Samsung Galaxy Y receives a small update

Samsung pushed out an update to the Galaxy Y, no ICS nor Jellybean just a small update. The will bring with it more system stability and better touchscreen responsiveness. The update size is only a 1.5MB. So Galaxy Y users pick that phone and check for any system updates.

Source: GSMArena.

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Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G announced for MetroPCS

Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G announced for MetroPCS. It has a 1GHz processor & runs on Gingerbread,  16GB SD card and you can expand up to 32GB, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, a 1.3MP front camera & 8MP rear camera with LED flash, Dyle Mobile-TV, HDMI-out, Bluetooth, WiFi & LTE. Pretty good specs.

Source: MetroPCS.

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Motorola Electrify 2 & Defy XT announced for U.S Cellular

Motorola announced two smartphones that will be headed to U.S Cellular, the Electrify 2 & Defy XT.

The Electrify 2: has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on ICS, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and expandable, a 4.3-inch ColorBoost display that's scratch resistant & splash resistant, a VGA front facing camera and an 8MP rear camera with LED flash & it's capable to shoot 1080p videos, features SMARTACTIONS, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and a 1,780mAh battery to power it all.

The Defy XT: has a 1GHz single-core processor & runs on ICS, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of internal storage & expandable, a 3.7-inch "Black dust" display that's scratch resistant too, a VGA front camera an a 5MP rear camera, water resistant, dustproof, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi, GPS and a 1,650mAh batter to power it all.

Both are quite good. The Electrify 2 is available online & the Defy XT will be available on August 3.

Source: Motorola.

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Gigabyte announces new smartphones

Gigabyte announced 3 new smartphones at Computex. All of them are dual-SIM.

Gigabyte GSmart M1420: a 1GHz MTK6575 single-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 ICS, a 4-inch WVGA display, a 1.3MP front camera and an 8MP rear camera, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Gigabyte GSmart G1362: It has a 1.2GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, a VGA front facing camera and a 5MP rear camera, a 4.3-inch display, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Gigabyte GSmart M1320: It has a 1GHz processor, 512Megs of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, a 3MP shooter, a 3.5-inch display, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Gigabyte GSmart G1342: And the smaller of the branch. It has an 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of internal storage and WiFi. 

Source: GSMArena.

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AT&T Samsung Exhilarte is official

Samsung Exhilarate for AT&T is official. It has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1.3MP front camera and a 5MP rear camera capable to shoot 720p videos, a 4-inch HD Super AMOLED display, A-GPS, Bluetooth, LTE, WiFi and it's made form 80% recycled material.. It will be available on June 10th for $50 and obviously a pay monthly plan.

Source: GSMArena.

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Sony presents two new smartphones

Sony announces 2 new smartpones for the Xperia line-up, the Xperia acro S and Xperia go.

The Xperia acro S: This is a high end smartphone and quite protected against the nature's elements. It has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and runs on ICS, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 4.3-inch 720p HD Reality display with wet finger tracking technology and it's covered with a scratch resistant and shatter proof glass, a 1.3MP front camera and a 12MP rear camera and records 1080p full HD videos, it has also IP57 certification it means that it's dust proof and up to 30mins under 1m of water, GLONASS GPS, HDMI, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC.A pretty good phone huh ?

Xperia go: The Xperia go is his smaller brother but comes with some protection against natural elements. It has a 1GHz dual-core runs on Gingerbread but will receive an ICS update, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, 3.5-inch Reality display, 5MP rear camera that records 720p HD videos, comes with IP67 certification that means that it will offer the same protection against water as the Xperia acro and at the difference to the acro s that it's completely dust proof, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Both will be available worldwide as from Q3 this year.

Source: GSMArena.
Images: xperia blog

Samsung Galaxy Proclaim out now for the US

Samsung unveiled this entry-level smartphone and will head to Net10, Verizon and StraightTalk networks in the US. This smartphone has a 1GHz single-core processor and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card, 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3MP rear shooter and a 1,500mAh battery to power it all. The phone comes with a price tag of $180.

Source: GSMArena.

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JCB announced two new Toughphones

JCB announced two new Toughphones, the Pro-smart and Sitemaster 2.

The Pro-smart: basically this is a rugged budget Android phone. It has an 800MHz single-core processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 3.2-inch scratch resistant display, 5MP camera, supports microSD card, 3G, WiFi and 2,000mAh battery that will set you for 15 days of stand by and 9 hours of talk time and a carry strap for the compass you get and a carbiner. It can last 30 minutes in water, 1 metre and it's dust tight, IP67 certification.

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The Sitemaster 2: Water resistent and dust resistent, IP67 certification, survives 1 ton of pressure, 2M drop test, 2GB of internal storage expandable to 8GB via a microSD card, 2-inch display, 2MP camera, 3 in 1 charger and as the other it comes with a carry strap for the compass and carbiner.

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Source: GSMArena and Techadda

LG Optimus Elite announced

Sprint will have this phone for $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate on a 2 year contract. This eco-friendly smartphone has an 800MHz single-core processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 512MB of RAM, 3.5-inch display, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, NFC, Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi. A pretty good budget Android phone.

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Source: Engadget

Intel Atom smartphones will go up for sale tomorrow

Intel Atom based smartphones will go up for sale tomorrow. The Indian company, Lava will put the Xolo X900 for sale tomorrow. This smartphones has a 1.6GHz single-core Intel Atom Z2460 processor with Hyper Threading running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1GB of RAM, 4.03-inch display, 8MP rear camera capable to capture 1080p videos, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, NFC, HDMI out. A pretty good phone huh ?

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Source: GSMArena.

Motorola XT390 announced

This smartphone is headed to China Unicom. It has an 800MHz single-core processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 512MB of RAM, 3.5-inch display, 3.2MP rear camera, dual-SIM standby. It will come in Black and Champagne Gold colours and at a price of 1,000 yuan.

Image from: www.gsmarena.com

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_announces_xt390_dualsim_droid_for_china_unicom-news-4088.php.