Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 S7710 Features

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 S7710 featuring a 4-inch WVGA screen, 5MP camera with LED flash and a dedicated key and runs Android OS 4.1 Jelly Bean. Some of the other features, including GPS with Glonass, Bluetooth 4.0, SoundAlive Technology for Music Player, Cardio Trainer Pro application, WiFi and HSDPA.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 also offers good Performance. This smartphone runs on dual core 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory plus a microSD slot. The battery capacity is 1700 mAh.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 S7710 Specifications :

- 130.5 x 67.7 x 12 mm, weighs 148.5 grams

- 4 inch WVGA TFT

- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

- 5MP rear camera with LED flash

- dual-core 1GHz processor

- 1GB of RAM

-  4GB of internal memory

- MicroSD card support

- HSPA

- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n

- Bluetooth 4.0

- GPS with Glonass

- 1,700 mAh battery

Unfortunately, no information from Samsung, when Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 will be launched and the price of this smartphone (however this may be around $ 350 – $ 450).

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Blackberry Curve 9315 T-Mobile

T-Mobile Blackberry Curve 9315 for $49.99

Although the Blackberry 10 will be announced soon, RIM makes the shocking news. RIM has just announced a smartphone with Blackberry’s old style, Blackberry Curve 9315.

Blackberry Curve 9315 will use the Blackberry OS 7.1. Of course, this smartphone will target the low end user. Blackberry Curve 9315 featuring a 3.2 MP camera, microSD card slot, and, of course, a full QWERTY keyboard.

This indeed seem odd, Blackberry 10 will be announced less than a week, but they just launched a QWERTY smartphone, which RIM said to have migrated to the touchscreen technology on the Blackberry 10.

This new BlackBerry Curve 9315 will be available starting January 23 from T-Mobile for $49.99 on a two year contract, plus a $10 monthly fee.

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Sony Xperia Odin C650X image leaks

A leaked image of the Sony Xperia C650X Odin spotted in the wild. This image appears on the Vietnam site, sonyviet.vn.

Sony Xperia Odin glance looks similar to the design of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2, and also a little bit like the Motorola RAZR with a slightly sloping edges with a metal frame. Sony Xperia Odin rumored to be present with a 5 inch screen 1080p and has a pixel density of 440p

Sony Xperia Odin will also run on a quadcore 1.5 GHz processor, 2GB of RAM and has a 13 Megapixel camera. While the internal memory is 32 GB.

From the specifications, we can know that the Sony Xperia Odin will compete with HTC J Butterfly, Samsung Galaxy Note II and LG Optimus Vu.

Archos 80 Cobalt, the latest Archos’s android tablet has just been introduced via their Facebook page. Archos 80 Cobalt featuring 8-inch display with 1024×768 pixels resolution. For the operating system, the Archos 80 Cobalt uses Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

On the performance side, the Archos 80 Cobalt embed dual-core 1.6 GHz CPU with quad-core GPU and 1GB of RAM. The tablet has an 8GB of internal memory capacity, which can be expanded with a microSD slot up to 64GB.

Archos 80 Cobalt with dimensions of 153.5 x203x11, 5 mm and weighs 470 grams, has two cameras. A 2 MP camera on the back, and there is a VGA camera on the front. Another feature that was prepared for Archos 80 Cobalt is WiFi, 3.5mm audio jack, music player-video (1080p support).

Unfortunately, Archos has not announced a release date and price of the Archos 80 Cobalt. So we wait.

Archos 80 Cobalt image

Archos 80 Cobalt image

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HTC One X+, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Quad-Core 1.7 GHz

HTC  One X+ has just officially announced. HTC One X+ brings a number of hardware improvements over its predecessor, the One X, including color models and the latest HTC Sense UI.

HTC One X+ equipped with 4.7-inch Super LCD2 display with 720p resolution, which has been protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2. To carry out its work, the One X+ powered by quad-core processor NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37 which clocked at 1.7 GHz, 1 GHz of RAM, and internal memory capacity of 32 GB or 64 GB.

On the Back, there is an 8 megapixel autofocus camera capable of recording 1080p video and 1.6 megapixel front camera is capable of capturing video at 720p. HTC One X+ is also equipped with complete connectivity features, including Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC.

This device comes with dimensions of 134.36 x 69.9 x 8.9mm and weighs 135 grams and will use a battery capacity of 2100 mAh. As with other HTC smartphones, One X+ is also equipped with features Beats Audio.

HTC One X+ will run the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system out of the box. One interesting feature offered is the HTC Get Started, a web service that allows users to easily personalize and set its smartphones from the user’s computer.

HTC One X+ will begin to be launched in Europe and some countries in North Asia this month. Other regions, including Southeast Asia and North America will follow in November.

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LG Optimus Vu II officially announced, 5 inch phablet and dual core 1.5GHz CPU

LG has officially announced the Optimus Vu II, which is the successor of the LG’s flagship smartphone was announced earlier this year, The Optimus Vu.

