Samsung shows-off Game Pad for Galaxy Note 3

Playing games on a large portable screen is always desiring, and with the power of Android operating system and a smartphone like the South Korean's 2013 phablet flagship, the Galaxy Note 3, we must say the fun is building up.

So do the company decided to add a new improved unit to the Galaxy fleet's gaming capabilities, turning Android gaming and your new Galaxy Note 3 into a total gaming console, where the Korean manufacturer Samsung went officially introducing the Game Pad. A joystick that can be one touch paired with your phablet via Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth 4.0 support.

As said by the retailer, the Galaxy Note 3 can be safely and securely fitted in the retractable clip. The new low power consumption Samsung made Game Pad consists of two traditional looking analogs, shoulder button, D-Pad, four action tap buttons and full mobile control buttons. The console also features microUSB port for charging the battery.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Game Pad it to be available in United Kingdom from this Thursday, 19th of December at a price about 130 unites Sates Dollars online through UK based Clove retailer.

Source: Clove 1, 2

Micromax outs Canvas 2.2

The Indian consumer electronic company, Micromax unveils a new Android smartphone named Canvas 2.2 A114. 

It will come out of the box with a MediaTek MT6582M SoC Quad-Core 1.3GHz processor, 5-inches qHD screen with the resolution of 540 x 960 display, 4GB internal storage (expandable via microSD card slot), 1GB RAM, 8 megapixels primary camera and 2 megapixels front camera, 2,000mAh powered battery and runs Android version 4.2 Jelly Bean. This device will be up for grabs for about US Dollars 210.

Source: AndroidOS.in

Huawei announces two new Android devices, the Honor 3X phablet and Honor 3C smartphone

Huawei unveils their two new models of Androids to the Chinese based company's Honor fleet, one seemingly being a larger phablet and another a smartphone, but both with dual-SIM capabilities.

First up its the company's latest model of phablet as seen in the above picture, marking it's screen sizes wide with a 5.5-inches IPS screen of Full High Definition 720p resolution display, where the company claims going 1080p would drain about more 20 percent of it's battery life, an Octa-Core Cortex-A7 SoC with MediaTek MT6592 processor clocked 1.7GHz, 2 gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), 13 megapixels primary camera on the back with LED flash light and a 5 megapixels front facer. The Huawei Honor 3X will feature dual-3G SIM card slots, one with mini-SIM and another with micro-SIM, both working on WCDMA and TD-SCDMA, also the smartphone is powered with a 3,000mAh battery and boots Android.

The device sports dual-mic system for in-call noise cancellation, and supports DTS audio. And according to the price, the newly announced Huawei Honor 3X will up for sales for around 280 Unites Sates Dollars, we still have no availability info, just yet.

The Huawei Honor 3C is the model with coming out of the box with a Quad-Core Cortex-A7 chipset with a MediaTek MT6582 processor running at 1.3GHz, a five-inches LPTS screen with Full High Definition 720p resolution display, hitting in eight gigabytes of internal mass memory (expandable via microSD card slot), one and two gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM) selection, Sony's eight megapixels primary camera with LED flash light, the same five megapixels front facer from the 3X, dual-SIM card slots supporting WCDMA + GSM or TD-SCDMA + GSM, a 2,300mAh powered batery and features Google's Android version 4.2 Jelly Bean.

The handsets are to be available by tomorrow, from China's online retail JD.com and Huawei's own VMall.com, at a price around 130 USD for the one gigabyte variant and 160 USD for the two gigabytes model off-contract, respectively.

Source: Engadget

Samsung unveils Galaxy Core Advance

Samsung introduces another member to it's budget friendly line-up, the new Galaxy Core Advance. A successor to it's sibling models Galaxy Core and Core Plus. Moreover looking like the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active with South Korean's bringing back the physical buttons in use with there new mid-ranger Android powered smartphone.

The new Samsung Galaxy Core Advance will pack a Dual-Core processor running at 1.2GHz, 4.7-inches TFT screen of WVGA resolution display, eight gigabytes of internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), a gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), five megapixels primary camera with LED flash light and a VGA front facer, Bluetooth 4.0 and third generation (3G) connectivity on board, a 2,000mAh powered battery and packs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

Coming in Deep Blue and Pearl White color option, the Galaxy Core Advance will be measured at 133.3 x 70.5 x 9.7 millimeters in dimensions and weighs about 145 grams in total. This new unit will be up for sales by the early months of the coming year, 2014, we still have no words on it's pricing.

Source: Samsung

LG announces GX smartphone for the Koreans

The South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation LG is wrapping up the American weekend with one more large screen sized smartphone, an LTE refresher to the company's previous model Optimus G Pro. The Korean company goes official with LG GX in it's homeland.

