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Panasonic Eluga Practically Available In Japan, Europe Waits Until April

Panasonic has decided to jump the gun on a simultaneous Japanese and European launch of  its latest flagship Android phone, and has instead decided to release its latest Android phone in Japan to consumers a month before the European market gets to pick it up.  As of March 26, the Panasonic Eluga has been available on NTT Docomo. Other Japanese wireless carriers will start selling the phone on March 29. The reason for the European delay of this highly praised phone is unknown at present. The Panasonic Eluga comes packing a  large, crisp 4.3-inch qHD screen has a resolution of 960×540. The phone will be … Continue reading

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Alcatel OneTouch Venture Now On Virgin Mobile

Who doesn’t like a good prepaid phone plan? Especially when it’s on Virgin Mobile? Sure, the variety of phones is often, lacking, to say the least but at least you have the advantage of getting exactly what you pay for. No hidden fees, no overage fees. Just put money in and get service. So for those of you in the United States on the Virgin Mobile cellular network, Alcatel now has their Alcatel OneTouch Android phone available for just $100 – contract free! So just what does a $100 ‘burner phone’ come packing? I hope your sitting down, because ‘pure … Continue reading

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LG Reveals L-Series Ahead Of MWC

With Mobile World Congress (MWC) just day’s away, and the anticipation just about reaching it’s pinnacle, it comes as a relief to see a manufacturer come clean about a long rumored product. So today, LG is one such manufacturer. The South-Korean manufacturer showed of their LG Optimus series of Android-based smartphone’s. Late last week, the company took the wraps of their 5-inch Phablet which they named the LG Optimus Vu. Now we are formally seeing the rest of the family. Meet the LG Optimus L3, L5, and L7. No, the number does not directly correspond to screen size. While we don’t … Continue reading

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Gigabyte Dual-Sim GSmart G135 To Be Released At MWC

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is just a week way, and it appears that every major manufacturer is trying to get a piece if the action. Gigabyte, the computer manufacturer, is one of these players. While the company does a great job with motherboards and even a number of notebooks, their smartphone’s don’t exactly deliver. Then again is may be do in part to their lack of presence in the United States and United Kingdom. In any event, they will be showing off an Android-based smartphone at MWC that just might deliver, if you live in a such a lucky market. The … Continue reading

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Xperia X10 WILL Recieve 2.3 Update Says SE

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For heavens sake Sony Ericsson will you make up your mind already! First of all you state that the X10 will be stuck with Eclair but now it is going to see an update to Gingerbread. What’s next, Honeycomb? Rant over, this is impeccably good news for everybody out there with an Xperia X10, because at last you can wield the power of Gingerbread in your palm. Sony Ericsson have stated that they will bring Gingerbread to the X10 at the end of Q2 / start of Q3 this year, much to the delight of X10 users who will no … Continue reading

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Android 2.4 ‘Real’, Still Calls Itself Gingerbread, Smells Like a PR Stunt

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Viewsonic, who has been talking with Pocket-Lint, and has spilled the beans on the next Andoid update; 2.4 Gingerbread. The source at Viewsonic has claimed that the update is to retain it’s Gingerbread name, and also come as a major update to the way apps run and are built for dual core processors, as to make sure that single core smartphones can run them. PR stunt One thing to note with this information is that it certainly smells a bit stale, because the source at Viewsonic made it abundantly clear that the first product to ship officially with 2.4 will … Continue reading

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