A quick unboxing and hands on review of the new Blackberry Torch 9860. The device is a far distance away from the original touchscreen Storm devices from Blackberry. Check out the Tech Specs followed by hands on images and a complete unboxing and mini review extravaganza.
Microsoft has announed and launched a hotmail Android App with dual way syncing for email contacts and calendar. Adding some interesting features in the app.
Automatically categorize incoming mail as newsletters.
The Xperia Ray is yet to start shipping despite several websites claim to have it in stock. The device is a unique breed of Android candybar phone, which is not only slim but excellent to hold in the hand.
Expected? perhaps not. While investment companies and strategy officials were busy down ranking the Amazon fire tablet. Amazon seems to have pulled a Witwicky with the results of first day preorders. The company has reportedly snagged orders over 95,000 for a device that they are yet to start selling.
While playing the numbers game isn’t safe in the tablet scenario, RIM sold a total of 200,000 Playbooks, Apple on the other hand sold over 300,000 on the day of order commencement. So being able to sell 100,000 of a tablet that is priced at 199$ is not a difficult task to do.
A US $ 20 billion deal between Apple and telecom carrier Sprint, suggests that the 5th variant of the Jesus phone will be locked to a CDMA/EVDO exclusive in the US. The device proposed to be announced in half a day from now is expected to launch alongside two other devices.
A 20 billion dollar deal means over 30 million phones, for a company like sprint getting this exclusive deal could just make their futures perfect. The rumored deal is proposed to last up untill 2014. The remaining carriers will get the iPhone 4s and iPhone 4 8gb versions.
Alternatively a global version of the iPhone 5 will feature a HSPA + 4G chipset capable of the next-gen networks, there you can breathe again.
Either way we will cover the event for you guys in our liveblog.
Some solid rumors for the device include
Larger 4-inch screen, higher resolution.
1GB of RAM.
Slightly larger design overall, but thinner and with a larger battery.
Samsung UK has teamed up with 14 Bike Co to bring the world the Samsung Galaxy bicycle to the world. The bike will come with a custom paint job and a carbon fibre holder for the Galaxy Tab.
Read the PR below , Samsung Galaxy Bike anyone?
[toggle title_open=”Press Release” title_closed=”Press Release” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]SAMSUNG UNVEILS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO TRANSPORT THE GALAXY TAB 10.1
29th September 2011, London, UK – Today, Samsung UK unveils the ultimate Galaxy Tab 10.1 accessory having collaborated with bespoke bike manufacturer, 14 Bike Co to create a custom made road bike and top of the range Tablet holder. Demonstrating the Galaxy Tab 10.1’s ‘lighter for performance’ ethos the Tab holder is designed by F1 manufacturers, is super light at 125g and is complete with a super strong premium finish.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 features a 10.1 inch crystal clear WXGA TFT LCD screen, weighs only 565 grams and is the world’s thinnest mobile tablet of its screen size measuring just 8.6 millimetres. Such features are complemented by the special edition bike’s bespoke handling and elements of the tab have been used to influence the overall bike design.
The stunning hand built steel frame pedal bike boasts a striking custom paint job exposing sleek black paint on one side and cool white paint on the opposite, reflecting the colours the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is available in. The detachable Tab holder positioned in the triangular frame is made from quality Carbon fibre featuring the same Carbon specification used on F1 cars and has a fantastic strength to weight ratio. This means the holder is light yet robust – making it perfect for moving your Tab 10.1 with ease and in style.
Accessible from the side, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 holder allows for the device to be used easily whilst on the move. Applications such as dashboards tracking mileage, route planners and repair instructions for punctures, can be downloaded from the Android Marketplace to enhance everyday cycling routes or more adventurous trips – a handy addition for any cyclist.
14 Bike Co is a specialist bespoke bike manufacturer that intends to push modern British bike manufacturing back into the limelight. They use the highest quality materials, some of the best people in the industry and offer one of the widest varieties of bike designs.[/toggle]
Palm, The company that was killed due to lack of intelligent structuring by HP, remains as one of the biggest loss-outs in the mobile acquisition history. Palm was the first after Apple to offer an OS capable of interacting with touchscreen devices, and one that was also limited to their own devices. Not that Palm had not been doing that from the day it launched, it somehow managed to user in the post iOS era when apps and the APP Store were just very young.
Hp after buying out Palm flat out for 1.2 billion dollars, on August 19th 2011 announced that it will abandon the WebOS and its devices. Now Amazon seems to be the forerunner in the race to buy out the company from HP.