Packing features from the Korean's flagship G2, the new LG GX will come out of the box with 'Knock On' screen lock and unlock facilities. The new smartphone will pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 5.5-inches IPS Full High Definition LCD screen of 1080p resolution display, 32 gigabytes of mass memory, two gigabytes of Random Access Memory, 13 megapixels main camera with LED flash light, LTE connectivity support with VoLTE features on board and a 3,140mAh powered battery.

The Black and White painted devices are measured at 150.6 x 76.1 x 9.2 millimeters in dimensions and 167 grams in weight. We still believe this to be a Korean exclusive as the device runs on LG U+ network, there is no news about it's availability or pricing yet.

Source: LG, Engadget

Lenovo releases S930 and S650

The Chinese multinational technology company, Lenovo has announced two new android devices named, S930 and S650. We have got it's details and the specifications of these devices.

The Lenovo S930 will come out of the box with a MediaTek 6852 SoC clocked at 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor, six-inches screen with 720p display with 245ppi, 8GB internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), 1GB RAM, 8 megapixels primary camera with a flah and 1.6 megapixels front camera and 3,000mAh powered battery.

The Lenovo S650 will come out of the box with a MediaTek 6852 SoC clocked at 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor, 4.7-inches qHD screen with 720p display with 245ppi, 8GB internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), 1GB RAM, 8 megapixels primary camera with a flash and 1.6 megapixels front camera and 2,000mAh powered battery. This device will be available in a Dual-Sim variant too.

Both these devices will available by the end of this month. The price of Lenovo S930 is $427 and the Lenovo S650 is $366.

Source: GSMArena

Sony launches new Dual USB Flash Drive for Androids

Sony's first new accessory for the new year is to be a dual USB Flash Drive, that can be both connected to a computer and and Android smartphone or tablet. From it's design, made out of durable metal body, that fits your personal computer needs with a 2.0 Universal Serial Bus (USB) port and well slips in to an Android smartphone or tablet with a microUSB port on the other side. The new flash drive also consists of a LED light indication and strap hole.

Sony's new portable flash memory drive supports USB On-The-Go (OTG) functionality out of the box, allowing it's users to connect it to any Android devices running version 4.0.3 Jelly Bean or above. 

Sony has also made available a compatible file manager application for their new device in the Google Play Store. Coming in 8, 16 and 32 gigabytes of memory and three color options from White, Black and Purple. The size of the gadget is comparatively small that is measured at 18.9 x 9 x 31.4 millimeters in dimensions and weighs only six grams.

The new Japanese made units are to be available globally by next month, January, at a price of $19.99, $29.99 and $62.99 respectively.

Source: Sony, GSMArena

ASUS announces Padfone mini 7-inches tablet and 4.3-inches phone

Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronic company, ASUS has announced new Padfone mini which has a 7-incher tablet with a 4.3-incher smartphone. It is a smaller variant of the Padfone Infinity.

It will come out of the box with a 1.4GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon MSM8226 processor, the tablet has resolution of 800 x 1280 and the phone's resolution is 540 x 960, 16 gigabytes internal storage (expandable via microSD card slot), 1GB RAM, the tablet has 2,200mAh powered battery and the phone's is 1,500mAh powered battery and it runs Android version 4.3 Jelly Bean.

This device will be available to Taiwanese, Russian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinese and Indonesian markets. They might bring this to US markets as well. The price of this device is $405.

Source: Engadget 

Nokia BH-121 Bluetooth Stereo Headset with NFC gets introduced

The Finnish smartphone manufacturer unveiled it's next generation headset for Nokia Lumia and Asha smartphones, earlier yesterday.

Keeping up the behavior, the company announced the Nokia BH-121 stereo headset with brighter color patterns, and if our are known to Nokia, these colors won't be strange either. Hitting in classy Cyan, Red, Blue, Yellow and Black, these new accessory from Nokia marks it's measurements about 39 x 39 x 12 millimeters in dimensions.

The unit consists of a centered Play button for playing music and answer calls, volume up and down rockers with track controls on each sides, Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC) for better connectivity and pairing, all combined with a 3.5 millimeters headphone jack and microUSB port at the bottom.

The Nokia BH-121 comes with the same color pair of noise blocking in-ear headphones, and supports advance Bluetooth features like, HFP/HSP and/or A2DP/AVRCP profiles as seen in smartphones like, Lumia 1520, 1320, 1020, 925, 625, 525, with Asha 503 and 501 handsets.

Nokia plans to start the sales by this month, and you will be able to grab one of these headsets for about 54 USD each.

