It looks like Skype, which was recently purchased by Microsoft is
looking to bring video calling to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform,
as a recent job posting mentions the following ‘building and optimizing
the Skype Video Engine solution for Microsoft Windows and Windows Phone
platforms.’
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Mango offers support for front facing video cameras, so it would make sense for Microsoft and Skype to offer video calling on Windows Phone 7.
There are no details on when Skype with video calling will be
available for Windows Phone 7, but we suspect it may be before the end
of the year.
We have been hearing a number of rumors that the iPhone 5 will launch
at end of September or the start of October, earlier today we heard
that Pegatron who is rumored to be producing the iPhone 5 for Apple, along with Foxconn would start shipping the device to Apple in September.
Now according to the Guardian’s Charles Arthur, Apple has sent out
the iPhone 5 to mobile carriers for testing, and apparently the iPhone 5
units are being tested under a fair amount of secrecy at the mobile
carriers.
The next iPhones go for their testing inside locked and sealed
boxes so that the carriers can carry out checks on their network
compatibility in their labs. It’s very high security, as you could
guess; my understanding
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Earlier today RIM announced its new BlackBerry smartphones which will all come with the new BlackBerry 7 OS, one of the new handsets was the new BlackBerry Torch 9860.
The video below was put together by Vodafone and it gives us our
first look at the new BlackBerry Torch 9860, which is due to go on sale
in the US and the UK later this month.
Huawei has added another Android smartphone to their range with the launch of the Huawei Vision, which features a uni-body design and will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The Huawei Vision features a 3.7 inch capacitive multi-touch display,
plus a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8255 processor, it also comes with
512MB of RAM and 2GB of built in storage, plus a microSD card slot that
can take up to 32GB cards.
Other features on the Huawei Vision include Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP,
plus a 5 megapixel camera on the back with built in auto focus and an
LED flash, the camera is capable of recording HD video in 720p.
On top of that there is also a 1400 mAh battery and a micro USB port,
plus A-GPS, an
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HTC has been producing some great Android smartphones, and their
latest flagship model is the HTC Sensation, which comes with a range of
impressive specifications, we recently showed you some hands on photos
of the new HTC Sensation, and have been testing it out over the last 10
days, so its time to let you guys know what we thought about the HTC
Sensation.
The first thing you notice about the HTC Sensation is the size of the
device, it features a large 4.3 inch qHD display. so the handset has a
similar size to the Samsung Galaxy S II we reviewed recently and also features very similar specifications.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is Sony’s latest Android smartphone in
their Xperia range, it comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it
features a 4.2 inch touchscreen LED backlit LCD display.
Processing is provided by a 1GHz processor and there is also an 8
megapixel camera and 512MB of RAM, it quite light for a smartphone of
this sizes, weighing in at 117g, making it just 1 gram heavier than the
new Samsung Galaxy S II.
Hardware Specifications
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc comes with Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread out
of the box, not the latest version which is 2.3.3, although we are
expecting Sony Ericsson to release an update in the not too distant
future, the handsets measure 125mm by 63mm by 8.7
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Layar the largest of the mobile augmented reality platforms has today
announced the launch of its new Layar Vision Extension, that allows
its applications to now recognise real world objects and place augmented
reality information on top of them.
The new Layar Vision extension uses detection, tracking and computer
vision techniques to augment objects in the
physical world. Recognising
which objects in the real world are augmented via the visual
fingerprints of the objects,
which are preloaded into the application
based on the user’s layer selection. Watch the video after the jump to
see
the new Layar Vision extension in action to get a better idea on how
the new system works.
We got our hands on the new LG Optimus Black last week, which is LG’s
latest Android smartphone, and we have been testing it out over the
weekend, so we thought it was about time to let you guys know what we
thought of the LG Optimus Black.
The LG Optimus Black is an Android 2.2 device, it comes with Android
2.2.2 out of the box, although LG have said that they intend to updated
it to 2.3 shortly after release. The Optimus Black is due to launch in
the UK and Europe later this month and it is scheduled to launch in the
US next month.
Specifications
The LG Optimus Black features a 4 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, there is also a 5
megapixel camera on the
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We have already seen a few photos of Nokia’s Symbian Belle,
which is expected to be released after the Symbian Anna update, and now
we have a video which shows Symbian Belle running on a Nokia N8.
The video was put together by Danyal Gerad,
and it is around 8 minutes long so we get a good look at the user
interface as well as some of the new features that will be available in
Symbian Belle.
Nokia has added another smartphone to its range with the launch of
the Nokia 500, and it will come with Symbian Anna and features a 3.2
inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 640 x 360
pixels.
The Nokia 500 features a 1GHz processor and a five megapixel camera
on the back, plus 2GB of built in storage, plus a microSD card slot
which can take up to 32GB cards.
The Nokia 500 comes with the latest Symbian Anna OS, offering a
refreshed UI, a better browser and split-screen messaging. As you’d
expect, preinstalled you’ll find the latest version of Nokia Maps for
free drive and walk navigation, plus you can download every other app
you might need from th
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