Category: Gadgets

Its now the official announcement from the Samsung that the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab is going to get the Gingerbread update in the mid-May. It announced that starting with the models in the UK and Nordic countries from the middle of this month. The rest of them will be following the suit. For more details read the press release.

For: Good build quality, crisp displayAgainst: Below average camera, sluggish UI, heating issues, low battery lifeThe Liquid Metal is the latest smartphone offering from Acer, and while many smartphones are content with sticking to Android 2.1, this phone runs on Android 2.2 out of the box. The phone is powered by an 800 MHz Snapdragon ARM processor and incorporates the Qualcomm Adreno 205 as its GPU. A large 3.6 inch capacitive multi-touch display sporting a resolution of 480×800 delivers crisp quality videos and photos. A 5 mega-pixel camera with an LED flash can record videos at 30 fps and an HD resolution of 720p. The handset also features Wi-Fi N networking. Dolby Mobile Sound enhancement. Acer;s own custom UI (Breeze 4.0), and a 1500 mAh battery with estimate4d talk time of 11 hours.

The dual-booting Fujitsu LOOX F-07C smartphone goes official, the preliminary spec sheet is released. It got 7.69 ounce landscape slider, handles both Windows 7 (Home Premium, 32bit Japanese Edition) and Symbian. It got 4-inch LCD with 1024*600 resolution, 1.2GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1GB of LPDDR4 RAM, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 32GB of eMMC disk space, expandable memory through micro SDHC, HDMI out, USB adapter, 5MP camera with autofocus and face detection coupled with VGA front facing camera. In this the mobile phone mode got the 600 hours standby time and 370 minutes of 3G talk. In Windows 7 mode you can work for two hours then you are forced to get into mobile phone mode. The retail price of the device will be70,000($860). Dont forget to check out the video and spec sheet.

The Windows Phone Dev Podcast made some screenshots of Windows Phone 7 last week that revealed some new features of the mobile OS. The Mango update includes support for Facebook chat and Office 365 and some revamped games hub that suggests even more Xbox Live integration option. The Lock screen is apparently shows the album art, if there is a song currently playing, it seems there will be some new group messaging options. These messages are unconfirmed by Microsoft, but you can judge from the screen shots.

Microsofts still born Courier, a dual-screen device. It made its appearance in this weeks CHI conference in Vancouver, seeing how Microsoft Research apparently played a role in its development. But this gadget presented by the University of Marylands Nicholas Chen, is clearly awesome looking one at that. The reader actually has one screen; it can connect wirelessly with other units, letting the users do things like send links between devices. It can clip automatically to another unit. Then you can see another page of the same document. Dont forget to look at the video.

Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone didnt have many issues, Android Community reports there is firmware update that fixes the auto-brightness setting. The i9100XWKE2 revision also apparently increases the responsiveness of Swype Software keyboard is always a plus. This update sounds like a desirable one.

The tiny 2.6-inch Veer with webOS and the Samsung Infuse 4G with giant 4.5-inch Android both available for sale. They two have one important thing in common; they both are made for AT&T. The HPs Veer 4G costs $99.99 and Samsungs Infuse 4G costs $199.99. The Veer 4G is now available on Best Buy right now. Click on the source link for your orders.

ViewSonic finally got its Android tablet out of Froyo doldrums and it is first in the market with a Honeycomb slate of 7-inch variety. According to Pocket lint, the company will debuts the ViewPad 7x features Tegra 2 processor, Wi-Fi, HSPA+, HDMI port, DLNA support, weighs 0.84 pounds. There is no word on the pricing yet and it will hit the market on June.

The NECs VersaPro VK15V/TM-C looks like a slate it is, but packs like a netbook like specs. It runs on Windows 7 Professional. It features 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z760 processor, 2GB RAM, HDMI-out, SDHC slot, it comes with 10.1-inch, 1280*800 display, 64GB SSD. No words of pricing and battery life of the tablet, but it expected to go on sale this summer in Japan.

Kajimoto Lab in Japan brought this one with maximum sensation. You only have to exert gentlest of pressures on this prototype touch pad and it zaps your fingertip with little electrical signals, feeling of sliding your finger over surface. If you dont mind stretching your finger to your old style mouse or track pad, then check out the video.

Google said that the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be getting Android 3.1 update in next couple of weeks, now its time for Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi only model got the update. In Motorola Xoom official forum, it seems like few individuals have already received their update on their Wi-Fi only Xoom. 3G Xoom Users also have another option besides waiting for the OTA update, they can install it manually as explained in Android Total, Click on the source links to update your Android 3.1 manually and dont forget to check the press release