Source: Nokia, Pocketnow

Samsung Taiwan announces Galaxy J

Yesterday we had doubts of it coming, and now the South Korean's have it's metal treatment finally approved for Taiwan today. The Japanese NTT DoCoMo exclusive smartphone of Samsung is all ready to pile up the store shelves of Taiwanese market.

The cloned LTE-Advanced model of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with the finish of metal design is to board abroad with a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC and Krait 400 Central Processing Unit (CPU) running at 2.3Ghz, Adreno 330 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), five-inches screen of Full High Definition 1080p resolution Super AMOLED display, 32 gigabytes of internal mass storage, 3 gigs of Random Access Memory (RAM), 13 megapixels primary camera with an LED flash light and Android's version 4.3 Jelly Bean with the company's own TouchWiz launcher on top.

For now the manufacturer have only made the White and Red color option available for the new country released, where it is expected to hit the markets in the coming weeks at a price of 741 USD off-contract or for about 270 USD on-contract with monthly payments of $45.

Source: Pocketnow

Samsung unveils Galaxy Win Pro

Samsung's latest add-on to the Galaxy fleet, another mid-ranger Android smartphone and successor to the Galaxy Win, the South Koreans announce Galaxy Win Pro.

The new budget friendly handset sports a Quad-Core 1.2GHz processor, 4.5-inches capacitive touchscreen of 540 x 960 resolution display marked at 245 pixels-per-inch, eight gigabytes of on board memory, 1.5 gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), five megapixels primary camera with LED flash light and a VGA front facer, Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G network connectivity support, 2,100mAh powered battery and runs Android's version 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. The new Korean smartphone measures about 132.7 x 66.5 x 9.7 millimeters in dimensions and weighs around 139 grams.

Samsung Galaxy Win Pro will be available in Blue and White color options, but unfortunately, we still have no details on the devices availability or pricing info yet.

Source: GSMArena

Quechua stamps in smartphone business, announces rugged Android smartphone

Quechua, established as a French sports brand, known for manufacturing apparels and equipment for hiking, trail running, adventure racing, climbing and mountaineering, is now entering the mobile business with their first rugged Android smartphone.

Quechua in partnership with another French consumer electronics company, Archos offers the brand new smartphone that is resistant from shocks, mud, water, sand, cold and snow, basically meaning more entertainment on your extreme sports trips. The new tough, durable and robust phone also packs a IP 54 class certification.

"This launch from an observation that we could do it ourselves with our customers, the supply of smartphones is indeed bloated, yet there is no device on the market truly suitable for the practice of hiking and the outdoors," said Christian Ollier, director of the Quechua brand.

The Quechua phone features a Quad-Core Qualcomm processor clocked at 1.2Ghz, a full five-inches screen that can be even read in bright sunlight, four gigabytes of Read Only Memory (ROM) (expandable via microSD card slot), a gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), a five megapixels primary camera, stays on 3G network lacking 4G connectivity, 3,500mAh powered battery that lats upto 22 hours on calls according to the sources and running Android version 4.1 Jelly Bean on top.

Unfortunately we have no news on the unit's availability yet, but the new built to last smartphone is priced at 313 United States Dollars.

Source: L'INFORMATICIEN

HTC adds three new members to the Desire line-up

HTC recently held a Press event in it's homeland, where the company went officially introducing three new members to it's mid-range budget friendly Desire Android line-up, the dual-SIM Desire 700 and Desire 601 with single-SIM based model Desire 501.

The HTC Desire 700 is the Taiwanese new handset falling in line with the company's 2013 flagship One's design with the stereo BoomSound speakers on the front. The device also features Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset running at 1.2GHz, a five-inches qHD screen of 960 x 540 resolution display, eight gigs of internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), a gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), eight megapixels primary camera with LED flash and 2.1 megapixels secondary camera packing BSI sensors on board capable of capturing 1080p videos, dual-SIM capabilities and HSPA support, with HTC's own BoomSound, BlinkFeed and Zoe, a 2,100mAh powered battery with Android and Sense User Interface as it's operating system. The whole unit is measured at 145.5 x 72 x 10.3 millimeters in dimensions and 149 grams in weight.

Next up is the Desire 601, probably the dual-SIM variant of the previously announced model, now sporting a Quad-Core processor running at 1.2Ghz, a 4.5-inches qHighDefinition screen, four gigabytes of on board storage (expandable via microSD card slot), a gigabyte of RAM, a five megapixels main camera with LED flash light capable of recording 1080p and slow motion videos and a VGA front facer, featuring the same dual-SIM with HSPA support, packing the BoomSound Audio dual front stereo speakers, HTC BlinkFeed and Zoe, powering on a 2,100mAh battery with Android HTC's own Sense UI as OS. The new handset scored it's measures at 134.5 x 66.7 x 9.88 millimeters and weighs about 130 grams in total.

