LG to roll out Android Ice Cream Sandwich update starting Q2 2012

LG has announced on their Official Facebook page that they would start rolling the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update starting Q2 2012. They already confirmed the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the LG Optimus 2x, Optimus Black, Optimus 3D and Optimus LTE devices last month.

The LG Optimus LTE, Prada phone by LG 3.0, LG Optimus 2X, LG Optimus Sol, LG my Touch Q and the LG Eclipse would be the first LG smartphones that would receive Android 4.0 in Q2 2012. The LG Optimus 3D, LG Optimus Black, LG Optimus Big,LG Optimus Q2 and the LG Optimus EX would get the Ice Cream Sandwich update in Q3 2012.

The exact date might vary based on the country and the carrier. They also said that the exact dates would be announced before the update starts rolling out.

Swype for Android v3.26 update brings Dragon Dictation and better word suggestions

Swype Beta for Android has been updated to version 3.26 that brings new features such as Dragon Dictation voice input, better world suggestions with the new Advanced Language Modeling system and support for over 50 languages.

New features in Swype Beta for Android v3.26

• Dragon Dictation voice-to-text with different language support such as English, French, Italian, German and Spanish
• Support for over 50 languages (Swype Settings -> Language Downloads)
• Advanced Language Modeling gives improved suggestions when Swyping, based on language context that provides better prediction accuracy, better learning.
• Additional languages for the Dragon Dictation would be added in 2012. If you are new to Swype, registerwith your e-mail id and the download link would be sent to you by e-mail. Open the link from your phone and download the Swype installer, install it and log into it with your details. Select the language and download Swype.
  If you already use Swype, uninstall the current version of Swype (not the installer) and use the installer to download the new version.

LAVA Mobiles launches LAVA A16 MTV Phone for Rs. 4000

LAVA Mobiles has partnered with MTV India to launch the LAVA A16 MTV Phone with a unique combination of style and superior value that is specially designed for MTV generation. It has a fashionable Diamond cut back cover with soft contours for easy handling, an animated Graphical User Interface (GUI) with multiple wallpapers & themes and has trendy matching accessories. It comes with 2.6-inch IPS display, 3.2MP camera with LOMO effect to capture the wonderful moments.

Features of LAVA A16 MTV Phone

•  2.6-inch IPS display
• Diamond cut back and beautiful animated themes
• 3.2 MP Camera
• Privacy Protection and Facebook application
• SRS Wow HD & YAMAHA codec (PA + Codec)
• Mobile Tracker
• Auto call recording
• High quality video player
• USB port
• 900 mAh battery

It comes with earphones with SRS WOW HD experience and dedicated controls. It also comes withsocial networking applications such as Facebook, privacy features that would let you lock SMS and pictures enabling more flexibility and control to the user.

The LAVA A16 MTV Phone is priced at Rs. 4000 and it is available across all leading retail outlets in India.

Symbian Belle is now Nokia Belle, coming to existing Anna devices starting February 2012

Nokia has officially announced that the Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) update for existing devices running on Symbian^3 Anna would roll out starting February 2012. This update would be available for Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and Nokia 500.

Nokia launched the Nokia 701, Nokia 700 and Nokia 603 smartphones with the Symbian Belle that wasannounced in August. The Nokia belle update brings 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.

The enhanced versions of Nokia N8, Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01 with Nokia Belle pre-installed are now shipping that would arrive first in China followed by other markets around the world.

Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab won’t get ICS – Samsung’s Korean Blog explains WHY?

Bearing in mind as how Samsung just proclaimed its preliminary round of ICS updates, it veritably should not come as a revelation that neither the Galaxy S nor the Galaxy Tab made the ICS cut, adding to the extensive record of Android devices that will not legitimately be modernized to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Just as we had predicted this, Samsung’s Korean blog “Samsung Tomorrow” has citied two main reasons – older hardware and a veer of customizations, which includes Samsung’s TouchWiz. It is poignant that not every gadget can receive such incredible updates.