LG Optimus 2X, Optimus 3D and Optimus Black are finally getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread this November. The schedule below applies for the European and carrier-independent Optimus models.

• LG Optimus 2X

 - update rolls out on November,1

• LG Optimus 3D

 - update rolls out in the week commencing November,21

• LG Optimus Black

 - update rolls out in the week commencing November,28

Photos above is related of an upcoming LG smartphone. The device will reportedly be called LG Optimus U1 and will be the company first handset to run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

As you probably know, the LG-owned telecom in Korea was recently renamed to U+ and U1 seems like a proper name for a smartphone that will be launched on it. Or it could all be a product of our wild imagination.

ATT has unveiled its first two LTE smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, a 4G-enabled version of the 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus Android smartphone, and the HTC Vivid. Hitting ATT stores from November 6, Galaxy S II Skyrocket will run Gingerbread 2.3.5 on a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and pack an 8-megapixel main camera supporting 1080p HD video recording.

There is also a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and 16GB of internal storage to save photos and videos to. A microSD card slot allows for up to 32GB more to be added. Unlike the South Korean LTE versions of the Galaxy S II, the AT&T version’s display runs at the same WVGA of the original model, rather than using a Super AMOLED HD display like, say, the Galaxy Nexus.

As for the HTC Vivid, that will have a 4.5-inch qHD display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor and an 8-megapixel f2.2 28mm wide angle camera. It too will support 1080p HD recording, as well as include 16GB of internal storage.

Apple is readying a self-checkout update to its Apple Store iOS app, reports suggest, allowing shoppers to pick up and pay for accessories, peripherals and gadget cases in Apple Stores without needing any assistance from staff. The new retail store iOS app will charge purchases to a customer iTunes account, MacRumors sources say, while more expensive items such as Mac computers, iPhones and iPods will support pre-payment and require staff assistance to bring them out of the stock room.

The exact system for the new payments process has not been disclosed, though the iOS app is expected to email a receipt for each order in case you get stopped by security on the way out. Currently the app shows local store details, allows you to search through stock and then reserve it, but payment is taken by the existing in-store systems.

Facebook for Windows Phone 7 just received an update that will allow the app to support Mango, or Windows Phone 7.5, new features. Now that Mango makes the WP7 experience feel a little more complete, it is good to see apps like Facebook a service most of us use with some frequency updated to support Mango live tiles and other integrated features.

"The update brings the software to version 2.2 and ads the ability to pin selected elements of the app, for example the Messages inbox, to your home screen.

The app also now supports toasts and tile notifications for a wide variety of events, including friend requests, messages, being tagged and other features."

Nokia continues with the aggressive market campaign of its Windows Phone-running Lumia smartphones. The more expensive member of the duo, the Nokia Lumia 800, has just been pronounced the official smartphone of the UK X Factor talent show.

Each of the finalists got a brand new Nokia Lumia 800 and as you can you’ll see from some videos in a minute they really loved it. Given that Nokia is trying really hard to impress the younger audience, where most of the heavy smartphone users belong, you can see where this is coming from.

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Sony and Samsung have been operating an LCD joint venture since 2004 called S-LCD. At this point Samsung holds 51-percent of the joint venture with Sony having 49-percent of S-LCD. Sony has not been doing well in the TV realm of late with loses in the segment that continue to increase. As a result of the mounting losses, Sony is said to be considering pulling out of the joint venture.

Sources are saying that if Sony does give up on the S-LCD venture that it would benefit the other large makers of LCD panels including CMI and AUO. Sources claim that Sony and Samsung are in talks about Sony stepping out of the venture and that the agreement for Sony exit will be complete by the end of 2011. Sony losses total $6 billion since the S-LCD venture was started.

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Corning, the maker of the Gorilla Glass announced the commercial launch of Lotus Glass, touting it as an environmentally friendly, high-performance display glass for smartphones, tablets and notebook computers.

Helping support the demanding manufacturing processes of both OLED and LCD display, Lotus Glass can perform exceptionally well in low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) and oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane manufacturing environments, improving integration of components onto the glass.

HTC upcoming flagship device the Rezound has leaked a couple of times before but this is the first 'official leak'. Ads just went up in Verizon stores showing off the yet to be announced HTC Rezound along with other 4G LTE devices on Verizon network.

Also, for the first time, we are seeing the phone with a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre earphones in tow. So all the red highlights on the phone were not just because it is a Verizon branded device.

Many parts of the world lik the US and Australia will have to wait for next year to try out Samsung Galaxy Note. Germans are among the first ones to be able to buy the Korean company smartphone/tablet device.

Samsung official price is fixed at 699 EUR, but that does not stop other retailers from offering better deals for instance Amazon Germany is asking 551 EUR for the unlocked, SIM-free device.

Marketing people have a difficult job when it comes to naming their company products and services. They need to make sure that the branding they have thought up does not mean something offensive in a different language. Take for example Apple recent launch of the iPhone 4S. The highlight feature, Siri,translates to "ass" in Japanese. Likewise Gerber, the famous baby food brand in the United States, translates to "vomiting" in French. And in the Nordics Honda had to rename the Honda Fitta to the Honda Jazz, because Fitta is Swedish and Norwegian slang for vagina.

This is why handset makers like Nokia typically issue product names that are nothing more than a seemingly random string of digits. Two recent devices that Nokia have announced, the Lumia 710 and the Lumia 800, obviously have the prefix "Lumia" attached. In Finnish it means "snow", but in Spanish it unfortunately means "prostitute" according to MSNBC.

Samsung Italy has reportedly confirmed which of the Korean company Android devices will receive an 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, with models such as the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 each supposedly in line for a 4.0 upgrade. The Italian arm of the firm listed the GSII and the Tab 10.1, along with the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Tab 7.7 and Tab 7.0 Plus as all being eligible for a tasty frozen treat. However, do not expect it any time soon.

According to the report, the updates will not begin until Q2,2012, potentially six months after Samsung Galaxy Nexus goes on sale. Samsung confirmed to us last night at the kick-off of the Galaxy Note European Tour that the oversized smartphone would get Android 4.0, as reported in our Galaxy Note vs Galaxy Nexus hands-on, but said that, since the company had been working closely with Google on ICS, they expected to beat competitors to the market with upgrades for existing devices.

Apple disappointed many iPhone 4 owners with the news that Siri, the digital personal assistant technology, would only be available on the new iPhone 4S, and efforts quickly began to hack Siri onto the older smartphone. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith got the local app running with no problems, but faced Apple servers refusing to play ball with anything but the newest iPhone. Now, with the judicious application of some validation tokens from an iPhone 4S, its possible to get Siri on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch up and running, even without official support from Apple itself.

"It does require files from an iPhone 4S which are not ours to distribute, and it also requires a validation token from the iPhone 4S that has to be pulled live from a jailbroken iPhone 4S, and its about a 20-step process right now" Steve Troughton-Smith, developer

Meanwhile, a second video has already demonstrated Siri running on the iPod touch 4, though in this case there are some hardware limitations. Thats around the iPod microphone, however, which is less sensitive than that of the iPhone 4/4S: Siri demands a strong, clear voice if its going to pick up any commands

Still, You should not expect to see a public release of this particular Siri hack any time soon!

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Best Buy announced today that it will be offering a new deal on the HP TouchPad starting on November 1. The tablet was originally priced 599USD at launch and went for 99USD during a short fire sale period at HP and select retailers, but has since gone back to an average price under 300USD. Starting next month, Best Buy will price the 32GB TouchPad for 149.99USD when purchased with an HP or Compaq laptop, desktop, or all-in-one computer.

The HP TouchPad tablet sold out quickly during the fire sale following the announcement that it would be discontinued back in August. The $99 fire sale TouchPad tablets proved so popular that HP scheduled another production run of the tablets to fulfill backorders.

The unpopular Google TV is back for another round with some new tricks up its sleeve. Launched exactly a year ago, Google TV failed to get the attention of buyers due to its many limitations, some of which Google intends to address in this update.

For starters, Google TV has now been updated to Android 3.1 Honeycomb. We would have praised it for running the latest version of Android had it launched a couple of weeks ago but that is no longer the case. This update also brings the ability access the Android Market. This may not be as exciting right now because the Google TV cannot work with all of the existing Android applications since they are designed to work with a touchscreen but developers can make new ones that are optimized for use on the TV and Google already has 50 developers on board to do just that.

Also new to Google TV is a redesigned interface, which now puts more emphasis on your cable or satellite connection, arranging the shows in a new On TV tab, along with content from online sources such as Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon On Demand and YouTube.

Winamp has released a new version (1.2) of its Android app, which now allows Mac users to sync their songs with Android smartphones. To that end, the company also launched Winamp for Mac Sync in beta, enabling 1-click iTunes Sync, playback functionality, playlist creation and management, and wired/wireless sync support.

In addition to the Mac support, this version of Winamp for Android also rocks full access to all available "Spinner MP3 of the Day" songs, more albums in CDLP, improved audio quality with Winamp native playback engine, as well as various headset optimizations and code enhancements.

Microsoft has announced a special version of the popular Firefox browser that comes with the Bing search engine. As you might guess, this version of Firefox changes the default search engine and homepage from Google to Bing.

For Mozilla, this will serve as another form of revenue. For Microsoft, this move will help boost the user base for Bing. With two of the world most popular web browsers using Bing as their default search engines, this could help accelerate Microsoft plans to take over Google as the most popular search engine.

Apple engineers have been contacting customers directly in an attempt to diagnose and resolve the battery issues that have been plaguing many new iPhone 4S owners. Apple Support Communities forum has a growing thread of users experiencing shorter battery life than expected on the iPhone 4S. The thread has now reached over 100,000 views and more than 1,300 replies all recounting similar experiences with the new Apple device.

Speaking with the Guardian, one user revealed that a senior engineer at Apple had contacted him directly and asked him to install a monitoring program to help diagnose the battery issue. The program monitors for a 24-hour period, after which he had to extract the data file for sending back to the engineer. "He was incredibly helpful and apologetic in the typical Apple way!" wrote the user.

RIM is rolling out an update to their signature instant messaging client, BlackBerry Messenger, which aims to spread BBM-connected apps in a few ways. There is now a menu item to open up the App World category which includes all applications that have some kind of BBM integration. When using those apps, content can be shared to other users even if they do not have the app. The update also enables sharing to BBM 5.0 users, including pointing friends to new apps, and chatting from within BBM-connected apps.

BBM Social, the development framework used by app-creators to plug into BlackBerry Messenger, is still a relatively unique proposition, and keeps RIM slightly ahead of the new breed of copycats, like iMessage.

Beluga group messaging app was acquired by Facebook back in March, it was only a matter of time before the service would get shutdown.

Now, we have the official deadline for when still loyal Beluga users will have to make the transition to something else. And that will most likely be Facebook version of the service, a standalone app launched back in August calledFacebook Messenger.

Beluga will stop working starting November 11, but users will still be able to access chat archives. Users have until December 15 to download their archives and pods before the service is completely shutdown. The news comes at the same time that the Facebook Messenger app gets updated with support for 22 languages on iOS, Android, and BlackBerry.

Microsoft started rolling out the Mango update back in September they started out slow and promised to get it out to every device that is eligible for the Mango update.

Well today, they have achieved their target and Mango is now available on 100% of the eligible Windows Phone 7 devices around the world. Of course, being made available is different from all the eligible devices actually running Mango but you cannot blame Microsoft for that. They have kept their end of the promise and rolled out the update as fast as they could. Now its up to you to make sure your device is up to date and running the latest version of the software.

According to the Guardian, internal HP sources have revealed that the company will be shutting down WebOS. HP had just confirmed yesterday that it will be keeping its PC business, reversing plans to spin-off the PSG division, and although it had insisted back in August that it would continue to support the WebOS software, a complete shutdown of the division looks to be imminent.

There are currently about 500 employees working in the WebOS unit, but several top-level staff have recently left, which is a telling sign. Its believed that some WebOS staff will be moved to a different division within HP, while others will be laid off. "There is a 95% chance we all get laid off between now and November, and I for one am thinking it’s for the best" said one WebOS employee.

Samsung Italy has confirmed that the company high-end devices (with a dual-core processor) will all get the Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich update. In other words, the list of products that will get the latest version of Android 4.0.1 ICS will include:

• Galaxy S II

• Galaxy Note

• Galaxy Tab 10.1

• Galaxy Tab 8.9

• Galaxy Tab 7.7

• Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

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On the official ATT Facebook page, it was announced that the Samsung Focus S (199.99USD) and Focus Flash (99.99USD) will be available starting November 6th.

The Samsung Focus S, featuring a gorgeous 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus screen, super thin and light body, a 1.5GHz CPU with 8MP rear and 1.3MP cameras is sure to impress and makes a worthy successor to the original Samsung Focus.

With the Samsung Galaxy S II having set the benchmark for hardware among Android smartphones, people are having very high expectations from the inevitable Galaxy S III. The rumors are that it will have a quad-core processor and while they may just have been baseless assumptions before it seems more of a reality now.

Samsung has just announced that they will be launching a new Exynos processor in 2012 that will use ARM big.LITTLE technology. So what is this big. The new Exynos processor will combine the new Cortex-A15 MPCore processor with the new Cortex-A7 MPCore processor on a single chip and will switch between the two as and when required.

The Cortex-A15 is the heavy lifter here and will be handling all the power hungry tasks whereas simpler tasks will be handles by the Cortex-A7. The Cortex-A7 is designed to be very power efficient, which means the device will be using 70% less power while running on the A7. Think of it as the Optimus Technology from NVidia, where it switches to a low power GPU when not doing graphics heavy task, except here both the processors will be on a single chip.

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Symbian Anna is about to receive a special service pack, which Nokia says is all about performance.

The Nokia N8 is first to get it, with more Symbian Anna-running devices soon to follow its lead. The service pack not only brings better performance but also address some usability issues as well as minor bug fixes.

