Friday, September 30, 2011

HTC announces the HTC with Android Explorer 2.3.5

HTC has officially announced the new HTC Explorer 2.3.5 smartphone based on Android 3.5 and Sense Gingerbread interface with 600MHz processor and 3.2-inch display with a resolution HVGA. The Explorer is a HTC device economically, particularly suitable for young audiences and emerging markets.

Among the other features of this smartphone there is a small 3-megapixel camera, support for 3G networks, WiFi, Bluetooth, assisted GPS, expandable 483MB of ROM, 512MB RAM, 1230mAh battery.

The 'HTC Explorer integrates some very useful applications and widgets including Data Monitor allows you to monitor data traffic, voice and SMS.

HTC Explorer will be available from October first in blue or black. Then come other colors. There is no information on the selling price to the public.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Samsung and Microsoft expand their partnership agreement

Microsoft has announced that it has signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics, which provides free access to cross-license their respective patents. Under the agreement, in addition, Microsoft will receive from Samsung "royalties" for the sale of each phone or tablet-based Android platform. The two companies also agreed to collaborate on the development and marketing of Windows Phone.

"Microsoft and Samsung sees big growth opportunities for Windows Phone and we are investing to achieve this goal," said Andy Lees, president of the Windows Division at Microsoft Phone. "Microsoft believes in a business model in which all our partners can grow and profit through our platform."

"Through our cross-licensing their patent portfolios, Samsung and Microsoft can continue to offer the latest innovations in mobile industry," said Dr.Won-Pyo Hong, executive vice president of global product strategy of mobile Samsung. "After a long partnership we are pleased to open a new chapter with the launch of the new Windows Phone" Mango "planned for this fall."

Amazon introduced the new tablet

The tablet market is enriched with a new product is now the turn of Amazon, which, as rumored in recent times, has presented three different models whose characteristic is to be quite aggressive in terms of the sale price.
The flagship model, called Kindle Fire, it will be offered at $ 199. It will be supported by a 7 "display, a dual core processor and operating system Google Android.
 The "strength" of the product is paradoxically not to be equipped with the telephone and 3G connection, but only of WiFi. Amazon intends to enter the market not so much taking advantage of the strengths of the competitors (see Apple ) as your own, or what is due to the e-commerce and e-books.
Those who buy the Kindle Fire will also receive a 30-day trial to try the service for free Amazon Prime, by which to better manage their purchases and faster on the portal of Seattle.
Tablets will also be integrated into Amazon MP3, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon AppStore and, of course, Amazon Kindle for reading books.
Fire Along the Kindle were presented with two cheaper models, called Kindle Touch (new version of the popular eReader on sale at $ 99) and Kindle Touch 3G (149 dollars).
The three models are available for now only in the U.S. starting today.

“Nokia Store” preview available on the Nokia Beta Labs

The Nokia Beta Labs has made ​​available a version of "preview" of the new Nokia store, which will replace the current one on smartphones based on Symbian OS and Symbian Anna ^ 3.


Nokia Store supports almost all features of the Official Store of the client (Web Runtime) and offers easier navigation, better display the product details and a greater responsiveness and speed.




The Nokia Store is available for Nokia QML-01 C6, C7-00, Astound C7, E7-00, N8-00, X7-00.

Tizen is the future of Meego

Meego the operating system of the Nokia N9 , will no longer be developed. The LiMo Foundation and the Linux Foundation, with support from various manufacturers, including Fujitsu, Panasonic, NEC, Motorola, ARM and others have announced plans Tizen for construction of a new operating system.

Tizen will be used on different categories of devices, including smartphones, tablets, Smart TV, netbooks and infotainment devices. The development will be completely open and driven by a technical management team consists of Intel and Samsung.
The APIs are based on Tizen HTML5 and other web standards and it is expected that most of the development of applications for Tizen will be based on these emerging standards.
The first version of its SDK and Tizen arrive in the first quarter of 2012.


Google Maps for Android comes to version 5.10.1

Small update to the Google Maps application for devices based on Android. Version 5.10.1, besides the usual "bug fixes", provides, in beta, a more accurate view of public transport (Transit Navigation).

Recall that the Transit Navigation Service is active in Brescia, Como, Genoa, La Spezia, Modena, Naploli, Reggio Emilia, Turin, Tuscany Regional Transportation, Trentino and Vicenza.

Google Maps for Android is available on the ' Android Market .

Mozilla Releases Firefox 7 for Android

Mozilla announced the official release of new version of Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux and Android. Firefox 7 significantly reduces the memory usage to make navigation faster and offers new tools to help developers in creating amazing web experiences across multiple platforms to be able to enjoy without interruptions. Among the new features of Firefox are the "Paste & Copy", press "Exit" to exit quickly from the browser, improved rendering of devices based on Tegra chip set, memory management more efficient and faster navigation through the automatic detection language settings of the device and the ability to copy any text from the web and paste it into emails or text messages.

To help improve future versions of Firefox, users can participate in Telemetry, a tool developed on the principles of privacy of Mozilla that enables you to provide anonymous data on the performance of the browser in a private and secure.

FareFinder Star Alliance for Android

FareFinder The application recently launched by Star Alliance is now available for phones running Android. With FareFinder can see the rates for one-way tickets or round trip flights between any two airports within the network operated by the 27 Star Alliance carriers. The application allows additional search criteria such as number of passengers, time of departure and arrival, the class of service, the number of ports, airports transfer and sales.The application also displays the availability so that customers can select the airline on which to travel and want to book a ticket through the airline's call center or directly from the chosen site.
FareFinder The application is in English and is downloadable for free on the Android Market.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The new iPhone will be announced on October 4 or 5

As expected , Apple has officially announced on October 4 or 5 for the keynote presentation of the new fifth-generation iPhone. "Let's talk about iPhone," reads the presentation of the call to be held at the Town Hall Auditorium on the campus of Apple in Cupertino from 10:00 

On stage there will be the new CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, who will have the tough task of replacing Steve Jobs in this role. However, one would hope to see even a small appearance of Jobs, perhaps with his classic "one more thing ...".
There are many rumors that have so far followed each other on the 'fifth generation iPhone.

Microsoft begins the release of Windows 7.5 Phone Mango

Microsoft has officially launched the release of Windows 7.5 Phone Mango. In the next few hours will start to get users to the notification of the availability of the upgrade. Details on the "roll out" in the various countries is shown on the site "Where's my phone update?" Microsoft.

Upon receipt of the notification you need to connect your smartphone to your computer and run the update via Windows PC or Zune Phone Connector for Mac 7 The complete cycle, which includes a backup system, runs in about an hour.