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RIM did its best yesterday to convince skeptical financial analysts that its disappointing outlook for the current quarter is just the reflection of a few blips in execution, rather than anything deep-seated. But unless it manages to wow the mobile world with demonstrations of the BlackBerry 7.0 software at BlackBerry World next week, it could be in for a rough year. It’s never a good sign for your company when your co-CEO (Jim Balisillie in this case) calls your product line “aging,” especially in an industry that moves as fast as technology, during a conference call explaining why your profits are dropping. But it’s true nonetheless: Research in Motion is losing ground at the higher end of the smartphone market against the iPhone, Android phones, and maybe even a few Windows Mobile 7 phones as it scrambles to get new product out the door. Current-generation BlackBerries look boring against newer phones and the BlackBerry software isn’t nearly as competitive against more modern mobile operating systems as anyone at RIM would like, especially when it comes to things like Web browsing and available applications. That’s one reason RIM chose to launch the Playbook with new software developed by its QNX subsidiary, which it eventually hopes to bring to the BlackBerry.

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LG which has seen its smartphone share dip across markets worldwide has tried to up the ante with its Optimus series of phone. LG Optimus T is one the devices of the series which is targeted towards customers looking for budgetary Android phones. The carrier of the phone is T-Mobile and LG has tried to equipp the phone with maximum features to attract customers towards itself. LG Optimus T launch has come at a time when demand for Android handsets is on a high. At a first glance you wil find that LG Optimus T T-Mobile looks pretty much the same as that of LG Optimus S.

The phone is constructed of soft-touch, burgundy colored plastic which makes it look pretty good. You will find the same silver accent band as that of Optimus S around the edges of the phone. The phone feels solid on hand. LG Optimus T dimension measures 113.5 x 59 x 13.3 mm  which makes it sleek and lets it easily slip into the pocket. The phone weighs 129 grams which is in lines with weight of several other smartphones. LG Optimus T sports a 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touch screen which displays 256K colors of resolution measuring 320×480 pixels. The display is equipped with accelerometer and proximity sensors. The display offers good viewing angles and the tiniest of texts are displayed sharp.

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For those that have been contemplating purchasing the Android 2.2 Froyo packing T-Mobile G2x smartphone, you just may be pleased to know that you can now acquire the phone online and a none too bulky price. T-Mobile online is offering the LG made T-Mobile G2x as of right now for just $199.99 based on sinG2x ging up for a 2-year agreement on a qualifying plan and requires a 50 buck mail in rebate card. The T-Mobile G2x offers a 4-inch capacitive touch screen, 8 megapixel rear auto-focus camera with LED flash, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, 1080p video capture and sharing, 720p video recording, NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual core processor, 8GB internal memory, microSD expansion up to 32GB an upgradeable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

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HTC Freestyle is one of the first phone from AT&T which uses Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile platform. HTC has packed the phone with some decent features and one of the hallmark features of the phone is its HTC Sense UI. HTC Freestyle looks a very elegant phone, even though it is carved out of plastic. HTC Freestyle dimensions measures 106.7×56.6×12.5 mm which makes the phone pretty good for carrying out long conversations. The phone weighs 128 grams and the curved edges of the device give it a pretty chic look. Just like other phones of HTC, the phone feels very solid on hands. However, we did not like the battery door which has to be opened from the bottom of the phone. We would have preferred a standard battery cover. The phone sports a 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touch screen which is capable of displaying 256 K colors of resolution measuring 320×480 pixels. Reading small texts and browsing the web pages can be a bit difficult and sunlight legibility of the screen in sunlight is also an issue. In direct sunlight, the display can become completely dark which can be annoying sometimes. Below the display you have four buttons while above the display you will find an LED light and an earpiece.

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PrePayMania schedules to reveal an incredible and eventual BlackBerry PlayBook at its website. In the future, the BlackBerry Tablet PC will be accessible with 3G and 4G models. It’s wholly stylish and advanced widget that undeniably brings enjoyable experience to the buyer. PrePayMania is one of the leading online vendors for mobile handset and accessories in UK. This online doorway provides sim free, payg and bond phones with bloodthirsty price, and has made probably the most exciting proclamation of the disclosure of future gadget- BlackBerry PlayBook. This insubstantial and ultraportable device is world’s first professional-grade tablet which incorporates spectacular multimedia features.