The update is only a 2 megabyte in size, but should make the email client, messaging app and GPS locking faster. As usual, the update will roll out over-the-air or if you prefer, check with your Nokia Suite.

The graphic (above) illustrates Android serious problem with the way it updates its devices. This comes after the company recently announced that Nexus One users will notbe getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The chart demonstrates the major problem with the Android ecosystem. The motivations of the carriers and manufacturers are obvious, which are short term gains and keeping customers by locking them into proprietary overlays. Discussing this matter further, DeGusta says on his site:

"It appears to be a widely held viewpoint³ that there is no incentive for smartphone manufacturers to update the OS: because manufacturers don’t make any money after the hardware sale, they want you to buy another phone as soon as possible. If that’s really the case, the phone manufacturers are spectacularly dumb: ignoring the 2 year contract cycle & abandoning your users isn’t going to engender much loyalty when they do buy a new phone."

We already know Amazon Wireless is offering the HTC Evo 3D or 50 bucks. Now the online retailer is running the same deal for the plum version of the 3D screen-equipped device. Of course, in addition to 49.99 USD, you will also have to put your signature on a two-year Sprint contract too.

Even though Logitech had tried to play it cool when its Revue boxes claimed to ship with the Google TV update pre-installed, the cat is officially out of the bag this time. The update for Google TV is on its way and should land on existing hardware early next week.

The newest version of Google TV will bring a nicely revamped user interface that may make it almost enjoyable to use. The update cleans up most of everything, offering up an easier way to navigate through menu options and a handful of new features. A new addition that should please many is the introduction of HBOGo, which should beat the hell out of having to use the web browser to access the site.

The most exciting new feature for Google TV is that the Android Market will now be available. Of course, we are still up in the air as to how nice it will be, as there likely won’t be too many applications optimized for larger screen sizes but we can imagine that will change going forward. Since the latest update is built off of Android 3.1 Honeycomb, there should at least be a few interesting applications to take advantage of out of the box.

ITG has not given up on its xpPhone endeavor and now they have announced a revamped version called the xpPhone 2. It too, like its predecessor, runs Windows as its main operating system, but this time its the more modern Windows 7 and when its ready to come out Windows 8, too.

Yep, this xpPhone 2 wants to be taken seriously, something the original couldn't achieve, and its effort to do so are clearly visible in its hardware department. Just like the original xpPhone, the xpPhone 2 rocks a QWERTY keyboard, but unlike its predecessor features a slimmer, 140mm x 73mm x 17.5mm body. However, it still looks ridiculous for a 2011 device.

As to the improvements under the hood, the xpPhone 2 features a dead-end 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and 2GB of RAM, which shouldn't give you any headaches running the aforementioned operating systems. Its display measures at 4.3-inch diagonal, but it remains to be seen what its resolution will be, as Windows 8 is said to require at least 1024 x 768 at minimum. And to be honest, we can't quite figure out who would prefer this wanna-be-a-tablet-and-smartphone instead of a full-fledged tablet running Windows 8 natively.

After being fairly quiet in the world of Windows Phone, Acer has finally announced the release of the Allegro handset. The first entry from the manufacturer will set the buyer back 299EURO. Specification readout of the handset is as follows:

• Dimensions of 11.6 x 5.9 x 13mm

• Weight 126g

• LCD 3.6-inch WVGA (480x800)

• Qualcomm MSM8255 processor 1Ghz

• Storage capacity of 8GB

• 5 megapixel camera with LED flash

• 1300mAh battery with autonomy of 6 hours talk time

• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n

• Various sensors (accelerometer, proximity sensor, light sensor, accounts)

• A-GPS

In case you just could not catch the live stream of last night Samsung event in London, where the company officially presented the Galaxy Note and Galaxy Nexus, do not be in a chafe.

We got the whole 1-hour video here in this post, in addition to the demos of the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy Note we showed you last night.

The first set-top box with Google TVinstalled has suffered from sluggish sales and an eventual price slash to 99USD to help move units. Still, what most people have been waiting for is the Android 3.1 update and the introduction of the Android Market. Well, it looks like some of the newer boxes of the Revue now claim to have both, pre-installed.

While it may not make sales of the device skyrocket, the Android 3.1 update should prove to be a pretty decent one. The UI will be revamped and allow for widgets, but the Android Market is by far the most exciting feature on the way. While there may not be many applications to use out of the box, its a step in the right direction and I hopefully I can justify my $99 purchase for the thing.

We've already seen a couple of builds of the upcoming update but they require rooting the device to get them installed, which isn't as easy as rooting your everyday Android phone. If the new boxes have been shipped with the latest update, we should expect a OTA for existing units some time in the near future.

The Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 were both present so we could check out how those 1.4Ghz Snapdragon chipsets fare.

To put their performance into perspective we threw in the HTC Radar and an HTC 7 Mozart running the Mango update into the mix. The Radar has a chipset very similar to the two Lumia smartphones, but its Scorpion CPU is clocked at 1GHz. It should show us what kind of an advantage the extra 400MHz of clock speeds actually bring. The 7 Mozart not only has a slower CPU than the two Nokia smartphones, but also a weaker GPU so we will see how much of a difference that makes.

We started with BrowserMark and it was Nokia Lumia 710 that drew first blood, scoring 32,854 points. The Lumia 800 came in second with 32,594 points, but for all purposes practical the performance of the two was identical. The HTC Radar came in third and HTC 7 Mozart ended up last with the margin of their defeat being about what the specs difference suggests.

Nokia 800 Lumia evened the score by winning the second benchmark, Microsoft’s FishIE Tank. It delivered 53 fps compared to 50fps of the Lumia 710. The HTC Radar was some way behind with 38fps, while the less powerful GPU of the 7 Mozart only allowed it to do 30fps.

The Lumia 800 scored another point at the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark and once again the Lumia 710 came so close that the two were virtually indistinguishable. The HTC smartphones got very similar results here, but neither of them came anywhere near the Lumia scores. Thats all understandable considering given the nature of the benchmark.

The final test was Celtikcane JSBenchmark and the Nokia Lumia 800 made it three wins out of four. The Lumia 710 did not disappoint either and came a really close second, while the Radar placed third 25% off the pace. The 7 Mozart was nearly two times slower than the leader.

NFC is gaining more ground and here at Nokia World, we caught a glimpse of something quite intriguing an NFC Tag writer application for Symbian.

It allows you to quickly transfer various information and even actions to a blank, writable NFC tag.After you do that and the chosen action or piece of information is transferred, you simply touch the NFC tag with any another NFC-enabled phone, and the information on it is automatically transferred.

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After a full day of Nokia World coverage from London, we did come quite impressed with the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710. A lot of effort has gone into developing the hardware and software of the smartphone duo. However, the same cannot be said about the selection of the name of the two handsets.

Apparently, the meaning of the word "Lumia" in colloquial Spanish is "prostitute". Its shocking isn't it ? Not a pretty good Name for Nokia phone in Spain, Try it Google it yourself

Stephen Elop has just anounced the Nokia Lumia on the Nokia owrold 2011 Event, Thomas Ricker over at This is my next managed to get Elop point on various topics ranging from the N9 to Windows Phone 7 and Android. And he is squeezed it all in under three minutes of densely packed footage.

