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Sprint admits it overstated initial HTC EVO 4G sales

Friday 20 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

Available since last Friday (June 04), the HTC EVO 4G is by far the best smartphone Sprint has had, so it is not surprising that many customers want.

Initially, Sprint announced that "the total number of 4G EVO HTC devices sold on the day of release was three times the number of pre Samsung Instinct and Palm devices sold during its first three days on the market combined."

However, estimates of the company were wrong. A press release has been updated on the website of Sprint, to correct the error. As a result, the launch of HTC 4G EVO sale days were actually "six times higher than the day of the launch of Samsung Instinct and nearly double the sales on Palm Pre-launch." Sure, it still sold over Sprint EVO launch day, although the carrier is shy to provide exact sales figures – it is estimated that around 200,000 units were sold during the weekends.

Sprint admits it overstated initial HTC EVO 4G sales

As the desire and HTC HTC Verizon Awesome Droid, the EVO 4G is quite difficult to find at the moment (it is sold online) – which means HTC and Sprint did not expect that demand for the handset to be as high.

The EVO 4G is currently offered by Sprint for only $ 199.99 on contract – a price that has become a standard for high-end smartphones in the U.S. (the Apple iPhone 16 GB 4 AT & T will sell for $ 199.99, too).

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Samsung Acclaim r880 shows off its Android interface and QWERTY keyboard

Thursday 19 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

When U.S. Cellular Samsung r880 Acclaim announced, nobody knew what the receiver would be well. A few weeks later, Google introduced the phone during their I / O conference, although without showing its QWERTY sliding keyboard.

Fortunately, thanks to Samsung, we can now see the keyboard Acclaim – and is quite interesting, with four keys on the left side painted in the color of the direction buttons, apparently for reasons related to gambling.

QWERTY keyboard also has the function of Acclaim Android 2.1, a 3.2 inch touchscreen HVGA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Google services, 3MP camera and slot for memory expansion. As you can see, the phone is not totally like Samsung S Galaxy, but users of messaging-room on a budget should probably perfect.

Samsung Acclaim r880 shows off its Android interface and QWERTY keyboard

Mobile USA (which also launched the HTC Desire later this year) said earlier that the acclamation of Samsung will be available from July. The price of the phone is not known at this time.

Via Engadget

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T-Mobile Samsung Gravity 3 (T479) appears in official photos

Wednesday 18 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

The Samsung T479 Gravity 3, which will be launched by T-Mobile USA on 23 June (at the same time with gravity and T Smile Samsung), has made another appearance, this time at an official-looking photos.

Samsung Gravity 3 is an entry-level slider with an alphanumeric keyboard and a full QWERTY keyboard. It is obviously aimed at teenagers and that many users of text, with a QVGA screen, 3G, integration of social networks, email, full HTML browser, Bluetooth 2.1 and 2MP camera.

Severity 3 will have two color versions (running and Indian), replacing the Samsung Gravity 2, currently offered by T-Mobile for $ 49.99 on contract.

T-Mobile Samsung Gravity 3 (T479) appears in official photos

T-Mobile Samsung Gravity 3 (T479) appears in official photos

T-Mobile Samsung Gravity 3 (T479) appears in official photos

Another Samsung device to be launched by T-Mobile USA soon (in July, perhaps) is the S Galaxy – the world's first Android smart phones have a touch screen AMOLED Super.

Through the signal from cell phone

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#WWDC highlights: iPhone 4 now a true smartphone. Steve leapfrogs rivals by years with iOS, gets really anxious about Google

Tuesday 17 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

There were quite a few interesting things presented at Apple, Steve Jobs, Apple WWDC Home.

iPhone 4 catch our attention. And it really is a great device. Specwise, iPhone 4 came later than other high-end smartphones in every way that matters. Since the iPhone OS had the best user experience at all, and other providers was based iPhone sorely missed features to promote their flagship, this is a very large cast.

But, in my humble opinion, an even more important, occurred during the WWDC opening. Hiding behind a name change iPhone iOS4 simple operating system, was the official statement from Apple that have a major new computing platform – IOS. And new computing paradigm ad based on a lightweight, power and resources efficiently, connected OS. Most of the competition was completely caught by surprise by this change again, and take at least a year to even begin to put up.

With the exception of Google, which emerged as the main competitor to Apple now.

iPhone 4 will finally become a true high-end smartphone

My Take away four big announcement is that the iPhone iPhone has finally becamcomes true high-end smartphone.