Finally hitting the ground is the new HTC Desire 501, going moderate with a Dual-Core processor clocked at 1.15GHz, 4.3-inches screen WVGA resolution display, eight gigabytes of mass memory (expandable via microSD card slot), 1 gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), eight megapixels primary camera with LED flash light, 2.1 megapixels front facer with BSI sensors, Bluetooth 4.0, HSPDA and Near Field Communication (NFC) connectivity on board, all powered with a 2,100mAh battery and occupies Android with Sense UI as operating system. The Desire 501 is measured at 128.5 x 66.9 x 9.8 millimeters in dimensions and 130 grams in weight.

We still have no details on the newly announced unit's availability worldwide, but the pricing has been listed as follows, the Desire 700 will go for $470 and the Desire 601 for $370, while the single-SIM model Desire 501 will be marketed for $330 off contract.

Source: HTC, Android Community

Nokia goes official with budget priced Lumia 525

Nokia announces Lumia 525, a successor to it's one of the best ever sold budget friendly Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 520. The new 'Eye Candy' comes with an upgraded Random Access Memory (RAM) from the previous 512 megabytes to a complete gigabyte power, keeping up the traditional Lumia polycarbonate chassis.

The new Lumia member packs a Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset clocked at 1GHz, four-inches IPS LCD screen of WVGA 800 x 480 resolution display marked at 235 pixels-per-inch, eight gigabytes of mass memory (expandable via microSD card slot), 1 gigabyte of RAM, five megapixels primary camera gearing-up a 1/4-inch sensor capable of shooting 720p videos, Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, 1,430mAh powered battery and Windows Phone 8 with Lumia Black operating system. The handset is measured at 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 millimeters in size, 124 grams in weight and comes with Black, Red, White and Yellow. The Lumia 525 arrives with additional seven gigabytes of free cloud storage on SkyDrive.

We still have no specific details on the phone's availability or pricing yet from Nokia, but according to sources lines, we suspect the price to fall in line about $180 for an off-contract model and shipping detailed by next month, December.

Source: Nokia, Engadget

Gionee unveils it's 2013 flagship, Elife E7

Gionee has announced it's 2013 flagship, the Elife E7. Being a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, the company is claiming to have the best 16 megapixels cameraphone the world have ever witnessed, and packs a polished AMIGO 2.0 Android based operating system on board, as said by the sources.

The new smartphone comes out of the box with a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC and Krait 400 processor running at 2.2GHz, Adreno 330 GPU, where the 4G LTE variant of E7 will be the first to sport a 2.5GHz version of Krait 400 processor. A sharp 5.5-inch JDI Full High Definition screen of 1080 x 1920 resolution display marked at 401 pixels-per-inch in protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 16 gigabytes of internal storage space and 2 gigs of RAM, accordingly the E7L model will carry out 32 gigabytes internal memory with 3 gigs of LPDDR3 RAM.

The Elife E7 shoots with a 16 megapixels primary shooter and an eight megapixels front facer, as the primary lens is based on Largan M8 solution, both capable of capturing 1080p videos, Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity alongside 2,500mAh powered battery and Android based AMIGO 2.0 operating system providing more polished performance and user experience with pre-installed customized applications. The handset is measured at 150.6 x 75 x 9.5 millimeters in it's dimensions and 150 grams in weight. The E7 will be available in a wide variety of colors like White, Black, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Pink.

And as said before, if you hold an address in China, you may snag a Gionee Elife E7 by December 5 at price of 443 USD for the 16 gigabytes off-contract variant, while the 32 gigs model will cost you about 525 United States Dollars. The new device is also expected to show up outside the Chinese markets by the starting of next year, 2014.

Source: GiONEE, GSMArena

BLU announces Life Pro, the world's thinnest five-inch smartphone till date

A new smartphone is announced, take our words or not, but this handset is currently the world's thinnest one available in the five-inches line-up. The American based budget friendly smartphone manufacturer BLU have just went officially introducing their latest 'Size-0' smartphone crafted out of aluminium and dubbed as the Life Pro.

The BLU Life Pro sports a Quad-Core processor running at 1.5GHz and a PowerVR SGX554 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), five-inches High Definition IPS display type of BLU Infinite View Technology, scoring 720 x 1280 resolution display marked at 293 pixels-per-inch, 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 1 gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), 12 megapixels primary camera and five megapixels front facer both capable of recording 1080p videos, HSPA+ connectivity support, a 2,500mAh powered battery and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on board.

