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HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone?

If this is true, there is more money form Android market for Microsft than new Windows Phone OS? Image via Flickr The CBI According to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft this morning, Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android Microsoft is getting that money thanks to a patent settlement with [...]

HTC presents 5 new phones and a tablet at MWC

ai.rs blog Exclusive HTC has just presented 5 new phones, two of them with Facebook experience, and a tablet. Wildfire S now has HVGA Super LCD screen and alu-case, Desire S packs Desire HD features in Desire sized body. Incredible S does not look too impressive. HTC Flyer is the first tablet from HTC. Among interesting stuff, [...]

Sony Ericsson will present Xperia family at MWC 2011

One day before the official start of Mobile World Congres 2011 in Barcelona, both Samsung and Sony Ericsson are organizing press conferences. The topic of SE conference is Xperia family of phones. We know that one of them is Xperia arc, but is Sony Ericsson going to surprise us with another one ? Check out [...]

ZTE rocks fourth place globally

According to IDC, ZTE has taken fourth place in global cellphone rankings, jumping ahead of Apple and moving RIM into "Others" category. ZTE has improved annual shipments to 94% ! We are waiting for their press conference at Mobile World Congres 2011 in Barcelona, scheduled for 10:00AM CET, Monday 14th of February… Source: BGR

Wholesale Applications Community event at MWC 2011

The Wholesale Applications Community has been established to increase the overall market for mobile applications. Since 2010, operators and manufacturers have been defining the standard and communicating with developers. At the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2011, WAC is organizing a developers' event on Monday 14th of February. The official statement says: …Listen to presentations from WAC [...]

Samsung will reveal Galaxy S2 “Seine” at MWC 2011

One of the best selling Android phones will get a successor. Samsung Galaxy S will soon be acompanied with a new Galaxy member called S2 or "Seine". The unveiling will take place at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona (14-17. February). One day before the official start of the congress Samsung will present this phone, [...]

Is Sony Ericsson ready to get back in the Android game ?

Just recently at CES 2011, Sony Ericsson revealed a new high-end Android phone XPERIA arc. Besides very thin case, it will come with Gingerbread Android 2.3 OS. Some of the specs include: Android 2.3 Gingerbread Camera 8.1MP, HDMI connector Screen 854x480 pixels on 4.2" 16,777,216 colour TFT, LED backlit Memory microSD™ (supported to 32GB) + -- Phone memory Up [...]

More stats from the mobile market

Based on the displayed ads on mobile devices, Millenial Media has presented the charts for the December of 2010. The interesting part is the smartphone pie showing dominance of Android. Wide array of manufacturers, with plenty entry level devices had helped this OS presented in late 2008 to gain this significant market share. The most popular [...]

Google Nexus S vs HTC Desire HD – outside conditions

The guys at Swedroid did an awesome job testing Google Nexus S. During the in-depth test we can see the curved SuperAMOLED display and side by side outdoor video test versus HTC Desire HD. The build quality is on the DHD side, but SuperAMOLED outperforms any other display on the smartphone market today. Check out the [...]

LG teams up with Ennio Morricone

LG smartphone LU3000 (known as LG Optimus Mach) has been launched in South Korea. Besides being a very fast Android 2.2 phone, it features unique ringtones and theme songs from no other than legendary Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Mission…). LU3000 features 3.8" WVGA display, HDMI-out and 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP [...]