Today is a big day for Android lovers on AT&T. The Samsung Captivate is now officially on sale through AT&T’s online store. This is two days early according to release date plans, so perhaps they moved it up to compete with the T-Mobile Vibrant.According to the details of the story, this fancy bundled Captivate was given to one of the higher-ups within the AT&T ranks.
The device costs $200 with a two year contract, or $500 month to month. AT&T will also throw in free overnight shipping when you buy online. The Samsung captive It features a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 1GHz Hummingbird Cortex A8 processor, a 5MP camera, 720p video recording,16 GB on-board memory (expandable memory up to 32 GB), UMTS/HSPA, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0, Android 2.1Mobile OS, Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 UI. It has fancy looking box and fancy looking packaging.
As Nokia is gearing up with the Nokia N8 launch which runs on Symbian^3, Symbian organization has shared new development with Symbian^4. More Symbian^4 screenshots from Symbian Developer Wiki has emerged.
Symbian^4 is expected to launch in either the last quarter of 2010 or early next year
Here we can see:
*minimal status bar for battery, signal as well as clock (normal looking one at that, not Dali gone wrong)
*Note the bottom bar has finally disappeared
*The homescreens look much more appealing with a photo background (simple things make a big difference)
*Dot system at the bottom to indicate number of homescreens and which homescreen you’re at.
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Rover Computers introduced its new RoverPad G72 Go tablet device. According to manufacture, the new tablet will be running on Android 2.1 OS. The RoverPad Air G72 tablet is powered by a Marvell PXA303, 624 MHz; processor and a 7-inch resistive touchscreen display with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA). Tablet PCs RoverPad Go G72 will be available later – in the autumn of 2010 at a price of up to 15 000 rubles. The tablet is work-based Android operating system and support the ability to work in networks of 3G.
Specifications RoverPad Go G72 *
* Processor – Marvell PXA303, 624 MHz;
* OS – Android 1.6;
* Screen – 7”WVGA (800 × 480), tactile (resistive);
* Memory – 128Mb DDR;
* Storage media – 4 GB Flash, card format MicroSD;
* Wireless – Modules WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 3G;
* Connectors external devices – USB 2.0 × 2
* Mode USB Hub (you can connect USB-flash, USB-keyboard and others), headphone, Ethernet 10/100 (LAN);
* Sound system – AC 97, a built-in speaker 1W;
* Power supply – Battery 2600mAH, power adapter from AC power, 110-240;
* Size and weight – 198 × 110 × 17mm, 452 g;
* Audio Player support formats MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, ADPCM;
* Video player with support for MPEG-4, H.264, WMV/VC-1, MPEG-2, DivX, Xvid;
* The program for reading electronic books;
* Support AVI fb2, HTML, CHM, Palmdoc, zTxt, RTF;
* Viewing pictures JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP;
* E-mail client, Internet browser;
* GPS receiver, built-in camera.
Besides Samsung C3300 Champ touchscreen phone, Orange also will be brings the other affordable Samsung phone in UK, namely the Samsung Monte Slider E2550.
The headset of E2500 Monte Slider carries a 2 inches TFT display screen at its front panel, which supports color display.It also has a shaped large navigation control button below the screen, its 9.85x 4.85 x 1.44 cm dimension makes the phone look compact even in one hand. The orange Monte Slider E2550 on Pay As You Go offers and also costs less than € 100.
Samsung Monte Slider (E2550)
*Dual-band GSM/GPRS (900/1800 MHz)
*1.3-megapixel camera with video recording capability
*Media player, social networking app (Facebook), FM radio
*Bluetooth 2.1
*12 MB of internal memory, microSD card slot (up to 8GB)
*800 mAh battery
*Dimensions: 98.5×48.5×14.35 mm / 85.5 grams
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The HTC Wildfire is regarded as a cheaper and smaller version of the Desire as it is more compact than the Desire smartphone, which also offered Wildfire its styling cues. The phonehas been available in Europe, the HTC Wildfire is now coming to India, too. HTC Wildfire comes in India for about 16,000 INR ($343) unlocked.The HTC Wildfire smartphone is running on Android 2.1 with the Sense UI and boasts a 528MHz processor, 512MB ROM, and 384MB RAM.
HTC Wildfire Features
• 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen
• Social networking updates from Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr and displays them in a single stream
• 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash allows you to capture special moments
• 3.5mm audio jack and micro SD card slot
Further special features include next-generation Caller ID, the ability to recommend apps straight from your phone and ‘Leap’ view to help you find things faster.