HP is looking to dump what’s left of Palm and webOS as quickly as possible, and Amazon is nearing a deal to make the acquisition. Amazon recently revealed the Kindle Fire tablet which runs on a highly customized version on Android. Buying out a proprietary OS would not only enable the company to control the features that they want to give, but also enable innovation from the company. WebOS would cost Amazon a good amount of money and will force the company to go back to the drawing board in terms of building hardware around an entirely new platform.
Apple will Unveil the next iPhone tomorrow in their HQ in cupertino, this time in a small affair. Although we couldn’t be there covering it, we will bring you all the juicy bits from the launch here bit by bit.
So bookmark this page to get live updates, and even a live video feed if we can snag one.
Time: 10:00 PM Indian Standard Time on 4th October 2011
Sony Ericsson has handed its support to the FreeXperia dev team, which is dedicated to bringing CyanogenMod 7.1 .The company has donated 20 phones to the cause, realizing that “not all Android phones are alike”.
Even though Sony Ericsson do not promote the unlocking of the bootloader and developing Android software on the Xperia devices, They certainly allow you to do it and also give you a step by step.
Okay the last one was a little over the top, But the new tie u b/w Tech Hardware specialist Hitachi and our own SBI and AXIS Banks will enable a new breed of ATMs. The totally auto mated machines are state of the art with complete banking solutions right at your fingertips. Hitachi plans to tie up with eight more banks by the end of the next financial year with total revenues of 1 billion yen from the new HOTS ATM’s.
The new machines have voice/vocal feedback and a capacitive touchscreen display. They also have automated deposits to accounts, passbook updating and printing facilities, Manage fixed deposits, allow you to request cheque books and basically make the account handler search for another job.
These simple self-service functions will help increase branch efficiency tremendously as it frees the branch officials to attend to other works while at the same time it eliminates the need for customers to wait in long queues at their bank branches.”
– Yasuo Sasabe, General Manager, ITC Solutions Business, Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.
Harman Kardon’s new MS 150 Speaker dock not only supports multiple number of devices, but is also designed to include the company’s state of the art sound drivers. The sound behind the black / grey face is a 30 Watt driver, and a LCD up-top shows off the specifics.
Guess what the suggested retail price is?
Can,t do it ? Its Just a bit under US$700 or about INR 30,000 (sans the duties and retailer profits, read it as 50k at the least)
The company also gave away a video with spooky man showing off the equipment : “What does it Look Like”?
Whether you’re an Apple or Android™ fanatic, a video-game buff or radio enthusiast, the Harman Kardon MS 150 is built to please music lovers seeking desktop convenience
STAMFORD, Conn. – In the latest gadget news, HARMAN International Industries today announced availability of the Harman Kardon® MS 150, a high-performance stereo system that includes an iPhone/iPod dock, slot-loaded CD player and FM radio tuner. Designed for the music lover who wants the convenience of a beautiful stereo system to place on a shelf or desk, the Harman Kardon MS 150 features two fully integrated 30-watt bass-reflex loudspeakers to produce crisp, room-filling sound in a living room, home office or bedroom.
The sleek, black Harman Kardon MS 150 was designed for flexibility. In addition to the CD player and iPhone/iPod dock, it includes three auxiliary audio inputs to plug in a portable music player or an Android™ smartphone as well as front-and-back 3.5-millimeter headphone jacks for private listening. A front-panel audio input can be used with video-game consoles to take advantage of the sophisticated audio tracks embedded in games. The FM radio tuner includes RDS technology to display text from radio stations, including song and artist information.
“Our customers have high expectations when it comes to audio gear, and the Harman Kardon MS 150 is sure to delight the most discriminating listener,” said Sachin Lawande, EVP and co-president of HARMAN’s Lifestyle and Infotainment divisions. “It’s a powerful, exquisite system that is a complete, high-performance stereo. It looks beautiful in any room, but more important, brings vitality to sound from a CD, iPhone, or Android smartphone.”
Audiophiles new gadgets lovers will also appreciate the MS 150’s subwoofer output for direct connection to a powered subwoofer to deliver a more dynamic bass impact. Additional connections include composite and S-Video outputs for photo-and-video sharing using an appropriate iPod model. A remote control with IR sensor ships with the MS 150. The music player includes an alarm, sleep timer and dimmer to reduce screen brightness in the evening. It adheres to European energy standards and consumes less than 1 watt of power in standby mode.
Pricing and Availability
The Harman Kardon MS 150 has a suggested retail price of $689.95. For additional information or to purchase, visit HarmanAudio.com.
