message with full details of the ticket including PNR, Train no., date of journey and class. The message will be tantamount to the print-out of the e-ticket from the IRCTC website.

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Milagrow launches TabTop PC for women professionals, at Rs. 13,990

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Datawind revises retail Aakash name, announces Ubislate 7+

DataWind has slightly revised the names of the retail versions of the Aakash and Ubislate 7 tablets, bringing about quite a bit of confusion. The original Aakash, will now be called Ubislate 7, while the original Ubislate 7 become s the Ubislate 7

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Supergiant's Bastion sells more than 500,000 copies

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Apple TV gets hacked to support full-screen iOS apps

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Samsung announces Galaxy Ace Plus, with 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM

Samsung has announced a refreshed version of the very popular Samsung Galaxy Ace, featuring much improved hardware, called the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus. For now however, no information has been released about pricing or availability – we expect more details at CES 2012. According to the Korean giant’s press release, the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread-based Galaxy Ace Plus will let users “Play and Share Faster and Smarter.”

Many improvements have been made to the Galaxy Ace Plus, with a faster processor at 1GHz compared to the Ace’s 800MHz, 512MB of RAM instead of 384MB, 3GB of built-in storage rather than 158MB, Bluetooth 3.0 instead of Bluetooth 2.1, a slightly smaller 1,300 mAh battery compared to 1,350 mAh, and a larger display with the same 320x480 resolution, 3.65-inch instead of 3.5-inch.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus has been slightly redesigned aesthetically as well, with a glossy plastic body now, instead of matte. Specifications remaining common include a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 3G HSDPA 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot and DLNA, 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB, stereo FM with RDS, GPS with A-GPS, and a document editor.

A 2GB microSD card will probably not be bundled with the Galaxy Ace Plus.

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Android 2.3-based Spice Mi-280 launched at Rs. 5,123

Spice Mobiles has launched yet another Android smartphone in the market, the Spice Mi-280. Priced at Rs. 5,123, the Spice Mi-280 is a dual-SIM offering, and comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread installed onboard. Interestingly, at its price, it also features a front-facing camera for video calling.

The Spice Mi-280 is the successor to the Spice Mi-270, and comes with a capacitive display in addition. Other specifications include a 2.8-inch display with 320x480 pixels, a 650MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, and 134MB of built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD.

Also onboard is a 3.2MP rear camera, 0.3MP front-facing camera, 1,200 mAh battery, as well as such connectivity options as 3G (HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps) / Wi-Fi b/g/n with hotspot functionality / Bluetooth 2.1 and USB.

The Spice Mi-280 also has a proximity sensor and three-axis gyro sensor. The dual-SIM functionality is of the CDMA-GSM type, with the CDMA SIM providing the 3G (WCDMA 2100) connectivity.

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Beetel Magiq Glide Review

With the Magiq Glide, Beetel have a tablet that will take on the likes of the Reliance 3G Tab and ViewSonicViewPad 7e. Performance seems on par with the predecessor, but the upgrade to a capacitive touchscreen is the best thing that could have happened. However, you are paying extra for something that should

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IRCTC to launch a mobile app soon

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BSNL joins 3G roaming pact row, accuses telcos of illegally adding subscribers

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Google to drop Chrome's search rankings for the next 60 days

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среда, 4. јануар 2012.

Sony Ericsson coming up with 'something big' at CES 2012 event

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Samsung gets approval for NAND flash memory plant in China

Samsung has been given the go-ahead by the South Korean government to build a memory production plant in China. The move by the Korean electronics giant is in response to the growing demand for NAND flash memory globally, with the China plant expected to produce 10,000 12-inch wafers a month.

According to the South Korea’s Ministry of Knowledge & Economy, Samsung will now select a site for the plant, and is in process of acquiring the relevant Chinese permissions. Production is hoped to begin by 2013.

Samsung is the world leader in memory production, with a 45% share of the DRAM market, and a 39.1% share of the NAND flash market. Globally, the demand for DRAM is falling, linked directly to the slowing growth of the PC market. NAND flash memory market however - with chips used in tablets, smartphones, and SSDs - is growing dramatically.

The president of Samsung’s memory divsion, Jun Dong-Soo, said Samsung was banking on the new plant to meet the growing demand, and help maintain its leadership position.

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RIL to provide 25 channels through its Live TV 4G service

Reliance Infotel has announced that it will be providing as many as 25 channels through a Live TV service under its 4G service, which is slated to be launched later this year. Reliance Industries, parent company of the Reliance Infotel, has partnered with ETV channels and Network 18 in this regard. As per the deal, Reliance Infotel will have access to the content of the 25 channels of the ETV network and Network 18 for its Live TV service.

According to reports, Reliance Industries (RIL) is working on ramping up its partnerships before it launches its 4G service in the country. RIL is reportedly in talks with RCom, seeking stake in the latter's tower business. The company is also in talks various device vendors to provide devices bundled with the 4G network. Reports suggest RIL will be launching 4G tablets with a price tag of Rs. 3,500.

The exact launch date of the network or services has not been revealed yet. "While all the 25 channels will be available through our Live TV service, the pricing of the service is still being worked out,” a RIL spokesperson is quoted as saying. The Live TV service will also feature web content and other digital contents.

Reliance Infotel said in a statement, "Infotel is setting up a pan India world class 4th Generation Broadband Network using state of the art technologies. Infotel expects to take a leadership position in content distribution through broadband technology through a host of devices. Digital content from entertainment, news, sports, music, weather, education and other genres will be a key driver to increase consumption of broadband”.

MapMyIndia to unveil Android-based in-dash navigation system at Auto Exp

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Yahoo to name new CEO as early as tomorrow

According to an AllThingsD report, Yahoo will soon be announcing a new CEO, months after its former CEO, Carol Bartz, was dismissed in September last year. According to the site, sources close to the company say Scott Thompson, the PayPal president at eBay, is a possible candidate.

In recent times, there has been much talk about Yahoo aiming to sell a part, or all of the company, with Microsoft, and venture capital firms like Silver Lake considered some of the likely buyers.

According to Scott Thompson’s Wikipedia page, he relevantly received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year© Award in 2011. Yahoo’s announcement of a new CEO could come as soon as tomorrow, and we’ll keep you updated.

Source: AllThingsD

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