Yes, the iPhone has been high end, very popular, always the best user experience, tons of interesting applications, and what not. But the feature / spec rational yet been put up in the standard market for smartphones. All that time to justify this or that feature is missing does not matter, to become a major, must take place in the next iPhone.

Remember "Who needs 3G when you have WiFi?", Bluetooth, copy and paste, 2 megapixel camera is good enough, multitasking?

The strength of the iPhone was always far superior user experience, not specifications. But these missing features and specifications at the top of the line, high-end mobile phones, allows competitors to promote their offerings as a superior, despite its shortcomings general UX.

Well, no. 4 With the iPhone, the top competition in the smart phone market became considerably more difficult. iPhone 4 is now good enough for 95% of potential customers high-end smartphone. My guess is, the writers of upcoming ago "Droid" campaign will take a lot of rethinking to do.

Over the next 4-6 months, at $ 500-700price range smartphone, the iPhone is still the only viable competitor to Android. Although somewhat limited in overall usability, Android (2.1/2.2 and next version of gingerbread) have a good enough UX, tight integration with Google, and another cloud and social services. It is a much more open platform with great appeal for more technical.

The last wish HTC Android phones, Incredible, EVO 4G, Samsung S Galaxy, Motorola Milestone XT720 – look very attractive when compared with iPhone 3Gs. But with the iPhone, 4 the game for marketers Android was much more difficult.

Other providers / platforms in 2010 – Symbian Nokia, Samsung Bada, Palm WebOS, expensive feature phones – the players are not here (at the top), and is the only competition in the markets mid-tier/mass to $ 450 and lower price points. Rumor meegin Nokia device is a bit of a wildcard, but Q4 is coming up, and even if very good, take time to track the sales team, so it will probably be a point of discussion for competitive environment in 2010.

iPhone OS becomes IOS 4. A new computing platform connected toApple

Starting this week, Apple officially started a new computing platform online.

Until this year, we were accustomed to thinking of the iPhone OS, such as the Apple platform for smartphones and other handhelds like the iPod Touch. When it was first launched in 2007, the iPhone OS was presented as a mini version of OSX.

This year, when Apple introduced IPADE – with the same iPhone-OS was revealed that some may have greater ambitions for this operating system. But we were still guessing. This week it became official. The new platform has been stripped of clothes and baby iPhone became IOS 4.

Kind of reminds me of another great name change to Apple. Until 2007 we used to know this company like Apple Computer Inc. In that time, key metrics for success were related to Apple computers. Yes, I had iTunes, iPod, Apple TV and what not. But ads like these all have great new Mac OSX and new features. Most of Apple's revenue also has a direct bearing on personal computers.

Then in 2007, dropping "computer" in the name of the company, Apple says clearly that not considered a teammore business. They are much more than that.

Fast forward to today – while next to the computer company still has a lot of Apple's revenue, provided that at least keep up with market trends, nobody cares much about . In comparison with the media frenzy a few years ago, I would say new Mac ads are greeted with a collective yawn, as are new iterations of OSX, as Snow Leopard.

And Monday opening of WWDC, Steve Jobs did not mention Mac OSX or even once! Along with the renaming of the IOS, the signal is very clear. Apple is still milking cash cow business of computers in the coming years, improving as the market demands. But the thing of the past.

Apple is the main platform of devices now – it's IOS 4. I think that is about to enter each device connected to Apple here.

IOS could have been disguised mini OSX version for smartphones and pocket-size devices, but is designed as a platform for greater computing from the beginning. In retrospect, one can clearly see that in many multi-touch patent application was submitted to Apple and Steve Jobs did admit DuriD8 ng interview.

This now looks like a costume of the most brilliant plays by Steve Jobs. When you think about it, there was no reason for Apple to make a great phone, prior to IOS in a tablet. In fact, with its functioning in a pocket-sized device, it must have been a much harder task. But diverting everyone's attention on what can be done by IOS smartphones, Apple's built a new generation online platform, with a Narya realize the competition. Most of the jumping competition for at least a year.

And to build the most active and vibrant ecosystem around the new platform. Apple now has 100 million of IOS devices out there (a number is a bit exaggerated, because not all IOS devices sold are still in operation). They have hundreds of thousands of developers working on software for the new platform. The IOS has already generated $ 1 billion in direct revenue for developers. Add to indirect advertising revenues, sales generated through various applications IOS, all services that arose throughout the application development IOS, and the financial printing becomes even morevoice.