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Yesterday, Nokia announced their first two smartphones running Microsoft Windows Phone operating system, the Lumia 710 andthe Lumia 800. They are gorgeous, and they are both fairly affordable and both phnoes run the Windows pone 7.5 Mango with nokia customization, but will Nokia WP7's devices will be the same always. Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President of Markets for Nokia, said the following in an interview:

"When you look within the Windows Phone ecosystem and compare how the Lumia performs, there we have a contractual agreement with Microsoft for a certain amount of engineering which we can use for differentiation. However, we have to be very careful on how we use that one because we cannot fragment the developer ecosystem. If that starts forking, that’s not useful at all. We made the decision to go to Windows Phone when Mango was pretty much done, so we were able to impact some elements of it but you’ll really see the fruits of what we can do with Microsoft when the Apollo version of Windows Phone comes out."

Nokia UK and Clove has started pre-order for the Nokia Windows Phone-based device the Lumia 800. Will be dilvered by late November.

You can pre-order a Lumia 800 from Nokia UK official website but they are not selling it directly, but instead redirect to The Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U. If you are OK with signing a contract, the phone will be yours for free with a two-year contract with Vodafone, Orange, and Three. Clove also offers the Lumia 800 on pre-order, but it is the unlocked SIM-free version. The price is £440 including VAT, but it could change upon release.

Facebook latest data center is being built in North Carolina and the next one will built closer to the North Pole.

The company confirmed Thursday that it plans to build a server center in Lulea, Sweden, about 60 miles outside of the Arctic Circle. The new center will be Facebook first outside of the United States.

Facebook told the Associated Press that the cool climate of Lulea which in summer months rarely sees temperatures above 80 degrees Fahrenheit is one reason for the decision to build a data center there. Cooler outside air temperatures make it less expensive to keep servers from overheating.

The new facility, which is scheduled to be completed by 2014, will consist of three 300,000-square-foot server buildings and be powered entirely by nearby hydropower stations.

That blocky-looking BlackBerry Bold we saw last month has just been officially announced in India. As suspected, its a luxury do-over of the 9900, branded by Porsche. Aside from having a unique PIN starting 2AA, a custom-sculpted exterior, and an exclusive UI theme, the BlackBerry P'9981 has the same 5 megapixel camera without autofocus, 2.8-inch 640 x 480 touchscreen, OS 7, and 1.2 GHz processor.

Porsche has not pumped out a phone in awhile, and even then, their handsets tended to be feature phones with an excessive amount of attention put into the casing. While the Bold 9900 certainly is not the top-of-the-line in the smartphone world, its certainly passable, and likely a familiar face for the high rollers that tend to buy luxury phones. We have seen a fewgaudy after-market BlackBerry devices in the past, but this is the first time we have seen RIM partner up with a big-name brand to produce a luxury smartphone.

Google original Nexus One will not get an official upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it has been confirmed, with only the Nexus S getting the latest version of the smartphone platform. While the Nexus S will get updated "within weeks" of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) going live, Google Hugo Barra confirmed to the Telegraph, the exec admitted that the Nexus One hardware was simply too old to support the new OS.

"The operating system is thought through with the needs of the next three years in mind its a wholesale revamp of the way people interact with the phone" Barra said of ICS, something that will come as cold comfort to Nexus One owners whose device was only announced in January 2010. Many will still be within their original two-year contract, forced to watch later Nexus adopters who picked up the Nexus S after it was launched at the end of December.

The HTC Fangraphic results are in and HTC has just released this funny inforgarphic about HTC fans and what they love and Hate about their HTC Smartphones, So am gonna leve you with the Mobile line Between Love and Hate, Enjoy it below!

Stephen Elop announced today the new family of Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 7.5 Mango-running devices, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710.

Here is an exhaustive table comparing both phones specifications and prices. To make it easy for you to decide which one you will pre-order!

It seems like the future is happening today, as RIM has announced that the Blackberry Bold 9900 and the Blackberry Curve 9360 are the first ever SIM-totting NFC smartphones to be certified as MasterCard PayPass approved devices.

This means that both Blackberries have met the various security, interoperability and functionality requirements set by MasterCard and can now be used to pay at various NFC enabled stores around the world. The way any MasterCard PayPass-issuing bank globally will be able to connect your MasterCard to your SIM card in either the Bold 9900 or the Curve 9360.

Those of you itching to get your hands on the upcoming PlayBook OS update will have to wait until 2012, RIM says, and even then, it will be without stand-alone BlackBerry Messenger support. The first glimpse of OS 2.0 for RIM tablet is offering up an Android App Player, but there is still a lot more to add, like stand-alone e-mail, and other native productivity apps like calendar, contacts, and memopad.

Beyond that, a recent customer survey indicates that RIM looking at DLNA support, using a BlackBerry smartphone as a mouse/keyboard, more use of the LED indicator, and the addition of two-way Stereo Bluetooth in future PlayBook updates. The next batch of BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 betas are going out to businesses registered with RIM Early Adopter Program, so they can presumably test enterprise management software.

Nokia has just announced the Lumia 800 and 710 Windows Phone-based smartphones. As usual, Nokia has prepared extensive marketing materials on their new devices and video will obviously be an important part of the Lumia advertising campaign.

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Not long ago RIM announced its new BBX platform and the BBX OS for smartphones and tablets. We have already seen the a glimpse of the new platform in the Playbook, but what all BlackBerry loyal users expect to see is this new OS on a smartphone.

RIM has had unsatisfying sales and even some issues with its servers lately, so it is not among everybody favorites right now.

BlackBerry Colt will look much like the Torch 9860, but without the hardware keys. Its said to be thinner than the Bold 9900 and with the same stainless steel unibody. Note that the device in the picture is most probably a mockup, but should be very close to the truth.

The Colt is supposed to pack a dual-core processor, a 4.xx inches of display with 900px+ vertical resolution, front and rear cameras, similar battery as the one in the Playbook and TAT UI elements throughout the BBX OS.

With all the Windows Phone devices Nokia announced today, the Espoo company also revealed a new color for the N9. The MeeGo-running smartphone that got many excited, will now be available in white, alongside its black, magenta and blue siblings.

Unlike them, however, the white N9 will come with a glossy finish rather than the matte finishes of the other N9 models. We are glad the white finish did not took Nokia years to develop because it looks stunning. Here is Frank Zilikens, head of product marketing, explaining why the N9 was not available in white on the first: 

One of  newest Android phones that has recently announced have appeared on Amazon UK with a pre-order price tag. Unfortunately, the price was higher than Expectations.

The Galaxy Nexus will cost you 539.99 Pound (About $865) and will be delivered On November 7. The handset will be sold and dispatched by KingOfGadgets.

HTC is preparing to launch a new product on 3, November, hence they have started sending the event invites to the representatives of the media. we believe that it may unveil the Rezound at this upcoming event.

