 Sure you never think you need two SIM cards, but think of all the possibilities. Many people carry a work and a personal phone, why not have two lines on the same device. Here in the US we don’t think about it, but dual-SIM devices are actually pretty commonplace in Asia and other parts of the world. Samsung has just introduced a pair of dual-SIM Android phones, the Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos, the latter of which is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard. Both phones run Android 2.3 with TouchWiz and have a 3MP camera on the back. The touchscreen only version has 3.1 inch QVGA screen and a 1300mAh battery while the Pro version includes a larger 1350mAh battery, front-facing VGA camera, but a smaller 2.6 inch screen as a result of the keyboard inclusion. Pricing has not been announced, but the first launch will be coming in January in Russia. The Galaxy Y Duos will then roll out to Europe, Africa, CIS, Latin America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and China. The keyboarded Pro version is headed to Europe, Africa, CIS, Latin America, Southwest Asia, and the Middle East. No plans have been announced to release either device in the US, however both are compatible with AT&T (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands). |
Friday, December 23, 2011
Samsung announced dual-SIM card Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos phones
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Sprint’s flagship devices of 2010 hitting end of life soon
Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT With so many Android devices being released these days, there comes a time to let go of the old ones. A handful of Sprint devices are about to hit end of life, but that’s not to say they won’t be supported anymore. It’ll just be a little harder to find them on store shelves.  The official list of Android devices being killed of is as follows:
The HTC EVO 4G is over a year old now and it being replaced by newer dual-core devices such as the HTC EVO 3D  . Samsung’s mid-range Transform and once-flagship EPIC 4G will clear out and make way for Sprint’s version of the Galaxy S II, said to be coming as soon as next month. And the Motorola i1 (did anyone actually buy that phone) is getting replaced by other PTT devices such as the Motorola Titanium.If you own one of the above devices, you will still get support from Sprint. And if you have insurance and happen to need a replacement, Sprint will try to replace it with the same device. But if that device is no longer available in the coming months, it may be replaced with the next closest thing. Such as how Verizon has started replacing damaged Droid X’s with X2′s. But that doesn’t mean go breaking your Android phone on purpose just to try and get the latest new device. Anyone else feel a little bittersweet when once iconic phones are put out to pasture? [Source: SprintFeed] |
Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:02 PM PDT We saw a render yesterday of an unnamed Samsung QWERTY slider phone that was headed to AT&T, but not many details were known about it. Today, we can see clear pictures and have a few more important details about it. It is said to be AT&T’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, model number SGH-I927.  It’s unclear right now if AT&T will give it their own branding, or stick with Galaxy S II. The name Samsung Attain has been thrown around before. We also don’t know if this keyboard toting version is the only one coming to AT&T.  This particular example is running Android 2.3.4 which it is expected to launch with. There’s an 8MP camera on the textured plastic back with LED flash. And the device still appears to be rather slim despite the inclusion of a hardware keyboard. And based on the impressive Linpack and Quadrant scores, it’s most likely packing the same dual-core 1.2Ghz processor found in the international Galaxy S II.  Some are suggesting the SGS2 may come with support for AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE network, but it’s very unlikely. So far AT&T has only planned to launch LTE in 5 cities at first and expand to 15 cities by the end of the year. You can’t launch a flagship device such as the Galaxy S II with LTE support and only have the network available to a small percentage of users. Recent reports suggest the Galaxy S II will be on sale in the US by early August, but there is conflicting information on which carrier will get it first.   [Source] |
Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:41 PM PDT It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here. Sony Ericsson originally said they would not update the X10 past Android 2.1, but then they changed their mind and earlier this year promised an upgrade to Android 2.3.3 would be coming. The update is now officially available, but it does come with a few drawbacks.  Some caveats of on that update though:
You will need Sony Ericsson’s PC Companion to perform the update [Download] or head on over to Sony Ericsson’s update page for more details and to grab the update. Some users are reporting the update may be region or carrier specific, and the software says the phone is up to date with Android 2.1. Let us know about problems or success in the comments. And we’ll let you know once the developers get their hands on the update and release it into custom ROMs. [Source] |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:36 PM PDT Last week we showed you how you could manually update the T-Mobile G2X to official Gingerbread using the LG Updater app. This week T-Mobile is pushing out the update over-the-air to all users. The update started late last night, so a few of you may already have woken up to a notification to download and update. The update brings Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well as a couple of other fixes:
Hopefully that should correct most of the issues users were having with their G2X devices and cut back on some of those returns we heard about. Additionally, once all the G2X’s in T-Mobile’s inventory have been updated, we should start seeing the device back on shelves and online. As you may remember the G2X mysteriously disappeared with nary an explanation from T-Mobile other than “it was sold out”. Let us know when you get your update and if it fixes everything! |
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[App] SMS Corrector fixes incoming text messages from your horrible spelling friends
Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:31 PM PDT Sure, there is built in spell checking in your keyboard, and there’s plenty of spell checking apps. But what if other people’s bad spelling and “SMS speak” really annoys you? Thankfully there is now a cure for that. It’s called SMS Corrector and it’s free in the Android Market. OMG, LOL, BBQ!  The application is compatible with all popular SMS apps such as Chomp and HandCent, as well as the stock SMS app, and works in both English and French. It features auto detection of SMS speak abbreviations as well as spelling. There’s also a feature to add your own translations and you can set a tolerance for how much you want it to correct. There’s even a fun stats feature where you can see who your worst offending friends are. It’s currently available for devices running Android 1.6 or higher. [Android Market link] [via XDA Developers] |
Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:06 PM PDT On Monday AT&T announced that their entire line-up of Android phones released in 2011 will receive the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. Also included on that list is the Samsung Captivate, which was released in 2010. Although no specific timelines were given, the Atrix 4G is currently getting treated to its OTA update. And the update for the Samsung Infuse 4G is expected within a few weeks.  The list of confirmed phones:
For a brief moment there, the HTC Status was the only phone on AT&T that was running Gingerbread since it was the only one that launched with it. But customers with one of the above listed phones can breathe a sigh of relief because your update will be coming…eventually. The rest of AT&T Android owners will have to either look into a buying new phone or rooting and giving your device the CyanogenMod 7 treatment. Usually when a phone doesn’t get timely upgrades, people tend to blame Google first, but it’s a little bit of the manufacturer and a little bit of the carrier causing the hold-up. It’s good to see AT&T at least taking some initiative and at least reassuring customers they will get an update eventually. It should also be noted that Sony Ericsson has promised Android 2.3.3 for the Xperia X10 late Q2/early Q3, but there’s no word if that update will actually hit AT&T customers. |
Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:44 PM PDT Boy Genius has just scooped this render of a yet-unnamed Samsung device headed to AT&T in the near future. It’s currently unknown if it will be a Galaxy S II variant (like the Epic 4G was) or if it’s just another mid-range device. But it’s certainly not the AT&T Galaxy S II that was accidentally outed on Facebook a few weeks ago.  The obvious major selling point will be the full QWERTY slide out keyboard. There are also 4 capacitive buttons instead of the usual 3, apparently at AT&T’s request, which are also mirrored on the hardware keyboard. The phone will be directly competing with the likes of Verizon’s freshly released Motorola Droid 3 and T-Mobile’s MyTouch 4G Slide. Unfortunately there’s not much more to go on aside from this picture. It should be hitting AT&T within the next couple of months, but we’ll keep out eyes out for more details. |
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Monday, July 25, 2011
[WTF app] Amy Winehouse Death News
Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:16 PM PDT  [Android Market link] |
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