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  Is 3.6-inch and 4-inch display size small for you and 5-inch a little big? Well, Samsung has announced a new PMP that boasts a display size of 4.2-inches with resolution support of 800×480 pixels (WVGA). Interestingly, the PMP has an IPS panel, which apparently is the first time Samsung has used in its Galaxy [...]

  Microsoft has finally released the much-anticipated Consumer Preview build of Windows 8. The new build brings in over 100,000 changes and Metro apps from the last Windows 8 Developer Preview. To get a taste of what the new OS looks like, users can download the OS either in 64-bit or 32-bit with language support [...]

  Panasonic has extended its Eluga range with the Eluga Power that was unveiled at Mobile World Congress. Eluga Power is clearly superior to the other Eluga featuring a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and a 5-inch 1280×720 display. Other than that, the 9.6mm smartphone is IP57 standards certified, runs the latest version of Android [...]

  Indian mobile phone maker, Lava yesterday announced to launch the first Intel Atom-based phone in the Indian market. Dubbed as XOLO X900, the phone is based on Intel’s smartphone reference design and is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz Z2460 processor. It will run on Android 2.3 OS and feature a 4.03-inch, 8MP camera [...]

  Samsung today made the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet official at MWC. Just like the original Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 10.1 takes advantage of the improved S-Pen input that makes it a perfect tool for students, designers and businessmen to take notes, sketch etc. The S-Pen now resembles like a real pen and features an [...]

HTC at Mobile World Congress yesterday unveiled their new range of Android smartphones. The new range is known as One Series that emphasizes on a refreshing design along with improved camera and audio experience. The new phones now have ImageSense technology that is a result of the custom designed ImageChip. With ImageSense, phones will be [...]

  Android is penetrating the mobile phone market by leaps and bounds and the new activation numbers released by Andy Rubin confirm that. The SVP of Google Mobile and Digital Content confirmed that they’re seeing over 850,000 Android devices getting activated every day. This is a 250 percent growth year-on-year, making total number of Android [...]

  Nokia today unveiled the 808 PureView that touts a 41 megapixel camera sensor. As exciting it may sound, one important thing to note here is that the phone does not really capture a 41MP image but uses pixel oversampling technique which combines many pixels to create a single super pixel that results in a [...]

  Adobe has been selling its Photoshop Touch for Android tablets for quite some time and today they’ve announced the availability for the world’s largest selling tablet – the iPad. Photoshop Touch is now selling on the iTunes App Store for US$9.99. To give you a gist, Photoshop Touch gives users core Photoshop features to [...]

  Sony has announced two new Android phones at MWC today. Hailing from the Xperia NXT Series, it’s the Xperia P and Xperia U. Xperia P is the expensive off the two that comes encased in an aluminum unibody design. It also features a 4-inch Reality display with the WhiteMagic display tech that ensures excellent [...]

  Huawei’s media event earlier today spoke about its new range of smartphones but they also have another product up their sleeve, which they showcased at the event. It’s the MediaPad 10 – successor of Huawei’s MediaPad 7. The Verge managed to get a hands on the device, which is said to be made specifically [...]

  Huawei has kicked off this year’s Mobile World Congress with a new device, touted to be the world’s fastest. Dubbed as Ascend D quad, the phone is powered by Hauwei’s K3V2 quad-core 1.2/1.5GHz CPU that promises stellar performance and about 30 percent in energy savings. Ascend D quad runs the latest Android OS (Ice [...]

  Talk about crashing the Finnish party even before it starts! PocketNow has published couple of pictures revealing Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phones. While Lumia 900 is no secret, Lumia 610’s existence is now confirmed. The site cannot confirm the specs of Lumia 610 but it will mostly be a mid-range WP device with a 5MP [...]

  Samsung today unwrapped two new offerings that will hit the market soon. First up is the successor of Samsung’s Android projector phone dubbed as Galaxy Beam. The new Galaxy Beam now comes in a thinner and lighter form factor and with upgraded specs. It will allow users to project content up to 50-inch wide [...]

  Acer today unveiled Liquid Glow smartphone that will be showcased at Mobile World Congress next week. Slated to go on sale later this year, Liquid Glow will run Android 4.0 and will come in variety of colors. As for the known specs, Liquid Glow features a 3.7-inch display, 5MP camera, NFC, Android Beam support [...]