February 29, 2012

Mozilla Marketplace now Open for App Submissions

Mozilla apps

The Mozilla Marketplace is now open for developers to submit their apps. These apps are built using HTML5 for app structure; CSS3 for layout, visual aesthetics, and visual behaviors; and JavaScript for logical implementation.

PlayStation Vita Sales reach over 1.2 Million

PS Vita

Sony today announced that the sales of the PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) portable entertainment system reached over 1.2 million units worldwide as of February 26th. PS Vita experienced an initial burst of momentum when it launched in Japan followed by Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. Newly launched in North and Latin America, Europe and PAL territories as well as in Singapore on February 22nd, sales have exceeded expectations surpassing over 1.2 million units worldwide.

Toshiba Excite 10 LE coming on March 6th for $530

Toshiba Excite 10 LE

Toshiba today announced that the Excite 10 LE tablet will be available for purchase from select U.S. retailers on March 6. Previously introduced as the Excite X10, the Excite 10 LE is the world's thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet powered by Android 3.2, measuring just 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thin and weighing just 1.18 pounds (535g) carries a starting price of $529.99 for the 16GB model and $599.99 for the 32GB model.

Toshiba Exicte 10 LE Specifications:-

White Xbox 360 Special Edition 4GB Kinect Family Bundle Announced

Xbox 360 Special Edition _White

Microsoft announced the new Xbox 360 Special Edition 4GB Kinect Family Bundle which includes a glossy white Xbox 360 4GB console, glossy white Kinect sensor, white Xbox 360 wireless controller and a copy of two of the most popular Kinect tiles: Kinect Sports and Kinect Adventures as well as a three month subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold and will be available while supplies last for US $ 299.99.

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Microsoft today announced the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. If you want to get an early look at the OS? hit the source link below.

February 28, 2012

4G Sony Tablet P coming to AT&T on March 4th

Sony Tablet P

AT&T today announced Sony Tablet P, a dual screen multi-functional 4G tablet will be available beginning March 4 for $399.99 with a two-year contract.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 coming to Verizon on March 1st

Galaxy Tab 7.7 4G LTE

Announced at this year's CES, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (4G LTE Tablet)will be available from Verizon Wireless starting March 1st for $499.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.

Samsung S Pen SDK 2.0 now Available

S Pen SDK 2.0

Samsung introduced the newly released S Pen SDK (Software Development Kit) 2.0, which enables developers to build applications that take advantage of the innovative pen input solution incorporated with Samsung’s flagship Galaxy Note. S Pen SDK 2.0 allows developers to make animation with recorded voice from the drawing.

You can download the S Pen SDK 2.0 from the link below.

Get up to $200 cash back to trade-in your Old Smartphone

Motorola Business Trade-in

Good news for business users who want to sell their old smartphone to bring new Android smartphone. As Motorola is offering up to $200 cash back for a old device when a Motorola Business Ready smartphone is purchased, providing an instant online quote, pre-paid shipping label, and payment within four to six weeks of receipt. In addition, company offering the MotoAssist IT service to give business users access to IT professionals who can help set up accounts, transfer contacts seamlessly, and even work directly with corporate IT departments.

Rovio teams up with Samsung to launch Angry Birds Space

Angry Birds Space

Samsung and Rovio teamed up once again to bring exclusive Angry Birds content to Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Angry Birds Space official launch announcement will be on March 8th, and Angry Birds Space arrives on iOS, Android, PC, and Mac on March 22nd. Checkout the Angry Birds Space teaser 2 (video) after the cut.

Orange Santa Carla Android Smartphone powered by Intel

Orange Santa Clara

Today, Orange announced that it will launch a new high-performance Android smartphone powered by Intel Atom Z2460 1.6GHz processor codenamed "Orange Santa Clara" in Europe this summer. The Orange smartphone will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread but promising ICS upgrade shortly after launch. It has a 4.03-inch display, 8MP camera, 16 GB of memory and weighs in at 117g.

