Yes! As we found Droid Bionic popped up on the Motorola Online Store, it is to be released by September 8 this year. Though the first look of the product page wasn’t somewhat promising since it popped up with some handful images but without product description and tech specs, it is clear that Motorola is now done with all their homework.
A few days ago, heavy rumors about Sprint possibly getting the thumbs up from Apple to sell the Iphone 5 this October have been backed up by reports from numerous reputable tech blogs to the magnitude of this issue. We could very well see the third largest wireless service provider in the US going head to head in sales with the two towers of the industry – Verizon and AT&T.
Recently, I’ve done some research on the Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7 and managed to find out about a brilliant idea involving both the program compatible systems. The idea focuses on combining the features of one OS with the other. It will help you arrange all the gyroscopes, accelerometers and other motion-detecting sensors in your desktop!
For those of you who can’t enjoy the Android 2.3 Gingerbread experience due to cash constraints, LG has come up with a solution. LG has announced the launch of 2 entry level Gingerbread capable mobiles for those with shallow pockets. These phones get added to the existing Optimus line, and they are called the Optimus Pro and the Optimus Net. Both of them run on a 1500mAh battery and an 800 MHz CPU for maximum performance in their respective class.
Sony Ericsson seems to be failing miserably at its attempts to keep its prized Xperia Duo under cover. The phone, however, promises to be far from a failure, if the recently leaked press shots are to be believed. The phones specifications, although yet to be confirmed by Sony Ericsson, provide evidence that SE has pitted the Xperia Duo head to head with the Samsung Galaxy S II.
Verizon has pushed a new firmware update for all HTC Thunderbolt users. The 1.70.605.0 build update was made available only a few days prior. The new Froyo firmware is available for Thunderbolt users to update OTA.
This update mainly addresses the issue of random reboots faced by so many thunderbolts in use today. Apart from that, it will also tweak the thunderbolt’s data connectivity to enhance it further. Pop up windows for its Bluetooth discovery mode has also been corrected. The phone’s call log view has also been improved, along with the addition of a search mode in the People application.
However, it does come at a price- at the cost of the thunderbolt’s mobile hotspot feature. Applying this update will render your thunderbolt incapable of creating mobile hotspots for a portable wireless connection. As it is a key feature which comes in handy pretty often, it is recommended not to update your phone, not unless you are plagued by the reboot issue. Another issue worth mentioning is the inclusion of a few Verizon applications like V CAST Videos, V CAST Music and My Verizon to the firmware. This ends up occupying a chunk of the built in phone memory.
Bungie had recently placed a copyright for Aerospace, which many thought was relating to the new game they are working on for PS3, while Bungie is still hiring PS3 developers the title to be worked on is not yet known. Bungie did announce that Aerospace is most definitely not a game, but it is a new program to help indie mobile developers get recognition for their work.
Microsoft is quickly trying to become relevant in the mobile space against giants like Apple and Android, and they’re doing a fine job at it. Windows Phone 7 features Live enabled games that will net achievement hungry gamers some extra gamerscore, while also being a cut above the rest of the downloadable games currently on the service. Only problem is the Games Hub is nearly a mess and fairly disjointed.
The Communicasia show in Singapore saw Sony announcing three more handsets going by the name of Xperia Ray, Active and Txt. The Xperia Ray is undoubtedly the star of the lot with a 3.3 inch screen with 854×480 resolution and a BRAVIA engine. It also features an 8.1 MP AF camera capable of capturing 720p video.
Nokia yesterday announced its first Meego device called the N9. Built out of plastic which Nokia is touting as an industrial-grade polycarbonate variety, the phone looks spectacular, displaying none of the cheapness usually associated with plastic body phones. The main specifications include a 1GHz TI OMAP 3630 processor with 1 GB RAM along with a PowerVR SGX530 GPU, as well as 16 or 64 GB of inbuilt memory.
Microsoft has been struggling to meet their expected sales numbers for their Windows Phone 7 handsets, since November, and it seems AT&T sales reps may be a factor in the low results. It was a mystery to me why so few of these devices had been sold as well considering how well the Metro UI works among other things I enjoy about the phone itself.Though, after doing some research into and seeing many tweets and comments on Windows Phone articles it became more clear where the issue was.
A multi-year agreement was announced today by Netflix and Miramax according to which the members of Netflix in the United States will be able to watch some of the best and critically acclaimed movies in the Miramax movie library. This marks that first time that Miramax has made any of their content and titles available through digital subscription services.
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