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Global cellphone sales surged 18 percent from a year ago in October-December, increased by strong growth of North American smartphone vendors Apple and RIM. The phone market has recovered from a slump in 2009 when the global economic slowdown dampened demand for the latest gadgets. Demand has surged for new smartphones like Apple’s iPhone 4 and Samsung’s Galaxy S. All vendors in total sold 401 million phones in the quarter, IDC said. Strong sales also of cheaper cellphones in China, Africa and Latin America helped to lift China’s ZTE Corp to the fourth-largest position — following only Nokia, Samsung and LG — for the first time ever, IDC said. Among top handset vendors Nokia, LG, Motorola Mobility and Sony Ericsson all reported declining sales for the quarter, losing market share to smartphone vendors Apple and RIM on the high-end of the market.

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The subsequently big thing to appear of Motorola, who has gone entirely Android-crazy, is the much estimated 4G-ready phone the Atrix 4G. The business has gone thus far as to call it The World’s Most Powerful Smartphone yet. For hardcore mobile fans the specs are adequate to start you saving up for this mobile enormous today. The Atrix will facet a dual-core (1GHz each) Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU (+ 1 GB RAM ) under the hood which is over and above enough to spark an interest in the community. It’s only opposition will be LG’s offering in the Optimus 2X that’s also flaunting a Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 chipset. Other features also contain

• A 4-inch capacitive touchscreen encased in Gorilla glass making it scratch resistant and sturdy (540 x 960 pixel resolution, 24-bit color – the world’s first qHD [Quarter High Definition])
• 3 and 4G capable HSDPA speeds (up to 14.4Mbps), Wi-Fi with DLNA compliance
• GPS with A-GPS support and possible a newer version of the MotoNav software
• Bluetooth with A2DP  + EDR
• a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash featuring image stabilization and geotagging
• Stereo FM radio
• HDMI out port
• 3.5mm handsfree socket
• MicroSD card support plus 16GB internal storage (up to 48GB of memory in total)

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Sales in the mobile applications sector will triple to 15,100 million dollars this year, boost by a rise in the market for Android at Google, alleged on Wednesday the Gartner research firm.  Apple twisted the market for online stores for mobile software in mid 2008 with the iPhone store, getting an instantaneous hit that boosted sales of smartphones and how to dispense content to mobile phones. Preceding week, Apple’s App Store reached 10 million downloads. His contiguous rivals are Google’s Android and GetJar in private hands, which sells software for all platforms and reached one million downloads in June.  Android is anticipated to offered free mobile bringer, becoming the mainly popular operating system in the world this year as firms HTC, Motorola and Samsung commence new models. Gartner predicts that 81 percent of all downloads this year there will be free and said that 16 percent of the applications market sales of 5,200 million dollars was generated by advertising, a share that is expected to nearly double to 30 percent by the end of 2014.

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The already eagerly awaited Motorola Atrix is making headlines again this time making a hint of 1080p video capture. Having a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU roaring inside, it should come as no surprise that this monster droid would offer Full HD recording much like the Optimus 2X, for instance.The gadget is set to initially come with 720p video recording and 1080p playback via it’s HDMI port. So far information on the update concerns only the AT&T version, the Atrix 4G, so we can’t be certain if it will be available for the European version as well. It’s some great news for the fans waitig eagerly for the official launch of the Atrix, especially now that the Tegra-loving LG Optimus 2X is already flaunting it’s fullHD capturing capabilities. Since the 1080p video capture will probably be a major selling point of the Atrix 4G, we really hope Motorola doesn’t take long with the update as it did with the updates of most of its other GSM Android smartphones.

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High speed internet is almost a prerequisite for even utilizing the internet in the current age of technology. While dial-up systems will continue to exist for a while due to their lower cost and rural availability, the high end options are slowly taking over the entirety of internet traffic. Due to this fact many websites are becoming more difficult to utilize with dial-up while most online games of any major popularity are very difficult to use with anything less than a true broadband connection. There are two primary types of high speed internet connection to choose from currently. These types of connection are cable and DSL.

