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Motorola XPRT Hands-On And Unboxing By SlashGear

Effie Tjhai — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:49:10 +0000

Motorola XPRT was unveiled in New York City back in June. And our sister-site, SlashGear has managed get their hands-on the Motorola XPRT. The device is targeted for BlackBerry users. In the hands-on by SlashGear, you will see the comparison between the XPRT and BlackBerry Torch.

The handset features a 3.1-inch display with 320×480 resolution, a 1 Ghz processor, and a 5-Megapixels camera on the rear with dual LED flash. It runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo). Check out all the pictures and video via SlashGear.

[via SlashGear]

SlashGear Review Nokia E7

Effie Tjhai — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:46:14 +0000

Nokia new flagship smartphone called E7 has just hit the market lately. The folks from SlashGear already post up their review on the handset. The review is very details and overall very profound.

The E7 featured a 680MHz ARM 11 processor, 256MB of RAM, 8-megapixels camera, 4-inch capacitive touchscreen with 640 x 360 resolution, QWERTY keyboard, and runs with Symbian^3. As for the connectivity, the device will provide entaband UMTS/WCDMA (supporting Euro, T-Mobile USA and AT&T 3G bands in a single device), WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS/A-GPS and an FM radio. There’s also accelerometers, a digital compass, proximity and ambient light sensors, and a front-facing camera for 3G video calls. For further details, you can head to SlashGear.com right now.

[via SlashGear]

Introducing “SG Comics Presents”

Effie Tjhai — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:21:48 +0000

Our sister-site, SlashGear has something new under their sleeves. If you need something humorous but not showered with words and more to visual perspective then you probably will like this one. Introducing “SG Comics Presents: Angry Turds”.

The “SG Comics Presents” will be weekly. This week comic is based on Angry bird as we can see above. Head to SlashGear for more comics, next week.

[via SlashGear]

SlashGear Reviews T-Mobile’s Galaxy Tab

Effie Tjhai — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:28:36 +0000

Previously, our sister site, SlashGear has covered the European version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. And now, we are looking at the U.S version from T-Mobile. The tablet is 4.7 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches and 13.4 oz light. Its very light because mostly the tablet made of plastic construction.

The Galaxy tab comes with a 7-inch 1024 x 600 resolution display, LCD TFT, Samsung’s 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 640MB of RAM and 16GB of storage space. The front of the tablet made of Gorilla glass and has a front-facing camera. On the back, there’s a 3-megapixel camera with LED flash on the back. Under the hood, it has a quadband GSM and dualband (1700/2100) UMTS. Take a look at SlashGear full review here.

[via SlashGear]

T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy Tab Will Be Available This Holiday Season

Effie Tjhai — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:00:51 +0000

Samsung Galaxy Tab has been confirmed heads to all the major carriers in United States. And surely, one of them is T-Mobile. The Galaxy Tab will be T-Mobile first mobile tablet. The tablet will be available this holiday season.

The Galaxy Tab has Samsung Media Hub, which will feature movies and TV shows. There’s also the social networking applications. The tablet will launch with Android 2.2, feature full Flash Player 10.1, and will have a 1GHz Hummingbird processor. There’s no words on pricing and release date yet. There’s full press release regarding the device on SlashGear.com.

[via SlashGear]

Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate Gets Review By SlashGear

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:32:54 +0000

As most of us already know, Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate will be available tomorrow. And while we’re waiting nicely at home to get our hands on this bad boy, our folks in SlashGear has already finish reviewing the Fascinate.

The Fascinate has Super AMOLED display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor and a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash that can shoot 720p HD video. Unfortunately, there’s Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 UI. This occasionally cause stalls when moving between apps. For more details and final conclusion about the product, you can head to SlashGear.com. See it for yourself the full experience of the device.

[via androidcommunity]

Nokia Starts Accepting Preorders For Nokia N8 US

Effie Tjhai — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:58:48 +0000

Nokia N8 is schedule to launch on late September, but you can starts preorder the handset at Nokia USA’s official website now. The full retailed price of Nokia N8 is $549 without contract. The handset priced is comparable to DROID X and Samsung Vibrant (without contract).

Nokia N8 features a 12-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, a five-band WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 modem, and 16GB of storage. The Nokia N8 provides several accessories in the box such as the USB cable, the HDMI adapter cable, a stereo headset and travel charger, and the USB OTG cable which allows the device to access external storage. For more information check out SlashGear Roots page.

[via SlashGear]

SlashGear Reviews Samsung Epic 4G Android Smartphone

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:00:14 +0000

Coming to Sprint Network in US by end of this month, the Samsung Epic 4G is one of the most powerful Android smartphone to-date with its 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird CPU, 4-inch Super AMOLED touch screen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, microSD card slot, built in 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi and GPS . If you are reserving one from Sprint, don’t miss this review and hands on video on SlashGear here http://www.slashgear.com/sprint-epic-4g-review-1597717/.

DROID 2 Gets Unboxed By SlashGear

Effie Tjhai — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:48:14 +0000

Our sister site SlashGear has managed to get a hold of the Motorola Droid 2. It was comparing the Motorola Droid 2 with the original Motorola Droid.

The Droid 2 features a 1GHz processor, better Motoblur experience, and a mobile hotspot. Check out the Droid 2 unboxing and comparison on SlashGear. And, don’t forget to watch the unboxing video by SlashGear below.

[via androidcommunity]

Apple Antenna Problem Is There, Free Phone Case to Solve It

Kim Poh Liaw — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:35:35 +0000

Are you one of the 0.55% iPhone 4 users that care about the signal reception? On the latest press conference, Apple has explained that its antenna design flaw is simply common and happens among all the smartphones. Other than providing a free protection case to anyone that bought an iPhone 4 before September 30, the company will allow a full refund without restocking fee to you if you want. The free protection case that would prevent the signal losing problem might not be the Apple bumper case as the production can not meet the demand. Check out the full report on SlashGear.

Other than the Antenna issue, the white iPhone 4 should be available by end of this month in limited quantities together with the iPhone 4 launches in 17 additional countries.