Dell Aero available today for $100 with AT&T contract
August 25, 2010
“Dell Aero, one of the lightest multi-touch 3.5-inch Google Android-based smartphones in the U.S., is designed to deliver a powerful, flexible, and entertaining experience in a stylish and compact design. Packed with today’s popular features, the Dell Aero will ship with Quick Office, Facebook with integrated calendar and contacts, Twitter and additional applications by Google, including YouTube and Android Market. With AT&T’s Wi-Fi network, and the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, today’s social media mavens can simultaneously make voice calls and Tweet friends, post Facebook updates, share pictures or browse the Web. AT&T has the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network with more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots.*” Read more inside..
Nokia announce the 5250, a touchscreen smartphone for 115 Euros, all in
August 25, 2010
“Nokia set rumours flying a couple of weeks ago when pictures of an as-yet unreleased device were inadvertently uploaded to the Ovi Store. Well, now its officially launched the Nokia 5250 is a touchscreen, music-centric device aimed anyone seeking a modern, multipurpose mobile that also offers great value for money. “Read on for pictures and specs.
iTunes U Downloads Top 300 Million
August 25, 2010
In just over three years, iTunes U downloads have topped 300 million making it one of the worlds most popular online educational catalogs. A dedicated area within the iTunes Store, iTunes U offers users public access to university courses, lab demonstrations, special lectures, and more from world class institutions such as Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, University of Melbourne, and Universit de Montral.
Review of GSM UMTS Smartphone Nokia E73
August 24, 2010
“The E73 employs exactly the same display as its predecessor, although due the fact that the ambient light sensor works in a slightly different manner, it may seem that Nokia have done something about it. The E73 utilizes a 2.36-inch QVGA display (320×240 pixels, 48×36mm), capable of up to 16 million colors. It manages to output a pretty decent picture quality-wise that remains readable in various environments (it doesn’t fade away in the sun at that, all thanks to the mirror underlayer).” Read more here:
webOS developer spots device with Retina matching resolution in logs
August 23, 2010
“A few weeks ago, we told you about a foursquare application developer that discovered traces of webOS 2.0 in their applicationlogs. While the information would have been very hard to fake, it would have been technically feasible due to the fact that foursquares API is open source. Today, PreCentral is reporting that a closed-source game titled Cloud Hopper has discovered traces of webOS 2.0 in their logs, along with a device that has a screen resolution of 640 x 960; the same resolution as the iPhone 4s Retina display. Whether this device is a prototype of the fabled HP webOS tablet or fingers crossed Palms next webOS smartphone, no one knows. It is nice to finally get a few snippets of information (as small as they are) to let us know that webOS hardware development is marching along even if it is very slowly.” via boygeniusreport.com
Nokia E5 review: Textbook texter
August 23, 2010
“Email used to be a part of the corporate world and now its increasingly becoming an essential means of communication for the lot of us not just the white-collar kind. So if you cant fight it, the best thing to do is get yourself properly equipped and the Nokia E5 is the right tool for the job. Its no old timer either, it knows how to deal with those newfangled social networks as well.
The E5 has skill to match the E72 down to the last spec. OK, almost. Some features have sure taken a hit (whats with the fixed-focus 5MP camera), but thats something most people can live with considering the lower price of the E5.
We found the Nokia C3 to be an excellent no-frills messenger. The Nokia E5 brings Symbian aboard, which accounts for many of its advantages multitasking, Office document viewing and editing, free voice-guided navigation you know the drill.
The Nokia E5 is probably targeted at young people stuck in a corporate environment. Or maybe its caught in the trend of more and more companies betting on social networking to boost sales. Whatever the reason, the Nokia E5 has pretty extensive support for social networks and IM chatting to go along with strictly-business offerings like the Microsoft Office messenger.” Read more here:
Samsung Galaxy U Is Now Official
August 21, 2010
“Samsung has finally made Galaxy U for LG U+ official. The name of Galaxy U is indicates that the handset is a Unique grip design, Ultimate display, Utilitarian apps, and Ubiquitous features like WiFi. The handset will come in black or white color. Galaxy U features 3.7-inch AMOLED Plus WVGA (800480) display, Android 2.1, 1GHz CPU, T-DMB, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, internet tethering, Allshare, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording, OZ Store and Google Market support, GPS, microSD card (up to 32GB; 8GB bundled). The pricing will be 800,000 won which is $682 USD.” via slashphone.com
DivX Mobile Player 1.0 for Symbian now available
August 21, 2010
“Never mind the date on the official download page, DivX Labs has officially released v1.0 of their ubiquitous mobile player for all S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition smartphones (direct SISx links). Version 1.0 “has numerous updates and simplifications to the UI. It also has touch-screen support for S60 5th Edition users.” Initial feedback shows that desktop class DivX files (unsurprisingly) generally have bitrates that are too high for the limited processor speed in most current Symbian handsets. A figure of 600kbps is recommended as a maximum.
From the announcement page (again, ignore the date):
“ATTENTION: We have released a new 1.0 version for Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition phones.
Even if your phone isn’t officiallyDivX Certified, you may still be able to watch DivX videos by downloading and installing the DivX Mobile Player. Find out below if your phone supports the DivX Mobile Player and follow the link to download according to your phones operating system.
DivX Mobile Player 1.0 is beta software available for a limited time only and will expire.
For the older 0.94 release, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.If you are reading this page from your mobile phone, try using theMobile websiteinstead.” via allaboutsymbian.com
BlackBerry App World 2.0 Out of Beta
August 21, 2010
“Today RIM has announced its BlackBerry App World 2.0 is out of beta and will start to push out the update notification for current BlackBerry App World user in the next few hours. The new version will support carrier / credit card billing support, BlackBerry ID and new section for application listing.” Read more inside..
Nokia N9 Prototype Leaked Out with MeeGo?
August 20, 2010
“With the current smartphone battle focus on Android and iPhone OS, will Nokia able to make a boost with its new MeeGo? A prototype called Nokia N9 has been leaked on the wild today. It comes in fullmetallicbody, slide out QWERTY keyboard and a full touch screen. According to the post on tieba.baidu, Nokia is planning to announce / release the phone by week 48 this year. As the leaked prototype is not completely same as the latest drawing, there should be some changes on the final production model.” More photos here: