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Samsung Debuts Its First Android 4.0 Tablet, the Galaxy Tab 2

Samsung today announced its first tablet running on Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’. Dubbed as Galaxy Tab 2, the tablet seems to be a successor to the original Galaxy Tab with features like 7” WSVGA TFT screen with a resolution of 1024*600, Android 4.0 with TouchWiz skin on top of it, 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, [...]

WordPress for Android Adds Support for Kindle Fire and Nook Color

WordPress has updated its Android app, bringing along support to Kindle Fire and Nook Color/Tablet. The new update (v2.0.5) brings in the new Dashboard UI introduced in WordPress for Android 2.0 along with improvements to the post editor and geotagging features and the regular bug fixes to these apps. WordPress team stated that they have tried to make [...]

HTC Delays Android 4.0 Upgrades. Roll Out To Sensation Models By March-End

Last November, HTC had announced that it will be rolling out Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ to a range of smartphones including HTC Rezound, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G, HTC Amaze 4G and HTC Sensation family. However, according to the latest update on its Facebook page, Android 4.0 will be initially rolled out to HTC Sensation, [...]

Foursquare for iPhone, Android Brings New Explore Feature and Many Other Nifty Features

Foursquare has released updates to its iPhone and Android apps, bringing along a newer version of its Explore tab to these mobile apps. The revamped explore tab now features smarter searching capabilities which shows results based on the time of day, places where your friends have been, lists you follow and company recommendations along with a quicker [...]

Facebook Has 425 Million Mobile Users; 46 Million Indian users

  Facebook filed for IPO today and as part of its initial filling, the social networking giant revealed some interesting numbers about its current user base, revenues, and profits and also some worries plaguing it. The company has 425 million monthly active users (MAUs) who have accessed Facebook’s service on a mobile device, which constitutes [...]

Nokia Has Shipped More Than 1.5 Billion Series 40 Phones

Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia might be showing signs of recovery in the smartphone segment, but it is way ahead of its competitors in the low-cost feature phones segment. Nokia today announced that it has shipped its 1.5 billionth Series 40 (S40) phone, a Nokia 303, in Sau Palo, Brazil. The company also claimed that it is currently selling about [...]

TaazzaGo Relaunches as Localbeat. Debuts An iPhone App; What Next?

TaazzaGo the Bangalore-based hyperlocal startup which offered information on news, deals, and events around you, has rebranded itself as Localbeat and launched its iOS version. This app will offer local and city news, aggregated deals and discounts, movie and event information along with citizen reporting and yellow page services, much similar to its Android version. The company currently [...]

Apple Q1 2012: 37 Million iPhones; 15.4 Million iPads and $13bn Profit

Apple has announced its Q1 2012 results with a quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion and quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion, making it the biggest quarter ever in the company’s history. According to the report, Apple has sold 37.04 million iPhones and 15.43 million iPads in the quarter, recording a growth of 128 percent and 111 percent [...]

Hands On With Lenovo’s IdeaTab S2 Android Tablet

Lenovo* unveiled its new 10-inch Android tablet called the IdeaTab S2 at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. Running on Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream’ with Lenovo’s custom tile interface on top of it, the tablet is just over 1/3-inch thick (6mm) thick, weighs 580g and offers a 10.1″ capacitive display with a resolution of 1280*800, 1.5GHz [...]

Nokia Lumia 900 Finally Makes Its Debut. Has 4.3″ AMOLED Display and LTE Support

After speculations and leaks over the past couple of weeks, Nokia finally unveiled Nokia Lumia 900 at CES 2012 in Las Vegas today. Dubbed as the company’s first LTE-based Windows phone, Nokia Lumia 900 runs on Windows Phone 7.5 ‘Mango’ and features a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor, 512MB RAM, 4.3″ AMOLED ClearBlack display with a resolution of [...]