Huawei Unveils Three New Android Devices

Huawei launched its cloud services in India with the launch of its MediaPad tablet and two other smartphones, all three devices are with Android operating system.

MediaPad is a 7 inch tablet with Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system powered by a 1.2 Ghz dual core Qualcomm processor. The tablet measures just 10.5 millimeters and weighs 390 grams.

It has a WXGA display with 1280x800 pixels of resolution, made of an IPS (In-plane switching) screen which is said to be better than TFT screen. The tablet has a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 5 megapixel auto-focus rare camera with the capacity to record HD videos.

It has a 4100 mAh battery as well that is expected to provide a decent performance. It also has HDMI output, HSPA, WiFi, GPS, and AGPS. Huawei's MediaPad is priced at Rs 28,359.

Along with the MediaPad tablet Huawei also launched two new android smartphone, Huawei Sonic and Huawei Ideos X3. These two smartphone are priced at 9,210 and 10,229 respectively.

Samsung Wave 3 Coming to India

It is expected that the Samsung Wave 3 Smartphone will hit the Indian markets by mid or the end of week two in the month of December. Samsung Wave 3 is priced at 19,600.

The new Samsung Wave 3 features a 4 inch Super Amoled display with 480 x 800 pixel resolution. It will run on a 1.4 GHz processor and have an improved TouchWiz user interface that would ensure a better user experience. Along with that for shutter bugs, the Wave 3 carries a 5 MP camera at the back with LED flash, capable of recording 720p HD videos.

The handset will come with latest Bada 2.0 operating system which is considerably faster than previous Bada devices. Bada 2.0 will also support HTML5 and improved Flash functions, thus offering enhanced usability and web experience. It will feature a wide variety of new capabilities that includes multi-tasking, WiFi Direct (which allows Wi-Fi devices to share content without the need for wireless access points such as routers), Near Field Communication (NFC), and voice recognition.

France will be the first country to get this Smartphone following closely with delivery of the Smartphone in countries like Germany, Italy and Russia.

G'Five Launches Triple SIM Mobile with Analog TV

G'Five has launched two new models, touch and type G303, and G616. The G'Five G303 is a touch and type phone with a unique form factor. Available in three colours (red, black and coffee) for Rs 3,900, it is targeted at the youth.

The all new G'Five G303 is a dual-SIM dual standby phone with features such as a 7.1 cm (2.8 inch) resistive touchscreen, dual speakers, dual camera (1.3 megapixel camera with flash at the rear and a digital camera in front), an 850 mAh battery, short range wireless connectivity with A2DP, LED torch, expandable memory up to 8 GB and analog TV. It comes with an attractive carry case which houses an additional detachable 700 mAh battery.

On the other hand, G'Five G616 is a QWERTY business phone. Available in two classy colours (black and white) for about Rs 3,000 only. G616 has triple-SIM, triple standby capability. It also features a 6.5 cm (2.6 inch) IPS display that is touch sensitive, a digital camera, wireless FM, music and video player, expandable memory up to 32 GB, short range wireless connectivity with A2DP, LED torch, 900 mAh battery and analog TV. The G'Five G616 comes bundled with a 2 GB memory card free.

10 Best Smartphones to Gift

Nowadays, the needs and necessity are more and more, and providentially the technologies have contracted the entire desired fulfillment in small gadgets. The latest of them is a renovation in Mobile Phones, i.e. a Smartphone, a full compact mobile device which not only allows phone calls but also works as an organizer, an e-mail device, and many more. In short it works as a PDA. Getting this as a gift is perfect choice to make. Here are some of the latest and best smartphones available.

1. iPhone 4S:

Last week, Apple announced the launch of iPhone 4S, which became quite popular before launching itself. This iPhone 4S, has various high end Features like an dual core A5 chip processor, a Siri voice assistant, iOS 5, video recording in 1080p HD, iCloud, retina display, Facetime i.e. video calling from iPhone to iPhone, iPad2, iPad Touch, Mac –Over Wi-Fi, and Airplay, Airprint, with 8megapixel camera, which could be the best camera ever made available on any iPhone. It has a 3.5inch 960 x 640 multi-touch screen.

This iPhone 4S is available in India at an inflated price of 44,500; 50,900 and 55,000 for 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB respectively. It is expected that in India, the price retail price will be hiked with premium charges upon it. Hence it’s recommended to grab it directly from Hongkong or Singapore.

