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The Global Mobile Awards 2013: Samsung bags 5 Awards including Best Smartphone

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:56:22 +0000

Samsung swept the awards in mobile section last year and the company got the real boost with Galaxy S2 awarded as the ‘Best smartphone of the year 2012’. True to its market dominance, Samsung again swept the awards this year and bagged in total 5 awards including the prestigious best smartphone award and manufacturer of the year. Yes, Sammy, keep the momentum going!

Best Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S3
Best Mobile Enabled Consumer Electronics Device: Samsung Electronics for Samsung GALAXY Camera
Device Manufacturer of the Year: Samsung
Best Mobile Infrastructure: Samsung Electronics for Smart LTE Networks
Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTO’s Choice: Samsung Electronics for Smart LTE Networks

Notable other winners are Asus and Google who won the Best tablet category for their Nexus 7 and Nokia Asha 305 gave some cheers to Nokia by winning the Best feature or entry level phone category. On the App side, Facebook which faced critics ire for its poor app not long ago, bagged the Best Mobile App for Consumers award. While Evernote won the Best Mobile App for Enterprises Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2013 was bagged by HTC for its latest flagship model HTC One For the rest of the exhaustive list of awards, head over HERE ]]>

WMC 2013: Lenovo Parades three tablets, the 7-inch A1000 and A3000, and the 10-inch S6000

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:48:11 +0000

The new Lenovo tablets are the 7-inch A1000 and A3000 and then there is the 10-inch S6000. The devices best falls under the budget or mid-category segment. The A1000 tablet has a 7-inch display and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. Targetted at music buffs, the tablet comes with a Dolby Digital Plus audio with a large front speakers. It has an internal storage of 16GB, which can be expanded upto 64 GB through microSD card. The tablet is available in black and white color. [gallery ids="2200,2201,2202,2203"]

The other 7-inch tablet in the A-series, A3000 also sports a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. It has a 1024 x 600 IPS display, which could have been bettered. The tablet weighs 340 gms and has a thickness of 11 mm. Unlike the A1000 whose expandable memory is limited to 32 GB, A3000 can go up till 64 GB. [gallery ids="2204,2205,2206,2207"]

S6000 is the bigger tablet sporting a 10-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1200×800 pixels. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek’s 8389 / 8125 processor, clocked at 1.2GHz. The tablet measures 8.6 mm in thickness and weighs 560 gms. With a eight hours of battery life, Lenova positions it as a home-entertainment device. [gallery ids="2208,2209,2210"]

Lenovo has not given wide specifications of the new tablets. With what ever information shared, we have listed down the specs.

A1000 key specifications and features

7-inch display
Android Jelly Bean 4.1
1.2GHz dual-core processor
16GB internal storage, expandable upto 32 GB

A3000 Key specifications and features

7-inch display
IPS 1024×600 screen
1.2GHz quad-core, MTK processor
weighs 340 gms and thickness of 11 mm
3G HSPA+ support

S6000 Key specifications and features

10-inch display
MTK 8389/8125 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
1280X800 IPS display
8.6mm thickness
weighs 560 gms

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LG Optimus F7 and F5 smartphones – Specs and features

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:35:33 +0000

warm-up video. The leaked images of F series infact began making rounds yesterday, and now emerges the specs and features of atleast two of the many phones LG would out next week. The phones we are talking are LG Optimus F7 and F5 smartphones. The Optimus F7 is the bigger cousin amidst the two with a 4.7-inch (312ppi) True HD IPS display, a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, an 8-megapixel primary camera, 2GB RAM and a 2,540mAh battery. The other sibling, Optimus F5 is slightly compact sporting a 4.3-inch (256ppi) IPS display, a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, a 5-megapixel primary camera, 1GB RAM and a 2,150mAh battery. Both the devices run on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and comes with LG’s QSlide and Live Zooming software features. They also come with a 8GB built-in storage, microSD support and LTE connectivity. The front camera is a a 1.3-megapixel common for both. The first to hit the European market would be Optimus F5 during the second quarter and followed by Optimus F7 in selected market later. source: engadget]]>

Hit the bunkers! Acer video teases us to an alien Invasion and a metallic miracle

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:03:06 +0000

So what you think? Acer is going to unveil a metallic crafted device at the WMC? We are wondering as much as you are but then hey! we love Sci-Fi actions, so bring it on Acer! We are waiting! Meanwhile, check the video below. ]]>