Saturday, January 7, 2012

Motorola brings two new affordable Android phones with MotoSwitch UI

Motorola Mobility is bringing two stylish and unique Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) powered smartphones to its growing budget-friendly portfolio. Motorola MOTOLUXE and Motorola DEFY MINI coming to Greater China, Europe and Latin America this spring
While MOTOLUXE is a slim and sleek touchscreen device, Motorola DEFY MINI is dustproof and water-resistant, “life proof” phone for active users.


 
Motorola MOTOLUXE


 
 Motorola DEFY MINI 

Motorola’s MotoSwitch user interface changes the way you manage your life. With MotoSwitch, your smartphone learns who you talk to and which apps you use and keeps all of that information front and center. The Social Graph feature gives you easy and fast access to the people who really matter. It learns who’s most important to you and uses that information to populate the home screen. The more frequently you communicate with someone, the bigger their icon becomes. The Activity Graph gives you quick and easy access to your favorite apps, automatically changing to reflect the apps you use the most. With Music Now you can easily play your favorite music while the Smart Gallery displays your favorite pictures as collections.

Pricing and Availability
Both devices are expected to be available in Greater China, Europe and Latin America starting this spring. MOTOLUXE is already available in China under the name Motorola XT615 and is expected to be available in Greater China, Europe and Latin America starting in February. Motorola DEFY MINI is expected to be available in China under the name Motorola XT320 and in select countries in Europe and Latin America starting in February.

Motorola MOTOLUXE

Motorola DEFY MINI 

Features Sheet
MOTOLUXE Motorola DEFY
Form Factor Touchscreen Touchscreen
Software Platform Android™ 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) Android™ 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
Dimensions 117.7x 60.5 x 9.85 mm 109 x 58.5 x 12.55 mm
Display 4" FWVGA 480x854 3.2" HVGA with capacitive touch (480 x 320) with scratch resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass
Weight 123.6g 107g
Processor 800MHz 600MHz
Battery 1400 mAh 1650 mAh
Talk and Standby Time Talk time 2G/3G
Up to 6.5h/4.5h
Standby time 2G/3G
Up to 450h/400h
Up to 10 hours of Talk Time and 21 days of Standby Time
Bands/Modes 850/900/1800/1900 for GSM
900/2100, 850/1900, 850/2100 for UMTS
GPRS class 12
EDGE class 12
HSDPA DL7.2 Mbps / UL5.76 Mbps
Dual-band HSDPA / Quad-band EDGE
2G: 850/900/1800/1900
3G: 900/2100, 850/1900, 850/2100
Connectivity 3.5 mm stereo jack (audio out), micro USB, USB2.0 HS 3.5mm audio jack
Bluetooth Bluetooth 3.0 w/o HS, HSP/HFP/A2DP/AVRCP 2.1, A2DP,AVRCP,HFP,HSP,OPP,SPP
Messaging/Web/Apps Email, Google Apps™ (Google Maps™, Google Talk™, Google Search™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, Google Voice Search™, Google News™, Google Weather™, Google Books™), Android Market™, SMS, MMS, e-mail, IM Email, Google Apps™ (Google Maps™, Google Talk™, Google Search™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, Google Voice Search™, Google News™, Google Weather™, Google Books™), Android Market™, SMS, MMS, e-mail, IM
Camera 8 MP rear-facing, 2x, 4x Zoom, Auto Focus, Resolution up to 3264 x 2448, Front-facing VGA 3MP rear-facing camera with flash, VGA front-facing for video chat
Audio AMR, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MIDI, MP3, WAV AMR, MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+,WMA
Video Capture/Playback/Streaming MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DiVX Capture/Playback/Streaming MPEG4, H.263, H.264, 30fps @ HVGA
Storage & Memory 512MB RAM x 1GB ROM 512MB RAM x 512MB ROM, up to 32G microSD slot
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct/DLNA
Location Services GPS GPS
Preloaded Applications DLNA, FM Radio, Outdoor Dashboard DLNA, FM Radio, Outdoor Dashboard


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Friday, December 30, 2011

Mr. Android is a nerd in t-shirt and jeans with a girlfriend

The BlueStacks team have  compiled information from Nielsen and a Facebook poll they conducted. The result is Mr. Android 2011. This is how a typical android user looks like.

This is an info-graphic representing percentages of habits, lifestyles and preferences within the community of Android users.

Interesting fact is that 63% of the total Android users have a significant other in their life. Well, looks like nerds got girlfriends carrying an Android  phone.



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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Google offers 90% discount on top 10 android apps for next 10 days


Google offers 90% discount on top 10 android apps for next 10 days on the account of 10 Billion Android Market Downloads starting from today.



Here are the links to the apps having 90% offer to celebrate 1 million android market downloads.
  1. Asphalt 6 HD 
  2. Color & Draw for Kids 
  3. Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro 
  4. Fieldrunners HD 
  5. Great Little War Game
  6. Minecraft 
  7. Paper Camera
  8. Sketchbook Mobile
  9. Soundhound Infinity 
  10. Swiftkey X

Well, I am gonna buy all of these 10 apps :) yeppieeeeee :)


Amazing growth of android market
The graph image is taken from http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/12/10-billion-android-market-downloads-and.html

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Windows 7.5 phone - mango - screenshots


All windows phone lovers, be ready with a basket to catch the mangoes. Microsoft is back in the smartphone market to offer mangoes in a basket. Yes, right, Microsoft is back with phones powered by windows 7.5 with a codename 'mango'. Windows 7.5 is an eye-candy OS for smartphones.

Here are some of the screenshots I took from the demo website that Microsoft made available for android and iphone users to test/taste the mango flavor directly on androids and iphones. I took these screenshots on my Motorola Milestone running MIUI android 2.3.7 ROM.

For the first time I am in love with a windows phone. :) Microsoft has worked really hard over this to bring out slim, sleek n a beautiful OS for smart phones.


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