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Samsung Unveils The Samsung Galaxy Express Ahead of MWC

Luke Williams — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:55:58 +0000

Yup there’s another Samsung smartphone on the market, the Samsung Galaxy Express is the new 4G LTE smartphone Samsung unveiled earlier today, a month ahead of Mobile World Congress.

The new phone is according to Samsung, a ”feature-rich multimedia powerhouse” and will feature a lot of what you would expect for the Galaxy S III, with a 4.8 inch display, Android Jelly Bean and TouchWiz as well as a 1.2GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM it’s basically the same phone.

There will also be a 5 megapixel camera and a 1.3 front facing camera, with S Beam, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, 8GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot and a 2,000mAh battery.

There’s no news on any pricing or availability yet, but we will keep you up to date.

ASUS Releases Padfone Tablet

Nicholas Griffin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:45:59 +0000

If you remember quite a while ago ASUS revealed that they will soon be releasing their very own revolutionary tablet, the Padfone, well today seems to be that day as ASUS have just announced the Padfone oe at the Mobile World Congress.

The device will come packed with a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED qHD display, a Snapdragon S4 dual-core chip, Adreno 225 GPU, 8 megapixel ear camera with LED flash and autofocus, alongside another GA camera round the front.

As well as this the Padfone will also run the Ice Cream Sandwich OS, and will provide storage ranging from 16 and 64GBs, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI out, GPS, and a gyroscope.

But the specs isn’t the best pat as this is no ordinary phone, with the ability to wap itself in a tablet’s clothing you can also use it as if it was a 10.1 tablet, this will improve both the use experience as well as the battery life.

As of yet ASUS has not revealed any pricing or availability details, so if your interested you gonna hae to stay tuned till we find out moe.

Nokia Reveals Asha 202, 203 and 302 Symbian 40 Phones

Nicholas Griffin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:40:12 +0000

Today being Mobile World Congress a lot of companies are under pressure to reveal some of the best phones they plan to release over the course of this year, one of these companies is Nokia who so far have done nothing to disappoint.

Most recently Nokia has just unveiling three new phones at the same time called the Asha 202, 203 and 302, The 202 will feature dual-SIM card functionality’s, alongside some other great features that all of the phones will include.

Some of the things that all of the new Symbian 30 smatphones will include is the new Nokia Life UI, packed with new social features allowing users to share content and submit polls to other Asha users.

But that isn’t the best part alongside what the phones can do Nokia will also be offering 40 free EA games from the Nokia Store during your first 60 days of ownership.

The 302 is a bit different from the 202 and 203 as it comes with more socially beefed up features including Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp and push-email. Alongside this the device also packs a 1GHz processor as well as a “cloud-accelerated” Nokia browser.

Nokia Unveils Lumia 610

Nicholas Griffin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:29:35 +0000

For a while now the Nokia 610 phone has been the most rumoured entry level windows 7 device, which has just been unveiling at Mobile World Congress, the 610 features quite stunning bezeled edges with a variety of colours including white, pink as well as other likely to include blue and probably green.

Nokia Unveils 808 Pureview With 41 Megapixel Camera

Nicholas Griffin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:21:08 +0000

Yes you really did read the title to this article correctly, Nokia has just unveiled a band new Symbian OS phone with a massive 41 megapixel camera, but according to Nokia this only the start with moe phones to feature the sensor in the future. The phone will be rolled out sometime this May for 450 euros, and is expected in a wide variety of colours.

Samsung Makes Galaxy Note 10.1 Official

Nicholas Griffin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:25:18 +0000

Yesterday AndroidCental noticed a banner on their way to this years Mobile World Congress show, the banner shown Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10.1 device which has now gone on to become official.

The device will feature, as you can probably guess a 10.1 inch screen, alongside which it will be running Android’s latest 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Including in the OS will be some pe-installed applications to take advantage of the larger screen including Samsung’s own S Planner and S note apps and of course the usual Android stock apps.

But that’s not even the best part as this device will also pack a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, alongside which will be WiFi channel bonding, a 2 megapixel front facing camera and up to 64GBs of storage.

