The Samsung Galaxy Fit is one of Samsung’s 2011 budget phones. We’ll get a closer look at this year’s Mobile World Congress, but want to know a little more about this budget beaut? Read on…
We’ve spent the last few weeks talking a lot about dual-core phones and what they’ll do for Android, but the Samsung Galaxy Fit uses a low-powered 600MHz processor. Before you chuck it into the nearest muddy puddle, consider a few things though.
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The most advanced phone in the group of four, the Samsung Galaxy Ace is a black slabby device with a fairly modest specification compared to top-of-the-range Android handsets.
The Galaxy Ace comes with a 3.5" 320 x 480 pixel display, an 800 MHz processor with 158Mb of RAM and Android 2.2. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera with what appears to be very basic video capture capabilities. The Galaxy Ace also comes with WiFi (including 802.11n support), 3.5G and GPS plus a microSD slot and a 2GB memory card.
Although the Galaxy Ace lacks the screen resolution of many more expensive rivals, the display is large enough to be useful and the overall specifications make this a handy smartphone for most consumers. Samsung give a recommended retail price of about €360, which does seem expensive to us. The Galaxy Ace should be available in some markets from February onwards.
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Galaxies tend to be large and full of stars, planets, miscellaneous bits of rock, spaceships and aliens. So Samsung’s Galaxy series is looking a bit thin, with only the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab shining bright enough to see with a gadget telescope. Until now, because Samsung’s just expanded its universe by four Galaxy products – the Ace, Mini, Fit and Gio.
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Engadget has published an exclusive preview of Sony's upcoming PlayStation Phone, which is due to appear at next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Reportedly named "Xperia Play", the device features a four-inch 854x480 multitouch screen that slides up to reveal PlayStation-esque controls. Gaming buttons include a D-pad, four action buttons (triangle, circle, square and x), two shoulder buttons, and two circular touchpads that serve as analog sticks.
Overall, Engadget says the device is comfortable to use and has a better build quality than the PSP Go. The site has posted a demo video of the Xperia Play running a few emulated games, including Ridge Racer Revolution, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Gundam Battle Assault 2, and Super Mario Bros. 4. Sony hasn't been clear about what games will be supported at launch, nor has it mentioned pricing or a delivery method, but we imagine that will be covered at MWC.
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Considering Engadget was the website that kicked off this latest, lengthy bout of PlayStation Phone rumours back in October, it's only fitting that the tech blog should also be the one to close it.
Just weeks before the device is expected to be unveiled to the world at Mobile World Congress in February, Engadget has gotten hold of what looks to be a finalised PlayStation Phone, otherwise known as Xperia Play.
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Last week we asked you to tell us your most desired Android phone of 2011 so far. Hundreds of votes later, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has come out on top, just ahead of the Motorola Atrix.
Yes, it’s true. Our readers’ most-wanted phone of 2011 so far is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, the 8.7mm slim Android 2.3 phone revealed in January at the CES tech show. It doesn’t have a dual-core processor and can’t crank out 1080p video like some rivals, but it eventually raced to the top of the poll — which has become our most popular poll ever — with 21.64 per cent of the vote.
Just behind it was the most powerful Android that’s been officially unveiled in 2011, the Motorola Atrix. It has the dual-core processor, a higher-resolution screen and the Motoblur UI — enough to win the Atrix a commendable 20.44 per cent of the vote.
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Just a quick one before I sign off for the night. We were sent an OTA link for the Facebook v1.9.0.26 that was spotted in the latest OS 6.0.0.448. I have no idea if these are just for the 9700 series devices though I am pretty sure it will only work on OS 6.0 plus devices.
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Owners of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Curve 3G 9330 on Sprint have been enjoying the shiny new BlackBerry 6 OS for almost a month now, but today Verizon's customers can get in on the fun, too. RIM just issued a press release stating that both the Bold 9650 and Curve 3G will be receiving BB 6 starting today. The update will be available as an over the air download beginning at 8:00 PM EST. Customers can also install the upgrade using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software. Check out RIM's statement below.
Even if Verizon is about a month behind their biggest CDMA competitor when it comes to the BlackBerry 6 upgrade, I'm sure the owners of those handsets are just excited to finally be upgraded to the latest version of RIM's OS. Bold 9650 and Curve 3G owners, be sure to come back and let us know when you install the update. We want to hear your experiences!
