Monthly Archives: November 2010

Nokia’s N86 8MP Successor N00 Prototype C Spotted

Just when you thought that phones like the N85, N86 and the entire clan of dual sliders have died a slow agonizing death in the face of rising competition from touch screen handsets and Android smartphoes, we see this. Folks … Continue reading

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CellPhones To Be Blocked Inside Cars In The U.S?

Looks like the US Department of Transportation is considering implementing a technology that would potentially block the usage of cellphone inside cars while driving. The Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was overheard talking to a Discovery News reporter and confirming … Continue reading

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Samsung Wave II To Get Swype Competitor As Text Input Method

Samsung’s Wave II, the successor to the original Wave is already on sale in quite a few Asian and European markets – according to a press release from Samsung. The 3.7 inch screen laden device is the larger cousin to … Continue reading

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Acer’s beTouch 140 Android Smartphone Spotted In Italy

Acer has been in the news lately due to its recent announcements regarding its tablets set to arrive in 2011 and a bunch of high end Android based smartphones that would be seeing the light of the day very soon. … Continue reading

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Symbian Websites To Go Offline On December 17

The Symbian Foundation which got itself acquired by Nokia earlier this month has in a blog post announced that it would be shutting down all its websites on December 17, 2010. The websites that would go offline include symbian.org symbian.org/cn … Continue reading

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The Future of Social Networking

Troubles at both Digg and MySpace, who were among the most prominent social networking services as recently as two years ago, demonstrate that nothing can be taken for granted in this segment of the industry. Social networking is an evolving … Continue reading

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Super AMOLED Displays To Become Common In 2011

As you might be aware, Samsung is the only manufacturer who makes the much acclaimed Super AMOLED displays. Super AMOLED started to be used on quite a few phones that were released in 2010. However, around mid 2010, reports emerged … Continue reading

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Android 2.1 Update For Xperia X8 Soon

Sony Ericsson has announced that its mid range Android powered handset, the Xperia X8 would be finally getting the much awaited update to android 2.1 very soon. With the X10 series already in the process of receiving updates, we’ll soon … Continue reading

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Next Generation iPad To Get Five New Features

Just as the year draws to a close we have started hearing rumors about the next generation iPad – which is largely thought to arrive in the first quarter of 2011. The first generation iPad as you might be aware … Continue reading

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Samsung Launches E2530 Clamshell Phone

Samsung is known to launch many of its low end handsets in Russia before anywhere else in the world. Continuing that tradition, the company has launched its latest clamshell phone, the E2530 in Russia. A complete no frills device, the … Continue reading

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