Microsoft Announces New Improved Hotmail – Too Little Too Late?
India can be credited (in part) for the phenomenal growth in email services across the world. After all Hotmail which technically was the first hot email client that went viral across the web was started by an Indian in Sabeer Bhatia
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Dell Thunder to be available from AT&T in Q4 2010
Ok, the last one from Dell. The upcoming Dell Thunder is another smartphone in the company’s 2010-2011 lineup, which is to be released on AT&T’s 3G network with world-friendly HSDPA around Q4 of this year, and with an LTE model to follow near the end of 2011.It will be running Android 2.1 a…
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RCom Gets You Facebook Access For Free!
We had blogged about the size zero facebook announcement and the fact that this would be useful in penetrating Indian markets which have a high mobile userbase. This is exactly what has happened with this latest announcement by Reliance Communications. RCom has announced that Facebook Zero shall be available to all its mobile subscribers for free! That means there will be no data charges charged to he users to access this site and go through ones facebook updates.
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Dell Smoke with Android Froyo Revealed
Another upcoming smartphone in the Dell lineup is Smoke, running Android Froyo and featuring a front-facing BlackBerry-style QWERTY keyboard. The phone is apparently targeted at corporate audience, and has the following specifications: Android Froyo OS; 2.8″ WVGA display; Portrait QWER…
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LG Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Available in the Wild
Found under: LG , Windows Mobile 7 , Smartphone , , After that HTC Mondrian Windows Phone 7 handset which was revealed by a leaked WP7 ROM the other day we now have a brand new smartphone capable of running Microsofts brand new mobile platform. Technically its not that new since weve known for quite a while that LG is going to make a WP7 device this year but today we can admire it in a leaked picture.And the image here is said to come all the way from the Flickr account of a French Microsoft employee although we cant confirm any of Read More Read more in mobile format
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WP7 powered Dell Lightning Coming in Q4 2010
Behold the Dell Lightning , an upcoming Windows Phone 7 powered portrait slider. That’s right — a portrait slider. The renders on these slides look slick as hell, but they’re no match for the spec sheet, which looks even better: Windows Phone 7 OS; 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon processor; WV…
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Virgin Media to Sell the HTC Wildfire in the UK
Found under: HTC , Wildfire , Virgin Media , UK , Android , The HTC Wildfire is a new Android 2.1 handset thats similar to the HTC Desire but a little smaller and less impressive. The phone has been unveiled by HTC just the other day and it looks like there are already carriers lined up to get it
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T-Mobile Rumored Not to Carry the BlackBerry Pearl 3G
Found under: T-Mobile , BlackBerry , Pearl , 3G , Curve , , The BlackBerry Pearl 3G has been just made official at WES 2010 and while some carriers out there are anxiously waiting to sell the phone to its subscribers it looks like T-Mobile USA is not that interested in offering the smartphone to U.S.
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The FCC wants to lower your cell phone bill
If the FCC gets its way you might be able to rest a little easier when it comes to your cell phone bill. In an intitiative spearheaded by Joel Gurin, the head of the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, the days of seeing an extremely high cell phone bill will become a thing of the past. Gurin is trying to eliminate “bill shock” through a system where phone carriers would notify mobile subscribers via an unspecified method if their current cell phone usage is likely to result in a bill that is significantly higher than their normal monthly plan.
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LG Ally up for preorder on Thursday, possibly launching on May 20
More details have been released about the upcoming LG Ally. This entry level, Android powered smartphone is poised to take on the Unlocked Motorola ( Devour ). The Ally is slated to launch May 20 th and will be available for pre-orders on May 13 th . We have been hearing a lot about the LG Ally especially with its tie in with the movie Iron Man 2. Below is a detailed account of all the specs for the LG Ally showing why this device is expected to be a success in the smartphone world. 800/1900 MHz CDMA, EVDO Rev A MSM7627, 600MHz processor Memory: ROM 512MB, RAM 256MB 3.2″ Touch Screen, 800 x 480 Pixels, 262K Color TFT Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard BLUETOOTH 2.1 + EDR 3.2 Megapixel with Autofocus and Flash; Dedicated Camera/Video Key 3.5mm Headset Jack Android 2.1 OS; Google Experience Device LG Widgets including calendar widget, Weather+time, Socialite widget Integrated Google and Facebook Contacts in LG Socialite Push Gmail and Exchange, Google Calendar 4GB microSD pre-installed Wi-Fi S-GPS and aGPS Capable Speakerphone MP3 Ringtones (Embedded Ringtones, Vibrating Alerts, and Silent) Visual Voice Mail Capable Google Apps include Google Search; Google Maps with Navigation Beta, Transit, and Wikipedia Information; Google Talk with Presence; Gmail; YouTube™; Latitude; Google Calendar 1000s of Apps and 100s of Widgets Available in Android Market Android Webkit HTML5-based Browser Google Over the Air Updates Dimensions: 4.56″ (H) x 2.22″ (W) x 0.62″ (D) Weight: 5.57 oz. Usage Time: Up to 450 mins or Standby Time: Up to 500 hr The LG Unlocked (Ally) device certainly appears to be one of the better entry level Android devices on the market. I expect that it will be very well received once it stores shelves later in May.
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