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Sony Sets The Dates For Mobile World Congress

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Now as the Consumer Electronics Show is over its time for Mobile World Congress across the ocean is the one to set your sights on. And it’s all about mobile. We’ve already heard when HTC will have their event, and now Sony stood up to tell everyone to fix the dates for everyone for their event. –> Read more

Gameloft Into Social Gaming Again

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Gameloft is into social gaming once again with the release of their new Gameloft LIVE! application.  Gameloft in addition added new features: –> Read more

New Samsung Android 4.0 Phone

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Eldar Murtazin,  man who os reputed for leaking information about mobile phones has just posted up on Twitter a picture of a Samsung device that is said to be launching at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The name of the device is not yet confirmed but is rumored to be Galaxy S2 Plus. –> Read more

Nokia, Samsung, Apple Are Top Handset Makers

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IDC revealed the top list of mobile makers for the fourth quarter and the top three global smartphone makers are Nokia, Samsung and Apple. Looking into some intresting figures. Apple’s  third-place with only 8.7 percent of the market, while the giants of Korea and Finland –> Read more

Windows 8 Smart Watch Gives All New Experience

We have seen smart watches before with either a limited skinned version of a smartphone OS–like the Motorola ACTV or with full Android OS capabilities. Though the new concept watch created by Indian designer Mithn Darji takes the idea of smart watch to a whole new level by packing in the full desktop OS version of Windows 8 and its Metro UI onto your wrist. –> Read more

No Galaxy S II Successor At Mobile World Congress

From time to time we heard the rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S III but today we heard about it from the Korean giant itself. So it seems like the Galaxy S III will not be making its debut at Mobile World Congress this year. In a statement released today Samsung said about its next month event- –> Read more

Samsung To Announce Something Revolutionary

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Will you be watching Super Bowl this Sunday? If so you might see something really revolutionary by Samsung. Keep your hopes for Samsung Galaxy S3. According to a tweet from the official Samsung account, they will be launching “a device so revolutionary only an ad in America’s biggest game can do it justice.” Though there is no clue about what Samsung is talking about but judging by the language used, it could very well be something big enough. Stay Tuned till Sunday.

Firefox 10 Out For Download

Like Firefox 9, it looks like Firefox 10 is out for download before the official release. The latest version of Mozilla’s web browser is now available for download due to some guys who managed to bring up the download links.For those of you who are looking for the upgrade from Firefox 10,just download it from the links below. –> Read more

Finally Install Siri On your iPhone 4 Without Proxy.

In this post we show you the steps to install Siri on iPhone 4 or iPod touch 4G. Thanks to JBN. –> Read more

New Nook To Be Released This Spring

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Barnes & Noble’s new e-reading device  will reportedly launch this spring.Mentioned in passing within a New York Time profile it is still unclear if the device will be a new media tablet or a standard eReader. With Barnes & Noble’s current-generation color tablet having just been announced this November. Barnes & Noble first unveiled the Nook Touch and then referred to as the “all- new Nook” –> Read more

Millions Of Android Users Affected By The Malware Attack

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Recently android devices are affected by a malware attack and by now it is said that this is the largest attack and over 5 million users are under attack. –> Read more

CM9 Available For Galaxy Tab

As Samsung announced earlier that Galaxy Tab wont get the taste of Ice cream Sandwich but don’t let it get you down though as there is an alternative for that now because The Galaxy Tab is now supported by CyanogenMod 9. As this device is added  recently on the list of cynogenmod update so there are still some bugs, such as the camera not working; a typical omission at –> Read more

Apple And Its Cash

After another hit quarter Apple is now $400 billion company. In the last three months, Apple brought in 4x more profit than Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. If it would pay corporate tax on its huge cash reserves of $97.7 billion than that money could buy an iPad for every person in Canada and Greece. However, 2/3 of that reserve is stored offshore.Also Apple’s cash reserve is enough to pay off the total public debt of eight EU countries. This is also well explained in an infographic by MBA Online. –> Read more

Motorola Only Sold a Million Tablets

Motorola has released its recently and Motorola has announced that it lost around $80 million on $5.3 billion in revenue during Q4, a huge drop from the same quarter in 2010 which saw the company earn just around $110 million in profit. Also included were some sales numbers that might just make you cringe. –> Read more

Google Simplifies Android UI

In an effort to create a simpler, and more appealing user experience for its Android platform, Google advises developers to build the menu button moving forward. On Android 2.3 and older devices, a separate hardware navigation button is used to activate additional functions and hidden features inside an app. While it may seem like an intuitive move, novice users to the platform may not think to look there to find features that they are trying to activate.

Newer Android 3.x and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices build with the hardware button in favor of on-screen soft keys. On Ice Cream Sandwich, the menu button has been replaced entirely with an action overflow on-screen key, which is designated by 3 vertical dots. According to Google ‘these buttons do not ‘provide for an idea user experience.’ –> Read more

Nokia Sells 31 Percent Fewer Smartphones Than Last Year

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Nokia  reports this years decrease in smart device sales of 31 percent and an operating loss of €954 million (about $1 .2 billion). This smartphones cover smart devices cover Symbian, MeeGo , and Windows Phone, with Nokia said that it’s sold “well over 1 million” Lumia phones so far. With 19. 6 million smartphones sold overall in the quarter, though the company did better than the analysts predictions, which estimated a figure closer to 18.7 –> Read more

Xbox Live Games Coming To Android And iOS Devices

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Few days before a develop leaked to Business Insider that Microsoft would soon be bringing their XBox Live titles to other mobile OS’s outside of WP7 specifically, iOS and Android but now its a confirmed report. Microsoft spokesperson while speaking with Forbes has seemingly confirmed the same rumor by saying –> Read more

Apple Sold More than 1.4 Million Apple TV’s

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During the company’s announcement on Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple TV is “doing extremely well.” The fruit company sold a record 1.4 million units in the December quarter, though Tim Cook said the product is still just a hobby. “We still classify this as a hobby, but we continue to add things to it,I

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Trinity Comes To Galaxy Nexus Improving Battery Life

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Trinity by Morfic is now available for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.Trinity kernels have been popular with the Nexus S, G2 X, and the HTC Sensation, and hence now we can add good ole’ GNex onto the list. This kernel will let you help overclock but it will remain undervolted to conserve your battery life. –> Read more

Kinect Hacked To Run In Android

The idea of motion control is nothing new. The idea of motion control on Android?Video below demonstrates Motion control Using a projector, a Galaxy Nexus, a Kinect attached to a PC, some software (Simple- Kinect-Touch 2.0 ), and an AOSP ROM, this is now a reality. The AOSP ROM communicates with the Kinect, and allows the user to use motion control technique to control the system.Check out the video. Yes, this is extremely in alpha stage but at least things like this keeps technology enthusiasts motivated.

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