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T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S to release in June 19

If reports are to be believed, there is something big planned under the T-Mobile portfolio for June 19 as it will reportedly be opening up its stores as early as 8 am (local time) that day. Speculations are on that this “something Big” is most probably the launch of its Samsung Galaxy S. While the release date for myTouch 3G Slide has been announced to be on June 2, the company maintains the mystery... Read More »

Acer Stream adds to Android flood

The competition is getting hotter when it comes to the Smartphone market. Not only are the buyers now getting ample choices to choose from the best, the prices too are getting competent ensuring that almost every gizmo-geek is flaunting a Smartphone. Adding on to the choices for Smartphone, Acer has officially announced on Thursday the launch of its new Android Smartphone – the Acer Stream. Termed... Read More »

Glimpse of Acer Products at Chinese IT Event

Acer recently introduced its new Android running Smartphone tream during a conference in China. Acer also came up with LumiRead e-reader, a notebook (Aspire 5745P) and an all-in-one PC. While the products have been introduced already, it is still not known when the products will be available in the market. Nevertheless, the reception in store for these new Acer launches is sure to be more than humongous. Smartphone... Read More »

Aaron launches LG Ally

Verizon wireless and mobile communications announced this Thursday the launch of its new LG Ally. The new Smartphone to be added to the market shelves has been launched in collaboration with the information company LG Electronics MobileComm USA Inc. The new LG Ally is an Android device using the new Android 2.1 version. The entire package of the Ally comes with the users battery, USB Cable cum charging... Read More »

Recent trends in the Mobile Market

The mobile market has been doing really well and in the first quarter of 2010 has posted a phenomenal amount of sales. Smartphones are getting better sales results according to Gartner. Smartphones for the ones who are outdoing the feature phones in the market share over the past five years. The other two phones, the Android and iPhones have seen the biggest growth in leap in the market share. If... Read More »

Microsoft and Nokia alliance Mobile device Released!

Microsoft and the Nokia’s alliance for mobile devices is finally here and aptly called the Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia devices. This new collaboration is astounding as it not only connects on its own to the communication system of your company but also helps you to streamline mobile partnerships. If you are a proud owner of Nokia E-Series Symbian smartphone then you can directly go to... Read More »

WebM from Google not for current smartphone users

The H.246 format has ruled online services for the longest time now. Being an open standard, the H.246 has been preferred by most companies and organisations alike but as it is a paid service, people will always welcome a free format to replace it. Google probably has cashed in on this very same idea by coming up with the WebM video format. Designed by On2, this format seems to have worked well for... Read More »

Cisco WebEx unveils web conferencing service on smart phones

Ever wondered how it would be to sit in your office in New York and communicate not just through voice but also with video through a small device in your hand to an entire group of individuals in an office in Tokyo? Seems like a science fiction idea doesn’t it? But not anymore! Cisco WebEx has launched Web conferencing services for smart phones which are equipped with 3G/Wi-Fi facilities. So,... Read More »

Dell LIGHTNING- The Ultimate Windows 7 Mobile Device

DELL Computers became the first company to launch a mobile based on Windows 7 platform. DELL Lightning, a Windows 7 phone is all set to launch in the second quarter of this coming year. It has been tagged as the most awaited and most critical mobile of the decade by some of the Internet geeks. This mobile is important and critical for the software giant Microsoft, as its future in mobile computing... Read More »

Smart phones will never harm Personal Computers

DELL’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Dell contends that mobile devices shall never harm the personal computers. Instead he visualizes a future were more and more number of handy mobile devices shall incorporate. They shall sync more easily and swiftly with the personal computers. With more and more network interpretation along with cloud computing. And to that point one shall always agree.... Read More »

LogMeIn Ignition – Beta Version out for Android

After the launch of LogMeIn Ignition for the iPhone, in February of this year, a Beta version of the Ignition has been launched for Android OS. As the name suggests ‘LogMeIn Ignition’ is a remote access application through which you can login to your office computer or your home desktop even when you are away. With LogMeIn Ignition, you can go mobile without worrying to leave anything behind.... Read More »

Acer unveils new Android and Windows based Smartphone: Acer neo Touch P400

Acer had recently announced their future launch of 4 mobile phones. Two would be of Android and two on Windows Phone. The sleek and slim look of Windows Mobile 6.5 based neoTouch P400 would floor you for its unique style and is powered by Qualcomm 7227 processor. It is of TFT type HVGA resistive touch screen with a slide-out QWERTY keypad. The features are amicable and user friendly but gives you... Read More »

