Press Releases

HTC Flyer coming soon to Three

Today, at Mobile World Congress, Three has confirmed that it will range the HTC Flyer. HTC’s first tablet has a 7″, 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen, making e-reading, watching movies and browsing the web a pleasure, and its pocketable size makes it convenient to check maps, buy apps or download music while out and about. The HTC Flyer boasts a tablet version of the company’s smartphone Sense User Interface and runs on Android’s Gingerbread at launch, and will be upgradable to the next Google software platform. It includes a 5MP camera and a front facing camera to allow for video calling.

The HTC Flyer is integrated with the Evernote application, and comes with a magic pen allowing people to take notes on the fly, which are then accessible from other devices. It also makes book reading more fun with clever highlighting and annotation features.

LG Optimus 3D ushers in a new era for smartphones

LG Electronics (LG) today officially unveiled the eagerly- awaited LG Optimus 3D, the high-performance smartphone offering the world’s first full 3D experience, at Mobile World Congress 2011, the LG Optimus 3D introduces a number of innovative “first” technologies, including the world’s first dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory architecture as well as the first 3D platform allowing for recording, viewing and sharing of 3D content.

Superb Performance with Unique “Tri-Dual” Configuration
The LG Optimus 3D is a showcase of superior speed and power made possible with LG’s unique “tri-dual” configuration – dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory. This configuration enables users to enjoy significantly improved performance and run-time compared to smartphones offering 1GHz dual-core processors.
Unlike other single-channel, single-memory dual-core smartphones, the LG Optimus 3D offers significant performance benefits as a result of the simultaneous – and thus faster – transfer of data between the dual-core and dual-memory. Users can browse web pages, multitask between programs, play games at a higher frame rate and enjoy movies more smoothly and longer than ever before.

Acer’s ICONIA TAB A100

Whether you are into gaming, social network or enjoying your multimedia on the go, the new Acer ICONIA TAB A100 is your dream come true. Stylish and compact, this 7″ tablet offers unrivalled portability and matches it with the ultimate high performance, taking your mobile experience to the next level.

The Acer ICONIA TAB A100 primary focus is on providing a truly rich user experience. This is why it will be equipped with Android 3.0 “Honeycomb”, the new Android operating system specifically optimized for tablets. On the home page, resources are grouped into four main content usages, within easy reach of your fingertips:

Acer’s new ICONIA Tab W500

Fun and productivity, entertainment and work. Our lives are made of different sides, that seamlessly blend one into the other. The devices we use should reflect this flexibility and ability to multitask, allowing us to enjoy and share content as well as be productive when there is the need. This is why Acer created the ICONIA TAB W500, with an innovative design that effectively combines the best of two worlds: tablet and PC.

Acer ICONIA SMART the next generation Smartphone

Acer ICONIA SMART perfectly combines the capabilities of a tablet in a smartphone format: a huge 4.8″ widescreen with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a super cool chassis.

Its revolutionary design, characterized by a stretched out, thin and slightly curved shape, makes it a fascinating device that will not go unnoticed. Its full metal body, enriched by subtle wavy patterns, conveys a sense of timeless elegance. What’s more, it offers a perfect fit in your hand thanks to its smoothly curved back and minimal width (64.5mm).

LG announce the Optimus Pad

LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the highly anticipated LG Optimus Pad at a press conference on opening day of Mobile World Congress 2011. With diverse multimedia and productivity features, the LG Optimus Pad features a unique 8.9-inch display for one-handed portability and uncompromising viewability, a departure from the trend toward tablets featuring 7- and 10-inch screens.

The LG Optimus Pad is powered by Google’s Android 3.0 platform and the NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor. The world’s first tablet with a 3D camera, the LG Optimus Pad wraps users in an immersive multimedia environment with Full HD 1080p decoding.

Samsung Unveils The Latest Addition To Bada Portfolio – The Samsung Wave 578

Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the Samsung Wave 578 at Mobile World Congress 2011. The new bada handset is equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) connectivity, sleek, user-friendly design, and runs on bada, Samsung’s own smartphone platform.

Simon Stanford, Managing Director, Mobile, Samsung UK and Ireland said: “The Samsung Wave 578 handset combines sleek design with fantastic features, including super quick WiFi connectivity and NFC, on a really user friendly device. This handset enhances our expanding bada platform portfolio.”

Samsung Wave 578 features Near Field Communication (NFC) – a technology that makes many innovative services possible such as mobile payment at shops, paying transport fares, reading tags and getting mobile coupons, direct on the handset. The Samsung Wave 578 also has the fast connectivity around with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, and USB 2.0, for fast data rates and easy information sharing.

Motorola PRO coming to Europe

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. today announced Motorola PRO, the AndroidT-powered smartphone optimized for business use, is set to come to Europe. Delivering the speed, convenience, security and productivity tools that consumers and businesses alike require, Motorola PRO is showcased at Motorola’s booth at MWC: Hall 8, Booth No. 8A51.

"Consumers above all need choice to meet the needs of work and play and Motorola PRO strengthens Motorola Mobility’s position as the leading provider of Android devices. We don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach," said Andrew Morley, vice president of marketing, international markets, Motorola Mobility. "In addition, employees and IT departments have made it clear that they want other options and solutions and Motorola PRO meets this need."

The Motorola PRO smartphone powered by Android 2.2 features a 1 GHz processor with 2 GB internal memory and expandable external memory with SD card up to another 32 GB, as well as 3G mobile hotspot support for up to five other Wi-Fi-enabled devices/laptops and a QWERTY keyboard designed for speed and convenience. The business smartphone also includes QuickOffice pre-loaded and email support (Corporate Sync, GmailT, POP3/IMAP embedded, Push Email, Yahoo Mail).

Other features of Motorola PRO

• Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 support on a full multi-touch 3.1-inch (7.87-cm) brilliant display as well as the ability to capture and share content with the device’s 5-megapixel camera featuring auto focus and dual LED flash
• Motorola security additions such as AuthenTec IPSec multi-headed VPN integration, remote wipe of device and SD card, and complex password support as well as device and SD card encryption

Posted by: James

RIM announces BlackBerry Travel App

Research In Motion (RIM) today announced BlackBerry Travel, a new app that provides BlackBerry Smartphone users with an all-in-one integrated and contextual experience as they plan, book and manage their travels and itineraries while on the go.

“The BlackBerry Travel app is set to be the next must-have tool for travelers, offering convenient push notifications and seamless integration of travel itineraries, profiles, and flight status updates into the familiar BlackBerry Calendar,” said Jim Tobin, senior vice president, software and services at RIM. “We also think the BlackBerry Travel app represents a great opportunity for travel industry leaders to work with RIM to deliver enhanced services and better travel experiences for their customers, and new revenue opportunities for travel providers.”

When a new booking confirmation or itinerary arrives in the user’s inbox, the BlackBerry Travel app is automatically updated with the relevant details, which makes travel planning and management easier than ever.

BlackBerry smartphone users can also have their calendars automatically populated with itineraries as soon as they are confirmed and, by leveraging the BlackBerry push technology, the BlackBerry Travel app can keep users informed and in control of their itineraries by monitoring flight statuses and promptly providing notifications about changes. The app can even identify potential omissions or scheduling concerns with the itineraries, such as missing accommodations or timing conflicts, and provide users with suggestions.

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Sony Ericsson make the Xperia Play official

Hot on the heals of the Sony Ericsson press conference at MWC 2011 we’ve just received the official press release for the new Xperia Play. Full details can be found below. As soon as we can drag Gareth away from playing with the handset in Barcelona we hope to have some footage and video.

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