As said by the Americans, the new record setting smartphone is to be compared to a pencil, where the unit is measured at 147 x 72.1 x 6.98 millimeters in it's dimensions and 165 grams in weight. The new slim boy is to be shortly available through online retailers like Amazon for a price of $299 off-contract.

Source: BLU

HTC One hits the gold color option

We have seen this device first hitting in Silver, Black and lately in Blue and Red color options, where we also noted the company's Limited Edition MOBO One crafted out of real 18 carat gold. But it looks like this isn't just over for the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC, as today the company went officially unveiling the Gold color option for it's year's flagship.

The new smartphone with the golden fever sports the same Quad-Core Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 processor and a 1.7GHz Krait 300 Central Processing Unit (CPU), Adreno 320 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), 4.7-inches Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen of 1080 x 1920 resolution display marked at 469 pixels-per-inch in protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 2, 32 and 64 gigabytes of internal memory and two gigs of Random Access Memory (RAM), four megapixels 'Ultrapixels' main camera with LED flash light with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and 2.1 megapixels front facer, both capable of capturing 1080p High Definition videos, Bluetooth 4.0 and LTE support on board, a 2,300mAh powered battery and running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean on it's operating system. The handset measures about 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 millimeters in dimensions and weighs around 143 grams.

“Building on the all metal design of the HTC One, and the recent success of the HTC 18 carat gold MOBO phone, we are excited to have developed our own gold device, offering yet more choice to consumers”, said Philip Blair, President of HTC EMEA.

The new announcement from the Taiwanese add's another participant to the gold rush along with the South Korean's Gold Galaxy S4 and the American's Champagne Gold Apple iPhone 5S. And finally as said by HTC, the smartphone is to be available across Europe on a number of carrier partners.

Samsung brings up the new Galaxy Grand 2

We always appreciate company's working on and developing an improved successor to it's predecessor. Where the South Korean multinational electronics company, Samsung today went officially introducing it's next generation Galaxy Grand 2.

We get to see a slightly bigger phone this time with the Galaxy Note 3 like stitched artificial leather back battery door, sporting the same dual-SIM capabilities from it's first generation sibling.

The new Galaxy Grand 2 will come out of the box with a Quad-Core 1.2GHz processor, a 5.25-inches TFT High Definition screen of Liquid Crystal Display with the resolution marked at 720 x 1280, eight gigabytes of internal memory (expandable via microSD card slot), 1.5 gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), an eight megapixels primary camera with LED flash light and a 1.9 megapixels front facer, lacking LTE networks, powering HSPA+ with dual-SIM support, 2,600mAh powered battery and Android's 4.3 Jelly Bean on board. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is measured at 146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 millimeters in it's dimensions and 163 grams in weight and will hit in White, Black and Pink color options.

But unfortunately we still have no details on the new handset's availability or pricing, but it is presumed to be available globally very soon.

Source: Samsung, Engadget

WhatsApp finally makes it to Nokia Asha smartphones

WhatsApp is one of the most used and talked about messaging application available in a wide range of platforms, is now finally making it's way to Nokia Asha smartphones. We heard it coming last month from the CEO of the company that, they are in plans to refresh the Asha line-up with their app.

Today we hear that the Nokia Asha 501 is to hit an over-the-air update this week, making the popular app available for download on the Nokia Asha platform. The optimized application for Asha 501 will allow you to send and receive text, voice, image and video messages over 2G and WiFi networks, where WhatsApp notification can also be read via Fastlane homescreen on your Asha handsets.

As said this, WhatsApp messaging application will come pre-installed on the lately announced Nokia Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503.

Source: Nokia, GSMArena

ZTE goes official with Nubia Z5S and Nubia Z5S mini

The Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company, ZTE has announced two Android-powered smartphones named, Nubia Z5S and Nubia Z5S mini. 

Nubia Z5S is the company's latest flagship which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC clocked at 2.3GHz processor,16 or 32GB internal memory, 2GB RAM,13 megapixels primary camera, which can shoot 4K quality videos as well as slow motion videos at 120fps and 5 megapixels front camera, 2,300 powered battery and runs Android version 4.2 Jelly Bean.

The Nubia Z5S mini comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.7GHz,16 or 32GB internal memory, 2GB RAM,13 megapixels primary camera and 5 megapixels front camera, 2,300 powered battery and runs Android version 4.2 Jelly Bean.

The Nubia Z5S with 3G and 16GB storage costs $328 and the 32GB variant costs $567. Nubia Z5S mini's 16GB variant costs $246 and 32GB variant costs $348. 

Source: unwiredview.com