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Samsung Galaxy S II Shot & Specs Leaked

February - 12 - 2011 - Saturday 2 COMMENTS

Here’s a high res shot of the Samsung Galaxy S II

While the offending press shot has since been removed, the text remains intact with the following specs: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.3-inch display, 1GHz dual-core processor, HSPA+, Bluetooth 3.0, and 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi. Additionally, Paran says that this new handset weighs 116g (4.09 ounces) and is 8.49mm thick — which is close to, if not the, thinnest smartphone device we’ve heard of yet. (For the record, the Xperia Arc is 8.7mm at its thinnest point.)

Apple working on cheap iPhones to counter Android

February - 11 - 2011 - Friday 7 COMMENTS

Apple is working on new versions of the iPhone that are aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google’s Android software, according to people who have been briefed on the plans.

One version would be cheaper and smaller than the most recent iPhone, said a person who has seen a prototype and asked not to be identified because the plans haven’t been made public. Apple also is developing technology that makes it easier to use the iPhone on multiple wireless networks, two people said.

[via Business Standard]

Galaxy S 2 Specs Leaked Specs from SamFirmware

February - 6 - 2011 - Sunday 2 COMMENTS

As you might already know, we’ve had some earlier possible specs leaked here and there on this long awaited followup to last years heavily successful Galaxy S line. This new phone has just today had a brand new set of specs leaked to the folks at SamFirmware – these are above and beyond the possible 4.3 inch or 4.5 inch screen and Orion Dual-core processor on board featuring 1.0 GHz or 1.2 GHz of power. What’s not known for certain is the rest. Let’s take a look.

What’s been told today is the following: Screensize : 4.3” or 4.5′, Super Amoled Plus screen, 8 Megapixel camera on the back with LED flash, 1.3 Megapixel camera on the front, Sd support of up to 32 GB, an Orion Dual Core 1.0 or 1.2 GHZ processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Bluetooth 3.0, coded as Samsung I9100, and it includes the future of mobile computing : NFC chip inside.

And that’s about it! We’re still unsure of what the device will look like, what colors it might be (black,) or essentially anything else. Are you excited? We are so very excited. And ALSO it appears more than likely that this phone will be released at Mobile World Congress 2011, which we will definitely be at, bringing this info to you live.

[Via SamFirmware]

Dual-Core 4.3″ HTC “Pyramid” Heading To T-Mobile In Q2?

February - 5 - 2011 - Saturday 3 COMMENTS

Over the past couple of days several major mobile blogs have received news from well trusted sources who have come through accurately in the past, corroborating that HTC is working on a dual core device that could be headed to Magenta as early as Q2 If these tipsters are correct, then it’s possible that HTC and T-Mobile are getting ready to release the device T-Mo customers have been waiting for, for quite some time. It looks like my age old question is about to be answered, hopefully, and that is, where the heck is my “T-Mobile Evo-like device?”

via Talk Android

VLC Media Player For Android Gets An Update

February - 5 - 2011 - Saturday 1 COMMENT

VLC, a popular media player which allows you to play video in almost any format or codec known to man, has recently received an update for the Android application. The developers are still working on this folks, so be patient, as they are currently working on this in their free time. According to the developers, the app is progressing well and maturing more and more on a daily basis for Android. Ivoire, a VLC Media Player developer had this to say on his blog:

Video output

Audio output

Improving the Video output

Audio output

Graphical User Interface

Porting libraries

Optimizations

[via spillthebeans]

BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphones to run Android apps?

January - 26 - 2011 - Wednesday 1 COMMENT

As crazy as that sounds, we have been told by multiple trusted sources that RIM is seriously considering a feature that will allow BlackBerry devices to run Android apps. Here is what we know… Research In Motion has been trying to figure out the path it wants to take as far as how the existing Java environment will work on its upcoming QNX tablet and smartphones. The company has publicly stated that it is looking at getting a Java virtual machine running on the PlayBook — not so much for app development going forward, but for legacy support, custom apps corporations have deployed and don’t want to recreate, etc — but RIM hasn’t yet decided what kind of Java VM it will use. Hit the break for the rest!

via BGR

Sync Music Found in Android 3.0 Honeycomb

January - 16 - 2011 - Sunday ADD COMMENTS

More specifically, the following option appears when you’ve got the [leaked] Honeycomb music player installed on your Android device running the current build of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. If you’d like to see how to do such a thing, head over to our Android Honeycomb Music Player: Full Guide [Early Leak] post and get yourself educated. Then come back here and get super pumped up because we’ve found a bit of an excellent option that appears when you’ve got the Honeycomb music player installed. Sync Music – but from where?

