Archive for December, 2011

HTC Desire HD and HTC Incredible S mobile phones getting an Android update today

Taiwanese handset manufacturer High Tech Computer Corporation has announced that two of their older key mobile phones, last year’s Desire HD and early this year’s Incredible S, are having an major update rolled out in the UK. This is to the current Android ‘Gingerbread‘ 2.3.5 version, and the HTC Sense 3.0 overlay to that very OS.

Nokia’s latest Symbian Belle OS delayed until next year for the N8 and older mobile phones

Finnish handset maker Nokia has told ITProPortal that the very latest version of Symbian ^3 operating system, known as Belle, won’t be available in 2011 after all – for the company’s previous flagship devices.

Panasonic shows off 4.3-inch OLED screen based Android mobile phone to be sold in Europe

Japanese electronics company Panasonic has made public a reference model to the Android handset that is due to arrive next year, as the first new Panasonic mobile to ship in Europe after the company pulled out five years ago.

Samsung to launch 11.6-inch retina screen Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet

On-line mobile phone news website BGR has published the exclusive news that Samsung is to be announcing a new Google mobile OS based tablet at MWC in Barcelona – with a retina resolution, similar to that of Apple’s mobile phones.

Nokia Windows Phone 7 mobile phone launching in America on December 14th with T-Mobile

Mobile phone network T-Mobile in the USA has sent out invites to the press for a launch event with Nokia, where on December 14th the first Nokia Windows Phone 7 handset could be launched for the American Market.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 – unboxing and hands on walkthrough in pictures

ITProPortal.com has just received the first mobile phone to arrive running the very latest version of the Google mobile Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich‘ 4.0 OS – the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Nokia budget Lumia 710 windows Phone 7 mobile phone to arrive January 6th

On-line mobile phone retailer digital-phone.co.uk has made public that it will be selling Nokia‘s second Windows Phone 7 mobile phone – the Nokia Lumia 710, in early January. This is the first time a shipping or arrival date has been release by any retailer.

Nokia releases update for Windows Phone 7 Lumia 800 mobile phone

Finnish handset maker Nokia has announced an update is available for their first ever Microsoft Windows Phone 7 based Lumia 800 mobile phone. This coming from the company who dropped their own Symbian platform as the main OS on their flagship devices, back in February this year.

Research In Motion releases second PlayBook tablet update in under two weeks and with a major security fix

Canadian email mobile phone manufacturer RIM has announced that another version of the OS is now available for its PlayBook tablet devices, which brings the total number of releases to two – within the same number of weeks,with a major security issue blocked.

Motorola releases an update to the Atrix mobile phone

Recent Google acquisition Motorola Mobility has made public that its Atrix handset that can be attached to a docking station and turned into a laptop, has received an update to a new version of Gingerbread which brings in several improvements to the handset’s performance.