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Apr
11

Sony Ericsson introduced the Arc on the 2011 CES general assembly, and released Neo, Pro, Play on the 2011 MWC conference. These products all used the latest Android 2.3 intelligent systems, and they are also the inherit and continuation of Xperia series. Recently, a new Xperia was released on the Sony Ericsson PC software company’s official website, and the model is Acro.

At present, Sony Ericsson has not released the detailed parameters of this product officially, but from Xperia Blog, we can know that this product may use the 4.2-inch screen,equipped with a 8.1 million pixel camera, supporting NFC close range transmission. Acro also uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with the main frequency of 1GHz, which is likely to be the same with Arc chip. In addition, it has a DTV chip, supporting the Digital TV function. Acro may be the large version of Arc, and there may be two versions of GSM and CDMA after being listed.

It is reported that Acro is very likely to use the Android 2.3 intelligent system, and if so, it will become the fifth product of Sony Ericssion Xperia family which use the Android 2.3 system. Acro may be launched in May or June this year, firstly in Japan. NTT DoCoMo and KDDI users may be the first to experience.

Apr
07

The upgrading and replacement of Android system have become routine, but for many users, constantly upgrading their systems have become the main reason why they buy the phones. Recently, Android officially released the latest system version statistics and Android 2.2 Froyo has become the main force.

Android Developer Alliance has released the latest statistics. Based on the link GMS service device version situation, the analysis shows that now the Android 2.2 Froyo has become the most popular version, accounting for as high as 63.9%. The second is Android2.1 Eclair, but dropped to 27.2%. The newly released Android 2.3 and Android 3.0 currently occupy very small proportion. In accordance with the practice, with the products constantly coming into the market in the first half of this year, I believe that the main force of the second half year will be the new members.

Currently, Android phone upgrade has become the headaches of many users, and the overquick version upgrade makes the equipment manufacturer also complain incessantly. There is news showing that Google is adjusting the policies to respond to the impact of the overquick version upgrades.

Mar
28

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is the Android model launched by Sony Ericsson and targeting at the high-end. This machine has the 1 GHz processor and 4-inch super large touch screen. The 480 × 854 pixel resolution made the screen display effect of this machine extremely delicate. The 8 million pixel camera also belongs to the high-end configuration. Although its has been launched for a long time, the configuration can still be regarded as the mainstream in the current smart phone market.

Sony Ericcson Xperia X10 will not provide upgrade after upgrading the Android 2.1, and this made the majority of users being unhappy. But recently, Sony Ericsson said that in the official blog, they will introduce the Xperia X10 Android 2.3 upgrade in the end of the second quarter or early third quarter this year. They are only limited to the non operator custom models, while Xperia X10 mini, X10 mini Pro, and X8 have no relevant upgrade plan temporarily.

At the end of last year, Google introduced the brand-new Android 2.3 system, with the biggest highlight of adding the NFC feature and optimized the power management. Currently, there are few models carrying the Android 2.3 and I believe that in the middle of this year, there will be a large number of models upgrading to Android 2.3 gingerbread system.

Sep
02

Tesco mobilePhone bills today is quite a large deal in our daily life now, so choosing the right mobile phone contract is indeed quite important. If we choose right, we will be able to save some money and to make the most of our phone bills. Today, for those who love to text and have not too much calls, here’s the UK’s cheapest mobile phone contract – Tesco’s £6 a month deal.

 

At a tiny £6 a month Tesco’s claim to have released the nation’s cheapest phone deal. The Sim-only contract gets you unlimited texts and 100 free minutes a month.

 

Aimed squarely at cash-strapped tweens, teens and students who don’t use calls very much, this is a pretty good deal. It’s a one month SIM only contract so you can cancel anytime after the first month.

 

Of course, it’s not going to work with your new iPhone or indeed any other smartphones, because it doesn’t offer any internet access but hey if you like to text, this is great.

 

It is totally great for you if you love texts, other bottom end contract deals cost £10 minimum. It is really cheap, and sounds like the prefect contract for you. But as it doesn’t work for any smartphone, I guess many of you can’t stand it, so this might be only good for the kids, the elders, or work as a second mobile for you. To get it, you can buy the SIM card on the Tesco Website.

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Aug
27

Nokia Launches the 5250 Mid-Range PhoneWe love smartphones, and I sometimes love simpler low-end phones too. High-end smartphones with great functions are indeed great, but sometimes all I need is some basic functions and a little entertainment, so a low-end phone will just do fine. Now let’s take a look at the Nokia 5250.