The device that we have already seen before may launch on Verizon on November 10th or at least thats the rumor we have previously heard. As far as we know, it will be the third HTC smartphone with Beats sound technology. Whats more, it may rock a full HD touchscreen with 1280×720 pixels resolution to competet with the Galaxy Nexus.

Nokia decided to open the WP7 show with the Nokia Lumia 800 the company first Windows Phone 7 phone and shortly after announced the Nokia 710, too.

Nokia Lumia 800

Full Specs of Lumia N800

Lets start off with the Nokia Lumia 800. Powered by a Snapdragon chipset with a single-core Scorpion CPU and 512MB of RAM, the Nokia Lumia 800 runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. It offers 16GB of built-in storage and if thats not enough, Microsoft will also give you 25GB of free cloud storage.

The display of the Lumia 800 is a 3.7" ClearBack AMOLED, which is a bit smaller than the Nokia N9's, on which its based on because of the three capacitive Windows Phone buttons at the bottom. And just like the N9, this Windows Phone 7 smartphone will operate on a micro-SIM card.

The camera of the Lumia 800 is an 8MP f/2.2 camera with Carl Zeiss optics with auto-focus and dual LED flash. The Lumia 800 comes in three different colors to match your preferences Blue, Magenta and Black.

Nokia Lumia 710

Full Specs of Lumia 710

Moving on with the Lumia 710, the next Windows Phone device that saw its announcement at Nokia World today.

The Lumia 710 features the same 1.4GHz single-core processor and same ammount of RAM as the Lumia 800. It features the same-sized 3.7" WVGA display with a ClearBlack tehcnology, but unlike the Lumia 800, it's a TFT one, not AMOLED.

The camera of the Lumia 710 is a 5MP auto-focus one with a single LED flash. As connectivity goes, this WP7 smartphone offers Wi-Fi 801.2 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1. A-GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro-USB connector round-off the package.

Flexible displays and devices seem to be the holy grail of mobile technology, as you can have the power and connections we all expect but have the ability to warp the shape into anything thats most convenient. While we have seen flexible displays before, the prototypes Nokia was showing at its Nokia World 2011 conference were pretty freaking mind blowing.

The company was showing off multiple Nokia Kinetic devices, working portable electronics that can be bent and twisted but still work. One device looked like a large touchscreen slate phone but you could bend it to scroll through music and photos. This is definitely a prototype device but one could easily see phone capabilities being thrown into there one day.

The other Nokia Kinetic device could take pictures and display them in its elongated teardrop shape. The plastic sturdiness of its casing meant that you could drop it on the ground or bend it and it would still work. A representative even said you could wash it under the tap and it would not hinder the device usability.

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Just like the Android Market a few months back, Google has updated the Chrome Web Store with a new design that mirrors the square shapes of the new Android Market.

The new look Chrome Web Store looks radically different from its predecessor and I must say is incredibly attractive. And its not just a fancy design as well but also very functional. For example, you can mouseover an app and it will quickly shows a description and a download button, which instantly starts the download without opening another page.

The main page scrolls infinitely and you can see a list of categories on the left that remains fixed even as you scroll. You also have a search bar on the top left. As you enter categories, you will see breadcrumbs appear on the top bar. On the right you have your settings and an option to view your downloaded apps. This shows all the apps you have downloaded so far and not just the apps that are installed currently on your system, so you can just visit this link when you set up Chrome on a new computer and install all your apps from here without having to remember their names.

Spotify has released a mobile app for MeeGo, allowing those lucky few with a Nokia N9 to access the streaming music service. The app which also works on the N950 developer device supports streaming over WiFi, EDGE and 3G, as well as support for offline playlists where tracks are cached in the N9 own storage for playback when you are without a data connection.

The N9 already comes preloaded with access to Nokia Ovi Music store, allowing paid downloads on a per-track or per-album basis. However, Spotify relies on a subscription, a single monthly payment 9.99USD or 9.99EURO granting access to the company full catalog of streamed tracks.

RIM has just announced a beta program for Office 365 on BlackBerry, which will offer business organizations Exchange synchronization and security options, without all of the hosting hassle. A browser-based console allows managers and end-users to keep tabs on their BlackBerry deployment, including remote wiping if needed, and the usual sync between e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, and memopad applications on mobile, web, and desktop. BlackBerry Balance is also supported, so employees can keep their business and personal data separate.

The open beta for Office 365 on BlackBerry is available across 30 countries for BETA testing.

We are as surprised as you are... its come out of nowhere and already half the internet is talking about it.

According to the site, a trailer will follow on the 2nd of November, but nothing else is known yet apart from that "V" or "5" looking suspiciously like a dollar bill, or the back of a playing card.

We are less than 24 hours away from the official announcement of the Nokia 800 Sun (or Lumia if you will), so what could be better than a few leaked photos to warm things up. That's exactly what we got as a couple of live shots of the pink version of the WP Mango-running smartphone surfaced.

Obviously, the Nokia 800 Sun will not only borrow the design of the Nokia N9, but the color versions too. Just like its sibling, the Sun will come in black, blue and pink and it should also feature the same non-painted color polycarbonate unibody, which handles scratches greatly.

The only design differences between the Nokia Windows Phone and MeeGo flagships remain the shutter key and the three capacitive touch buttons on the front that the Nokia 800 has.

As the Samsung Galaxy Note launch nears we got to see the first video ad of the upcoming device. The 30-second promo focuses on that huge HD Super AMOLED and all the benefits of the S Pen.

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Since the official announcement of Google latest and greatest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich last week, the update timeline for the current crop of Android devices has been a seriously hot topic of discussion. Motorola is among the first major players to spill the beans on the matter via its own Twitter feed.

As you can see above, the tech giant vows to update its flagship devices within six weeks of Google release of the final version of the OS. Sure, the tweet does say they will release "devices for ICS" but since it's an answer about upcoming updates, we guess it's just a typo and what they really meant was "ICS for devices".

And since Google widely expected to release the source code shortly after the Galaxy Nexus goes on sale, we can look at January 2012 as the likely time of the update.

As we previously reported, Apple new MacBook Pro lineup is launching as early as next week. Today, we have all the details on the new notebooks and this looks to be a minor refresh with faster processors and more storage (for some models). The prices will be the same as the current model prices.

New 13-inch MacBook Pros:

• 2.4 GHz dual-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, 500 GB hard drive, SD card slot

• 2.8 GHz dual-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, 750 GB hard drive, SD card slot

New 15-inch MacBook Pro:

• 2.2 GHz quad-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, 500 GB hard drive, SD card slot

• 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, 750 GB hard drive, SD card slot

New 17-inch MacBook Pro:

• 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, 4GB, 750 GB hard drive, SD card slot, Express Card slot

Built-to-order configurations:

• 15-inch: 2.5 GHz, 4 GB of RAM, 750 GB hard drive (faster 7200 RPM)

• 17-inch: 2.5 GHz, 4 GB of RAM, 750 GB hard drive (faster 7200 RPM)

The Nokia 5800 and 5530 may be three years old now, but this does not mean the Finns will discontinue the updates of the Symbian^1 smartphones. This screams great news for all 5800 and 5530 owners, as they were exempt from the tasty new features Symbian Anna and Belle brought to the table.