Intel Announces Intel Cloud SSO Beta

salesforce

Today Intel announced a beta version of Intel Cloud SSO, an identity and access management-as-a-service (IAMaaS) offering available on Force.com. With Intel Cloud SSO, enterprise users gain single sign-on access to all Salesforce.com applications and dozens of other SaaS apps, through a secure, personalized portal.  Strong two-factor mobile authentication, user account provisioning and de-provisioning, enterprise-class identity lifecycle management features, and integration with McAfee Cloud Security Platform provide end-to-end protection for cloud-based apps. The beta is available to a limited number of customers, with general availability scheduled for Q2.

Windows Phone based Smartphone ZTE Orbit announced

ZTE Orbit

ZTE the new ZTE Orbit smartphone based on the latest version of Windows Phone (Mango) and comes with 4GB of memory, HD Voice, and a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash. The ZTE Orbit will be available in the second quarter of this year.

Lava launches intel-based smartphone for India XOLO X900

Lava XOLO intel inside

Intel and Lava collaborated to launch XOLO X900 - India's first smartphone with Intel Inside. XOLO X900 is based on Intel's reference design, and packs a 1.6GHz Atom Z2460 processor, a 4.03-inch high-resolution LCD touch screen, front and rear-facing cameras, support for HSPA+ networks, built-in NFC, and HDMI connectivity. No word yet on pricing but the XOLO X900 Android smartphone is expected to hit retail shelves in India early in the second quarter this year and will support all major 2G and 3G networks.

ZTE Era announced - 7.8mm thin quad-core smartphone

ZTE Era At MWC, ZTE has announced the ZTE Era, one of the thinnest quad-core devices on the market. Based on the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor and equipped with a NVIDIA Icera 450 HSPA+ modem, the ZTE Era packs high definition multimedia capabilities into a package that is just 7.8mm thick. The Era has a 4.3 inch QHD screen giving high quality 960 x 540 pixel images, running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) 8GB of memory expandable with a MicroSD card, HD voice and Dolby sound.

ASUS upcoming Transformer Pad Lineup unveiled

ASUS Transformer Pad 300 Series

ASUS at MWC announced the ASUS Transformer Pad lineup which  includes the ASUS Transformer Pad Prime (TF700T) and upcoming ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity series and ASUS Transformer Pad 300 series.

February 27, 2012

ASUS unveiled PadFone at MWC

ASUS Padfone

At MWC ASUS announced ASUS PadFone which transforms into a three-in-one combination of a smartphone, a tablet and a notebook when accessorized with the PadFone Station and PadFone Station Dock. The ASUS PadFone 4.3-inch smartphone featuring a Super AMOLEDqHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core processor,  Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 8-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and VGA front camera. Other specs include 16 to 64GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD), Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI, GPS, a gyroscope, HSPA+ and 1,520mAh battery. No word on pricing yet but will ship in April.

T-Mobile brings HTC One S to the U.S. this spring

T-Mobile HTC One S

Today at Mobile World Congress 2012, HTC announced the upcoming availability of the HTC One S, with T-Mobile as the premier launch partner in the U.S. Expected this spring, the HTC One S is T-Mobile’s thinnest smartphone (7.95mm), featuring an ultra-sleek, aluminum unibody design. The next smartphone to take advantage of 4G technology (HSPA+42) running on America’s Largest 4G Network, the HTC One S is T-Mobile’s first product to ship with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and HTC Sense 4.

HTC One X exclusive to AT&T "Coming Soon"

ATT HTC One X

AT&T announced that the HTC One X featuring new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be available from exclusively form AT&T in "coming months". HTC One X will be one of the first phones in the U.S. to feature HTC Sense 4 and also marks the first occasion a Beats by Dr. Dre-powered handset has made an appearance on AT&T. Other than that HTC One X features the same a 4.7-inch 720p HD screen, a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and 8MP camera.

