Last week we showed you some photos of a new Android smartphone from LG, it was called the LG Optimus Univa, the device has now officially been announced in Italy and it will be called the LG Optimus Hub.
The LG Optimus Hub features a 3.5 inch multi-touch touchscreen
display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, and it comes with Android
2.3 Gingerbread.
Other specifications on the LG Optimus Hub include an 800 MHz
processor and a 5 megapixel camera, the deice is available in Italy now
and is expect to be available in the rest of Europe shortly, there are
no details as yet on whether it will be headed to the US.
We heard some details about the new HTC Runnymede at the end of August, this is one of the new Android devices from HTC that we are expecting them to unveil at their special event on the 20th of September.
Now the guys over at Pocket Now have managed to get their hands on a
press shot of the HTC Runnymede, which you can see below, and as we
mentioned previously it is expected to features a massive 4.7 inch
multi-touch touchscreen display.
Other rumored specifications on the HTC Runnymede include a single core 1.5GHz processor, 768MB of RAM, 16GB of built in storage plus a micro SD card slot.
We have also heard that it will come with a rear facing 8 megapixel
camera which can record HD video in 720p and comes with a dual LED flash
plus a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video chat and HTC Sense
3.5.
The new Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone
comes with a dual core 1.2GHz processor, and both AT&T and Sprint’s
versions of the Galaxy S II come with the Exynos 1.2GHz processor which
is made by Samsung.
Now it would appear that the T-Mobile version of the Samsung galaxy S II will feature a different processor to the Exynos chip found in the AT&T and Sprint versions.
There are no details as yet on which processor the T-Mobile Samsung
Galaxy S II will use, but it could possibly be a dual core 1.2GHz
Qualcomm processor.
We pretty much know that Sprint will be getting the new iPhone
5 which is expected to be announced this month and go on sale at the
start of October, and now more evidence has appeared which point to a
Sprint iPhone 5 launch, and it gives us an idea of the official iPhone 5 launch date.We pretty much know that Sprint will be getting the new iPhone
5 which is expected to be announced this month and go on sale at the
start of October, and now more evidence has appeared which point to a
Sprint iPhone 5 launch, and it gives us an idea of the official iPhone 5 launch date.
Sprint has told its employees that they wont be able to take any
vacations between the 30th of September and the 15th of October due to a
‘major phone’ launch.
Due to the possibility of a major phone launch in October we are blacking out September 30th through October 15th.
If you are a fan of the Crysis series of games you will be pleased to
know that the original 2007 Crysis game which was only launched on PC
will now be arriving on consoles from next month, in a
single player format.
Crytek are not just launching a port of the game
on PS3 and Xbox 360, they have completely remastered the game updating
its lighting and Nanosuit effects together with control improvements and
new features.
Watch a video after the jump showing the new remastered console version of the highly popular and ground breaking PC Crysis game.
Crytek’s CEO explains:
"We are extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish with
Crysis. We set out to create a next-generation FPS and delivered a PC
experience that became a benchmark for quality – and still is for many
gamers even four year
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Netflix have released a new version
of Netflix for Android, and the latest version of Netflix for Android
now supports many more Android devices than before, which include an
Android device running Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Netflix allows you to stream movies and TV shows to your Android device, although you will need a Netflix account to do so.
You can find out more information on what is new in Netflix for Android over at the Android Market.
It looks like the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray that we showed you guys on the weekend is headed to another mobile network here in the UK, we already know that the Xperia Ray will be available with UK mobile operator Three and now Orange will also be selling it in both black and white versions.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray features a 3.3 inch multi-touch touchscreen display, and will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, plus a 1GHz processor.
Other features on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray features the same 8.1
megapixel Exmor R sensor that can be found in the Xperia Arc, it is
capable of recording HD video in 720p, and also features ggeo-tagging,
auto-focus and 16x digital zoom.
Photos have appeared online of a new BlackBerry
smartphone, which is reported to be the BlackBerry 9980, and as you can
see from the photos below it features an interesting design.
According to the guys over at Engadget, this new BlackBerry device will be a limited edition, and the
photos show a prototype of the device.
It looks like the limited edition BlackBerry 9980 will get some sort of diamond treatment, no details on
pricing or release date as yet, you can see lots more photos over at ... Read more »
Samsung has announced on Twitter that all existing Samsung Wave smartphones will be upgraded to the latest version of Samsung’s Bada OS 2.0 before the end of the year.
And it looks like older Samsung Wave devices will also be getting the
upgrade, although Samsung has pointed out that the features may be
different on older devices depending on CPU, memory etc.
There are no details as yet exactly when Samsung will
roll out the various updates for their Wave range of smartphones as
soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.
We know that Microsoft is going to release the latest version of Windows Phone 7 shortly, and now it looks like we may have a possible date for the release of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.
According to a recent report, Microsoft may release Windows Phone 7.5
Mango this Thursday, the 15th of September, and it could be available
to existing Windows Phone 7 devices this week.
Next week is going to be a big week for Windows Phone. We have
been told by various sources that Mango will be dropping, and the final
tools will be dropping for developers. So that would be interesting and
something to look forward to.
As soon as we get some confirmation from Microsoft on when Windows Phone 7.5 Mango will be released we will let you guys know.