Now, though, they get the chance to taste some of the Anna-brought extras. In SW updates v. 60.0.003 and V.40.0.003 for the Nokia 5800 and 5530 respectively, Nokia has updated the old browser to the new, Symbian Anna one (v. 7.3.1.33). Nokia Maps sees another update to version 3.06, and so does the browser support, which is now optimized for better browsing experience. International domain name support as well as support for non-ASCII characters have also been added.

After Siri was successfully brought to the iPhone 4, now another talented developer managed to introduce Siri to a larger home, a jailbroken iPad 1.

Unfortunately, just like in the iPhone 4 case, Siri does not feel quite at home on the iPad for now. The voice-guided software launches, but it does not respond back when you talk to it, as it needs to communicate with the Apple servers to get its lines. And that has not been enabled yet.

With barely three days left until Nokia World kicks off in London, a series of one second long teasers has hit the TV channels in the UK, showcasing some of the design highlights in the upcoming Nokia 800.

The teasers are very much in line with the previously leaked, disco/metro UI themed promo images of the Windows Phone running smartphone. You can see them put together in a single video clip below.

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We have already told you the unlocked Motorola RAZR smartphone will be available in the UK in November. Now we have one of the country major carriers, O2, giving it a dedicated page on its site, while also citing November as a launch date.

Unfortunately, the Telefónica-owned operator "forgot" to mention the exact date and the accompanying plans that will be offered with the "world's thinnest smartphone." However, nothing stops you from signing up to be among the first ones to be able to get Moto baby from O2.

If I had to guess, the new RAZR device will be offered free of charge to anyone willing to commit on a two-year contract with a 30-35 GBP per month plan.

Those of you with T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy S II may be glad to know that your device of choice has been rooted. Not everyone is interested to modify its SGS2 smartphone, since the out-of-box experience is already rock-solid.

However, if you feel adventurous, you can try out to root your phone today. You'll need the usual apps like ODIN and Windows drivers to flash the software you want on the Galaxy S II.

Originally announced back at Google IO for a summer release, the Google TV 2.0 update still is not here, but it looks to be getting close. Screenshots of the Google TV update have surfaced, revealing a more streamlined interface complete with the promised 3.1 Honeycomb platform and Android Market. There is even already TV specific apps, including QVC for Google TV.

Google TV has not fared very well so far, but that may change soon with this new update, which will unify the development platform for Google TV and Android tablets by using Android 3.1 Honeycomb. This way developers can create apps that work on both tablets and TVs as well as apps specific to Google TV. Users will have access to these apps through an integrated Android Market.

Swype is out with a new version of its popular virtual keyboard app. Perhaps most importantly, this release supports automatic updates directly from within the application, allowing you to break free of the SwypeInstaller, save your dictionary and settings, and get notified when a new update is available.

Then there is support for 11 new languages and now all languages are split into 4 regional downloads, plus 1 with all regions combined:

• Americas: US English, Spanish, French Canadian, Brazilian Portuguese ~5Mb
• Western Europe: UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish ~10Mb
• Eastern Europe: US English, UK English, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak ~9Mb
• South East Asia: US English, UK English, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Filipino ~8Mb
• All Regions: Includes all 23 languages from the regional language versions. ~21Mb

Key layout has also been refined and numbers are now located along the top row of keys, similar to a traditional keyboard. Moreover, the "Globe" key has been removed from all BETA builds, while the symbols layer got a second page.

Swype 3.26 BETA

More ICS News are coming from Samsung mobile, the Latest rumor informed that Samsung Will Upgrade all Gt-I9XXX series to the Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwhich in the Upcmoing period Which Includes Samsung Galaxy S, Nexus S and Galaxy SII, Google also announce that all android smartphone which already got official 2.3.3 update will also work with ICS like any other Update. But we Still waiting to get an official announcement from Samsung. Mostly, Samsung Galaxy S will get the same ICS version of the Galaxy Nexus which is 4.0.1 but I am not sure about the touchwiz UI of samsung.

2 weeks ago SamsungUK confirmed that the ICS Update is coming to the Galaxy S II but No Official Date given yet, well this keeps Galaxy S II users happy on the safe side as they will surely get this Update, The info for the Other GT-I9XXX family is not clear yet.

Yet, Samsung Italy Anounced that Samsung plans to start releasing the 4.0.1 ICS Update on Q2, 2012 without any Update schdule for what devices will get it First. Stay Tuned for mpre info!

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As many HTC devices as possible is what HTC is saying they are going to try to update to Ice Cream Sandwich in the coming weeks or at least thats what they have got in mind. This week has been both the formal introduction to Ice Cream Sandwich as a final build and a showing of the hero device for this version of Android, and now HTC wants in on the party with an announcement on their plans for the immediate future. Through their Facebook page they let the world know the basics about upgrading a device to a new version of Android as well as what they basically have in mind for how they are going to do it and how many devices they’re going to do it to.

HTC spoke in generalities for the most part today saying that they are "looking closely" at the new operating system features and functionality so that they might further determine their plans for upgrading all of their devices. They note that they are an "industry leader in providing fast and consistent upgrades" to their Android devices and that this version, Android 4.0, will be no different.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that has quite a few people heard about its ability to hide applications that you would otherwise not be able to get rid of. These apps are generally calls pre-installed because they are added to the basic build of the device and cannot be deleted by the user What this new function will bring is the ability to shut these apps out of your device ALMOST entirely save for the amount of space they take up in a very rudimentary sense. What you might not know is that both the Motorola DROID RAZR and the DROID BIONIC both have this ability already no Ice Cream Sandwich required!

Before we continue, I must disclose that I have not had an extended time with the DROID BIONIC if you will take a look at the reviews here and over at the other site I have reviewed for in the past, Android Community, you’ll see that it was Vincent Nguyen and Cory Gunther who took that review on when the device dropped.

The iPad continues to be the undisputed tablet market leader as the Q3, analysts show. During the past three months 16.7 million slates were sold and the mind-blowing 66.6-percent of those were iPads.

The few dozens Android tablets shipped a total of 4.5 million in the third quarter, giving them a share of 26.9%. Now that may be enough to make Android the only other major player in the tablet game, but its actually a step back for the Google OS, compared to Q2.

With the iPhone 3GS now available for free with new cell phone contracts, the 3GS has been on the market for more than two years, eclipsed by the iPhone 4 and then the iphone 4S. Turns out the answer is an emphatic yes, according to ATT.

AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega said in a statement that the iPhone 4S is selling like hotcakes. But in a discussion with analysts to talk about AT&T most recent financial report, de la Vega is also very positive about the contributions Apple iPhone 3GS continues to make to his company bottom line.

De la Vega said:

I also mentioned in my notes that we have another device that I think is going to dramatically change those people that are on smartphones and quick messaging devices, the 3GS, which is free with a 2-year contract. We have seen a tremendous, tremendous demand for that device even though it’s a generation old. And actually, we’re getting more new subscribers coming on the 3GS on the average than other devices. So we also have an inventory sold out on that device. So I’m very, very optimistic on what the fourth quarter is going to look like in terms of smartphone growth.

