Samsung Releasing White Galaxy S II in August

It seems that Samsung is set to release the Galaxy S II in white. It will be the just like the international Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100 but in white colour.
The device is said to be coming out early next month (August). Handtec UK is already taking pre-orders for the white version. Were not sure if the entire device will be in white or whether the front or back alone will be in white.
Samsung are also said to be readying another version of the Galaxy S II with slightly better specifications including a faster processor. Perhaps this upgraded model might be released in white as well.
For people who already have the black version of the Galaxy S II and would like it in white, you can try the Glas protector from SGP. It gives you an option of White, Pink or Back front plate which doubles as a screen protector.

Mozilla B2G Announced : Web Centric Mobile OS

Mozilla today announced its plans to develop an open source mobile operating system. The OS will be focused primarily on web-apps. Dubbed B2G , the OS will make use of HTML5 capabilities to deliver basic phone functionality via various APIs.

Mozilla will be using parts from Android to enable hardware acceleration.
Mozilla’s plan with the OS is to provide :

New web APIs: build prototype APIs for exposing device and OS capabilities to content (Telephony, SMS, Camera, USB, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.)

Privilege model: making sure that these new capabilities are safely exposed to pages and applications

Booting: prototype a low-level substrate for an Android-compatible device

Applications: choose and port or build apps to prove out and prioritize the power of the system.

The User Interface is going to be entirely unique and will build an application stack around Gecko. The B2G project is still in the early stages so we shouldn’t expect any devices based on the OS to hit the market anytime soon.

Nokia declares operating loss of 487 million euros in Q2

Nokia today declared an operating loss of 487 million euros in Q2.The company managed to ship 88.5 million phones in the quarter and had net sales of 9.3 billion euros but the handset maker is struggling to make a profit.Looks like Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has some tough days ahead of him.

Nokia continues to face a lot of competition from Android phones in the smartphone space and in the low end by re-branded Chinese handset vendors.
Nokia is expected to ship the N9 in this quarter and unveil it’s Windows Phone 7 devices later this year. Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft is critical to the handset maker as the company faces huge declines in sales and profits.
While we still figure out the details of the report you can read the complete results in the link below.
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Samsung Android QWERTY Slider Leaked

The phone in the picture above is a leaked QWERTY slider from Samsung that runs on Android. It is set to release on the AT&T network.
The device will feature 4 touch sensitive buttons rather than the 3 button layout. This was changed on AT&T’s request.The phone also has a slide out 4 row QWERTY keyboard.
It is most likely to run Gingerbread 2.3 upon release itself. Not much other data is known regarding the device.
The image rendering of the device doesn’t show any AT&T branding. But rumours are that it should hit AT&T within the next few months and it might be replace the Infuse 4G as the flagship model.
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