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There is news that the Nokia N9-00 had been canceled then replaced with the Nokia N9-01 . The Nokia N9-01 we guess it will be powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with U8500 chipset, a 4.2-inch touchscreen display, a 12 megapixels camera with dual LED flash and autofocus,support for HDMI output, 1080p HD video playback and run the MeeGo Operating System. If we have any news on this Nokia mobile phone you’ll be the first to know them.

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Taiwan based phone manufacturer HTC is a well known name in the smartphone market. HTC HD7 happens to be one of the first batch of devices running on the Windows Phone 7 OS and the phone has great potential to be one of the top notch selling devices. Read on the HTC HD7 review to know about the power packed device. The design of HTC HD7 is certainly eye catching. The curved back of the phone coupled with its solid feel makes the phone quite a head turner. HTC HD7 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor and operates on Windows Phone 7 OS by Microsoft. The internal memory storage of the device in Europe measures 8GB while that in Asia measures 16GB. H

The phone is a pretty large device, thanks to its massive 4.3 inches LCD capacitive touch-screen display. The phone measures 122x68x11.2 mm and is quite heavy weighing 162 grams. HTC HD7 is equipped with a pretty large keyboard which facilitates typing. The touch-screen of the phone is quite responsive and though the display is sharp and vibrant, yet we felt that it could have been upgraded specially against smartphone equipped with super AMOLED screen. The phone is equipped with a 5 mega-pixel camera which is capable of clicking pictures of resolution measuring 2592×1944 pixels.

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Samsung Chat 322 Duos is a Dual SIM GSM+GSM mobile added to Samsung Duos Series Dual SIM mobile device. Samsung Chat 322 features QWERTY keypad, trackball for easy navigation, 1.3 mega-pixel camera, Social networking support, Auto Pull e-mail feature & More.

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Motorola Mobility India Private Limited launched Motorola MILESTONE XT800, India’s first Android-powered CDMA EVDO/GSM dual standby mode/dual SIM touch screen smartphone. The gadget offers a mobile Internet experience with WiFi/WAPI1 and world phone1 capability for smart professionals who need to connect with business, family and friends anywhere, at any time. It also features high-definition multimedia features that enable you to capture every momentous occasion.

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It looks like LG will shortly be adding another Android smartphone to its Optimus range, as details have been leaked of a yet to be announced Optimus handset, the LG Optimus Me P350. The cell phone uses a nice body,equiped with a 2.8-inch or 3.0-inch touchscreen display (320 × 480 pixels). The LG Optimus Me P350 will come with Android 2.2 Froyo, it will feature a 3 megapixels camera, a 600MHz CPU and 512MB RAM,support for 3G network, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, MicroUSB port. The handset will be coming in 5 different colors. No details on price or availability though but we expect a price of under 200-300 USD or Rs.10000-11000 approx.

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India appears to be receiving scores of latest Android smartphone releases of late and the newest one to join in on the act is the launch of the Motorola Defy. The Motorola Defy will launch in India and the price for the unlocked phone will be plenty better than the Motorola XT Glam price we mentioned earlier. The Motorola Defy runs on Android 2.1 but the Indian version will be getting Android 2.2 Froyo update during the second quarter. The Motorola Defy main specs contain a 3.7-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, microSD slot, Bluetooth, GPS, 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, WiFi, HSPA and much more.

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will be getting a little brother, which may show its face at Mobile World Congress next month: the Vivaz 2. We had caught a glimpse of this phone before, named the Hallon, but combined with the Experia branding, it’s hard to tell what exactly this new phone will be called at launch. Let’s stick with Vivaz 2 for now.

Just to run down the specs real quick: the Sony Ericsson MT15i packs a 1 GHz ARM 7 processor, 512 MB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera with Exmor sensor (much like the Xperia Arc), 480 x 854 Bravia-quality touch screen display, HDMI port, runs Android 2.3, and comes with a 1500 mAh battery.