Sharp has released a waterproof phone called the Aquos 102SH, this comes just days after we saw news of the Fujitsu ISW11F. The Sharp Aquos has a decent spec sheet :
Display beautifully detailed, with a 4.5-inch LCD high-definition large-screen HD The display, with a 4.5 inches HD LCD high-definition big screen. Color gradients or licking a resolution of 1,280 × 720 dots (color display 16.77 million) in the corresponding pictures and videos, and vivid the detail and character, to read comfortably and small characters in the website the more information possible. Also, to realize to adjust the contrast display for easy viewing even outdoors in bright places such as “outdoor view” and the effect of preventing prying eyes up “color veil view”, and ability to view 3D. Furthermore, 9.7mm thinness about forma yet slim body, IPX5/IPX7 an equivalent waterproof performance and Ip5X 2 dustproof performance has been considerable.
Up to 21Mbps downstream 3 The “ULTRA SPEED” corresponds to a dual-core CPU with To achieve maximum 21Mbps downstream “ULTRA SPEED” in response to high-speed communication is possible. In addition, dual-core CPU with a faster performance “OMAP4430 (1GHz)” by built-in, a large amount of web browsing and watching streaming video information, including operations such as running multiple applications at the same time, a variety of actions comfortably done without stress.
Battery consumption is simply smart technology “eco” function Power saving and backlight control and image processing technology to keep the image quality is always high, power consumption by automatically controlling the unconscious more than one application at startup, you can extend your battery has. “Eco Tech” feature allows up to approximately 50% of power consumed by the backlight 4 reduction, approximately 40% more power consumption during standby (mode waza-ari) five energy savings may be reduced.
With 12.10 megapixel camera that supports the optical Image Stabilizer, the main camera is equipped with a megapixel camera effective pixel count of approximately 1,210. Because it uses an optical anti-shake that can be taken easily prone to camera shake scene, you can take in situations such as for taking beautiful photography and zoom in at night. In addition, the Full HD (1,920 × 1,080 pixels) and can also shoot video, it is possible to record the scenes footage of powerful memories.
Note: 1 IPX5 and uses a 6.3mm diameter water injection nozzles, jets from any direction can rely on the condition that a minimum of irrigation water for 3 minutes 12.5 minutes liters / about 3m away about the functions of a phone means that you have. IPX7 and the tap water at room temperature, the phone gently sunk away and still water depth of 1m, which means having a function as a phone when taken out after about 30 minutes left. 2 IP5X and refers to the degree of protection, less than 75?m in diameter dust (dust) were stirred for 8 hours to put the device containing the phone has a function of the phone when taken to maintain safe means. Dust the performance of this unit is warranted to protect the substantial degree IP5X, do not guarantee against such usage is not placed directly on the beach. 3 available in some areas, the maximum transmission rate is different. Also, for a best effort, due to line congestion and communication environment, communication slows down, or may be unable to communicate. 4 provisional value. Numbers will be different depending on the model. 5 Numeric Eco Tech “normal” mode “with skill” is by comparison with the preliminary mode. Your environment by energy savings may vary.
[toggle title_open=”Press Release” title_closed=”Press Release” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Skype 2.5 for Android adds more supported handsets and enhanced video experience
Today we are pleased to announce that with Skype 2.5 for Android, we are whitelisting video support for an additional 14 Android devices. This brings the total number of white listed devices for video calling to an exciting 41. Now Skype video calling will also be available by default on several Motorola Devices including the Atrix 2.5 or Xoom 2.5. Download the updated Skype for Android app from the Android Market or Skype.com/m using your Android phone’s browser or just scan the QR code below.
With Skype 2.5 for Android, the list of Android devices we’ve added Skype video support for include:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 HTC Nexus One HTC Shooter Sony Ericsson Xperia Live with Walkman Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V LG Optimus Black LG Optimus 3D LG Optimus 2x Motorola Photon Motorola Droid 3 Motorola Bionic Motorola Xoom Motorola Atrix Acer Iconia
For a full list of supported devices for video calling, please visit Android Market.
The Skype 2.5 for Android update also brings you further video enhancements. You can now switch between portrait and landscape mode during video calls, and zoom in with a simple double tap on the screen.
We also improved support for bluetooth headsets and included a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements, which should further boost the user experience of Skype for Android on your phone.
In addition, as with our recent Mac and iOS update, there will be an advertising platform introduced in this new release. Advertising will not be shown to users that have Skype Credit, a Calling or Skype Premium subscription.
If you have any questions or want to leave feedback, please take advantage of the new Skype Support. We hope you enjoy the update![/toggle]
Bells and whistles when there is news for the Apple iPhone launch, According to a presentation made by China Unicom to their employees, the upcoming iPhone 5 will HSPA+ capabilities. Something like this is usually highly unlikely coming from a company such as Apple. But its only a few days away, so we should be able to find out soon enough.
