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LG Will Be Showing “Revolutionary Smartphone For 2012″ In MWC

Effie Tjhai — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:57:27 +0000

Mobile World Congress 2012 is soon approaching, lots of invites and press released has been send. Excluding LG, the company has busy promoting their next generation devices. In the invites, LG mentioned they will be introducing a “revolutionary smartphone for 2012″.

We have heard news and rumors regarding 3 new smartphone by LG. Those three devices are the LG Optimus Vu 5″ 4:3 aspect ratio phone, LG X3 which known to be LG’s first NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core smartphone, and lastly, the LG Optimus 3D 2 (C2X). We can’t wait to see all the devices at the MWC 2012.

[via AndroidCommunity]

Nokia Lumia 800 To Be Launch In US On February 14th

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:56:27 +0000

Nokia Lumia 800 will be making it’s entrance to US on February 14th. It seems like they are trying to targeting the Valentine’s shoppers. Microsoft to be offering the device in a special bundle available only from Microsoft’s retail stores.

The bundle will includes a Nokia Play 360 Wireless Speaker, Purity HD Stereo headset, and an in-ear Bluetooth headset, aside from the Nokial Lumia 800 itself. You can get the offered for $899 contract-free. Unfortunately,the device won;t be sale separately from the bundle.

[via SlashGear]

Samsung Galaxy S III Specs Leaked

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:56:57 +0000

Samsung Galaxy S III specs has been leaked. According to the rumor the device will be packed with a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and 12 megapixel camera. Aside from the specs we also received information regarding its availability.

The Galaxy S III to be launch in April 2012. Another thing is there are more to its specs. The device will get a quad-core processor, 12 megapixel camera, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, HD screen and super thin. However, its still a rumor therefore we ought to wait until MWC 2012 to confirmed everything.

[via AndroidCommunity]

LG Spectrum 4G LTE Available Via Verizon For $199

Effie Tjhai — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:47:18 +0000

Verizon is now offering LG Spectrum packed with 4G LTE connection. The Spectrum can be claimed as the successor of LG Revolution with an exceptionally great specs. It compliment the device with a 1280 x 720p 4.5″ display.

The Spectrum now available online and in stores at Verizon. It features a HD 1280 x 720p 4.50-inch IPS display, a powerful 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, an 8 megapixel camera and Verizon 4G LTE. The device priced at $199 with contract.

[via AndroidCommunity]

BLU Studio Smartphone Is Now Avalaible For $260

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:54:18 +0000

If you are intriguer with the idea of having a smartphone features a 5.3-inch display and do not wish to wait for along time for it to come or even don’t want to be tied with AT&T and it’s ridiculous priced, then we have a perfect solution for you now. The BLU Studio smartphone packed with a 5.3-inch display and 2.3 Android OS. Also, there’s a huge 2,500 mAh battery to sport the heavy duty device.

The BLU Studio features a single-core 800 MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB internal storage, Micro-SD slot, a VGA front-facing camera, and a 5 megapixel camera on the rear. You can purchase the device via online retailer Expansys-USA for $259 with free shipping.

[via AndroidCommunity]

Samsung Promised Better Battery Life For Smartphone In 2012

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:46:45 +0000

It has been many’s concerned when we mention battery life of smartphone. As we know, most smartphone main weakness located in the battery usage. Even thought the device’s display constantly increasing along with it’s 4G connection, nothing has change regarding the battery life.

Therefore, Samsung has feel motivated and proclaimed to supply better battery life in 2012. The vice president of product innovation at Samsung, Kevin Packingham, said “When you wake up to when you go to bed, we don’t want you feeling anxiety about your battery life.” Samsung is planning to provides battery life that can last the whole day in heavy duty.

[via Phonedog]

DROID 4 and DROID RAZR MAXX Get Official

Effie Tjhai — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:04:28 +0000

Motorola and Verizon has officially unveiled both the DROID 4 and DROID RAZR MAXX. As we have suspected the DROID 4 packed with a slide-out five row QWERTY keyboard, while the DROID RAZR MAXX is taking the original styling of the DROID RAZR.

DROID RAZR MAXX battery life is very short and no removable battery. You can purhcased the device for $299.99. On the other hand, we got the DROID 4. It features a 4-inch qHD display, dual-core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel camera, along with that all-important physical keyboard. The device runs on Gingerbread OS.

[via AndroidCommunity]

Huawei Claimed Ascend P1 S As The World’s Thinnest Phone

Effie Tjhai — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:51:18 +0000

Here comes another smartphone that claimed to be the world’s thinnest phone. Huawei is launching the Ascend P1 S to compete against both DROID RAZR and Fujitsu Arrow ES. The device has some impressive specs compared to Fujitsu Arrow ES.

The Ascend P1 S features a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor and some other impressive specs into a super thin and lightweight 6.68mm thin chassis. Also, there’s a 4.3″ qHD AMOLED display at 960 x 540 resolution, adual-core TI OMAP 4460 Cortext-A9 CPU at 1.5 GHz and SGX 540 graphics. Not only that but we have 1GB of RAM, and an 1800 mAh battery. You’ll get to take some nice pics with Ascend P1 S’ 8 megapixel camera around back and 1.3 front for video chat.

The device will comes in metallic black, ceramic white, cherry-blossom pink. It will be available in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Australia, Middle East and China from anytime around Q2 2012.

[via AndroidCommunity]

AT&T’s Samsung Exhilarate To Be Eco-friendly Smartphone

Effie Tjhai — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:43:04 +0000

AT&T has officially unveiled five of their smartphones lines up and a tablet which includes Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD, the Pantech Element, Pantech Burst, and the Sony Xperia ion. On top of all those, AT&T also has prepared a budget and eco-friendly device called the Samsung Exhilarate.

The Exhilarate is build using 80 percent recycled post-consumer materials and is certified Platinum by UL Environment, therefore, it achives highest level of sustainability certification. It features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, front- and rear-facing cameras, voice recognition, and access to AT&T U-Verse Live TV. As for the pricing, it would be less than $50 with a new two-year service agreement.

[via SlashGear]

Fujitsu Arrows ES IS12F To Be Launch As World Thinnest Smartphone

Effie Tjhai — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:35:24 +0000

Fujitsu has produced the world thinnest smartphone called the Arrows ES IS12F. The device has taken an extreme measurement goes as thin as a paper-thin 6.7mm thick. The Arrows ES will be released in Japan on January 7th.

The Fujitsu smartphone might be thin and still considered as a smartphone. However, when it comes to specs then I should say it’s a bit disappointment since nothing really special about it. The device features Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 1.4 GHz single-core processor, and a 512MB of RAM. Also there are the 4.0″ AMOLED display, a 5 megapixel camera, NFC capabilities and a TV tuner for the Japan consumers. It also packed with Gorilla Glass and it’s waterproof.

[via AndroidCommunity]