Archive for the ‘Operating Systems’ Category
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
This US$1.99 app is for fans of Lionel Messi. All funds collected with the application will be used to support charity projects embraced by the Leo Messi Foundation.
BlackBerry smartphone app "Training with Messi", US$1.99 from App World.
This is the official game of Leo Messi and is available for download from BlackBerry App World.
It is released by Fundacion Leo Messi and can be played on BlackBerry smartphones.
Train with Leo Messi, complete rewarding achievements and share everything with friends through Facebook and Twitter.
The best ranked player will get a chance to visit and meet Leo Messi face to face during an event organised by the Leo Messi Foundation.
Tags:Apps, BlackBerry, Messi, RIM, smartphone
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
Update version 2.1 of the free Twitter app by Research In Motion (RIM) is now available in BlackBerry App World, incorporating multi-account support and sharing via BBM.
Update v2.1 of Twitter app for BlackBerry smartphones features multi-user support.
The Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones v2.1 app is available for users running BlackBerry OS v5.0 and up.
Multi-account support integration with Social Feeds is available for users running BlackBerry 6 OS and up.
The updates include:
Easily share Tweets with BBM Contacts and Groups
Multi-Account Support – Have up to five accounts on your Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones app. Switch between accounts and cross-post Tweets and Retweets from one account to another without switching the current account view.
Enhanced “Share with BBM” functionality – Easily share Tweets with BBM Contacts and Groups.
View multiple Twitter accounts in a single timeline – View a stream of Tweets from up to five Twitter accounts in the Social Feeds timeline, or opt to filter individual Twitter accounts.
Post a Tweet to multiple Twitter Accounts – Publish a Tweet to one or more Twitter accounts simultaneously using Social Feeds.
Tags:Apps, BlackBerry, RIM, smartphone, Twitter
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
The Prada Phone by LG 3.0 will be available for pre-order (prices TBD) in January 2012. Those who purchase the phone through the pre-order will receive a Prada-branded accessory with their phone.
Prada Phone by LG 3.0
Styled with Prada’s clean and sharp design philosophy, the handset features a full glossy touchscreen to the front and Prada’s signature Saffiano pattern at the rear, all finished in classic black.
Slim and sleek at only 8.5mm
An exclusive Grey and Black themed user-interface has been created in collaboration with Prada.
Using LG’s signature Floating Mass Technology, the phone will be extremely thin at only 8.5mm.
The phone will come with LG’s NOVA high brightness display, one of the biggest and brightest screen at 4.3inch and capable of displaying at 800-nit.
The Prada Phone by LG 3.0 will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread with 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available via and update.
Dual-band WIFI will enable high-speed mobile surfing.
Here are the main tech specs for the PRADA phone by LG 3.0:
| Operating System |
Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread
(with update to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| Processor |
1.0 GHz Dual-Core/Dual-Channel/Dual Memory |
| Display |
4.3″ WVGA (800 x 480) NOVA Plus (800 nits) |
| Dimensions |
127.5 x 69 x 8.5 mm |
| Camera |
Rear: 8.0MP with Auto Focus & LED
Front: 1.3MP
Video: 1080p recording |
| Connectivity |
Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, HDMI/MHL, NFC, A-GPS |
| Network |
HSPA+ 21Mbps |
| Memory |
Up to 8GB internal + micro SD |
| Battery |
1540 mAh Lithium-ion |
Tags:Android, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, LG, PRADA, smartphone
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Ready for a white Christmas? Check out the white Bold 9900 when it becomes available this Saturday.
Pure white BlackBerry 9900 from Research In Motion
The Pure White BlackBerry Bold 9900 was launched today and will become available in Singapore on 17th of December, Saturday – from all RIM’s authorized partners.
Sporting a brushed stainless steel frame, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone yet at only 10.5mm, and the first to include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications).
It is powered by BlackBerry 7.
The white BlackBerry Bold 9900 joins a slew of smartphones introducing white versions for this Christmas. Many of these have a white backing with dark front face.
The pure white BlackBerry Bold 9900 will be white throughout.