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Yet another major electronics manufacturer may throw its hat into the tablet ring this summer according to a recent report. Chinese PC manufacturing giant Lenovo has plans to debut its Android 3.0-powered ThinkPad Tablet come June, according to a leaked Powerpoint presentation obtained by tech reporter Joanna Stern. As the document says, the device will be powered by Honeycomb, the tablet-optimized version of Android. It will run on the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, a chip which has virtually reached mobile-industry standard status after being featured on myriad phones and tablets debuted in 2011.

Other touted specs remain similar to the already-existing pack: Micro USB, HDMI, SD card and USB 2.0 ports are all included. 16, 32 and 64-GB versions will be offered, as well as the eventual release of 3G and 4G-enabled versions. The tablet does deviate from its brethren somewhat, but you’ll have to spend a little more to see the differences. Optional choices include a stylus pen for “sketching and note-taking,” as well as a docking bay with keyboard attachment, which essentially turns the tablet into a laptop. Think HTC Flyer meets the Motorola Atrix.

Since Lenovo’s tablet is marketed in the Powerpoint pictures as the tablet “for on-the-go business professionals…and the IT Managers that support them,” we may be seeing a rival to Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, a device also aimed at the enterprise market. Originally a laptop designed and manufactured by IBM, the ThinkPad brand was purchased by Lenovo in 2005.

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Apple’s iPhone 5 has been the subject of fevered speculation, but now there’s a picture to help fuel even more hype. Joshua Topolsky, the former editor-in-chief of Engadget, posted a mockup at This is my next of what the forthcoming iPhone might look like, “based on information from a variety of sources. The phone looks similar in some ways to the slender iPod Touch, but with a larger screen and a tapered back. Topolsky warns that he’s just “trying to make sense of the noise” surrounding the new design. Still, he says, contrary to many rumors, there are “strong indications” that the iPhone 5 will be much more than just an incremental change from the current model.

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Google Translate has been providing people with the capability to translate foreign languages without breaking a fret. Newly, the business introduced latest updates to the Google Translate app for Android powered phone customers. The new update  includes three new languages for the text to speech feature: Korean, Japanese and Arabic. Also included in the update is improved speech quality to over 15 languages. Google Translate is a wonderful app for world travelers to have on hand or for anyone who would like to brush up on their foreign languages.

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Most know that Apple is always a bit behind when delivering latest technology in their iOS gadgets, even though the iOS realistic would no doubt say or else. But as far as I am aware Apple doesn’t have any 3D plans for their device. 3D appears to be the next big thing in the mobile space and no doubt the iOS faithful wouldn’t want to lose out, but if Apple doesn’t bring 3D to their gadgets it appears someone else will.

Actually this resolution involves placing a film over your iOS display and combining with softwareto deliver 3D and actually the film doesn’t hamper with your multi-touch gestures. So just so you can check out what this new 3D film and software does, we have a video of 3D in action on the Apple iPad for your viewing contentment below which lasts just 46 seconds by does look relatively remarkable.

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The business found only 2.6% of British pubs and restaurants have a website that is optimised to take benefit of mobile Handsets, although 23% of web browsing is now done through mobiles. Live bookings points out that 36% of the UK inhabitants now owns a smartphone, and PC searches are declining by 15% year on year, so “restaurants that don’t facilitate mobile reservations are missing out on a enormous opportunity to fill tables”.

Andris Berzins, chief marketing officer at Livebookings, believed: “Restaurants can’t afford to ignore the power of mobile. Consumers today demand instant access to the services they want 24/7. “The restaurant industry, like other service sectors, needs to respond to changing consumer behaviours and embrace mobile technology to deliver a high quality user experience.” Livebookings has launched a latest mobile handset platform called Pocket Diner, designed to help punters browse or book tables on-line from their phones.