HTC One V Unveiled

HTC One V

HTC today announced Android 4.0 powered the HTC One V smartphone joining HTC One X and HTC One S. This phone packs a 3.7-inch WVGA LCD display, 1GHz processor, a 512MB RAM, 5MP camera, 4GB onboard that can be augmented via 25GB of Dropbox (available on HTC One Series), or the available microSD slot, GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth.

HTC unveils One S

HTC One S

Another phone joining HTC One Series—HTC One S features a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED display and a new dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (MSM8260A) processor. HTC One S packs dual camera (8MP rear and 1.3 MP front), running  Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense 4.0, has 1GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

HTC One X Announced at MWC 2012

HTC One X

At MWC, HTC announced the Android 4.0 smartphone -- HTC One X codenamed Endeavour. The HTC One X features a beautifully crafted polycarbonate unibody that has the ruggedness of metal but is super lightweight.  HTC One X is powered a 1.5GHz Super 4-PLUS-1 quad-core with an integrated fifth Battery Saver Core and a high-performance 12-Core NVIDIA GPU. It features 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 resolution) 720p HD screen crafted from contoured Corning Gorilla Glass, 1GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, DLNA, 8MP rear and 1.3MP on front and 1,800mAh battery.

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC

Galaxy Note 10.1

Samsung announced the launch of another 10.1-inch tablet--Galaxy Note 10.1. Galaxy Note 10.1 runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and features a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB RAM, 3MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP on front and HSPA+connectivity. Read the complete press release and Galaxy Note 10.1 Specifications after the break.

Samsung Announces the Galaxy S WiFi 4.2

Galaxy S WiFi 4.2

At MWC, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 (Galaxy Player). The Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 packs a 4.2-inch WVGA (480 x 800) display, runs Gingerbread 2.3, 2MP rear and VGA front camera. It also bundled with Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, includes connectivity options—Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS. Read the full specs after the break.

Nokia Lumia 900 coming to non-LTE countries

Nokia Lumia 900 DC-HSPA variant

After launching the Nokia Lumia 900 as its first LTE smartphone, Nokia is also making the phone available around the world in a DC-HSPA variant, for high speed data connection (42Mbits download) in countries where LTE is not available. The Nokia Lumia 900 features a 4.3 inch ClearBlack AMOLED display features 8MP camera, 512MB RAM and running Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). It is also the first Lumia phone to feature a front-facing camera, with large aperture and wide-angle lens for sharp, bright images and video calling out of the box. The Nokia Lumia 900 will be available in white, cyan and black, is priced at EUR 480 and also expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2012.

Nokia Lumia 610 Official, arriving Q2

Nokia Lumia 610_big

Nokia today announced its fourth and entry level Lumia smartphone- Lumia 610. This entry level Windows Phone (Mango) packs a 3.7-inch LCD (WVGA 800 x 480 pixels) display, 256 MB RAM and have 8GB of internal storage but no microSD support, which means no option to expand beyond using Skydrive. Lumia 610 features 5MP auto focus camera, a 1,300mAh battery promises 6.5 hours of talk-time and 530 of standby, HSDPA CAT 7, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, A-GPS and FM radio. It comes in white, cyan, magenta and black, priced at EUR189 and is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2012.

Nokia expands Asha Series 40 lineup with Asha 202, Asha 203 and Asha 302

Nokia Asha 302

Nokia today unveiled additional services and three more Asha feature phone models -- the Nokia Asha 202, Asha 203 and Asha 302 at Mobile World Congress.

Nokia announces 808 PureView

Nokia 808 PureView

Nokia announced Nokia 808 PureView, the first smartphone to feature Nokia PureView imaging technologies. Nokia 808 PureView comes with a 1GHz processor, running Symbian Belle, a 4-inch Corning Gorilla Glass (640 x 360 pixels) display and 41 MP camera sensor with Nokia Pureview Pro imaging technology and Carl Zeiss optics. There's 512MB of RAM and 16GB of on-board storage that is expandable (up to 48GB) via microSD. It also features Bluetooth 3.0, HDMI, DLNA, High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector), 3.5 mm Nokia standard audio connector with TV-out, Secure NFC, A-GPS and FM radio.