What do you think about the Note 10.1? Do you prefer this to the Tab?

HTC To Release Entire One Series In The UK

Nicholas Griffin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:58:13 +0000

If you live in the Uk much like me you have probably got very excited about HTC’s One series only to wonder if you will ever get your hands on one, well it seems that in fact all three One Series models will be released in the UK afterall.

After their release a few hours ago, Clove Technology posted the devices onto it’s site for pre-order, check out the prices they have set:

HTC One X – Gray or white, £410 (£492 including VAT), Due April 5
HTC One S – £375 (£450 including VAT), Due April 5
HTC One V – £220 (£264 including VAT), Due April 26

But if these prices scare you or you want contract phone, AndroidCentral have revealed that Three will be carrying all three of these devices, alongside Vodaphone who will only be offering the One X or One S.

Will you be getting one of the new One Series Phones?

Samsung Announces New Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 7 Inch Devices

Nicholas Griffin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:28:33 +0000

Samsung is deffiantly on some kind of roll annoucing their third devices at this years Mobile World Congress, the device in question is their brand new 10.1 and 7 inch versions of the Galaxy Tab, to be called the Galaxy Tab 2.

Both devices will run Andriod’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS but will have slightly different features to one another. The 7 inch device will include a 1GHz dual core processor, a 3 megapixel camera as well as a front facing VGA camera, alongside this you will be able to get the device with a variety of different storage options ranging from 8GB, 16GB and 32GBs.

Whereas the 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 will of course include a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800, a 3 megapixel camera and the same VGA front facing camera seen on the 7 inch device, alongside this the device will also include Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS, and will be available with 16GB or 32Gb options.

The 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 2 is also equipped with a 1GHz dual-core processor, a 10.1-inch display with a 1280 x 800-pixel resolution, a 3-megapixel camera, a secondary front-facing VGA camera for video chats, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS. It will be available in 16GB and 32GB models.

What do you think? Are these devices a sufficient upgrade from the previous models?

Samsung Reveals Galaxy Beam, With Built-In Projector

Nicholas Griffin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:17:52 +0000

With the Mobile World Congress being the massive event it is, companies hae a huge strain to get their announcements out as quickly as they can, so they can day as much attention as possible, and it seems Samsung is no stranger to this already announcing a wide variety of products.

One that caught our eye is the Galaxy Beam which features a projector on the top allowing you to project your content on he nearest wall, he device will run Andriods Gingerbread OS, with a 4 inch display, 1GHz dual core processor, as well as a 5 megapixel camera on he back and a 1.3 megapixel on the front.

What do you think of the Galaxy Beam? Would you buy it?

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 To Be Released At MWC

Nicholas Griffin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:09:39 +0000

Rumours surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 have been circulating for quite some time, but finally it seems the device is about to become a reality, as whilst walking around the Mobile World Congress AndroidCentral spotted the huge banner you see in the picture above, which was kept under wraps until today.

Currently we cannot tell you any exact specs of the device, but at a guess a lot of over blogs have described the OS as Andriod 4.0 with some signs of a TouchWiz overlay.

What do you think about this? Will Samsung release the Note 10.1 at the MWC? What specs will it feature?

Sony Announces Xperia P and Xperia U

Nicholas Griffin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:59:33 +0000

If you haven’t heard about the Mobile World Congress it is a yearly show which allows mobile phone companies to show off what they are planning to release this year, Sony have announced to band new phones the Xperia P and he Xperia U, which will be he new members to the NXT devices.

The P will feature and aluminum unibody design, as well as a 4 inch Reality Display, HDMI-ou, NFC support as well as the Xperia smart tag software, alongside all of his it will also pack an 8 megapixel camera which can shoo up to 1080p videos, and will launch sometime in quae 2 with 3 different color variations.

The Xperia U is a bi different to he Xperia P with a 1GHz dual core processor, 3.5 inch Reality Display as well as a 5 megapixel camera with HD recoding and a color bar which will change color depending on he caller, This will also launch alongside the P in the second quarter, but with no colour options just yet.