What competition?

For now, Microsoft is a non-holder in this new paradigm of computing the light line. Operating system is Windows 7 is just OK for netbooks, and after IPADE desperate for pills. Your smart phone operating system WP7 – even be ready for the market for the next 5 months. Its lightweight compact integrated compressed Windows 7 seems right in concept stage and not ready for at least a year.

Nokia / Intel's meegin could become a good computing platform connected to a light day. And we may see the first Nokia devices meegin this year, but this is new, just a smart phone. Meegin not be ready for a major factor devices until sometime in 2011.

WebOS? Now that HP bought, can have something interesting to show time. But do not come back until later next year.

Apple is pissed off / upset over Google

Having a one year, or greater advantage, before its main competitors can even start thinking about putting up, is something hardly seen in the technology industry. And, with its iPhone OS brilliant bad address, Steve Jobs, got it.

With the exception of one,unlikely competitor – Google. I do not know why Google decided to enter the platform of their own business. Maybe something is learned, Eric Schmidt, was on board when Apple. Or maybe it was just a natural evolution of the company, after becoming the fabric of the Internet. But as unlikely as it might have seemed a few years ago, Google's main competitor Apple.

They are also gaining ground on Apple, Steve Jobs, and doing so quite nervous and pissed off.

Just look at the knee Apple automatic reactions to each statement that Android is becoming bigger than the iPhone. A series of pot shots taken by Steve at Google in his speech WWDC. Ban from the Google network AdMob IOS applications, with blatant anti-competitive act, even at the risk of inviting federal control of their practices …

This shows that Apple feels very uneasy by Google. I have reason to feel that way. If only because of the speed of light main Google OS is evolving.

Last year, when the iPhone OS iPhone 3Gs 3 and up, Android was 1.5. A really crude, immature, not ready for a greater incorporation of the operating system. But when tOok create iOS4 Apple, Google went for Android 1.6, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, and now offers a powerful and easy to use smartphone OS. In the next 3-6 months to transform this system was operating on a platform full of fact and law lightweight computer that works well on tables for netbooks, televisions and other things.

Apple still has at least six months instead of Google, but this is far less of a break then Apple would have had if Google had been glued to it's traditional business.

Anyway, I'm looking for a Google vs Apple showdown pretty interesting this fall. And next year, when other competitors had time to process what just happened, and react to it, the fireworks are just bigger.

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iPhone 4′s retina display better than AMOLED? Not really, says Samsung

Tuesday 17 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

While many expected the iPhone has a 4 to AMOLED screen, obviously it does not. Instead, Apple developed its own technology (from IPS – initially developed by Hitachi) and proudly announced a new type of screen, screen called the retina.

The iPhone screen is 3.5 inches retina 4 and 960 x 640 pixels (326 ppi) – the highest resolution you'll get a smart phone today.

When Steve Jobs introduced the new screen, which he said is "much better than the OLED screens." Samsung, the world's largest manufacturer of OLED screens, disagrees. A Samsung spokesman told The Korea Herald:

"Structurally, the IPS LCD technology can not put up with AMOLED screen technology."

The Korean company spokesman said further that the AMOLED technology is better than the IPS when it comes to color reproduction, contrast ratio, response time and viewing angle. The spokesman forgot to mention the visibility OLED displays' poor sunlight – from this point of view, the screen of Steve Jobs retina is probably better.

However, Samsung has recently developed Super AMOLED screens (included in the Wave Samsung and Samsung GalaxyS), which have 80% less reflection of sunlight compared with AMOLED screens – so the issue of sunlight exposure appears to be resolved.

iPhone 4s retina display better than AMOLED? Not really, says Samsung

One of the main disadvantages of the display of the retina Apple (with its super high resolution) is that "increases the power consumption by 30 percent, so the final Super AMOLED screens may actually be better. But I do not know for sure until someone gets an iPhone and a Samsung Wave 4 Compare / S Galaxy and the next performance of his show.

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Samsung B7722 3G dual SIM phone now official

Sunday 15 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

The Samsung B7722 has been officially launched in Sweden, where it should be available starting this month to 4,000 kronor (about € 418 or $ 505).

The B7722 is Samsung's first dual SIM card to provide 3G connectivity, but only one of its 3G SIM cards work on the frequencies, the other through GSM / GPRS / EDGE bands only.

The new device also comes with a 3.2 inch touch screen, TouchWiz UI, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, 5MP camera with LED flash and 200 MB of internal memory, expandable through a slot MicroSD cards.