 

With the proliferation of highly advanced smartphones, it’s amazing how Nokia still continues to produce low-end phones yet possessing some nice, advanced features. One of these phones is the Nokia 5250, a touchscreen phone powered by Symbian and is being geared as a music-centric mobile phone.

 

The Nokia 5250 main feature has got to be its music player which has its own icon on the phone’s homescreen. The music player app supports Nokia’s Ovi Music Store, meaning you can purchase music tracks from the online store and download it directly to the Nokia 5250 phone. While the phone’s built-in memory is only 512MB which could hardly accomodate thousands of music tracks, you have the option to expand it via a microSD memory card up to 16GB. Aside from this, the Nokia 5250 also comes with a built-in FM radio and a complementary copy of Guitar Hero 5 Mobile.

 

Aside from the music player on the phone’s homescreen, there are also other apps, particularly social networking app such as Facebook, MySpace and others. The phone also lets you access your Ovi Mail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. You can also check out your IM accounts. For more apps, you can just check the Ovi Store to get the apps supported by the phone.

 

And since this is a music phone, it has to have long battery life. Fortunately, the Nokia 5250 can last you up to 24 hours of continous music playback or up to 18 days standby and 7 hours talktime.

 

Other features of the Nokia 5250 include – Symbian^1 OS, GSM/EDGE Network connectivity, 2.8-inch TFT screen with 16:9 aspect ratio and 640×360 resolution, and a 2 MP camera.

 

The Nokia 5250 is slated for a 4th Quarter release. It will cost you €115 to score this phone.

 

Well, how do you like the phone? I really like the polished design, it is quite chic, and the functions are ok to me. It seems a really nice phone to me.

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Aug
23

Alcatel release VM202 a pink phone - exclusively on VirginHonestly I’m not a fan of slide phones, so the Alcatel VM202 for Virgin is not really my girl, actually I wouldn’t want to talk about it if it isn’t a pink phone! But it is a pink phone indeed, and thanks to that I take a further look at it, otherwise I would have missed a really nice phone without even knowing it.

 

A chunky feature phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the VM202 from Alcatel is not exactly going to trouble the iPhone, but it does look like a decent sturdy mid-range handset. Alcatel is a French-Chinese company which aims to produce phones for all over the world, probably a company to watch given their foothold in the world’s fastest-growing consumer market.

 

On a pay as you go deal exclusively with Virgin (for the first month) this is pretty cheap.

 

It has internet connectivity with Facebook and Twitter Widgets. The browser is the speedy Opera Mini. The VM202 also has a 4 megapixel camera which shoots video.

 

One key asset is the large storage space afforded by the handset. Virgin are packing a 8gb micro-Sim card in with the phone.

 

The VM202 handset will be available from Virgin Media stores and online at www.virginmedia.com for £39.99 including 300 free texts when bought with £10 airtime on pay-as-you-go. And you can check out more details on Virgin’s official site.

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Aug
20

Nokia launches E5 device for hardcore email addictsThe renowned Nokia E-series has made their reputation with the powerfully nicely designed functions and the compact beautiful exterior design. Now the latest device of this E-series — the Nokia launches E5 device has come, especially designed for hardcore email addicts! You’ll love it.

 

Nokia fans and hardcore emaillers will be interested in the launch of the Nokia E5, the latest device in the E-series range. Described as a sophisticated messaging device – it’s built for email on the go. The QWERTY keyboard makes input easy, it can host multiple email accounts, has a lot of applications for instant messaging. Then there’s the the phone of course and a 5 MP camera.

 

Here are some main features of this incredible new cellphone:

 

1. Work and personal email accounts from the homescreen
2. Super quick, intuitive set up for email
3.  Free Ovi Maps – a Sat Nav and pedestrian turn by turn navigator with richly informative TimeOut, Expedia, Michelin, Lonely Planet, Qype and Trip Advisor applications for most countries
4.  Business-grade security and device management functions such as remote locking with SMS and device and memory card encryption
5. Great internet access (HSDPA/HSUPA and WLAN)
6. 5 MP camera

 

The Nokia E5 is now available sim-free in Carbon Black or Chalk White, priced at about £259 each.

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Aug
19

Verizon Makes the Droid 2 Available to the PublicMotorola, the renowned cellphone manufacturer yet makes another gorgeous cellphone — the Motorola Droid 2. Although I haven’t really get my hands on this beauty, there’s indeed lots of buzz out there already, enough to drive us to check this new phone out!

