Archive for August, 2011

Bharti Airtel online prepaid recharge service launched in India

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Bharti Airtel has extended its consumer facilities by starting an online recharge service for its prepaid users spread across India. This Airtel service follows its previous month’s announcements of Facebook for every phone. With this development, Airtel will join the likes of prepaid mobile service providers in the country like MTNL, BSNL, Vodafone and more [...]

Sprint rushes the announcement of Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Sprint has made no delay to announce itself as the carrier of Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone in the United States, personalizing it as Epic 4G Touch. The announcement follows the official declaration by Samsung about the availability of Galaxy S II in America by this fall. The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch [...]

Motorola Pro+ smartphone with Android 2.3 revealed

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Adding an element of work and play, the Motorola Pro+ has been launched for those who wish to strike this combo. It allows users to multitask, edit and encrypt documents that seem ideal for a professional person. Powered by Android 2.3, the Motorola Pro+ flaunts a full QWERTY keyboard with touchscreen. Featuring a 1GHz processor, [...]

Payfirma designs mobile payment app for BlackBerry Canada

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Payfirma has announced the release of a mobile payment app for BlackBerry users in Canada. Using this, businesses and consumers can accept credit card payments on their BlackBerry smartphones. The account enables users to accept and process all sorts of credit card transactions on their BlackBerry devices. Although to fully utilize the app, they require [...]

US arrival of Samsung Galaxy S II this fall through AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

After dropping not-so-subtle hints with a video teaser just a week ago, Samsung has now officially announced the US arrival of Galaxy S II through AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile network carriers. So all those U.S. residents wanting to lay their hands on this device (since its release in other parts of the world) can now [...]

Samsung GT-i9220 smartphone likely to support dual band Wi-Fi

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

If the latest buzz on the web is to be believed, an under-wraps Samsung device with model number GT-i9220 is a smartphone with dual-band Wi-Fi. According to reports by Engadget, the device has received certification for dual-band Wi-Fi on August 29. At the onset of the past week, a leaked Samsung device photo had the [...]

Samsung Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y with bada 2.0 platform splash in

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

It’s time to get acquainted with the new trio of the Samsung Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y smartphones. All three handsets are powered by Samsung’s bada 2.0 platform that allows multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct, voice recognition and Near Field Communication. The devices also show off some advanced features like photo and file sharing without [...]

Photobucket survey reveals online photo and video trends

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Photobucket has released the results of its Summer 2011 Photo Usage survey. This survey followed the habits and attitudes of participants regarding images and video capturing over the span of this summer. One of the prime findings of the survey underlines the use of mobile phones over conventional video recording devices for shooting videos. It [...]

Zero1.tv VooMote One remote control for iPhone disclosed

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Freshly launched, the VooMote One remote control by Zero1.tv has been crafted for the iPhone. It transforms the iPhone into a universal remote control on being paired with its free app. The Zero1.tv VooMote One decreases users’ burden of having to deal with numerous remote controls for products like their TVs, DVD players, stereo systems [...]

LG Thrill 4G to hit AT&T on September 4th

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Bearing the fruits of patience, LG Thrill 4G is touted to hit AT&T shelves by September 4th. This news arrives from an official tweet posted by the carrier on its Twitter page. The handset is the U.S version of the LG Optimus 3D. The LG Thrill 4G features a 1GHz dual-core, dual channel processor that [...]