Sony launches Xperia U

Xperia U

At MWC 2012, Sony announced Xperia U along with Xperia P smartphone. The Xperia U comes with 3.5-inch Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a 1GHz dual-core processor, a 5MP camera on the rear with HD recording running Android 2.3 which upgradable to Android 4.0 (in Q2 2012).

Sony Announces the Xperia P

Xperia P

At MWC 2012, Sony announced the Xperia P smartphone features a 4-inch WhiteMagic display, a 1 GHz U8500 Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) (Upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, planned in Quarter 2 2012), a 8MP rear camera with LED flash and Auto focus and VGA on front. No details on pricing yet.

February 26, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Beam Announced

samsung Galaxy Beam

Samsung today introduced Samsung Galaxy Beam, the projector smartphone that allows users to display and share multimedia content anywhere on a large luminous projector screen.Galaxy Beam is equipped with 1GHz dual-core processor, Android 2.3, 768MB RAM, 8GB internal memory, a 4-inch (480x800) display, Bluetooth, WiFi connectivity and 2,000mAh battery.

Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)

Over a week ago, Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.o) and today company announced it’s 10.1-inch variant the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1). This 10.1-inch tablet features a 1GHz dual-core processor, 10.1-inch WXGA(1280x800) PLS TFT display, 1GB of RAM, VGA front camera, 3MP rear camera,  Bluetooth 3.0, 16GB/32GB memory, a microSD slot and running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). There's no word on pricing yet, but Samsung plans to start selling 10.1-inch Tab during March starting from UK.

Huawei intros Ascend D quad

Huawei Ascend D quad front

Huawei, today introduced the world's fastest quad-core smartphone, the Huawei Ascend D quad. Powered by the Huawei's K3V2 quad-core 1.2GHz/1.5GHz processor running Android 4.0, the Ascend D quad features 4.5-inch 720px HD touchscreen, a 8MP rear camera, a1.3MP front camera, Dolby 5.1 surround sound, support for LTE and an 1,800mAh battery which will last for two days with normal usage.

February 25, 2012

Microsoft Your Account rolling out

Microsoft your account_page

Microsoft is rolling out a new billing portal named Microsoft Your Account, replacing the old http://billing.microsoft.com which allows users to easily manage a variety of Microsoft account types, including MSN, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Xbox and Zune.

BSNL launches Penta Tablet at Rs 3,250 to blow out Aakash

BSNL Penta T-Pad is701r

Indian Telecom operator BSNL and Pantel announced that it would bring three tablets. Out of three, the cheapest one (T-PAD IS701R ) to be sold for Rs 3,250 ($66), few hundred rupees more than commercial Aakash tablet but with better specs.

Avast 7 now Available for Download

Avast 7 cloud services

Avast! 7 stable/final version is now available for download build 7.0.1407, features cloud-based reputation scanning, streaming updates and remote assistance.

February 24, 2012

Sony releases Ice Cream Sandwich Beta ROM for some Xperia Smartphones

Xperia ICS Beta ROM

Sony Mobile released the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Beta ROM for selected Xperia range. Sony has made a number of improvements to the ROM, including an updated UI, improved lockscreen, activated GSM modem and FM radio and a quick dial.

Acer CloudMobile specs leaked, hands-on Video

Acer CloudMobile

Acer's Ice Cream sandwich smartphone CloudMobile which won design award before being announced has been leaked in detail ahead of MWC 2012 by Cellulare Magazine, who also made the hands-on video. Acer CloudMobile packs a 4.3-inch (1280×800) touchscreen, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 8MP camera on the back, HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC. You can checkout the demo video after the break.

Acer unveils Android 4.0 powered Liquid Glow Smartphone

Liquid Glow Smartphone

Acer today announced its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich powered Liquid Glow Smartphone which will be showcased in MCW 2012 along with Acer CloudMobile. The Liquid Glow sports a 3.7-inch display, 5MP camera with LED flash, NFC support and will be available in early summer 2012 in trendy colors - Sakura Pink, Alpine White, and Cat's-eye Black.

