Posts Tagged ‘Gingerbread’

New smartphone: Huawei Vision

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.

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.

Huawei Vision smartphoneIt 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.

Singapore prices and launch dates for Samsung GALAXY Note and Nexus

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

The GALAXY Note (S$998, 16GB) will be available in Singapore in November 2011, and the GALAXY Nexus (S$948) in January 2012.

Samsung GALAXY Nexus, available in Singapore (S$948) in January 2012.Samsung and Google has jointly launched the GALAXY Nexus, the world’s first smartphone running Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest release of the Android platform.

GALAXY Nexus features a 4.65” HD Super AMOLED touch screen display with 1280×720 pixels and a 1.2 GHz dual core processor with 1GB RAM.

It also sports a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera; and comes with 16GB or 32GB of onboard memory.

Samsung GALAXY Note (S$998, 16GB) will be available in Singapore in November 2011.Samsung has also announced the launch of the GALAXY Note, a device that tries to combine the larger screen size of tablets with the portability of smart phones.

The 9.65mm thick GALAXY Note features the world’s first and largest 5.3” HD Super AMOLED touch screen display at WXGA (1280×800, 285ppi) resolution. It works with pen-input technology using a stylus called the S Pen.

Powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, the gadget runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and comes with 16GB onboard storage, with a microSD slot that supports up to 32GB.

GALAXY Note comes with an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera.

Main specifications for the HTC EVO 3D

Monday, August 15th, 2011

The HTC EVO 3D was launched in Singapore on 10 August 2011. The Android-Gingerbread (2.3) smartphone will be available at S$895 in August 2011. Here are the main features.

SRP: S$895 available in August 2011
Operating System: Android Gingerbread (2.3)
4.3-inch QHD 3D display
1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor
Dual rear-facing 5 megapixel camera
1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat
3G Mobile Hotspot capability, supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously
Android Market for access to more than 200,000 applications, widgets and games available for download
Google mobile services such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, Voice Actions, and YouTube
Corporate e-mail (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync), personal (POP and IMAP) e-mail and instant messaging
1GB Usable memory/1GB RAM
microSD slot (supports up to 32GB memory card)
Wi-Fi – 802.11 b/g/n
Stereo Bluetooth
Integrated GPS
1730 mAh Lithium-ion battery