The Phone Blog

Samsung Takes A Dig At Apple In New Ad

Snehal — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:24:45 +0000

A new ad from Samsung makes fun of Apple iPhone users. The ad lands verbal punches with dialogues that are sharp and witty. The ad shows a large number of people in line, apparently waiting to purchase the Apple iPhone 4S. When a couple of people leave the line, someone asks why would they leave when they are only 9 hours away from buying the new phone. Another person on line is using the browser on his phone and says that “the bloggers say the battery life is sketchy” which is a shot at the current battery problems that Apple is having with the iPhone 4S. The best line is a shot Read More

Apple Best Buy Black Friday Deals Revealed

Sagar — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:47:54 +0000

We are less than 48 hours away from the Black Friday but that won’t stop the revealing of Apple Product Deals for Best Buy reported earlier by TheAppleDaily. Here’s What Best Buy Has to Offer this Black Friday from the Apple Cart: ● $45 off an iPad 2 ● $150 off $1199 MacBook Pro ● $150 off $1199 iMac ● $10 off $99 Apple TV ● $100 iTunes Card for $80 These deals are far much better than the last years Apple deals,as compared to last year deals iMacs were 101$ off from last year now they are 150$ off for 1199$ iMac same goes for Mac Book Pro.We will keep you posted about Read More

Tango Build 8713 Spotted in the Wild

Sagar — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:21:15 +0000

For what we all know Windows Phone Tango would be the next update from microsoft Post the Major Mango update we had a couple of months ago.Apparently a Tango Build 8713 was spotted by the benchmarking app for Windows Phone the WP Bench app,as reported earlier by WPSauce. Earlier Tango was supposed to be the 7.10.8200 build but now it seems that there are some changes made in the Tango update front also we can expect two different builds for Tango according to some hardware changes made earlier last month with the updated chassis. Windows Phone Tango is supposed to be the intermediate update Read More

[Download Now] iOS 5.0.1 Beta For iPhone,iPod Touch and iPad

Sagar — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:15:24 +0000

After receiving many complains from the users about poor battery life apple has finally found a fix for the same with their latest update for iOS the iOS 5.0.1 which was seeded for the developer earlier today.The public release however will be made in few weeks time. Here’s the Changelog for the iOs 5.0.1 Beta Fixes bugs affecting battery life Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation Contains security improvements You will need a developer account in order to download this releas Read More

HTC Surpasses Apple To Become No.1 Smartphone Manufacturer in U.S. In Q3

Snehal — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:24:19 +0000

According to the latest numbers from Canalys, HTC has left Apple and Samsung behind to become the number one smartphone in the United States in the third quarter of this year. The numbers show that HTC sold 5.7 million smart phones under the HTC brand and an additional 70,000 phones under the T-Mobile brand. HTC’s smartphone shipments accounted for nearly one quarter of the entire U.S. smartphone segment, beating out second place contender (Samsung) by nearly 1 million units. The majority of HTC growth is thanks to the amazing growth of the smartphone sector, however, HTC’s variety of Read More

Motorola RAZR To Launch In India Next Week

Snehal — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:56:53 +0000

Fresh reports are doing the rounds on the net of a proposed release of Motorola RAZR in India next week.The phone supposed to launch next week is priced at around INR 32,000. Sporting a 4.3-inch super-AMOLED advanced display, the successor to Motorola’s iconic Razr phone is expected to be priced around Rs 32,000 in India. However, Verizon has announced the airtime bundled price of the Droid Razr (as it will be called in the US) will be $300, or around Rs 15,000, with a two-year agreement. The India launch will be part of a global launch by Motorola Mobility, its first major lau Read More

Siri.reverse = Iris = Freaky

Pragith — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:04:17 +0000

By this time you should have come across Siri, the personal assistant in iPhone 4S. You know what it is and what it does, so this post won’t discuss about it. But did you know about Iris? Dextra Software is an Indian startup which made a software called Iris. Iris has similar functionality as Siri and it is built for Android. The creepy fact is that SIRI is the reverse of IRIS. One of the million co-incidences you may say. image courtesy: Techie-Buzz Here are some more details on Dextra Software and their product Iris. The following content is from Techie-Buzz Dextra Software was estab Read More

Leaked Google TV 2.0 Screenshots Gives A Glimpse Of New Android Market

Snehal — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:38:39 +0000

While Google has seen undoubted success with its Android smartphone operating system, same cannot be said when carrying that success onto tablets. If the tabs have given them a hard time then we can safely say that Google TV is a “Total Failure”. At first, there was the set top box, which Logitech manufactured called the Revue, the box was a huge flop for both Google and Logitech’s end, with barely any being sold thanks to the inappropriate $300 price point. Google TV also came built into some big brand TVs, with Sony leading the charge. Again, take up was minimal. Even after ta Read More

How To Root HTC Amaze 4G With One Click Permanent Root Tool

Snehal — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:22:04 +0000

HTC Amaze 4G can now be rooted. If you’ve got one and want to be able to install root-only apps like Titanium Backup, then read further.Caution!!! Do at your own Risk

HTC Amaze 4G

Note: This root will be permanent or temporary based on the state of your bootloader. If it is locked, the root will be temporary and you will have to re-root every time you restart your device. However, if it has been unlocked, root will be permanent. You can follow this guide on XDA to unlock your bootloader. Alright, so befo Read More

Iconia Smart S300 Launched by Acer

Nikhil — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:47:11 +0000

Acer Iconia Smart S300

Everyone is crazy around the world for smartphones, now Acer has also added yet another product to its Special brand with the Iconia Smart S300. This new brand is a smartphone running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) modified with Acer’s custom UI modifications. The large 4.8″ multi-touch screen and healthy pixel dimensions of 1024×480 (236 ppi) helps you in viewing most websites at full fledge. The form factor is reminiscent of the Dell Streak. At the heart of the S300 lies Qualc Read More