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- ASUS PadFone Gets Reviewed by Our Sister Site; Here’s What They Concluded! (Video)
- iPhone 5 Cases Pictured, Could Adopt New Colors
- China Telecom Approves HTC One X Local Version for Sale
- Thomson 5.3 Inch X-View 2 Is a Dual SIM Android 4.0 Device Coming to France
- Sony Announces Xperia Go and Xperia Acro S, Two New Android Waterproof Smartphones
| ASUS PadFone Gets Reviewed by Our Sister Site; Here’s What They Concluded! (Video) Posted: 30 May 2012 01:32 PM PDT
As you may know, if you check out the upper part of our website, Tablet-News.com is our sister site and they’ve had the chance to review the famous ASUS PadFone, that we’ve also played with for the past week. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, the ASUS PadFone is a 4.3 inch handset that goes inside the PadFone Station tablet to create a hybrid device. The combo costs 699 euros and it’s available in parts of Asia, suffering delays in most countries because of Snapdragon S4 that’s very sought after. Tablet News gave this device an 8.66 out of 10 and praised the originally of the design and the dynamic switch between phone and tablet. They called the camera “a pleasant surprise”, with an efficient interface, great photo taking ability and stunning 1080p videos. The Padfone itself is nothing to laugh at, since it has a beautiful teardrop profile case, metallic edge and nice texture of the battery cover. It’s got a glassy and glossy facade with 3 virtual buttons and Android 4.0 as the OS with some minor ASUS customizations that you’re used to seeing on tablets. The PadFone Station is a 10.1 inch unit with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution and it shares the CPU, camera and internals of the PadFone, but it brings as extra its display, SonicMaster speakers and its very own phone and GPS antenna. You can make calls from the tablet and phone and the 6600 mAh battery on the slate expands the battery life of the phone five fold. More info in the video below! Related posts:
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| iPhone 5 Cases Pictured, Could Adopt New Colors Posted: 30 May 2012 12:52 PM PDT
Another week, another pair of leaked iPhone 5 cases, this time with a change in colour. A little while ago we saw the front bezel for the Apple iPhone 5 leaking and then some connector, but now it’s the turn of the case to leak online. The rumors about the screen size on the new iPhone continue, but this doesn’t do much to bring them to a halt, sadly. All we have here is a glance at the phone’s back and we get black and white rear shells from two different sources. When two different sites publish pics of what appear to be similar devices, then you know you have a problem. Both leaks show docking connectors reduced in size, a fact about the iPhone 5 that we’ve been hearing about for a while. Rumors say that the connectors were reduced in order to allow for larger and louder speakers to be integrated. The headphone jack has also apparently moved at the bottom of the device. At the top there’s room for a larger camera element now. What’s really interesting here is that the sources behind the image also say that Apple is planning more color options for the new iPhone, something new to them. Usually it’s the iPod that’s colourful, while the iPhones are merely black or white. Could they go with colours this year? Related posts:
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| China Telecom Approves HTC One X Local Version for Sale Posted: 30 May 2012 11:25 AM PDT
China Mobile and China Unicom have already scored their versions of the quad core handset HTC One X and it’s not up to China Telecom to also get its share of HTC’s latest flagship. And so they did, by getting the needed regulatory approval for the device. The version here is the X720d, that looks very much like Sprint’s version of the handset, the HTC Evo 4G LTE, although it replaces the red highlights from Sprint and the kickstand with a golden motif. On the hardware side, a clear difference between the X720d and the HTC EVO 4G LTE is the support for global roaming on GSM networks, available on the Chinese version. The roaming completes the already available support for China Telecom’s CDMA network. The thing here is that the X720d is actually packing the dual core MSM8660 Snapdragon S3 processor, rather than the new 28 nm Krait SoC, which is a bit of a bummer. Other than that the specs are pretty much the same with the Evo 4G LTE, including the 720p display, 8 megapixel camera and 16 GB of storage. It will run Android 4.0 and be released locally in mid June. Related posts:
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| Thomson 5.3 Inch X-View 2 Is a Dual SIM Android 4.0 Device Coming to France Posted: 30 May 2012 04:15 AM PDT
Thomson isn’t the kind of name that says anything to me, but apparently they have some nifty devices in their portofolio, including an IPTV tablet (PoMMeS) and now an interesting 5.3 inch device. Meet the X-View 2, that’s actually a dual SIM gizmo with Android 4.0, headed to the French market. This phablet features a qHD 960 x 540 pixel display, a mystery single core 1 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and a 2500 mAh battery. The phablet will debut in France this summer and we have no idea how much it will cost, but I reckon it will be cheaper than the Galaxy Note from Samsung. It also looks very bulky in these pictures and strangely enough it has 4 capacitive buttons below the display, not 3 like modern Android 4.0 devices usually do now. There’s also an 8 megapixel camera at its back, 512MB of RAM on the specs list, a microSD card slot and the ability to work on GSM and CDMA networks. It also supports 7.2 Mbps HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 and e-book reading. For the right price, this model could become a popular phablet in some areas in Europe. Related posts:
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| Sony Announces Xperia Go and Xperia Acro S, Two New Android Waterproof Smartphones Posted: 30 May 2012 02:10 AM PDT
Sony just announced two brand new Xperia models that have two main defining aspects: they run Android and they’re waterproof. The newcomers are the Sony Xperia Go and the xperia Acro S, both resilient to water and dust. They feature Reality Display screens with Mobile Bravia engine technology, for better clarity and quality. These models will go on sale starting with Q3 2012. Xperia go and Xperia acro S feature screens that are resilient to scratches, being made out of mineral glass. The phones are bundled with Music and Video Unlimited services from the Son Entertainment Network, so users can get their share of Hollywood blockbusters. Sony Xperia Go features a 3.5 inch touchscreen, a dual core 1 GHz processor, a faster camera (loading in less than a minute) and Android 2.3 Gingerbread as the OS, with the option to upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS. The Xperia go model will be available in black, yellow and white and it will debut on the American market as the Xperia Advance. This smartphone measures 9.8mm in thickness, weighs 110 grams and offers 3D Sweep Panorama as camera feature, it uses a 5 megapixel camera sensor and does HD video recording, It also offers 3D surround sound, 50 GB of free cloud storage (BOX offer), DLNA, aGPS and Glonass support. Its 3.5 inch display supports a 480 x 320 pixel resolution and other internal specs include 8 GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM and a microSD card slot. The battery inside the device is a 1305 mAh unit with up to 6 hours and 30 minutes of GSM talk time. Moving on to the Xperia Acro S, this model measures 11.9mm, weighs 147 grams and it’s better specced than the Go. It offers a 12.1 megapixel camera with 3D sweep panorama, 1080p capture and video stabilizer, plus DLNA, Glonass, HDMI and a 4.3 inch 720p screen. It also has 16GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM, microSD card slot, NFC, HSPA+ connectivity and a 1910 mAh battery, good enough for 6 hours and 40 minutes of GSM Talk time. This model runs Android 4.0 ICS from the box and comes in black, pink and white. No prices were mentioned yet. Related posts:
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