Now that the iPhone 4S is out of the way, its time to speculate on Apple iPad 3. According toMacotakara, a "reliable Asian source" is saying that Apple will release the next-gen tablet about a year after the iPad 2, marking a debut no earlier than March 2012. And from leaked shots of alleged iPad 3 components, it appears that Apple will equip the new iPad with a smaller dock connector.

The most common rumor so far surrounding the iPad 3 is that Apple will use a higher resolution Retina Display. Back in July, there were tips from the supply side suggesting that Apple was preparing an iPad 2 Plus, or an a more advanced version of the tablet with 1080p HD capabilities for late 2011. Another iPad by year-end seems doubtful given Apple usual product patterns, but a higher resolution display on the iPad 3 seems likely.

Apple refresh of the MacBook Pro was originally rumored for a September launch, but in the midst of all the iPhone 4S craziness, Apple has pushed back the notebook update. And now, the refresh could launch in early November, although some tips suggest that it could arrive as soon as next week. So if you are in the market for a new MacBook Pro, best to hold off for a bit to get the latest internals.

The refreshed MacBook Pro is expected to look the same externally but it will sport faster processors with the latest Intel Sandy Bridge chips. Intel recently refreshed with a new Core i7 line thats been clocked much higher than current processors. The latest 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz, and 2.7GHz could replace the 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, and 2.3GHz processors in the current 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros.

In case you liked our hands-on of the recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, and wondered when can you get your own, we have an official date for you. The most pocket friendly Android Honeycomb slate from the Samsung family will hit the shelves in the United States on November 13, with prices starting a $399.99.

In case you are extra anxious about getting one, you can pre-order it from October 23. The tablet will be available in a number of major retailers including BestBuy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, etc.

The team over at Mashable have manage to aggregate a wealth of impressive stats all centered around a little social networking site you might have heard of called Facebook. its Funny, New but Real too. Check the InfoGraphic below!

With the release of Ice Cream Sandwich couple of day ago every Android device now feels old and outdated. Fortunately, a developer managed to get the tasty Android 4.0 running on the Nexus One.

The successful Ice Cream Sandwich installation is actually an SDK port and while it may not have everything running buttery smooth, its a huge step forward towards bringing Android 4.0 to modern Android devices.

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While a UPS shipment order is only for a poster of the handset, we could only imagine that Sprint must be gearing up with Galaxy Nexus marketing materials. With Verizon essentially confirmed and ATT and T-Mobile versions likely on their way, adding Sprint to the carrier lineup is just icing on the cake.

When Samsung launched the Galaxy Nexus sign-up page, it showed seven possible carriers to choose from. This certainly does not mean we are going to see the handset launch on the likes of US Cellular or Cellular South, but more to gauge consumer demand. This is exactly what was said at the announcement. Still, we hope that Samsung and Google had already decided to blanket the US with the Galaxy Nexus and make it available on all four major carriers in the first place.

Looks like the  Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be making an appearance in a 4G LTE form.

Samsung and Google Unpacked Event in Hong Kong brought the next evolutionary step of Android to the fore. Two key announcments of course came out of the event, the coming of Android 4.0, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich, and a vessel with which to carry it into the market, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

In the US, users of Verizon and their LTE network will be able to pick a compatible version of the new Galaxy Nexus, we are assured, before the end of this year 2011.

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Even more choices and options, or at least thats what Samsung seems to think. Today the company announced the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for the US, which officially puts the Galaxy Tab tablet count to just over head-spinning. Complementing the 8.9 and 10.1 versions, the 7.0 Plus is more like its newer siblings versus its predecessor Galaxy Tab from last fall.

PRESS RELEASE

Samsung Expands U.S. Tablet Portfolio with Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
 
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Featuring Peel Smart Remote App Delivers Powerful “Discover, Tap and Watch” Home Entertainment Experience
DALLAS and SANTA CLARA, Calif.– October 21, 2011 – Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 Mobile Netowrk provider in the U.S.¹, and Samsung Electronics America today announced the upcoming availability of the  Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 7.0 Plus featuring Peel Smart Remote TV application. Peel allows users to instantly find and watch their favorite TV shows and discover new shows based on their preferences, all with the tap of a screen.
Offering a portable, rich multimedia experience on a 7-inch display, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus packs power and productivity into a chic lightweight design, weighing just 345g and measuring 9.96mm thin. The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus runs Google Android^TM Honeycomb platform, enabling an easy and intuitive user experience. In addition, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus delivers a smooth and intuitive user experience with powerful performance powered by a 1.2GHz dual core processor.
Featuring built-in infrared capabilities, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus can control the user’s home theater/TV setup. The Peel integration on the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus goes beyond the Peel application available for download today by no longer requiring additional hardware or cables for TV control functionality. Peel allows users to control any home entertainment system regardless of manufacturer.
Peel displays personalized programming recommendations in an intuitive and content-driven graphical interface, completely eliminating the need to scroll through traditional channel-listing grids. The application’s home screen displays colorful thumbnail images of “Top Picks,” or favorite shows. Touch one of the thumbnails and the application displays what channel that show is on as well as a brief description of the episode that is playing. Simply tap “Watch On TV” and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will automatically change the channel to the selected program.
“The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus optimized with the innovative Peel application will enable users to connect seamlessly to view their favorite TV shows,” said Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Mobile. “Our partnership with Peel further builds on Samsung’s convergence strategy to create enhanced user experiences.”
 
Peel combined with the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus can control the entire home entertainment system, including the TV, set-top box, DVD, Blu-ray player and AV audio system. Peel will provide Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus users with a social aspect as well, connecting them directly to Facebook and Twitter to share what they are watching with their social networks.
“This partnership continues Peel’s vision of eliminating the barriers between you and your favorite shows,” said Greg Lindley, chief experience officer for Peel. “The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus – with its built in IR remote functionality – is a great platform for the Peel app and creates an ideal second screen experience for any TV lover.”
 
The 16GB Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will be available nationwide through best buy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, Fry’s and other fine retailers starting November 13^th for $399.99. Pre-orders will begin October 23^rd with select partners.
Samsung’s relationship with Peel is part of Samsung’s overall commitment to convergence and the companies are working to integrate the Peel Smart Remote Application into future Samsung mobile devices.

 

One of the favorite photo editing app for Android Users has just got Updated, TouchReTouch 3.0.1 has just been releaded on the Android Market. we all have those photos with the unwanted blemish, person or object. With TouchRetouch 3.0, you can simply swipe them out with a sigle touch on your Android Device.

You can even have a little fun with TouchRetouch Free. Take away the bicycle from under your brother and it looks like he is cycling in mid-air. You can make it look like people are flying, jumping or posed oddly, by removing whatever was supporting them.

New Features on the v3.0:

• In-app video tutorials
• Unlimited Undo/Redo actions
• Smart image background recovery techniques
• No distortions in final image
• Easy to use interface
• Finger move hint

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When Google and Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy Nexus they mentioned this bad boy will be available all around the world. We are happy to inform you that three of the leading British operators announced they will be among the carriers offering the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone and they are Vodafone, O2 and Three.

