The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is 3G, Wi-Fi enabled, 4″ touchscreen LCD, smartphone with 8.1 MP camera. It runs on a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor and is powered up by a standard 1500mAh battery. The 8.1 megapixel camera has 16X digital zoom, face recognition, photo flash light, geo tagging, image stabilization, smile detection and send-to-web features. A-GPS, Google Maps and Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation are some of the location-based services. The device has gesture control and Wi-Fi capability and will be available in the first quarter of 2010. Read full story »
Samsung announced launch of its own smartphone OS is called bada. Bada is presented as a “complete smartphone platform, able to run high-performance native apps, and services”. Samsung bada is described as being simple for developers to use and having a ground-breaking UI. Bada will gradually replace Symbian and Windows Mobile in Samsung’s smartphone portfolio. Samsung hopes that bada-powered devices will become a significant force in the market in 2010. The first Samsung bada phones will probably be available starting next year. Read full story »
Giorgio Armani, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Microsoft announced the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone, the most elegant and functional premium mobile on the market. Giorgio Armani himself personally designed this stylish smartphone. The new phone features includes Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, a unique two step tilt hinge form factor with both full touch screen and QWERTY keyboard hybrid, and a stunning 3.5 inch Ultra Brilliant AMOLED display. Read full story »
According to an advisory published by Research In Motion (RIM), BlackBerry mobile devices are open to attack due to a certificate notification flaw in the smartphone’s software. The problem lies in the BlackBerry Browser dialog box that alerts users if the URL they have clicked on does not match the domain they are being sent to.
Using this security flaw, a malicious user could create a web site that includes a certificate that is purposely altered using null (hidden) characters in the certificate’s Common Name (CN) field or otherwise manipulated to deceive a BlackBerry device user into believing they have connected to a trusted web site. Read full story »
The Nokia N900 encloses a powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. Nokia N900 provides multitasking, allowing many applications to run simultaneously. With N900, switching between applications is simple. The panoramic homescreen can be fully personalized with favorite shortcuts, widgets and applications.
The Nokia N900 features a high-resolution WVGA touch screen and fast internet connectivity with 10/2 HSPA and WLAN. The browser is powered by Mozilla technology. The Nokia N900 has 32GB of storage, expandable up to 48GB via a microSD card. For photography the N900 come with a 5MP camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The N900 has full physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. You can setup upto 10 personal email accounts with Nokia Messaging service. Read full story »