Since the popularity of the white iPhone from Apple, white versions of other smartphones have become something of a special edition.
I remember when the black BlackBerry Bold 9900 was initially launched in 18 August 2011, one of the questions asked whether there would be a white version.
Francois Mahieu (left), Head of Product Management for RIM in Asia Pacific with the black Bold 9900.
Mr Francois Mahieu, head of product management for Research In Motion (RIM) in the Asia Pacific had mentioned during the launch party that there were no plans at that time to sell a white version, although it could be considered.
So RIM does respond to popular market demand – which is a good thing.
Tags:9900, BlackBerry, Bold, RIM, smartphone, white
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
In less than one year, 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store.
Apple's Mac App Store tops 100 million downloads.
“With Autodesk products in both the App Store and Mac App Store, we can reach hundreds of millions of Apple users around the world,” said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president of Platform Solutions and Emerging Business at Autodesk. “With our free AutoCAD WS and the more powerful professional drafting tools of AutoCAD LT, we’re using the Mac App Store to deliver new products and reach a growing base of new Mac customers.”With thousands of free and paid apps, the Mac App Store brings the App Store experience to the Mac.
Users can buy apps using their iTunes account, and download and install them in just one step.
Apple’s App Store now has more than 500,000 apps.
Overall, customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps and continue to download more than 1 billion apps per month.
The Mac App Store offers thousands of apps in Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity, Utilities and other categories.
“The Mac App Store has unparalleled reach and has completely transformed our distribution and development cycle,” said Saulius Dailide of the Pixelmator Team. “Offering Pixelmator 2.0 exclusively on the Mac App Store allows us to streamline updates to our image editing software and stay ahead of the competition.”Users can browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what’s hot, see staff favourites, search categories and look up top charts for paid and free apps, as well as user ratings and reviews.
The Mac App Store is included with Mac OS X Lion and is available as a software update for any Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Mac developers set the prices for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees.
Tags:Apple, Apps, downloads, Mac, Mac OS
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
The long-battery-life Huawei Honor smartphone was launched on 7 December 2011 and will be available in Singapore from 16 December at S$528 (incl 7% GST).
| Networks |
WCDMA/HSPA+ 900/2100 MHz; GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| Speed |
HSPA+ DL 14Mbps/UL 5.76Mbps |
| Display |
4″ FWVGA (854×480 pixels) capacitive touch screen |
| Operating System |
Android Gingerbread 2.3 |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 4GB ROM, up to 32GB micro SD |
| Camera |
8 megapixel autofocus HD and 0.3 megapixel |
| Size/Weight |
122mm x 61.5mm x 10.9mm (LxWxT) / 135g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB connector, 3.5mm audio jack, DLNA-certified |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon |
| Audio |
FM radio, MP3 ringtones, Dual-MIC |
| Battery |
1900 mAh Lithium-ion |
| Sensors |
Accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, Gyro, compass, Assisted GPS |
| Additional |
Access to CloudDrive (available end Q1 2012) |
Tags:Android, Gingerbread, Honor, Huawei, smartphone
Posted in Android, Cloud, Gadgets, Huawei, Phones, Prices, Specifications | 3 Comments »
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The Lumia 800 was launched in Singapore on 7 December 2011 and goes on sale today at a RRP of S$775 (excl GST and no contract).
Nokia Lumia 800 on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Click on image to see full data sheet.
The “social” Nokia Lumia 800 comes in 3 vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and promises great Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9.
Nokia Lumia 800 comes in 3 colours
It features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor.
The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.
The main technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 800 are summarized below.
| Networks |
WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Speed |
HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display with pinch zoom, 2.5D curved glass seamlessly integrated to unibody |
| Operating System |
Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 16GB storage |
| Camera |
8Mpix auto-focus Carl Zeiss, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps |
| Size/Weight |
116.5 mm x 61.2 mm x 12.1 mm (LxWxT) / 76.08 cc / 142 g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector, Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetometer, ALS |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA) |
| Audio |
MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, m42, m4b, wma, EVRC, QCELP |
| Battery |
1450 mAh |
| Talk time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 13 h/9.5h |
| Standby time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 265h / up to 335h |
| Music playback |
up to 55 hours |
Tags:Lumia, Lumia 800, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
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Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The Lumia 710 was launched in Singapore on 7 December 2011 and will hit the shelves in a few weeks at a RRP of S$505 (excl GST and no contract).
