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  Nokia has been showing off the Lumia 800 here in India but kept the lower-end Lumia 710 off our hands. Luckily for us, Nokia showcased the Lumia 710 as well as its newly announced Lumia 900 at CES where we managed to check out both these devices. Nokia wanted to give the rich Windows [...]

  LG Spectrum is now available on Verizon and we managed to get our paws on the device for a limited amount of time at the CES last week. Spectrum is a big and a powerful device that features a 4.5-inch HD IPS display and Qualcomm 1.5GHz dual-core processor. The phone supports Verizon’s 4G LTE [...]

  The success of touchscreen-enabled feature phones was unprecedented when Android phones were available for over $300. However, things have changed now. We get better spec’d smartphones at under $200, which makes me wonder will these new feature phones stand a chance? We’re not sure but Samsung does reckon a market for it, which is [...]

  Intel’s President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced their entry into the smartphone and tablet processor market in a keynote speech at CES 2012. Intel’s Atom Z2460 processor (aka Medfield) will power many smartphones and tablets in the future but the first recipient will be Lenovo’s K800 smartphone. K800 runs Android OS and will [...]

Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile announced the Android OS based smartphone – Spectrum. Spectrum is the first smartphone for Verizon Wireless to feature a 4.5in True HD In-Plane Switching (IPS) display. Intensifying its HD capabilities, Spectrum by LG will give customers exclusive HD access to the ESPN ScoreCenter application. ESPN’s ScoreCenter app is supported by [...]

  HTC has announced a new Windows Phone that blows every other phone available in the market, at least in terms of camera. Dubbed as Titan II, the phone will arrive on AT&T supporting its 4G LTE network. In addition to the fast speeds, the Titan II comes with a whopping 16 megapixel camera sensor [...]

The successor to the Lumia 800, Nokia at CES 2012 announced the Lumia 900 for the AT&T’s 4G LTE network . The Lumia 900 will come in cyan and matte black colour featuring a large 4.3in AMOLED ClearBlack display. The phone has a massive power unit of 1830mAh that will give you good usage time [...]

Sony announced its first smartphone from the Xperia NXT series, the Xperia S. Running on Android 2.3 and later upgradable to Ice cream sandwich (4.0), the Xperia S features a 12-megapixel camera that takes pictures in just 1.5 seconds from standby. Xperia S also comes with a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor for faster performance. The [...]

  Huawei at CES 2012 unveiled their slimmest smartphone – Ascend P1 S. The Ascend P1 S is in fact, one of the slimmest phones in the world that measures just 6.68mm in thickness. Ascend P1 S comes with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display that supports a resolution of 960×540 pixels and integrates Gorilla Glass [...]

On the road to its new vision of becoming a “Personal Cloud” company, Lenovo announced slew of devices based on the Android OS, like the IdeaTab S2 10, Smartphone S2 and K91 smart TV. The IdeaTab S2 10in is thinner than its predecessors and is just one-third of an inch thin weighing just 1.1lbs. IdeaTab [...]

Between June and November 2011, Ericsson ConsumerLab carried out research on how do teenagers’ communicate and socialize with each other? This research was done with the objective to know their behavior and their implications on the future of devices and technology. The study consisted of almost 2,000 respondents and involved a representative sample of 20 [...]

Corning Glass is supposed to be the last word in screen protection for Smartphones and other portable devices. Building on this success and innovation, Corning will introduce the next version, that is, Gorilla Glass 2 at the CES 2012 starting next week. Corning Gorilla Glass 2, will be more damage-resistant than its predecessor.Corning is also [...]

Samsung today announced the new entrant to their Galaxy series, the Galaxy M Style (SHW-M340). Powered by a single 1GHz single core processor running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) this phone is targeted to the entry level consumers who want to enjoy the Android experience without spending much. The other specifications of the phone include, 4in super [...]

Microsoft has rolled out a new update for Windows phones. The update apparently irons out bugs and brings in some improvements to the phone. The first one to receive the update build number 8107 is the LG Optimus 7 on the Vodafone network. This update fixes the disappearing keyboard issue and the location privacy bug. [...]

  Samsung has unraveled an enhanced version of its bestselling mid-range phone – Galaxy Ace. Dubbed as Galaxy Ace Plus the phone is tad different in looks as well as specs from the original version. The new phone adopts a smoother exterior as compared to Galaxy Ace’s textured back and features Android 2.3 OS, 1GHz [...]