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BlackBerry phones are still quite popular in the Eastern part of the world, mainly due to its BlackBerry Messenger feature. People there seem like to chat away like there’s no tomorrow on their BBM, but ironically ignoring the one sitting close to them. The latest BlackBerry phone to hit the Chinese market is the Curve 8980, which has been spotted last year.
The BlackBerry Curve 8980 will soon be made available for China Mobile’s network — and the phone was just officially confirmed by the two companies. The 8980 improves upon its 8910 predecessor by adding Wi-Fi connectivity, but the rest of the specs remain the same. This means the BlackBerry 8980 will still sport a HVGA display with 3.2-megapixel camera.
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When the Bold 9700 was launched in October 2009, little did RIM (Research In Motion), or anyone else for that matter, know, how much the smartphone market would change in the space of a year. Change it did, and RIM faced a lot of competition from the likes of Apple iPhones and Android-based smartphones. There was an urgent need change the operating system and the interface in particular. The OS5 looked dated and dull in comparison to the highly customisable Android OS and even the good looking Apple iOS4. Those who wanted a hardcore business phone still went for a Blackberry, but the rest of the consumers found the Blackberry phones dull and boring - not because of the any hardware deficiencies, but because the OS and the interface was boring.
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Built-in iPhone hotspots? Bah! Who needs one? Not with AXIM Communications’ handy little MR-102N 3G/4G Travel Mobile Router in your pocket.
This little portable gadget works with iPhones and select Android devices to turn a 3G or 4G data connection into an 802.11n Wifi hotspot. Typically smartphone hotspots are a colossal battery drain to the handset, but the MR-102N comes with its own 1700 mAh battery that even charges your phone while connected. As for cellular connections, the networks it supports are diverse — including HSDPA, HSUPA, EV-DO, UMTS, and GPRS. That means you’re not stuck using only one type of network; you’ll be able to continue using this even if you change carriers.
Best part? It’s compatible with almost every iPhone — the 3G, 3GS and the 4!
BoyGenius Report took this for a spin recently with an iPhone 3GS and got up to 4-5 Mbps speeds! That’s just on a 3G smartphone. Since the router also supports 4G, the theoretical maximum speed is actually as much as 42 Mbps — a limit that no current 3G device can even come close to smoking.
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IT leaders have been urged to put scepticism about mobile apps aside and start making strategic decisions about their app strategies, before they get left behind.
While many emerging technologies are overhyped, the buzz around mobile apps is justified, according to Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner.
Music service Play.fm is launching its mobile app, bringing its vast collection of live recordings and DJ sets to the palm of your hand. The application is launched for three platforms — iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 — and is available for free from Apple’s AppStore, Google’s Android Market and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace, respectively.
Along with the app download, you get 90 days of unrestricted access to the audio streams of roughly 30,000 DJ sets on Play.fm. After that period ends, you can continue to enjoy electronic club music for five hours per month for free. The Premium access is also available, giving you continuous unlimited use of Play.fm’s entire catalog.
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Ricoh has unveiled the CX5 compact superzoom with Hybrid AF. It represents the re-introduction of an AF system that combines a distance sensor with more conventional contrast detection method to offer focus times of as little as 0.2sec regardless of focal length. Beyond this, it offers the same 10MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor, 10.7x (28-300mm equiv.) zoom lens, 920k dot 3 inch LCD and 720p HD video recording as the CX4. It's not clear how the AF system differs from the one the company used up until 2007, but it is claimed to almost double the speed of the CX4. Other new features include 'Super-Resolution' context-sensitive image processing and three additional scene modes.
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Betcha didn't think this day would come, but it finally has. Sony has just come clean with its next-generation PlayStation Portable. It's actually codenamed NGP and will revolve around five key concepts: Revolutionary User Interface, Social Connectivity, Location-based Entertainment, Converging Real and Virtual (augmented) Reality. It will be compatible with the PlayStation Suite and is backwards-compatible with downloadable PSP games and content from Sony's PlayStation Store.
Via : engadget
Following the unveil of its bodacious next generation portable (NGP) PlayStation device, Sony let a swarm of journalists (including us) on stage to get a closer look at the PSP's dual-stick, quad-core successor. No touching, but we were able to direct our lens mighty close and compare the NXP with a PSP and PSP Go before the on-hand staff shooed us away. Enjoy the pictures!
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