Rogers to release Acer Liquid E, Soon

It was already in the news that Rogers was planning to enter into the Smartphone market by bringing Acer Liquid E with the most demanding and user-friendly operating system Android into the market. The news had been confirmed when Rogers officially announced that they are actually bringing this gadget into the market. Smartphone market is already expanding due to the increasing competition with iPhone... Read More »

Jon Stewart Mock’s Apple’s lost iPhone

It was hot and sarcasm filled in the air when the America’s most popular newscaster labelled Apple as “Appholes”. In his show, the Comedy Central, Jon Stewart raised this comment thinking that it is a subject worth discussing and worth his comment. In his comment, he was concerned about Apple becoming an unbearable hound, from the position of an underdog. In the comedy show, the word “Appholes”... Read More »
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HP debuts into the Mobile Phone Market with Palm

HP is a company which is cash rich or can be called as a cash cow but totally with a nil presence in the mobile phone market. Given this background, purchasing a company which owns an excellently developed operating system for mobile phone is a wise and smart decision. Through this decision, one can say that HP has plunged into the mobile phone business by picking up a holistic strategy which is novel.... Read More »
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IPHONE: WILL ANDROID EAT APPLE?

Competitive market is always who is eating who. Who is snatching the market share from you? The best will survive and become popular leader in the market place. Google, as a company has seen much fluctuations. A few of its products roar high in the market place and no one has beaten or dared to beat it till today, for example, its search engine. But there are also a few products or services where... Read More »
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The Growing Nexus of Apple and Siri

There is good news for Apple iPhone users because Apple has acquired a brand new application. It is called as the Siri. I am sure most of you would know what exactly a Siri application is. Well, this application is nothing but voice recognition software that responds to the tasks given through voice commands. Just imagine yourself speaking to your phone and getting the answers and results from it... Read More »

HP All Set to Harness the WebOS Potential

Looks like a new competitor in the smartphone market is about to emerge soon enough; and, it’s not a new name – indeed, you guessed it right; it’s Hewlett Packard. Prologue HP had recently proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm, which is most likely to be materialistic in a matter of couple of months. HP has tried its luck in the smartphone arena with its iPaq devices, but what their really... Read More »

Latest Apple Leak: Apple 4G to Hit the Markets

There is good news for the Apple iPhone lovers. After the stupendous success of the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS, Apple is going to launch its latest version in the smartphone series i.e. the iPhone 4G. This phone is expected to have new and improved performances than its older version. Apple will unveil this version in the first week of June this year; June 7 to be more precise. The phone will be unveiled... Read More »
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HP Beats Out Bono for Palm

U2’s Bono had invested hundreds of millions of American dollars in Palm. However, Bono is going to end up losing money off of the recent sale of Palm to Hewlett-Packard. This is a move that is going to end up hurting his private equity investment. It will also work to get HP to get into the mobile device market. When Palm first came around in 1992 it was the leader in the mobile device industry.... Read More »
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Google’s APIs are Preferred By Developers of Mobile Apps and Add Ons

A good application programming interface is vital for all mobile apps and adds ons. This is especially the case for cloud computing processes where a number of resources are shared between all computers in a network. Google’s API services work as cloud-based services. This is something that is proving to be popular among many developers of these apps. A recent study shows just how valuable Google’s... Read More »

Smartphones

Skyfire for android streams flash video is a new beta application for android phones and is one of the best advancements in technology in recent days. Though the flash support for android phones is around the corner in a few more weeks time the mobile browser company Skyfire has released it Skyfire2.0 beta for android. This looks and acts like a typical Web Kit browser for the android phones. The... Read More »
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RIM All Set To Hit Market with the New BlackBerry OS 6.0

RIM has recently announced that it will come up with a new Operating system (OS) that will empower its Blackberry devices. RIM hopes that the new Blackberry OS 6.0 will help it to change the mindset of its customers regarding the Blackberry devices. The main focus of new Blackberry OS will be on web browsing. RIM has also said that the new Blackberry OS will be released in the third quarter of this... Read More »

Kin: Microsft’s Answer to the Android Market

Microsoft has finally unvailed its two new cell phones which are the answer to the andriod and iPhone market. If you are looking forward to getting updates on Facebook, Orkut, etc. Then keep you can keep your self up-to-date through Microsoft’s latest release. Termed as Kin, Microsoft is trying to provide an undue matching advatntage to the youth by  enabling services that provide social... Read More »
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Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone is the intelligent answer to the modern, technically astute person who would like to have all the combined advantages of three modern day technologies of wireless internet technology, mobile phone and iPod at the tip of the fingers. The ability to control this new user interface that rests entirely on large multi-touch display with the use of revolutionary new software is the most significant... Read More »