Posts Tagged ‘ NFC ’

Belle Update for Nokia E6 Now Available at Vodafone Australia

May 2, 2012
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Vodafone Australia announced the availability of the Belle update for Nokia N8, C7 and E7 about a week ago. Unfortunately, Nokia E6 owners have been left out with the promise that the update will soon become available for their smartphones as well. Today, the carrier officially confirmed the Belle update is available for download...

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Vodafone Australia Rolls Out Nokia Belle Update for N8, C7 and E7

April 25, 2012
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The long-waited Nokia Belle has finally reached Australian shores at Vodafone. It appears that Nokia has confirmed that beginning April 25 Vodafone customers who purchased the N8, C7 and E7 can upgrade their smartphones to Nokia Belle. According to Vodafone Australia, the update is only available via Nokia Ovi Suite, so it’s recommended to...

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Sprint Officially Deploys Android 4.0 ICS for Nexus S 4G

April 5, 2012
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Major carrier Sprint teased its Nexus S 4G users with an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade since February, but the update was nowhere to be found. However, the situation has just changed as the carrier has just announced the immediate availability of the Android 4.0 ICS update for Nexus S 4G. Currently, the software version...

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BlackBerry Curve 9350 Exclusively Available in North Canada via Northwestel

April 2, 2012
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The budget-friendly BlackBerry Curve 9350 has been available in Canada for quite some time now. More recently, the smartphone has been confirmed by Northwestel, a regional carrier that operates in North Canada. It appears that the smartphone is now exclusively available for purchase in North Canada via Northwestel and Latitude Wireless. The device was...

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New Samsung Galaxy S III Concept Phone Emerges

March 16, 2012
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Soon, mobile phone users around the world will be able to purchase a new flagship Android device coming from Samsung.Supposedly called Galaxy S III, the new device will be released as the successor of last year’s Galaxy S II smartphone, and should pack top-of-the-line technology inside. Nothing has been made official on the new...

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Ruby BlackBerry Curve 9360 Now Almost Free at Rogers

February 24, 2012
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Six months after the official launch of BlackBerry Curve 9360, RIM releases another color flavor of the smartphone, ruby. The smartphone has just been introduced in Canada via Rogers and is now available for a mere $0.01 with a new three-year agreement. Currently, BlackBerry Curve 9360 is available in four color-schemes: black, purple, pink...

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LG Announces Optimus LTE Tag with NFC Capability

February 20, 2012
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Today, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics announced to the world a new flavor of its LG Optimus LTE smartphone, namely the Optimus LTE Tag. The new device comes with specs similar to those included in the original, but also with the Near-Field Communication (NFC) capability and a variety of optimizations in this...

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Windows Phone 8 to Appeal More to PC Vendors

February 4, 2012
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Later this year, Microsoft is expected to bring to the market the next version of its mobile operating system, namely Windows Phone 8 (codenamed Apollo). The platform is expected to bring along a wide range of improvements when compared to the current flavor of the OS, such as support for multi-core application processors, microSD...

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NFC Mobile Payments with BlackBerry Bold 9900 Now Possible in Turkey

January 18, 2012
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Touted world’s first SIM-based smartphones to receive MasterCrad PayPass handset certifications for NFC mobile payments, BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 were also the first to run RIM’s BlackBerry 7 operating system.   To capitalize on NFC (Near Field Communications) technology, major carrier Turkcell and Research In Motion (RIM) have just introduced the...

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Samsung DV300F Dualview Camera

January 2, 2012
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Samsung DV300F Dualview Camera

The Samsung DV300F camera is an update to Samsung’s DualView line of cameras. Obviously, its main differentiation is the front LCD display that lets users capture shots that would otherwise be more difficult, like self-portraits.  The front LCD also has a cool feature that displays an animation to keep young children focused on the camera: that’s...

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