 

Verizon just made the Droid 2 available to the public! It was a much awaited release. Following the successful Motorola Droid phone, finally here comes its successor – the Motorola DROID 2. And Verizon has just made it available for pre-order days ago under its various mobile data packages. But perhaps what makes the Droid 2 a much awaited Android device is the fact that it will be pre-loaded with the Android 2.2 Froyo OS.

 

Being a much talked about and overhyped smartphone, expect the Motorola DROID 2 to pack-in tons of great features that will surely give its rivals a run for their money. Let’s take a closer look at what the DROID 2 has to offer then.

 

DROID 2 features a 3.7 touch screen 480×854 WVGA display that supports up to 16M colors and has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It is equipped with a 5MP camera with auto-focus, touch-to-focus, face detection, panoramic modes and other great camera features. This camera also captures DVD-D1 videos and has its own dedicated camera key.

 

Going further inside the DROID 2, you’d have an Android phone running on T1 OMAP 1GHz processor with its own dedicated GPU, an 8GB internal memory, 8GB pre-installed microSD card, Android 2.2 OS with Motorola Application Platform, aGPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and speakerphone.

 

The DROID 2 is also loaded with various Verizon-specific features including 3G Mobile Hotspot support for up to 5 devices, Visual Voice Mail, VZ Navigator, Skype Mobile, V Cast Media Manager, VZW backup assistant and of course a plethora of Google apps and third-party Android apps.

 

The Motorola DROID 2 is available for pre-order now from Verizon Wireless. It will set you back for $199.99 if you opt to get it with Verizon Contract which will run for 2 years.

 

With such gorgeous hardwares and so many powerful useful functions, the Motorola Droid 2 is a smartphone of the highest quality! So if you’re looking for a nice smartphone now, just check it out, you won’t be disappointed.

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Aug
18

Luxor to Sell $1 Million Egypt-Inspired PhoneLuxurious phones made of gold are now quite not breaking news any more after so many luxury ones we’ve already seen, but the Luxor one is really something gorgeous and breathtaking. Sold for $1 Million, the Luxor Egypt-Inspired Phone is obviously not just astonishingly expensive, it is actually strikingly beautiful, elegant and luxury to every single detail!

 

High-end devices costing thousands of dollars have been increasingly developed in the last several years. In 2008, Vertu, the largest luxury phone maker, teamed up with French jewelry house Boucheron to create a gold phone, carved from a solid block, priced at $30,000.

 

Fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Prada, and even Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer, have all released their own phones in an attempt to use their brand to add additional revenue streams.

 

In June, Gresso introduced a $3,500 version of the iPhone 4.

 

Luxor Las Vegas said it plans to sell an “Egypt-inspired” phone, made from 18-carat gold with black diamonds, costing $1 million.

 

The Las Vegas-based hotel and casino said its “Jackpot” phone, designed by luxury phone maker Gresso, is crafted from 6.3 ounces of pure gold, encrusted with 45.5-carats of black diamonds and features a back panel made of 200-year-old African Blackwood. In addition, each key is cut from a single hand-polished sapphire crystal.

 

Luxor said the Jackpot — and a cheaper version without diamonds, which cost $20,000 — is expected to go on sale in August. Luxury phones are really not for use, they’re just for admiring, even if I can afford (which is clearly a day dream), I just can’t imagine myself talking to my friends via a piece of gold and diamonds!

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Aug
16

AT&T’s Samsung Eternity II and Flight II Get a Release DateAugust is golden season for cellphones, (and for vedio games too), so it’s really no surprise that we finally see AT&T’s Samsung Eternity II and Flight II get a true release date. I love the blue exterior design, so great news!

 

The incoming Samsung Eternity II and Samsung Flight II wanna-be smartphones for AT&T finally have an official release date, with the Eternity II being released on August 15th. It looks like they’ll both be ready to take on the onslaught of back to school competition that will be starting in a few weeks.

 

The Samsung Eternity II sports a 3.0″ touchscreen that helps take advantage of the fact that it has support for the optional AT&T Mobile TV powered by FLO TV in it for streaming live shows. It’s also got a full HTML web browser with one-finger zoom, a 2.0 megapixel camera, a mobile email, music and video player, and AT&T Social Net for keeping on top of your Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace accounts.

 

The Samsung Flight II sports a touchscreen as well, but has a slide-out horizontal QWERTY keyboard, along with a 2MP camera, full HTML web browser, mobile email, a music and video player, and enhanced social networking with PicDial, Star Tweets and WHERE. The Flight II is available now exclusively at Radio Shack and the Eternity II now available at AT&T too.

 

Go and get a dark blue beauty to dive with you for this august!

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