Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Mobile News for the day

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:50 AM PST


Indian telecommunications service provider , Tulip Telecom , launched Asia's largest data center on Monday. The datacenter which is the 3rd largest in the world is spread over an area of 9,00,000 sq ft. The data center has been build to gold international green building standards and meets Tier 3 and Tier 4 specifications. The internet connectivity is via fibre and relies on multiple ISPs. The datacenter requires 100 megawatts of power at peak output during full operations. The datacenter will play host to a variety of cloud and networking services. Approximately 30% of the server rack space has already been allocated with HP being a major customer . 100% allocation is being aimed for within 3 years. IBM will be a strategic partner with Tulip offering its data center and SmartCloud infrastructure services which will support Tulip in dramatically extending its existing offerings to quickly meet customer demand. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5RYflgBcM
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:47 AM PST


It seems apt that Nokia has chosen to announced a new colour Lumia 800 this week. Europe has been blankated by snow - so what better way than to celebrate than making official the white version. White is a popular colour for a phone, and while the previous versions has always looked so darn beautiful on the Lumia 800's Polycarbonate unibody shell, it just isn't quite as sexy as it is in white. Unlike its technicolour cousins, the white Lumia 800 features a glossy finish rather than matte. This means that it attracts fingerprints, and doesn't hide scratches nearly as well as matte. Why no matte? Well Nokia's explanation is that a glossy finish is easier to clean than a matte one - highly critical with a product of this colour. Regardless the glossy finish really compliments the snow white colour really well. While it does attract fingerprints, it isn't as apparent as I assumed it would be. In any case all four of the Lumia 800 features the exact same specifications, down to the 16GB storage - meaning, unlike the N9, there is no 64GB version. Still you can't argue that the white version does looks rather sleek, and would no ...
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:55 AM PST


Nokia Belle is now rolling out to existing Symbian^3 Anna devices worldwide starting today as they announced last year. This would bring new features such as 6 home screens instead of 3 in Anna, Resizable and movable widgets, New and improved browser, Notification bar, Revamped camera interface, new suite of powerful business apps from Microsoft and Informative lock screen. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3REHGbxqn0 It is now rolling out for Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7, or Nokia Oro device in countries like India, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Poland, UK, Germany, Italy, Vietnam and Indonesia. It would be available for Nokia 500 in few weeks. You can check if it's available for your Symbian^3 device in your country from Nokia Belle page. You need to connect your phone to PC and update the phone via Nokia Suit. Read
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:18 AM PST


Apple has issued a general warning to all developers telling them to avoid scamming market ratings via third party services. With over 500,000 apps in the store , developers have to resort to various tactics to gain app store visibility. Once you build a great app, you want everyone to know about it. However, when you promote your app, you should avoid using services that advertise or guarantee top placement in App Store charts. Even if you are not personally engaged in manipulating App Store chart rankings or user reviews, employing services that do so on your behalf may result in the loss of your Apple Developer Program membership. Get helpful tips and resources on marketing your apps the right way from the App Store Resource Center. While it is understandable that a developer might want to promote his app to the top to ensure visibility , a poorly coded app at the top of the store would not bode well for users who might end up using an inferior product. While the question of app discovery still remains unanswered , banning developers who rely on scams to gain visibility would definitely be a step in the right direction. [Via - iMore]
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST


Soon after the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 900 in the USA , rumors started flying that the international variant will be equipped with an updated 12MP camera unit. Recently the rumor was debunked by Damian Dining , the person who heads Nokia's camera division. While there is no confirmation on the Nokia 910 , it probably does not come with a 12MP camera and instead retains the 8MP sensor from the 900. We should know more soon at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. [Via]
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:52 AM PST


Yesterday Nokia all but confirmed the white Lumia 800, which we will go hands-on soon. But they also showed off another Windows Phone device. Whether accidental or intentional, the Lumia 900 sans AT&T logo is featured, in plain sight, on their Facebook page. And in white. While Nokia has not confirmed the international variant of the Lumia 900, it is expected that the specifications will remain the same as the AT&T version, minus the LTE radio. As MWC is in the next couple of weeks, speculation is rife that Nokia will announce the GSM version of the Lumia 900, and this leak will only further confirm that. Via PocketNow
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:38 AM PST


Swype , the extremely popular keyboard replacement for Android amongst other operating systems is getting a major update soon. The application which currently doesn't support the latest version of Android ie ICS will include support for the OS in the latest update. Additional features like additional languages are also expected to be included in the application . Non beta support for Nuance Dragon Dictation might make an appearance in the update.  Nuance bought Swype in October in a deal worth over $100 million. [Via]
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:15 AM PST


Lenovo introduced one of the most well built and feature packed Android tablets last year based on the Honeycomb operating system. Since then Google has rolled out Android 4.0 ie Ice Cream Sandwich which brings several tablet specific enhancements like native support for stylus input which already comes with the Thinkpad tablet. Lenovo has announced that as part of its effort to future proof its devices ,  it will be rolling out the Android 4.0 update in Spring. Expected improvements include  browser enhancements, voice input, face unlock and overall performance enhancements. The Lenovo Thinkpad is a 10.1" tablet powered by a 1Ghz dual core Tegra 2 processor. [Via]
Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:49 PM PST


Apple and Samsung are the top Smartphone vendors by shipments  in Q4 2011 according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation).  The worldwide smartphone market grew 54.7% year over year in Q4 2011. Shipment volumes reached 491.4 million units in 2011 that is up by 61.3% compared to 304.7 million units in 2010. Apple climbed to top spot in Q4 2011 with the launch of its iPhone 4S worldwide. It recorded best ever shipment record for a single quarter with 37 million smartphone shipments. Samsung is right behind Apple with 36 million shipments and it also broke the 30 million market in a single quarter for the first time. Nokia still holds the 3rd spot for the past 3 quarters with 19 million shipments in Q4 2011 that down 30.6% year over year. While looking at the smartphone shipments for the whole 2011, Samsung is the overall smartphone market leader with 94 million in shipments that is 310.5% more than 2010. Apple has also seen tremendous growth with 93.2 million shipments in 2011 compared to 47.5 million in 2010. Nokia moves to 3rd spot with 77.3 million shipments that is 22.8% less than 2010. RIM holds the 4th spot that has seen 4.7% increase in shipments compared to 2010, while HTC has seen 100.5% increase in shipments holding ...
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