Nokia Lumia 710 on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Click on image to see full data sheet.
Nokia Lumia 710
The Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with exchangeable back covers and is designed for instant social & image sharing, and promises a great browsing experience with IE9.
It is available in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers.
With the same 1.4 GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, the Nokia Lumia 710 promises to deliver high performance at an affordable price.
The main technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 710 are summarized below.
| Networks |
WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Speed |
HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch ClearBlackTM display with pinch zoom |
| Operating System |
Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 8GB storage |
| Camera |
5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps |
| Size/Weight |
119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm (LxWxT) / 81.1cc / 125.5g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA) |
| Audio |
MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma |
| Battery |
1300 mAh |
| Talk time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 6.9 h/7.6h |
| Standby time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 400h |
| Music playback |
up to 38 hours |
Tags:Lumia, Lumia 710, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
Posted in App, Gadgets, Internet Explorer, Lumia, Microsoft, Nokia, Phones, Prices, Software, Specifications, Windows Phone 7 | 4 Comments »
Friday, December 9th, 2011
For business folks who need a long battery life, check out the Huawei Honor (S$528 incl GST), which features a 1,900 mAh battery, a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and an 8 megapixel HDR-enabled camera.
Huawei Honor (S$528 incl GST) will be available in Singapore from 16 December.
The high capacity battery promises to provide the longest battery life among smartphones in the 4-inch screen range – lasting up to three days on a single charge
“Huawei Honor is a high performance smartphone which is simple-to-use, but also packed with advanced technology that allows people to communicate, connect, entertain and share content easily,” said Alan Wong, Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei Device, South Pacific Region.Huawei Honor runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system and has a 16M true colour Full Wide VGA capacitive touch screen (854×480 pixels).
Its 10.9 mm thin body weighs 135g and includes a gyroscope, G-sensor, and proximity and light sensors.
The smartphone is DLNA-certified to enable interoperability with other DLNA-certified devices such as digital cameras, game consoles and TVs.
This makes it easier to share digital photos, music and videos between different devices.
Here are the main tech specs for the Huawei Honor.
Honor customers will get access to Huawei’s ClooudDrive, which will be available in Singapore by end Q1 2012.
This frees users from the constraints of on-board storage, by storing their media files in the cloud.
The Huawei Honor will be available in Singapore from 16 December 2011.
Tags:Android, cloud, Gingerbread, Honor, Huawei, smartphone
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Huawei has announced the availability the Vision which available in Singapore at S$$438 incl GST.
Huawei Vision (S$438 incl GST) with its "3D" carousel User Interface.
The Vision is Huawei’s most stylish smartphone yet, featuring Huawei’s stunning “3D” user interface. “3D” as in a carousal animation display for its app menu, rather than the visualisation of three dimensional physical objects.
“The Huawei Vision represents a smartphone crafted with the perfect balance of technology and style in mind,” said Alan Wong, Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei Device, South Pacific Region.Huawei Vision features a 3.7-inch capacitive touch screen and has an aluminum alloy uni-body in silver, and crystal sculptured curved lens for its screen.
It measures only 9.9 mm at its thinnest point and weighs 121g.
The smartphone was bestowed the iF Design Award 2012 recently for its design.
Huawei Vision sports Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor and runs with Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system.
It supports 720p video recording and has a 5 mega pixel auto focus camera with LED flash.
Other features include Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, high-speed WiFi 802.11b/g/n for Internet connectivity, and the full range of messaging tools – SMS, MMS, email, push mail and IM.
Here are the main tech specs for the Huawei Vision.
Tags:Android, Gingerbread, Huawei, smartphone, Vision
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