Samsung’s Galaxy Pro Android Phone Looks Like A Winner
Samsung today announced the Galaxy Pro, the latest (and the most interesting) phone in their lineup of Android phones. The Galaxy Pro is a candybar phone with full QWERTY keyboard. The specs make me look like it will be joining the low budget Android lineup. The phone features an 800 MHz processor, 2.8 inch touch display a 3 Megapixel camera, WiFi and runs Android 2.2 Froyo.
Disney Mobile Opens The Cutest Mobile Phone Store Ever In Japan
Remember we told you that Disney has a successful mobile phone division in Japan? They even launched a Disney Android smartphone recently. Turns out the business is a-boomin as now they have a opened a physical store in Tokyo!
LG Hoping To Sell More Optimus Ones Using Cricket World Cup Branding
In India (read cricket crazy nation), this new “Limited Edition” LG Optimus One with a Cricket World Cup 2011 engraved on the back will sell like hotcakes. The hardware on the phone wasn’t changed. It still misses the beloved Camera Flash and a D-Pad (more in our detailed review).
Oh did I mention you’ll also get some cricket applications (crap ware) pre-loaded on the phone, which you can’t uninstall without rooting the phone? If you’re cricket crazy and planning to buy an Android, there are only 1000 available across India. Good Luck getting one.
Our recommendation – Thumbs down. This phone is already a few months old now. Wait for the next LG Optimus series phone (There might be a budget LG Optimus series phone too).
[Via AndroidOS.in]
Umeox Apollo: A Rugged, Solar-Powered Android Phone For $100
While the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was studded with mobile phone announcements from Samsung, HTC, Sony and LG, there was a tiny company which not many took notice of. While browsing my old archives I stumbled upon this gem of a phone that doesn’t seem to have a single reason due to which you wouldn’t purchase it.
Google Nexus One Finally Getting Gingerbread
We heard 4 months back that it’s coming in a few days. Then we heard again 2 months back that it’s coming in a few weeks. And then today Google has released a statement on their official Twitter account that the Gingerbread update is finally rolling out for Nexus One users as well. All you Nexus One users who’ve been worried whether buying an official Google phone was worth it, should be finally happy.
HTC Desire Series Will Get Gingerbread, Eventually
If you have one of the HTC Desire range of phones, there is a great news for you. An HTC representative has told CNET that all the HTC Desire range will be upgraded to Gingerbread after the release of HTC Desire phones this Spring. It may happen a month or so after the release but it will happen.
It’s good to know that unlike Sony, Samsung and Motorola, HTC actually cares about their customers.
HTC Announces New Android Phones At MWC [Meh]
HTC’s announcements at the Mobile World Congress deserve to be called the most boring of the lot. While I’m sure the phones and tablets will be good and usable unlike the other gazillion companies but I was expecting something special from them. The Android phones they announced are basically upgrades to existing models.
HTC Names Their Facebook Phones ChaCha And Salsa
Remember the leaked HTC Facebook phones we were talking about the day before? HTC has finally announced them with ridiculous names – ChaCha and Salsa. The phones feature a dedicated Facebook button for one-touch access to the key Facebook features. HTC Sense on these phones has also been customized to integrate Facebook in every possible way.
Sony Gives Android Opposable Thumbs! [Video]
Yesterday’s Sony announcement came along with this awesome new advertisement for Xperia Play. A must watch in my opinion.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4lxuoGgbxs
Android finally has Opposable Thumbs. Let’s Play!
The Quad-Core Mobile Chipset war reaches a new high
The race to be the fastest mobile processor reached an interesting new high today after Qualcomm announced their Quad-Core chipset for mobile phones which clock at 2.5Ghz. This was in response to the earlier NVIDIA’s Quad-Core TEGRA 3 processor rumor/leak – which runs at 1.5Ghz. Every mobile phone you own now, has now become obsolete and slow – Damn you "Chipset manufacturers" Happy now?
Personally I hate it that when hardware gets faster, people write bad software (as it runs fast anyway) leaving us to be doomed sometime in the future (instead of now).
