Android Gingerbread Coming to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Summertime

Well now here’s a bit of good new for all you owners of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, although Sony Ericsson some time ago made it quite clear that the Xperia X10 would not gain OS updates beyond Android Éclair, it appears Sony Ericsson has had a sudden change of heart.
According to the guys over at Android Central, the Sony Ericsson Product Blog has announced they will deliver Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread to the Xperia X10 at the end of Q2 early Q3.
Apparently Rikard Skogberg of Sony Ericsson has said that the company has listened to its customers and thus as a result of developing the Android Gingerbread update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc,Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo it has been able to include the Xperia X10 with a “special development project.”
However, apparently the Android Gingerbread update will not be pushed out over the air but will be downloaded by way of a PC update utility, and once upgraded there is no option for going back.
So there it is Xperia X10 owners, you can at least now look forward to some Gingerbread goodness hitting your device later in the year.

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IDC has thrown out some new numbers recently that demonstrate something quite significant. For the first time in history, smartphones outsold PCs.

In the fourth quarter of last year, a total of 100.9 million smartphones were sold, compared to 92.1 million PCs. This trend is likely to continue as more powerful smartphones and tablets, as well as niche form factors, fill the market space and provide consumers with more options.

Not surprisingly, Nokia came out on top, selling over 5 million Symbian handsets. Following Nokia in the sales charts are Apple, RIM, Samsung and HTC. Android is heavily represented among vendors such as Samsung, HTC, LG and Motorola, further driving smartphone sales. After all, according to Canalys, Android did happen to grow 615% last year!

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Samsung has just launched its flagship smartphone in the shape of the Samsung Galaxy S II (2) (GT I9100). With MWC 2011 finally over, we can now all have fresh perspective on the best  devices slated to be released into the hands of smartphone lovers worldwide in 2011. First off, the Samsung Galaxy S II sounds seriously impressive. The big question, of course, is just how amazing is it, and, for that, we’re going to need to compare it to arguably one of the best non-Android phones around –  the Apple iPhone 4.

And so, without further ado, read on to find our thoughts on this legendary superphone standoff.

HTC EVO View 4G Tablet Handled at CTIA: Video

During Sprint’s special event at CTIA they unveiled the latest tablet to grace Sprint’s4G WiMAX network along with CDMA, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread HTC EVO View 4G, and of course the HTC EVO View 4G gained a little hands on footage which we have for your consideration below if you haven’t already opted for the Apple iPad 2.
The HTC EVO View 4G hands on comes our way by the guys over at Android Community by way of Slash Gear, who managed to gain a little playtime with the newAndroid tablet that sports a 7-inch display, with a 5 megapixel camera and 1.3 front facing snapper, 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processor, DNLA, 32GB internal memory, 1GB RAM, integrated GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and microSD expansion slot.
Apparently the HTC EVO View 4G can also act as a hotspot able to connect up to 8 devices over WiFi and although runs Gingerbread, they guys say the final release version will come out to play with Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
So all you need to do now, if you are of a mind to consider the HTC EVO View 4G tablet on Sprint is head on down and hit that play button, and feel free to share your opinions of the HTC EVO View 4G to our comments area below…enjoy.

Review – Skullcandy Lowrider Headphones

Introduction

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to choose between sound quality or portability while travelling? If yes, then this review is meant for you. We discuss how the Skullcandy Lowrider is the ideal and economical travel headphone.

Packaging

The Skullcandy Lowrider comes in the typical clear packaging just like other Skullcandy products. This is a good way to let the customer see exactly what he will be buying before hand.

The box contains only the headphones and no other accessory such as a pouch or 6.3mm audio jack adapter. We understand it not having an audio jack adapter and for the price it sells at, we cannot expect much. But as it is a portable headphone, it would have been good if they provided a pouch of some kind.

Design and Build Quality

The Skullcandy Lowrider is an On Ear headphone. The headphone has DJ articulation which is a plus for portable headphones such as these. They fold up into a small object for easy carrying while travelling. When opened up, it becomes a full fledged headphone.

There is one problem however. Even when the headphone is opened up, it is quite flimsy  and will easily close up again because it is not locked in position.

Skullcandy Lowriders are aimed at younger customers and are available in a wide variety of colours and designs to match the requirements of any customer.

Comfort

The headphones can be adjusted to fit your head perfectly. The headphones are not tight on your head and thus it is comfortable for listening for long durations. The headphones are very light and you hardly get exhausted wearing it.

There is leather touch padding in the ear cups and also on the headband.  We would have preferred if it was cloth rather than leather to avoid sweating.

The length of the cable will be adequate in any situation whether you are on the move or whether you are at home and using it with your PC/laptop. It does not get tangled easily and thus  avoids all the hassle when ou need to use it.

Sound Quality

The sound quality on the headphone is great. There is very little or no distortion even at maximum volume. The gold plated 3.5mm audio jack makes sure of optimum quality. The bass is on the lower side even if you tweak the equalizer to give a bass boost.

The output volume is good enough and well needed because the headphones fail to drain out outside noise because of a loose fit. So you will sometimes need to raise the volume in noisy environments etc.

Conclusion

The Skullcandy Lowrider is the perfect headphone for those who need uncomprimised audio quality while travelling thanks to it’s great portability and pricing.

It is avaiable for purchase at MobileFun.

Apple iPhone 5 Prototype Spotted at Foxconn

A source from Foxconn has reported that the Apple iPhone 5 has been spotted and will be going into mass production soon. Note-The picture above is just an iPhone 4 with a metal sticker.

The iPhone 5 seems to have a design similar to the iPhone 4 with the major differences being the materials used and the screen size.

It seems Apple have decided to dump the glass back which caused all the Glassgate problems and go back to metal similar to what we had int he first generation iPhone 2G.

The source says that the iPhone 5 will have a flat metal back although other reports indicate a curved metal back.

The screen size is said to be between 3.7″ and 4″ which should be an edge to edge display. The phone should also have the new dual core A5 processor.

We will keep you updated as we get more information on the iPhone 5.

via 9to5mac

Spice Popkorn Projector Phone

Spice Mobiles has launched a new Projector phone called the PopKorn with the model number M-9000. The most unique feature of this phone is the Built-in projector which lets you watch movies and documents on a large screen.

The Popkorn also boasts of Analog TV which means you can watch some free-to-air TV channels . There is also mention of a Document Viewer and Laser Pointer. The document viewer supports Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Adobe PDF Files. Like most projector phones , this one suffers from poor battery life with a rated talk time of just 3.5 hours and we are not sure if that includes Projector usage. But the price point is certainly attractive and also Spice is airing ads during the Cricket World Cup for this handset which might help them selling a bunch of these.

Spice Popkorn Specifications

• Quadband GSM Support 850/900/1800/2100 MHz
• Colour Display with 320×240 pixel resolution
• 1200 mAh battery
• Talktime : 3.5 hours
• Standby Time : 300 hours
• 3.2 MP Camera with 15 FPS Video Recording
• Memory : 87 MB inbuilt and Memory card that supports cards about 16GB
• SMS, MMS,  Email
• Java
• MP3 Player
• Video Player
• FM Radio with recording
• WAP, GPRS , Bluetooth
• WebCam
• Remote Control PC via Bluetooth

Spice Popkorn Price

This handset is launched in the market for a price of Rs.6699 (MRP) and is expected to be available for around Rs.6000 in some stores.