Archive for the ‘Smartphones & Tablets’ Category

Digitimes: Tablet Sales Take a Dive

February 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems the rush for tablets is cooling down a little as tablet sales are expected to drop a massive 30% in the first quarter of 2012. Digitimes calculated the dip in sales based on the number of deliveries from vendors in Taiwan.

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ALDI To Sell Its Own Smartphones

February 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

When I think of Germany, ALDI and LIDL are the first things that come to mind (after beer that is). Those supermarkets have become so successful all over Europe, they are able to sell goods under their own brand. Even smartphones so it seems…

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LG Set to Release Optimus 3D Successor

February 14th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Looking at the sales results, I am not entirely sure if ‘successor’ is the right term for it, but LG is set to release yet another devices with native 3D support via an autostereoscopic screen (ala Nintendo’s 3DS).

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LG Preparing for NFC Launch on Windows Phone

February 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Not only Nokia is going big on NFC. As it seems, LG has also started preparations for their next generation of Windows Phone 8 devices that will be offering full support for NFC hardware.

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HTC to Push Android 4.0 Onto Sensation Devices

February 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, HTC announced it will be pushing the new Android 4.0 onto its entire line of Sensation devices (HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XE and HTC Sensation XL). On top of that, the company will be launching a fourth Sensation device in March. It will be the Sansation Ice White.

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iPad 3 to run on an A6 CPU

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | 2 Comments »

BGR has got its hands on a photo showing iBoot running on a prototype of an iPad 3. The feedback that iBoot is providing is pretty interesting. It displays that the iPad 3 is (as expected) running on Apple’s new A6 CPU. The new CPU should be a quad-core model giving Apple the power to improve the screen (probably go retina) and combat Asus’ newest Transformer.

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iPhone 4S Set for China Launch in Feb

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

China Telecom is set to be launching the new iPhone 4S from Apple later this month. The operator will be launching the CDMA version of the device which is exciting news for Apple fans in China. China Telcom is the third operator to carry the CDMA version of the iPhone 4s on it’s network.

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Cheap Dual-Core CPU’s from Qualcomm

December 12th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Qualcomm has introduced two new CPU’s for the production of cheap smartphones. The MSM8225 and MSM8625 both run on 1Ghz processors but have an Adreno 203-GPU which is less powerfull compared to the Adreno 205-GPU that is found in smartphones like the new Nokia Lumia 800 and the HTC Desire HD.

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Nokia Intro’s the new Lumia 710

December 12th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following the successful release of the Lumia 800, Nokia has started to release the Lumia 710 in the APAC region. The Lumia 710 is the budget Windows Phone 7.5 device from the Finish company and will be hitting EMEA markets early 2012.

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Samsung Sold 5 Mln Galaxy S II Devices

July 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | 2 Comments »

It took them 85 days, but Samsung now confirms it has managed to sell 5 million Galaxy S II devices. That news comes only 30 days after hitting 3 million sales.