Huawei Honor and Ideos X5 Pro Hands-on
Huawei is one of the few Android manufacturers that has been slowly and steadily expanding its mobile phone portfolio. The Chinese multinational started with entry-level Androids to establish a foothold in the country and have now graduated to the mid-range and upper-mid range segment with the recently announced Ideos X5 Pro and Huawei Honor.
The Ideos [...]
Apple releases iOS 5.1.1
Apple just released iOS 5.1.1 (build number 9B206) for iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone. As you can see from the release notes above, the 54.4 MB update includes: improved reliability for the HDR option when accessing the camera app from the lock screen and a number of other fixes for bugs affecting AirPlay video playback; the ability [...]
Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad, will feature in the Next Galaxy
So we’ve got the first confirmed feature that is expected in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy device. It’s the quad-core processor aka Exynos 4 Quad which Samsung announced today. The Exynos 4 Quad is built using Samsung’s 32nm High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process technology and is based on four ARM Cortex A9 chips clocked at [...]
Lava launches Intel-powered XOLO X900 in India
Lava’s XOLO X900 has become the first Intel-powered smartphone that will grace the Indian market. Powered by Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom Z2460 processor, the smartphone runs Android 2.3 OS out of the box and will be upgradable to Android 4.0 in the coming weeks.
On the hardware front, XOLO X900 features a 4.03-inch LCD, 8MP camera [...]
Meizu brings MX Quad-core with Android 4.0, quad-core Exynos chip
Meizu has announced an upgrade to its Meizu MX phone. The new Meizu MX slated to hit in June will now feature a quad-core processor. The Meizu MX Quad-core is in fact the world’s first smartphone to use a quad-core Exynos processor, which is produced by Samsung.
With the new processor, the phone boasts an [...]
Micromax launches Funbook tablet with Android 4.0 at Rs. 6,500
Its raining Android tablets in India for the past few days. After Zync and HCL, Micromax has introduced their Funbook for the Indian market. Priced at a very affordable Rs. 6,499, the tablet features a 1.2GHz processor and runs Android 4.0 OS.
As for other features, the Funbook comes with a 7-inch WVGA (800×480) display, [...]
XOLO X900: India’s first Intel-powered Android phone from Lava
Indian mobile phone maker, Lava yesterday announced to launch the first Intel Atom-based phone in the Indian market. Dubbed as XOLO X900, the phone is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design and is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz Z2460 processor.
It will run on Android 2.3 OS and feature a 4.03-inch, 8MP camera with HD [...]
Samsung introduces the Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung today made the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet official at MWC. Just like the original Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 10.1 takes advantage of the improved S-Pen input that makes it a perfect tool for students, designers and businessmen to take notes, sketch etc.
The S-Pen now resembles like a real pen and features an eraser [...]
Samsung unveils Galaxy Beam Projector Phone, Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)
Samsung today unwrapped two new offerings that will hit the market soon. First up is the successor of Samsung’s Android projector phone dubbed as Galaxy Beam. The new Galaxy Beam now comes in a thinner and lighter form factor and with upgraded specs.
It will allow users to project content up to 50-inch wide via [...]
Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 2 (7-inch) with Ice Cream Sandwich OS
Samsung had a single tablet offering about 2 years back but currently has the highest number of Android tablets in the market. Announced today is a new 7-incher dubbed as Galaxy Tab 2 and the unique thing about this tablet is that it runs Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich OS out-of-the-box.
As for hardware, [...]