2. Samsung Galaxy Nexus:

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the world's first phone to run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with a plethora of top end tech, including a huge but still massively high resolution screen. Ice Cream Sandwich fuses together last year's Gingerbread OS for phones and Honeycomb for tablets and gives us a whole new, futuristic Android device to get to grips with.

It has AMOLED HD screen, Dual-Core 1.2 GHz processor, HSDPA, 5MP camera and NFC support, to name a few. The Nexus itself is fairly big, with the dimensions of 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9mm. It has a front facing camera and the brightness sensor plus a cheeky little beneath the screen which is not recognizable until it flashes for a e-mail reminder.

3. Samsung Galaxy S II:

This Samsung Galaxy S II, comes with 1.2 GHz processor (powering Android 2.3 Gingerbread), trimmed chassis and feather-light innards, with Dual Core Application Processor offers unsurpassed functionality, like faster browsing, quicker multi-tasking, quicker multi-tasking, smoother UI, snappier Streaming, highly efficient gaming and encoding/decoding ability that supports video play and recording.

It has 4.3 inches display screen powered by Super AMOLED plus technology to enhance readability. This smartphone sports an 8 MP auto-focus primary camera and a 2 MP front-facing secondary camera with a built-in LED flash that captures crisp and detailed pictures in low. It has a price tag of 29,900.

4. HTC Rezound:

The HTC Rezound fits nicely in the hand, but it does have a rather thick build. It has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, support for Verizon's 4G/LTE network, and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS with the HTC Sense 3.5 interface and it is the first U.S.-bound smartphone with integrated Beats Audio technology.

It’s a 4.3” dual-core smartphone packing an impressive 1280 X 720p Resolution. With 720p display, Android 2.3 Gingerbird and Beats Audio this looks to be an impressive handset. This phone provides a 5 to 12 Mbps and 2 to 5 Mbps download and upload speed. Its available in the market with around 40,000 price.

5. Motorola Droid Razr:

It has an attractive, slim, and lighteweight design and is also water and scratch resistant, with 4.3inch super AMOLED advanced display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Verizon’s 4G/LTE speeds, Plenty of Multimedia features, Corporate and Government grade security, webtop facility. It also has a quite good battery life.

6. Motorola Droid Bionic:

The Motorola Droid Bionic has a nice slim and sleek design, with a 4.3 inch qHD display and the double whammy of a dual-core processor and Verizon 4G LTE support. It was released on January 2011. It has a size of 127.5 x 66.9 x 11 mm. It has a 16 GB storage, 1GB RAM, 2GB ROM.

On the rear we have 8MP camera lens capable of 1080p video capture with dual LED flash, a noise cancellation pinhole, and the speaker grill. Like all previous Motorola phones the back has a nice soft touch matte black design that feels good, and is scratch resistant.

7. Samsung Focus S

It is a slate smartphone which runs Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system. Focus S is very similar to the new Galaxy S II Android Phones, but runs the latest version of Windows phone, version 7.5 Mango.

It has a super AMOLED plus 4.3 inch display panel which is there in some of the Galaxy S II. It has a screen of 800 x 480 resolutions, 1.4 GHz, single-core Snapdragon and 512MB of Ram found in the focus Flash. It has a 8 mega pixel camera with LED lighting.

8. HTC Sensation:

After Sensation XE, HTC has now launched the HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio integration in India. The phone features a 4.7-inch screen with 480 x 800 resolution. It has an 8 megapixel camera with f/2.2 lens and dual LED flash. The phone is powered by a 1.5 GHz processor. Running Android with HTC Sense, the phone has 768MB RAM and storage space of 16GB.

This phone has HTC Watch and TV Shows at your fingertips. HTC Watch puts an entire library of the latest premium movies. It has an 8 megapixel camera at the rear, along with dual LED Flash. It has a price of 38,799.

9. Motorola Atrix 2:

Among first honeycomb tablets, the influx of LTE and the introduction of a boatload of smartphones; Motorola Atrix 4G is a groundbreaking device. It is called as the best smartphone at CES 2011 because of its powerful Tegra 2 SoC. It is innovative webtop operating system with an accompanying lapdock.

10. Motorola Photon:

Motorola Android 4G is the latest android phone with 4.3 inch qHD display for watching videos more clear and crisp. It is even carried by a 1 GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of Ram, and 16 Gb internal Storage all bundled with Gingerbread.

