Tag : Phone

Is Google’s Android 4.0 Anything More Than Just Lipstick on A Pig?

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must be well aware by now that Google and Samsung unveiled the next generation Nexus phone called Galaxy Nexus. Although I’m not a fan of the name, I like the specifications that Samsung has been able to cram into the phone. Seems like they threw in everything that Apple rumor sites were saying that the iPhone 5 would have like the tear drop design and so on. I wont go through all the details here but you can just catch up with them on our friends’ coverage of Ice Cream Sandwich at Redmond Pie.

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Fujitsu Releases Phone Running Windows 7

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Fujitsu has announced that they are releasing a new smartphone that fully runs Windows 7.

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U.S. Army Currently Testing iPhone, Android and Windows Phone

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The U.S. Army is currently conducting several six week tests of the three most popular mobile operating systems, namely iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

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New 5.3” Samsung Galaxy Phone To Be Released [Rumor]

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Details have leaked of the “Samsung Galaxy Q,” a phone rumored to have a 5.3 inches screen.

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Preview: Xperia Play PlayStation Phone – Not by Sony though

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While everyone was expecting Sony Ericsson to reveal Xperia Play, the PlayStation phone, at CES, it didn’t just happen. But a Chinese blog got their hands on the PlayStation phone and did a thorough hands on preview of the device. It seems like it’s every bit as good as fanboys have dreamed it to be.

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How to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread Launcher on Android 2.2 Phones

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Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ was somewhat quietly announced yesterday (in case you missed it, read this to find out all you need to know about it.) While it’s a relatively minor upgrade, it does sport a slightly improved look which a lot of Android 2.2 users now envy. So unless they get Android 2.3 ROMS for their handsets, there are a few alternatives to give you the Gingerbread look and feel on your device. First up, the Gingerbread Launcher with a cool fade effect and greenish icons.

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Dell Venue Pro with Windows Phone 7 – Specifications

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The new Dell Venue Pro will run the new Windows Phone 7 OS. This super spec smart phone has a big 4.1 inch touch screen and a slide down keyboard for quick typing along with a massive 8GB internal memory. It is also packing a 5 megapixel, auto focus camera and an FM radio. The internals include a 1Ghz processor, 512MB RAM so you can be assured, it’ll be as fast as other Windows Phone 7 devices by HTC or Samsung.

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Confirmed! Facebook Spokesman says: "We Are Not Building a Phone!"

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This morning, a “Facebook Phone” rumor surfaced when TechCrunch claimed that Joe Hewitt (creator of Facebook) and Matthew Papakipos (former engineering director of Google Chrome OS) were secretly working on a Facebook-branded phone. However this speculation has been trashed by a Facebook spokesman Jaime Schopflin who gave the following statement to Mashable in response to the above rumor:

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Nexus One now available as Google’s Official Developer Phone

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About two weeks ago, Google announced that they will not sell Nexus One online anymore. It is no longer available for purchase directly from Google which meant that the Nexus One is good as dead now. They also announced that it would be still available for developers. Today, Google has officially announced that Nexus One is their developer phone and it would be available for developer for $529.

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Windows Phone 7 Series handset confirmed by HTC by the end of this year!

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Finally after all the rumors and wait, it’s been confirmed by HTC’s CEO himself that they’re going to release a Windows Phone 7 Series powered handset by the end of this year, could this handset probably be the much hyped about HD3?

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