Dropbox Android App offers automatic photo upload feature

Dropbox camera upload

Dropbox unveiled its new app auto-upload feature for Android smartphones which is now available on Android market and promised to release Apple iOS version shortly. User will get 500MB of storage after their first automatic upload and can receive up to a total of 3 GB extra for free.

Box offering Android users Free 50GB Cloud Storage

Box v1.6

Normally, Box offers 5GB cloud storage to free users but today Box along with releasing an update to its app (v1.6) announced that Android users who log-in between now and March 23 will see their Box accounts permanently upgraded to 50GB. In addition to that Box increases the upload limit which means you can now upload files up to 100MB. Now that's the best free cloud storage option to backup your files.

February 23, 2012

HTC One X Press Photo Leaked ahead of MWC 2012

HTC One X

HTC One X is HTC's first quad-core smartphone, expected to be introduced at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2012) Barcelona and folks over Pocketnow published the first press shot (above) of this device. HTC One X powered by Android 4.0 ICS features a stunning a 4.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 720p resolution and expected to be launched in Q2 2012.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 gets Android 4.0 ICS Update

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 ICS update

ASUS today on its Facebook page announced that Eee Pad Transformer TF101 owners' has the v.9.2.1.11 firmware will receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OTA update. Company is already rolling out ICS OTA update in Taiwan and will hit soon in other regions.

LG Optimus 4X HD Officially unveiled

LG Optimus 4X HD

LG today officially unveiled its first Quad-Core processor smartphone, LG Optimus 4X HD. It features a 1.5GHz Quad-Core processor (NVIDIA Tegra 3) running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720) True HD IPS, a 8MP rear camera and 1.3MP cam on the front . It also includes a 2,150mAh battery, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

Samsung Galaxy S II crosses 20 Million mark in Global Sales

Samsung Galaxy S II

After crossing the 10 Million landmark back in September, Samsung today announced that the Samsung Galaxy S II (Model: GT-I9100) has achieved 20 million global channel sales in 10 months since its debut in April 2011.

Samsung Rugby Smart coming to AT&T on March 4th for $100

AT&T Samsung Rugby Smart

AT&T today announced that on March 4th it will begin selling the Samsung Rugby Smart for $99.99 with a two-year commitment and monthly minimum data plan. Samsung Rugby Smart will launch with Android 2.3 Gingerbread features a 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, 4GB internal memory, a 5MP rear facing with flash and auto focus with HD 720p video recording along with 1.3MP camera on the back.

18 Best Free Cloud Storage Providers

Cloud Storage

Recently, I've shared with you BeeCloud offering free 512GB of online Cloud Storage, now I’ve decided to share with you most comprehensive list of free online Cloud Storage providers but before starting you should know what is Cloud Storage?

Sony launches new Sony Mobile Website

Xperia S

After completing the acquisition of Sony Ericsson and renaming it to Sony Mobile Communications, Sony has now launched the official Sony Mobile website making sonyericsson.com a history. You can check out the new Sony website by hitting the source link below.

February 22, 2012

LG Optimus 4X HD (Quad Core LG X3) coming to MWC 2012

LG X3 or LG Optimus 4X HD

After unveiling a new 3D smartphone, Optimus 3D Max as well as L-Style handsets, LG is all set to revealed it's first quad-core smartphone LG Optimus 4X HD (previously spotted online as the LG X3) at MCW 2012. This device should boast a 4.7-inch 720p display, NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core application processor, running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 8MP rear camera and support HSPA 21Mbps.

Apache 2.4 Released, First Major Release in Six Years

Apache v2.4

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) rolled out version 2.4 of  of its open source Apache HTTP Server software. It's the first major release in six years and comes with a long list of improvements with main focus on cloud and configuration flexibility.