But T-Mobile and Orange is not on board yet. No Launch Date Anounced yet from the Three carriers.

Despite the 720p resolution on the Galaxy Nexus,the device actually is not packing a Super AMOLED Plus, but a regular Super AMOLED screen. Those of you that have been paying more attention would even know what the main difference between the two is that the "Plus" AMOLED uses a conventional 3-subpixel-per-pixel RGB matrix, while the regular one goes by with 2-subpixel-per-pixel RGBG PenTile matrix.

So the Samsung Galaxy Nexus should come with one of those PenTile matrices, Well, as our macro shots showed yes. The question remains if that really matters here.

As you can see from the close-up photo of the Galaxy Nexus display, each of its pixels consists of a green sub-pixel and either a double-sized blue or a double-sized red sub-pixels. So even if the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has higher pixel count than any other smartphone on the market its sub-pixel count is identical to that of the iPhone 4S/4 Retina.

Porsche Design themselves are no stranger to mobile phone designs and their whole range of products have a crisp, clean, heavily engineered feel to them, but never before have we seen them flex their creative muscles on a smartphone, especially with a high-profile company like RIM as their partner.

The two known mobile creations to have come out of the Porsche Design house previously, were theSagem P9521 Porsche and Sagem P9522 Porsche, the former being a clamshell block of brushed metal and the latter being a sophisticated looking bar phone. There was another hint of Porsche Design that stepped into the smartphone world, however this concept came courtesy of industrial designer, André Silva. Still, the concept, dubbed P9530 Smartphone, got people attention and demonstrated the potential of what a design house such as Porsche Design could achieve if they ever decided to take on an all-screen smartphone brief, such as the one from Silva designs.

Back to the real deal however, the 'Porsche-Berry'/Knight/9980, depending on which you prefer, is set to launch at a special event on October 27th in Dubai.

Nokia just announced that the Belle-running Nokia 603 has started shipping, ahead of Nokia World next week. Its very close specs-wise to the current Belle leader, the 701, including the 1000 nits screen, the NFC and the 1GHz CPU.

NFC is a staple of new phones from the Finnish company. It allows the Nokia 603 to pair easily with the cool Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset. It does not come in the box, but you will find an NFC gift card for Ovi Store.

Nuance is out with the Dragon Recorder iOS app, allowing its Dragon customers to use an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as a voice recorder to capture their own voice, and then transcribe the recordings into any application on the Mac or PC with Dragon speech recognition. According to the official press release, more than half of Nuance current Dragon customers have requested a way to use their smartphones to capture their thoughts on the go.

In that sense, the iOS app is just a start and we expect to see the application hitting other platforms like Android and Windows Phone in the near future.

Earlier this week a video appeared ans shows how easy it is to access Siri on the iPhone 4S despite the device being locked. Its a very easy problem to fix, just change a setting, but by default your iPhone 4S is open.

Now we have got another "security flaw" appearing but this time with the Apple iPad 2. Turns out that you can easily get access to the last application opened by simply using an official Apple Smart Cover. Similar to the Siri security oversight, you can prevent your iPad 2 from being compromised by changing a setting, but by default Apple left you out in the open and vulnerable to those who want to mess with you.

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Apple Siri is the flagship features of the iPhone 4S, but Dexetra came up with Iris for Android, a reversal of the Siri name, and pulling together Android existing voice input and text-to-speech capabilities with some online search and a dash of arch humor.

Unfortunately, Iris speedy construction means there are still some rough patches, and in a brief trial this morning I had more problems than I did with Siri. It started well: asking "What is Android?" brought back a potted definition from online, read out loud to you, then asking what time it was in Hong Kong pulled up the time, though Android text-to-speech mangled the numbers.

Google added the ability to rent films to the Android Market for Android users in the US back in July. If you were outside the US, the only thing you could do was hack the app that plays the films to allow you to watch. If you are not the hacking sort, Google has now announced that movie rentals are officially available in the UK.

Movie fans in the UK will have 1,000 films to watch to begin with and they will start at a price of £2.49 each. For that price, the user will get 30 days to watch the film and the movie will be available on any connected device the user logs into. That means the user Android smartphone, tablet, and even the computer can be used to watch the movie.

The next version of the Transformer teased us with its video just yesterday and now ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih unveiled the new Transformer model, called Transformer Prime.

Asus CEO also showcased the Prime laptop dock, which looks thinner that last years model. The Prime will feature a 10-inch IPS display and pack a 14.5-hour battery, which will power Nvidia quad-core platform and we expect 1GB of RAM. The tablet will also have a mini-HDMI port and a usual microSD card slot.

We are close to the launch of the Nvidia Tegra 3 and as is usually the case, things have started to leak out before the official announcement.

What we have here is a teaser video that shows off all the things you will be able to do with the quad-core chipset on an unreal transparent tablet.

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The presence of a barometer inside the Galaxy Nexus raised some eyebrows, even though the Motorola Xoom has had that feature for a while now. People seemed to be having a hard time wrapping their head around the idea of having a barometer in a phone.

So to put this matter to rest and for the people to stop talking about it so much, Google Dan Morril posted on his Google+ account the answer to why the Galaxy Nexus has a barometer.

The answer is simple. The barometer helps the GPS to get a quicker lock on. Here’s Dan Morril explaining it in detail.

The primary purpose of the barometer is (at least, I’ve been told) to make GPS lockons faster. Locking on to a GPS involves numerically solving a 4-dimensional set of linear equations — 3 dimensions in space, and time. (Yes, you get accurate time for free if you lock on to GPS.) Because of the way GPS works, this can take a few minutes.

 

This goes much faster if you already have an estimate of your location. This is why “aGPS” (assisted GPS) services are so popular: by starting with a rough city-level coordinate fix through something like cell-tower network location, you can reduce the amount of math you have to do to lock on. This is where the barometer comes in.

 

The 3 dimensions in space are latitude, longitude… and altitude. The barometer gives you a reasonable first-cut estimate for altitude. This gives you a bit of a leg up on one of the dimensions — especially combined with “2D” aGPS — which can help speed up lock-on in general.

 

Now of course, the barometer can also be used for things like, well, determining atmospheric pressure (although I’m not sure it’s really weather grade.) But the main reason it’s in your phone is to help with GPS.

 

Cambridge-based mobile microchip industry crunching firm ARM has announced its A7 chip and the "big.LITTLE" processing to the world this week, and you already knew that from yesterday. What you might not have known, or perhaps realized, is that with A7 architecture in smart device, ARM is suggesting that a whole new generation of devices is on the way that will be below $100, this allowing large groups of people from the still without-smartphones world to join in on the fun. 

We learned about the new A7 chip earlier this week and how it will provide not only similar performance to the chips currently sitting inside devices such as the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus, but at a much lower cost in both cash to produce and power to run. ARM notes that inside the next two years, high-end smartphones will be bumping up to A15 architecture, this allowing much higher performance, but w ill not exactly work out so well for current battery technology.