Even in its preproduction state, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz ran really smoothly, and the 720p video recording “performed flawlessly”. There’s also a simple, but nice addition where you can change the application grid layout to be sorted based on date of installation or frequency of use instead of being continually pigeonhold into alphabetical listing. The custom TimeScape application hasn’t changed much, but it does perform more smoothly with the improved graphics horsepower.

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Sony Ericsson wants an original line of smartphones will promote their expansion after an inadequate end of 2010.  The corporation, which reported fourth-quarter earnings lower than predictable by forecasters, was launched last month and expects to submit Arc Xperia most mobile phones based on Google’s Android operating system in February. But the models do not disembark in time to the stores to support the results of the first quarter, parting the group with a breach to fill, after having already lowered prices at Christmas to get punters to buy their handset and old.

The business, a company halfway between Sweden’s Ericsson and Japan’s Sony Corp, and is aiming to accomplish gains in these three months, he thought GALSI. In the fourth quarter, Sony Ericsson shipped fewer phone than expected at an average price of 136 euros, up 12 percent from the previous quarter. This meager recital in the fourth quarter contrasts with that of Apple Inc, maker of the iPhone, whose results beat forecasts this week. The chief executive of Sony Ericsson, Bert Nordberg, admitted the company had underestimated the speed needed to commence innovative products, but said this year will be faster.

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Sony Ericsson Yendo created much buzz even before its launch as this happens to be the first touch screen walkman phone to be launched by Sony Ericsson. After enjoying success with Xperia X10 Mini, Mini Pro and Xperia X8, Sony Ericsson Yendo aims to further consolidate the company’s position as a manufacturer of value rich devices. Sony Ericsson Yendo is a stylish designed gadget which looks pretty much like Xperia X10 Mini. However, Sony Ericsson Yendo mobile is a solid touch screen handset which is made up of plastic with a soft matte coating on its back. The phone is comfortable and solid to grip and overall has an elegant design.

On the size front, the phone is reasonable with dimensions measuring 93.5x52x25.5 mm. Sony Ericsson Yendo is pretty light weighing just 81 grams. The phone is equipped with a 2.6 inches TFT capacitive touch screen display which is capable of displaying 256 K colors of resolution measuring 240×320 pixels. Though the readability of the screen is affected in sunlight, but considering the price tag associated with the phone, we felt the display to be reasonably alright. You can find the micro-USB port located on the left side of the phone with on the upper right side, you can locate the volume keys. The overall looks and design of the phone is quite appealing.

Sony Ericsson is offering Yendo mobile phones in various colors, you can see them in the picture below.

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Nokia World usually throws up an exciting new gadgets every year: the N900, the N97 etc. However, this year that title went to the Nokia E7. Nokia’s E7, despite being pitched off the back of the Communicator line, is mildly reminiscent of the N97, a flagship handset that veritably sunk into the depths of smartphone obscurity.  Although the E7 – part of Nokia’s Enterprise line of devices – wants to be adopted by business, we can’t helping thinking it is as much a consumer handset. The cell phone uses the slide-out QWERTY keyboard design,festures a 4.0 -inch (640 × 360 pixels) AMOLED ClearBlack touchscreen,a 8 megapixels camera with dual LED flash and 720p video recording,supports HDMI, Dolby Digital surround sound and run the Symbian^3 OS.

Nokia E7 Features and Specifications:

• Company: Nokia
• Product: Mobile
• Model: Nokia E7
• Network:
• Symbian 3 operating system
• Supper AMOLED touchscreen display
• Full slider QWERTY keypad
• 8 mega pixel
• LED flash
• Music player
• Video player with recording
• FM radio
• Up to 32GB microSD card support
• Bluetooth device
• USB port
• 3G connectivity
• Wi-Fi
• GPRS/WAP/GPS/aGPS

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