Front camera works on standard VGA and rear camera has 8 megapixels with dual LED flash and capable of recording 720p video. It also has added a better version of Blur; an application that brings in together updates and feeds from various social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Foursquare.

Hence this season getting someone a smartphone as a gift is a smart move.

Intel's Medfield Chip for Smartphone & Tablet

Intel shows off its foremost Smartphones and Tablets based on Medfield processor. Intel is planning to represent its new mobile System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Medfield in Consumer Electronics Show in January 2012.

The upcoming Smartphone and Tablet will run on Google’s latest Android OS. Medfield is one of the latest mobile chips revealed by Intel .Currently, maximum phones and tablets have ARM designs but with the demonstration of Medfield, Intel is hoping to replace ARM with Medfield. The reason behind it is, till now ARM has dominated the mobile chips market and now Medfield has come up with a major technological step which would consume less power.

The size of the sample Smartphone is similar to the iPhone 4 but comparatively lighter. The performance of the phone is good and is balancing the market with the latest Android and iPhone device. The Smartphone could play Blu-ray quality video and the web browsing is faster and smooth. As per Smith, the Vice President of Intel's architecture group, Intel has generated this Medfield Chip to speed up Android apps and Web browsing, reveals in Technology Review Magazine.

Intel’s reference Tablet like the Smartphone would also run on the latest Android version with Medfield chip. The display screen of the Tablet is little larger than the iPad 2 but has same width and weight.

With the entry of Apple in the Smartphone market, Intel concentrated only on Netbooks and mobile Internet devices larger than Smartphones which never became popular. The reentry of Intel into the Smartphone and Tablet market with the new Medfield chip seems promising. The price and the performance are yet to notice with the introduction of the devices into the market.

Acer to Launch 15 inch Ultrabook at Cheaper Price

After the satisfactory sales on 11 and 13 inch ultrabook models, Acer is now planning to step into the large screen market by launching 15 inch ultrabook.

The 15 inch ultrabook is being produced by Pegatron Technologies, a Taiwan based design and manufacturing company, reports DigiTimes. It also says that the 15 inch ultrabook will be available in the market at a cheaper price of $699 whereas many other ultrabooks have a higher price closer to $1000.

Previously Acer has launched the 13 inch ultrabook Aspire S3 at 49.000 ($899) and the interesting part is Acer’s upcoming new 15 inch ultrabook will be available just at $699 (price not available in India) which is cheaper than Aspire S3.

Acer has not mentioned the specification of its new ultrabook. However it might not run into Intel’s design specifications in support of power and thickness, says tech experts and the existing Acer’s ultrabook models are expected to sale 2.5 lakh to 3 lakh units by the end of this month.

Acer is expected to launch its new ultrabook in 2012. Therefore Apple is also in a race, working on its 15 inch MacBook Air version which will be launched in the first half of 2012.

Price! A Concern for Windows 8 Tablet

With the official release of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 Developer Preview Edition (DPE), a perfect platform for touch screen devices and suitable for the tablets. Many tablets lovers are wondered what would be the price of Windows 8 tablets which has made a buzz in the tablet market from last few months. While there are no tablets launched yet with Windows 8 platform. Many computer manufacturers like Dell, HP, Acer, Sony Lenovo and Asus are working on new Windows 8 tablet but none of them have mentioned the price.

During the official release of Windows 8 DPE, Microsoft showcased the Samsung Windows 8 Tablet. Now Samsung is talking about the plans of launching Windows 8 tablet in the second half of 2012 and it will be the first to launch Windows 8 based tablets. Samsung has also announced the configuration of its new Windows 8 tablet. It has 11.6 inch touch screen with 1.366 x 768 screen resolution, Intel Core i5-2467M 1.6 GHz dual-core processor and 4 GB of RAM. For connectivity it has 3G, WiFi, Ethernet and micro HDMI connector. By seeing all the configuration tech experts has assumed the price would be around $900.

Apple and Android are leaders of the tablet market right now. Apple’s iPad starts its pricing at 29,000 ($299) for the cheapest model and Android tablets that comes with different manufacturer stats its basic model price at 10,000 ($99). Another entry in the tablet world which made a tough competition with the Apple and Android tablets is the Amazon’s Kindle Fire which is for around 13.999 ($199).

There is a lot of talk in the tech world that Windows 8 tablet will be expensive and can be at a price range of $750 to $1500. But comparing the prices of other leading tablets in the market, Microsoft has to come down a lot on the price to compete with Apple and Android based tablets.