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The Indian cell phone market is growing an unprecedented rate and with vendors rolling out new models each day it the mobile landscape in the country has become intensely competitive. The Indian cell phone market is witnessing the demand for smartphones in it anticipated that in the next couple of years, there will be nearly 4 million smartphones in the country. Such an enormous growth has also raised vulnerability of the phones being targeted with malicious software and programs. Notably between August 2009 and December 2010, the number of malwares targeted towards mobile has almost been doubled and in 2010 several new threats came into limelight.

Many mobile platforms have been subjected to vulnerability and attacks, the most notable being Android. Number of attacks on Google’s Android platform has risen by leaps and bounds as it is one of the fastest growing platforms in the world. India is one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world and hence it has become an easy target for developers of malware and other harmful programs. Analysts believe that the most effective way to infect cell phones is by using SMS Trojans. So it is important that you must not download application at random in your phone and make proper investigation before downloading any application. Users must go through user review and if there is anything suspicious it is always better to avoid downloading that particular application.

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For ages the Xperia Play was referred to by everyone as the PlayStation handset. And with all the publicity neighboring Sony Ericsson’s newest Android phone it’s hard to envisage it living up to potential. Be short of of PlayStation branding in the name is telling, this handset is a association between Sony Ericsson and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), and so isn’t a pure-bred PlayStation product, but instead is ‘PlayStation Certified’. There’s no direct connection to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) then, and it won’t run games friendly with Sony’s handheld gaming gadget – which is probably all most people wanted or anticipated from a PlayStation handset. It will run games from the, openly retro, original PlayStation (PS1) – but only those that have been specifically converted for use on the Play. The other games in the current schedule are basically Android games, for instance an update of long-running driving series Asphalt, which has been modified to add support for its controls.

It’s those dedicated controls that really make the Xperia Play show up. They are positioned on a slide out portion, much like a keyboard on many handsets. The touchscreens on modern smartphones have no doubt inspired some novel innovative control mechanisms in mobile games; but more traditional comfort games will really benefit from the Play’s directional pad, four face buttons, two circular analogue touchpads and shoulder buttons. The Play’s design is indistinguishable to previous Xperia handsets, with its rounded and tapered ends and sleek plastic highlighted by chrome details. The top half of the Xperia consists of the screen and four buttons for Android’s ordinary functions: Back, Home, Menu and Search. The bottom half is about 50% thicker, and houses the Playstation controls over and above the phone’s ports – microUSB and headphone. This adds up to quite a substantial handset, and it feels heavy too, but not awkwardly so – its rounded shape helps it slip effortlessly into a pocket.

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Take this one with a dash of salt (or should that be a pinch of sprinkles?) but Google TV could be landing on your Android phone or tablet after the prologue of the Ice Cream. Google is planning a big Google TV flavoured Ice Cream proclamation at its I/O conference next month – with the Big G looking to amalgamate the AOSP (Android Open Source Code) for three diverse platforms; Google TV, Honeycomb 3.0 (tablets), and Gingerbread 2.3 (phones). This could mean that Ice Cream integrates the three areas, and goes cross-platform with its IPTV platform.

Phandroid has also actually discovered that the merging could even be the rationale that the Honeycomb coding isn’t leaving the Google plex for now. It’s undoubtedly a move that makes sagacity, as Google TV hasn’t unerringly set the world alight (did someone say “flop”?) and networks haven’t been all that keen to get on board. But, with the mobile TV market intensifying speedily, the panorama of getting their shows accurately into the palms of viewer’s hands might be too much of a lure for the broadcasters to resist. We’ll be watching how this one develops with a keen eye, so be sure to check back on Pocket-lint for regular updates.

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Verizon’s initial LTE 4G phone, the Android-powered HTC Thunderbolt, has managed to hold its own aligned with Apple’s iPhone 4 at Verizon Wireless stores — even going thus far as to outperform the iPhone in some locations — according to the research firm BTIG. The news doesn’t come as a vast bombshell. The iPhone 4 hit Verizon stores in mid-February, and it was mostly procured by iPhone-hungry Verizon customers. The Thunderbolt, which launched two weeks ago for $250 with a two-year contract, pleas to an wholly different audience — one that wants the newest and huge hardware, along with access to the fastest mobile network in the US. The real test for 4G Android phones will be how they vie with the iPhone 5 later in the year.

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