That, my friends, is the question.

via AndroidCommunity

Unnamed HTC device from Verizon Wireless discovered in HTC Sync

January - 13 - 2011 - Thursday ADD COMMENTS

A few days ago, HTC Sync was updated. While this is usually no big deal, a Phandroid tipster managed to pull a few images from the updated Sync and what he gathered was an image of the already confirmed HTC Thunderbolt, the HTC Merge (which is hopefully confirmation of its future release), and this device. No buttons, a very generic looking build, and a Verizon logo stamped at the top.

Could this possibly be a new Android device that has yet to be mentioned by either HTC or Verizon Wireless? Some are saying the lack of buttons could be a gesture area, while others think its just an Android device sans the 4 typical buttons.

What do you guys think this mysterious device might be? Leave your comments below.

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Unnamed HTC device from Verizon Wireless discovered in HTC Sync

Samsung Holds Up 2.2 From Vibrant to Increase 4G Plus Sales?

January - 13 - 2011 - Thursday ADD COMMENTS

We recently received a tip from someone we feel is a reliable source. The information in the tip has just confirmed everything we have ever thought about Samsung, OTA’s and new devices.

Our source has confirmed that there is already a fully functioning 2.2 OTA update ready to be pushed out by T-Mobile but Samsung has told them NOT to release the update for fear of it decreasing the value of the newly announced Vibrant 4G+. Further information has revealed that not only is the Samsung Vibrant 4G nothing more then a Vibrant with a front facing camera (FFC), but the software update would also enable the same 4G speeds that we are already capable of. The only thing missing at this point is a nice little 4G icon on your screen, which is in the update as well. This is questionable as the hardware needs to support HSDPA+ for this to work, but you never know.

via AndroidSpin

Leak: Android 2.0 Might Come to T-Mobile G1

December - 29 - 2009 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS

Either 2.0 or 2.0.1 are being polished at the moment, it seems

Early adopters of Google’s Android operating system, namely the owners of a T-mobile G1 handset, might have a new reason to rejoice, it seems. According to the latest news around the Internet, there are great chances that the Android 2.0 operating system will make an appearance on their mobile phones, and there are also great chances that they will receive the Android 2.0.1 flavor of the platform.

This is a rumor that might stand up in the end. As many of you might already know, the G1 was said at a certain point in the past to be only eligible for an update to the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) iteration, while the Android 1.6 (Donut) flavor was said to be too big to fit on G1′s internal memory. However, Android 1.6 went just fine with G1, and there are great chances that 2.0 (Eclair) will also fit the handset’s flash memory.

According to the guys over at AndroidSPIN, there is no doubt that the T-Mobile G1 will enjoy an update to Android 2.0 or 2.0.1in the near future. There are no details available on the source of the rumor, yet they say that an OTA update is currently being polished for the device (for what it’s worth T-Mobile has been rumored before to be working on 2.0 updates for its Android devices).

“It has been confirmed that T-Mobile is releasing an Eclair update for the T-Mobile G1. The update will be at least Android 2.0 but more likely Android 2.0.1 as both versions have already been prepared as OTA updates. An anonymous source of ours has confirmed that both the Android 2.0 and the Android 2.0.1 are in the hands of some very fortunate people. Nothing can be released just yet due to Non Disclosure reasons,” AndroidSPIN notes.

The T-Mobile G1 was the first Android device on the market, and a wide range of updates were delivered to it, bringing forth numerous enhancements, but it is rather uncertain whether its owners will be receiving other updates too in the future. In case Android 2.0 is indeed on its way to the G1, it will receive a warm welcome from the handset’s users, that’s for sure.

[via Softpedia]

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