This phone can access Twitter, Facebook, G-talk, Yahoo mail, MSN, AIM etc. Samsung Star II S5260 will be available in South America, Middle East and European countries. Samsung has not declared the price details of Samsung Star II S5260.

News Source: www.tech366.com

Not much else can be gained from the image, although we have spotted a front-facing camera, a microUSB port and a three speaker arrangement. From earlier gossips, we can also expect the Palm Topaz to come with a 1.2GHz processor, webOS 2.0 and a rear-facing camera.

This phone is available with Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G versions in the States. HP has also rumored to be introducing a 7 inch alternative in September, dubbed Palm Opal. It indicates the Opal will mostly be an e-reader device, with “premium audio” onboard. Although further specs are sparse, it’s also rumored to pack a 1.2GHz processor.

No word on the pricing for the Palm Topaz and Palm Opal, but with February 9th just around the corner, we won’t have too long to wait.

News Source: www.dialtosave.co.uk

The 10-inch Motorola Xoom is said to be powered by a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 chip, 32 GB of memory, and two cameras.

Currently a money allowance processor meant as an alternative is being used in countries that are not supported to transfers.

Motorola has trademarked the word Xoom countries worldwide. Maybe it has something big up its sleeve, in terms of the Android tablet market.

News Source: nexus404.com

This handset is going to be released on December 2010. It’s like the Nokia N8 account all over again, as the manufacturer has announced: “To warranty the best promising user experience on the E7 we have decided to begin its delivery in early 2011.”

It launches, the Symbian^3 smartphone will bring with it a 4 inch AMOLED touchscreen, a slide out QWERTY keypad, an 8 megapixel camera with HD video capture, Microsoft Office, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity and 16GB of internal storage.

3 have confirmed it will be introducing the handset in 2011, and although they are yet to confirm pricing, sources said that it is a SIM free price tag of £499.99.

News Source: www.dialtosave.co.uk

The Blackberry Storm 2 software update brings its VZW customers loads of improvements and enhancements.

Features like extended character support for text messages, ability to send message to manifold receiver as multitasking, support for downloading and installing widgets as of V CAST app, etc.

Enhancements comprise of a faster boot-up time, downy transition between wireless coverage area better audio quality during voice calls and superior content-protected video playback.

News Source: tnerd.com

Nokia’s MeeGo platform is off to a shaky start, but ultimately the success of a software platform in today’s market depends on top-notch hardware paired with a platform that boasts hoards of developers. While the second requirement remains to be seen, this Nokia Aura MeeGo concept phone delivers on the promise of top-notch hardware.

It is a 4-inch touchscreen display with a 12-megapixel camera, Xenon flash and HDMI output. Cased in a full aluminum body with dedicated volume, keylock and camera buttons, the Nokia Aura looks to be a beefed up Nokia N8 at first glance.

Upon further inspection you can see the device’s profile is convex on both sides, something rare in today’s smartphone market. A microSD card slot, micro USB connector and a 3.5 mm audio jack round out the feature set. At the end of the day we can’t help but think the Nokia Aura is one of the best concept designs in recent memory.

MeeGo concept is actually a piece of hardware we could see Nokia produce in the short term. For the rest of you MeeGo hopefuls out there the latest concept and whether or not you’d replace your current N8 with the Nokia Aura.

News Source: www.electricpig.co.uk

If the iPhone is the final smartphone pushed through by the driving force of one man, the Nokia N8 feels very much like it was made by committee – all sorts of great features have been thrown in, but ultimately they don’t gel together to make something quite so compelling and usable.

The Nokia N8 is as much of a looker as the iPhone 4 or HTC Legend, but it is beautiful, in a utilitarian sort of way. It’s not too thick (113.5×59×12.9mm), firm, and between its metal casing and Gorilla Glass screen, doesn’t feel like it’ll shatter at all easily.

The 12 megapixel camera gives the Nokia N8 a raised band around the middle, which is definitely the weakpoint. It drags, on tables, and given there’s no lens shutter, and this can feel a bit alarming. But given the superb quality of the camera, we suspect many will be more than willing to accept this added bulk.

The screen on the Nokia is reasonable – as with the panel on the Nokia N97, it’s a 3.5-inch, 640×360 resolution screen. On paper, that puts it behind the curve compared to most modern 800×480 screens on smartphones today, but the Nokia N8’s ace in the hole is that it’s an AMOLED panel, offering deep, rich color manufacturers are struggling to source them right now, so kudos to Nokia on that front.

It comes with a handy hardware features worthy of note the ability to accept USB storage as well as act on it is neat, but we can’t practically.

For the inexperienced, Symbian is the leading smartphone operating system in the world by phones shipped, but in the form used on Nokia’s touchscreen phones, Symbian S60 5th edition, it also happens to be a joke.

Judgment

The Nokia N8 is an amazingly built, functional smartphone with a killer camera, and Nokia loyalists will lap up its extra features and complete resilience.

But compared to the iPhone and growing number of super charged Android phones on the scene, the software still isn’t enough to attract converts. We can’t help feel that Symbian 3 is still letting the side down a tad, and that this superb hardware would be better off mixed with MeeGo instead.

News Source: www.electricpig.co.uk

A reader has just sent us a screenshot of the HTC Mecha nestled below the HTC Desire Z and HTC Desire HD, confirming that this could very well be the name of the handset and not just a codename.

Android Gingerbread for HTC Mecha not likely

The HTC Mecha hit the Web hard yesterday when images of it surfaces with the screen running. With it divulged information that the Mecha was a 4G LTE handset destined for Verizon and that it also packed a large display, possibly 4.3-inches, ran Android 2.2 (Froyo) and had the new Sense UI overlay.

No release date has been set for the device but judging by the fact that Verizon claim no LTE handsets would be available until 2011, we may be in for a long wait.

News Source: www.gizmocrunch.com

Maybe that is the reason an article over on the Boy Genius Report has it that AT&T has now dropped the price of the RIM BlackBerry 6 toting BlackBerry Torch 9800, probably hoping for more sales at the new lower price.

AT&T has taken the price cutting knife to the BlackBerry Torch to the tune of half its original price tag of $199.99 so after only 3 months of being available the device will now cost you $99.99 based on signing on for a two year agreement.

It’s dropping the price of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 below the highly likable $100 mark though could well be a shrewd move to pull in early festive season shoppers and before Black Friday kicks off.

Multimedia and Entertainment

The J300a was designed for serious fun. The phone supports playback of streaming video files in the 3GPP or MPEG4 formats. Picture effects and custom screensavers, as well as backgrounds and Unlocked for use with your existing GSM 850 MHz or GSM 1900 MHz service provider and SIM card. It had 40 tone polyphonic, MP3 or AAC format ringtone capable.

Loudspeaker on the back of the J300a is dedicated to music and game sound and is also used when you want comfortable handsfree calling.

Built-in media player is your music and video center with 12MB of built in memory

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the J300a including a voice memo recorder, a calculator, a calendar, and an alarm clock. Sony Ericsson Sync Station software lets you synchronize your Microsoft Outlook calendar, contacts, notes and tasks with the J300a via USB.

News Source: www.vipnewsroom.com