Samsung announced their latest budget Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Ace back in January, and we have just been testing the Galaxy Ace for the last week.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with Android 2.2 Froyo, and it has just recently gone on sale in the UK, it comes with a range of features you would expect too see in a more expensive smartphone.

Specifications

As I mentioned previously, the Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with Android 2.2 Froyo out of the box, hardware wise you get 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels.

Processing is provided by an 800MHz processor, and there is also a five megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom and an LED flash, plus a range of shooting modes and photo effects.

You also get a built in FM Radio, Bluetooth 2.1, integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, plus a microSD card slot, the model w ... Read more »

Same phone, different market -- that's pretty much what we're looking at above with Sharp's "new" 3D Aquos SH8298U. We first got our hands-on this device's twinner -- the Aquos SH-12C -- back at Computex, with that model sporting the Japan-only 1seg receiver, FeliCa (NFC) and 800MHz / 2100MHz bands.



 This time out, the OEM's made some subtle changes to its China entry, reducing the handset's storage from 8GB to 2GB, and packing it with GSM / WCDMA / HSPA radios. The rest of the spec list remains exactly the same, leaving this skinned Android 2.3 phone with a 4.2-inch qHD stereoscopic 3D display, dual 8 megapixel cameras, 512MB RAM and a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor. If translated pressers are your idea of fun, go ahead and check out the source.

If you fancy watching a little TV on your iPhone Japanese company Logitec have unveiled a new battery case called the LDT-1Si41 which will provide your iPhone with an additional 1500 mAh battery and enable it to receive TV signals. Watch the brief video after the jump to see it in action.

The new battery and TV case from Logitec, (who is not associated with Logitech) will be arriving in

Japan next month for 12,800 Yen or $164. The cradle/case is designed to be combined with a free

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The Motorola Droid Bionic only went on sale in the US yesterday, as with any new gadget, the guys over at iFixit have managed to get their hands on the new Droid Bionic, and have decided to take it apart to see what was inside.

According to the iFixit guys, the Droid Bionic is one of the easier devices they have taken apart, and all you need is a Torx T5 screwdriver.

Not surprisingly, it received a 9 out of 10 repairability score, as the phone is held together with a limited number of screws and plastic clips. Adhesive is minimally us ... Read more »

One of RIM’s latest smartphones, the BlackBerry Curve 9350 was due to go on sales with mobile operator Sprint in the US today, now it would appear that the handset has been delayed.

Sprint has announced that the BlackBerry Curve 9350 has now been delayed o  their network and it wont be available until some time in October.

Due to unexpected circumstances, Sprint shifted the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 9350 smartphone beyond the planned Sept. 9 availability date. It will now go on sale in October with a specific availability date shared at a later time.

No reason was given for the delay has been given, and also no exact date in October for the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 9350 has been given.

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Samsung announced a new range of Galaxy smartphones last month, one of those was the new Samsung Galaxy Y, and it looks like it will be headed to mobile operator Vodafone here in the UK.

The Samsung Galaxy Y will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it features a 3 inch multi-touch touchscreen display and a 832MHz processor.

Other specifications on the Samsung Galaxy Y include a 1200 mAh battery, a microSD card slot which can take up to 32GB microSd cards, Bluetooth and WiFi.

You can find out more information about the Samsung Galaxy Y over at ... Read more »

Sharp has added another Android smartphone to its range with the launch of the Sharp Aquos SH8298U 3D, which is a glasses free 3D Android device powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The Sharp Aquos SH8298U 3D features a 4.2 inch qHD glasses free 3D display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, and processing is provided by a 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor and it also comes with an Adreno 205 GPU.

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Samsung recently announced the new Samsung Galaxy note, which they describe as a cross between a smartphone and a tablet, and now Samsung has released a new video which gives us a good look at the Samsung Galaxy Note and some of its features.

The Samsung Galaxy Note comes with a 5.3 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, processing is provided by a 1.4GHz dual core processor and it also comes with 1GB of RAM.

The Samsung Galaxy Note comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it features two cameras, up front there is an 2 megapixel camera for video chat, on the back there is an 8 megapixel camera with an LED flash.

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This mini Pico Projector may look like any other, but under its skin lies a dual-core Android computer equipped with a pair of 624MHz cores. The mini Android system is runs Android 2.1 and allows you to use applications and browse the web using the devices integrated touchpad, situated on it top. Enabling you to project media without the need to connect the Pico device to an additional computer.

The projector side of the device includes a 20 lumens bulb with 20,000 hours LED life that provides a maximum projection size of 100 inches with a 800 x 600 pixel resolution.

Its also equipped with a 8GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to a max of 16GB using SD Cards. It has built in WiFi supporting 802.11 b/g and even comes with a handy remote control for presentations, and provides 80 minutes of viewing on a ... Read more »

oday its been announced after first being revealed back in July that  Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play will be arriving at AT&T on September 18th, becoming AT&T’s first PlayStation-certified smartphone.

AT&T customers will be offered the exclusive "stealth blue” colour Xperia Play 4G and it will come bundled with a multimedia dock DK300 and MC100 music cable. Together with pre-loaded games including: Dungeon Defenders, Asphalt 6, Star Battalion, Madden NFL 11, The Sims 3 , Tower Bloxx: My City and Crash Bandicoot.

In addition to the included games AT&T customers will also enjoy access to more than 150 Xperia PLAY optimised games including Minecraft Pocket Edition, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Dead Space 2 which can be purchased for instant download.

The Xperia PLAY 4G arrives in AT ... Read more »