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We posted this morning about Samsungs new bada devices that have been announced at IFA 2011 in Berlin. What we didn’t have at that time was the full specs of the three handsets.
All three devices, born out of Samsung’s heritage in innovation, are powered by Samsung’s own new bada 2.0 platform, which brings together a wide variety of new capabilities including multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct, voice recognition and Near Field Communication (optional). It enables smartphone users to experience advanced services such as mobile payment, ticketing and file sharing.
If you are thinking that one of these new phones may be the right choice for you please see below where you will find the full specifications:
Motorola recently announced the forthcoming DEFY+ but we were not too sure how soon we would see it here in the UK. Well it’s good news as you wont have long to wait. Motorola have today confirmed the device will be available in September which means it could be as near as only two days away.
You can see the full press release below along with a video of the DEFY+.
Live life to the fullest with the latest life proof smartphone from Motorola Mobility, Inc., Motorola DEFY+. Building on the Motorola DEFY’s life proof heritage, Motorola DEFY+ offers exceptional protection from whatever life throws your way with its water resistant, scratch resistant and dust proof design (IP67). In addition, Motorola DEFY+ has a 1GHz processor that runs 25 percent faster and is more fun with the latest version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) delivering a smarter operating system and better battery life to fully enjoy your experiences. Motorola DEFY+ is expected to be available the UK in September.
Three and the Countryside Alliance today announces the launch of a project aimed at getting people online in rural areas of poor or non-existent broadband.
Called the Rural Broadband Working Group, the initiative will see the operator work with local politicians and the Countryside Alliance to identify rural broadband ‘not-spots’ and give away around 4m MBs of free connectivity, alongside the dongles and MiFi’s needed to get people online.
The project, which will also involve input from Race Online 2012, is aimed at helping communities, families and businesses in rural areas that while not served by fixed line broadband providers, do have access to Three’s high speed mobile Internet network.
We mentioned last week that Samsung were planning to announce a few new Bada powered devices including the Wane 3, Wave M and Wave W and that is now official. The three handsets will all be powered by Bada 2.0 and some nice improvements have been made to the operating system.
“Smartphones are gaining popularity by the day. The new additions to the Wave portfolio are the first to benefit from the power of our bada 2.0 platform; the full extent of our commitment is clear to see in each device. We’ve produced easy-to-use smartphones that will inspire the market,”
Below you can see more details of the three new devices as well as a video interview with Justin Hong, VP with Samsung Mobile Communications:
T-Mobile’s ‘myTouch’ branding may be alien to us here in the UK, but for our friends across the pond, it is a common and successful line of consumer friendly Android devices. Some eagle-eyed fandroids might even recognise the roots of the myTouch 4G Slide in the form of the HTC Magic, one of the first Android hits in the UK. While it may not have evolved here to what the Yanks have with this 4G Slide, some of us may still be interested with it being more powerful than all other landscape qwerty device currently available in the UK.
The dual core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor and impressive 8MP camera brings this in line with the top Android smartphones around, while the bonus of HTC’s design and stellar build quality (and of course the sliding keyboard) might be the deciding factor for some.
So is it worth signing two or three years of your life away for? Could it even be worth importing from the States? Read on to find out.
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