A pleasant surprise is the fact that the B7722 is better than the B7702 (the version of the phone is made for China Mobile):

Samsung B7722 3G dual SIM phone now official

Samsung B7722 3G dual SIM phone now official

It is amazing that Samsung has announced the B7722 first to Sweden, because these types of phones (dual sim) often go to the Eastern European and Asian markets.

SamsungHub Via Feber.se

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Verizon HTC Droid Incredible shipments pushed back again

Saturday 14 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

Verizon has been having problems with HTC Droid incredible people since last week, and it seems that the only thing better will be the end of this month.

Last week, warned Verizon customers who tried to buy the amazing device that would be sent "on June 16. Now, the incredible appears on the website of the company as the shipping "on June 23."

As reported previously, the reason behind the shortage Droid Verizon Mobile amazing is the fact that Samsung monitor, can not produce 3.7-inch OLED displays fast enough.

Verizon HTC Droid Incredible shipments pushed back again

Later this year, Verizon expects to launch the Motorola and the Motorola Shadow Droid Droid 2 – so if I had the incredible pending, which could also wait a little longer, maybe a new motorcycle drones will be a better option you.

Via Phone Arena

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Sprint Launching Moto i1 in June, Samsung Moment 2 in July

Friday 13 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

A telephone headset and knew that surprise will be sitting beside the HTC 4G EVO to the store and warehouse shelves, ready to find a new home. Thanks to BGR deep network of connections, we now know that Motorola I1 will debut in June, Sprint and Samsung Interception (also known as the Samsung Moment 2) will launch in July.

We all knew that Motorola was going to see a launch I1 summer, so this is really a surprise. According to the report shown below, the rugged iDEN Android device will be ready for dispatch direct line on 20 June and is available in retail stores July 11.

Sprint Launching Moto i1 in June, Samsung Moment 2 in July

Then there is the Samsung M910 Interception also expected to leave July 11. Given the model number, you can only assume at this point that this device would be considered the Moment 2. If so, waiting to see the standard QWERTY keyboard with sliding Android 2.1 and a faster processor, there is a good chance you'll see a lot of other improvements, from the initial moment.

Frankly, news like this is just the cherry on the cake considering that abstart in a very crazy summer for mobile enthusiasts. We hope to hold and enjoy the ride!

As a side note, Sprint also took the opportunity to showcase plans to expand its 4G network in several new cities such as Rochester NY, Syracuse NY, WA Tri-Cities, WA Visalia, and more.

via BGR

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Samsung Galaxy S officially coming to the US, launching in Europe now

Friday 13 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

Yesterday he said that Samsung plans to launch the i9000 Galaxy S 110 countries worldwide. Today, this has been confirmed officially by the South Korean giant company, which says more than "100 mobile operators worldwide have chosen the Galaxy S as its primary driver of market smartphones."

More importantly, Samsung has also confirmed it will launch the S Galaxy in the U.S. later this year. He said that through the operators, but T-Mobile and AT & T are more likely among them.

The Galaxy S i9000 should be available in Europe from now, with more markets to be added soon.

Samsung Galaxy S officially coming to the US, launching in Europe now

Samsung believes that the device "change the way we think about smart phones." Although this may be a far fetched statement, the S Galaxy is certainly one of the best smartphones this year – feature-wise, at least – what I believe Samsung can sell easily, for example, 1 million Galaxy S units in the first week.

Via Phandroid

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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Android tablet looks like Galaxy S on steroids

Wednesday 11 August 2010 @ 7:12 pm

IPADE Apple iPhone looks like a giant, so I'm not at all surprised to see that Samsung's first Android compressed, apparently called Samsung Tab Galaxy, Galaxy looks like a giant S i9000.

The tablet has just been confirmed by Samsung South Africa's Twitter account – although it is unclear when and where to be implemented, or if this is the same as the sound device S-Pad (probably is, however).

The Samsung Galaxy Tab seems to work as a phone, too, and have TouchWiz on top of Android. The tablet shown below next to the S Galaxy (as seen IPADE better than, or is it just me?)

Samsungs Galaxy Tab Android tablet looks like Galaxy S on steroids

There are too many details about tablet specifications, but the screen seems to be an 8 or 9 inches, maybe one is a 7-inch TFT. There is also a headphone jack, 3.5 mm at the top. Well, we have a winner here.

More as we get.

Via Samsung Hub

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