LG Optimus Vu II features 5-inch screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the Optimus Vu II uses a dual-core Snapdragon MSM8960 S4-speed 1.5 GHz and 2 GB of RAM for good performance. Like its predecessor, this LG’s phablet it also comes with a stylus, NFC, 4G LTE connectivity, 8 megapixel camera, and runs on Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich out of the box. To supply power, the Optimus Vu II packs a battery capacity of 2150 mAh.

LG is also introducing a new accessories, this accessories is called “One Key”, which can be placed on a key chain. If you hit this accessory, then this will help you to find where you put the phone with loud beep sounds.

LG Optimus Vu II will be launched in South Korea. The device will be priced around $864. Unfortunately, there is no information on whether the LG Optimus Vu II will be available globally.

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Aakash 2, cheap tablet for the India market released next month

India will have a very cheap tablet soon. Tablet is Aakash 2. The tablet is priced at only $ 35. It is super cheap. Even, currently, Aakash 2 is provided free by the government of India for the students.

However, you do not expect much with the specs of this tablet, but it’s not bad. Aakash 2 is equipped with an ARM Cortex A8 processor, 512MB RAM, front camera and 4GB  of internal memory capacity. The screen is a capacitive touch screen and supports multitouch. Aakash 2 runs on Android Gingerbread.

Datawind which is the manufacturer of the tablet reveals that Aakash 2 has received many requests before it was launched. They claim to have produced more than 5.5 million units of the tablet. But it’s a small amount, because they target production rate of up to 220 million units.

Aakash 2 will be released on October 5th. Meanwhile, there is no information whether the Aakash 2 will also be launched outside India.

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Pantech Vega R3, 5.3 inch phablet with Quad Core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU

One more android phablet that will launch to the market soon, Pantech Vega R3. This phablet ready to compete with others phablet, like Samsung Galaxy Note II, and other powerful smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S III, LG Optimus G and the iPhone 5.

Pantech Vega R3 will come with a 5.3-inch screen, quad-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 GPU. The screen used is the Natural IPS Pro screen made by Sharp, of course no doubt the ability to provide full HD. To power the big screen and chipset, this phablet uses 2600 mAh battery. On the back, there is a 13MP camera and features “Best Face” functionality – the now familiar Scalado-like approach of taking multiple shots and combining the best facial expression for each person into a single photo.

On the connectivity side, Pantech Vega R3 comes with LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi a/b/g /n and Bluetooth 4.0. The device runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, but This will get the Jelly Bean update.

Pantech Vega R3 is now available in the South Korean market. Meanwhile, there is no information whether the Pantech Vega R3 will launch to the global market.

Google Nexus 5 rumored to be made by HTC with 5 inch display

Last year, Google along with Samsung launched The Galaxy Nexus with latest Android version at that time, Ice Cream Sandwich. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has been released a few months ago, if Google keep the ‘tradition’ to launch Nexus smartphone, we need to know its successor.

According to GSMArena that obtain the information from an anonymous source, said that the successor of the Galaxy Nexus is a HTC 5-inch ‘phablet’ device, known as the  Droid Incredible X or One X5.

According to the tipster anomim, Google Nexus 5 will run Android 4.1.2, this will bring some improvements, including bug fixes, Butter Project, lockscreen function, as well as other minor improvements.

Some hardware specs of the device are also revealed by the source, the Google Nexus 5 rumored will come with a 1080p resolution screen, Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset, 12 megapixel camera on the back and a 2 megapixel camera on the front.

Google Nexus 5 will also come in a super slim design and large capacity battery, 2500mAh. In addition, there is also an internal memory of 64GB and LTE connectivity.

Is the Google Nexus 5 will actually be made HTC? We are waiting for the next rumor.

Apple Maps Has Problems, Wozniak was disappointed

Apple Maps, new Apple Digital maps that known to have many problems. This makes co-founded Apple, Steven Wozniak proved the capability and the accuracy of the Apple Maps.

As reported by ZDNet, Woz who joined the queue at one of Apple store in Brisbane, Australia became a speaker at a seminar in Australia. He gives opinions and comments about the iPhone 5.

Woz claims to love the iPhone 5, but he was also a little disappointed with Apple Maps.

“I tried to navigate somewhere, and I couldn’t get to where I wanted to by voice,” he told ZDNet Australia. “So, I was a little disappointed, because I love navigation by voice with my Google [Android] phones, actually, since they always get it and are based on a better database.”

However, Woz consider the Apple Maps problems are not that severe and it can be covered with other navigation applications.

 ”I have been reading about the problems, and I don’t know if they are that severe,” he said.

“Sometimes, there are a lot of complaints about one little thing people spot, but it’s not that hard to deal with in life,” he said. “I don’t know yet about Maps — I’m a little worried about the navigation, but I’ve still got it covered with a bunch of other navigation apps.”

As you may know, Apple maps has many problems, Apple Maps assessed fairly poor performance and inaccurate, so this could confuse users. Some look at Apple maps also doesn’t show the actual condition. Many users of iPhone 5 and iOS 6 devices were disappointed, though Apple has confirmed that the problem will be fixed soon.

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