A recently leaked RIM roadmap reveals all the upcoming BlackBerries for 2012. Unfortunately there is nothing really interesting scheduled before November this year. RIM is preparing two new mid-range Curves for the spring seaso 9220 and 9320 for Q1 and Q2 release respectively. White Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 will hit the market in March or April as well.   ... Read more

If you have heard about Eventbrite. The web-based service helps event organizers manage ticketing and costs nothing for free events, This must be your lucky day as they have just launched thier own Android App.   The company has recently launched an iPhone app, and now they are out with an Android version. As you can imagine, these apps allow you to not only browse upcoming events, see them on a map and get GPS directions but also to make your event attending a paper-free experience. Simply pull up your ticket barcode or registration info on your phone and you are good to go.   Eventbrite [Android Market]   ... Read more

Microsoft Windows Phone Tango update is the rumored codename for the next version of Windows Phone OS. Previous reports suggested that the update is designed to drive down the cost of manufacturing Windows Phones, but how does Microsoft plan to achieve this? We have heard that Microsoft biggest work with Tango is reducing the RAM requirement for Windows Phone. We have been informed, but cannot immediately verify, that Microsoft will actively support just 256MB RAM, from the standard 512MB found in today devices. Although this is a current hardware requirement, most devices use 512MB of RAM. A leaked Windows Phone roadmap showed that Tango will arrive in Q2 of 2012, a date range that appears to be accurate. Coupled with Microsoft plans to allow OEMs to support new chipsets, and t... Read more

In December 2011, Huawei offered a demo version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its Honor smartphone, allowing users to dream about a full version. Now the handset has been officially launched with Android ICS on board in China (via China Unicom). Of course, this means that if you have already bought the Honor with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, an update to Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich should be available for your device soon. The Huawei Honor features a 4 inch FWVGA 854 x 480 display, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8MP rear camera with 720p video recording, front-facing camera, 1.4GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, and a 1930 mAh battery. The handset is available in the US via Cricket Wireless under the name of Huawei Mercury. ... Read more

HTC released another Fast 4G smartphone that re-define Speed, The HTC Velocity 4G for Telstar. In terms of specs, the HTC Velocity 4G comes with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) along with HTC Sense 3.5, 16GB internal storage, up to 32GB of expandable storage via microSD, 4.5-inch qHD screen (960×540), 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash, a 1620mAh battery, plus an unlocked bootloader. Velocity 4G Full Specifications The lack of Ice Cream Sandwich in the HTC Velocity 4G is a dealbreaker for me now that I have tasted Ice Cream Sandwich, I pout at the thought of going back to Gingerbread. Telstra said that they only received ICS from Google last week, so although the HTC Velocity 4G would be launching on Gingerbread, they expect to roll out I... Read more

  February 22, the launch day for the North American version of the the PlayStation Vita is drawing near and Sony has now announced a new version for those who'd like to buy the console on the day of the launch. If you want to get your hands on the PlayStation Vita a bit early, then you can opt for the previously announced First Edition Bundle. Although it will cost you 50 bucks more over the standard 3G model, you will get the console a week in advance, along with a 4GB memory card, limited edition PSVITA case, a copy of ‘Little Deviants' and upon activation of the device you'll also get AT&T DataConnect Pass and a PSN game, making it the best value of all the bundles. If you're in no hurry and want to spend the least, then you should go for the base Wi-Fi model tha... Read more

Up until this week, Google Calendar and Windows Phone did not play together nicely. You could only sync one Google calendar per account and had to use a JavaScript hack to sync more. Wekll, those days are gone now that Google updated its Sync product to let Windows Phone users select multiple Google calendars. Customers with a Windows Phone can navigate to m.google.com/sync on their phone and setup the calendars they want yo sync. Besides Calendar Sync, Google also lets you configure which addresses you want to send mail as if you use custom addresses in Gmail. Google Official Press Release: We launched a few new features on Google Sync for our Windows Phone (7.5+) users. Multiple Calendars is a feature that lets you select which of your Google Calendars are synced to your device. Ju... Read more

The Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xyboard tablets have been up for pre-order in the US for over two weeks. So if you pre-ordered one, it is on its way to you. Otherwise, you can just go and buy one now and prices are on the photo above. These Xyboard tablets are basically just Droid Xyboard units sans the mobile data connectivity and without any Verizon branding. They were initially supposed to ship during the week of January 18 (so last week), but better late than never. ... Read more

Sprint has started rolling out a small update (EL29) for the Samsung Epic 4G Touch to fix one of the most annoying issues folks had with phones on the Now Network Carrier IQ integration. That "minor detail," described as "security update," is not the whole story aside from that, the new software also updates the calendar app, allowing users to dismiss multiple calendar alerts at once. ... Read more

After another successful quarter, Apple is worth more than 400 billion USD, which is about $6,622,516 per employee. In the last three months, Apple brought in 4x more profit than Walmart, the world largest retailer... And here is how it all comes together in an infographic prepared by MBAonline.com. ... Read more

Yahoo! Meme, Yahoo! Mim, Yahoo! AppSpot, Yahoo! Deals, Yahoo! Shopping, and Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search have all been removed from Apple App Store. And if you are like most people, you never even looked at these apps in the first place. That is exactly the point. It is part of Yahoo strategy to rebuild its mobile presence from the ground up. That list only refers to apps that were available for the iPhone and iPad. The former search leader also took down a handful of apps for Android. ... Read more

The Galaxy S III is a device that will be popping up some time inside 2012, and today information leads us to believe that it will be sooner than later: a clue at Samsung own Global Download Center support site, no less. Here we can see inside the Mobile Device and Smart Phone categories a brand new Product Model Name: GT-I9300, a model that is a grade above the rest. Here will find the next Samsung handset that will break down the walls previously set up by the Galaxy S II last year and the Galaxy S before that. Not only the GT-I9300 shows up today but also the Samsung GT-I9800, This code showed up at samsung WIFI-devices certifications. ... Read more

After the disappointing Q4 results, which saw a sharp drop in profit and revenue for HTC, the Taiwanese mobile device company is now looking to cut back on its smartphone portfolio this year, instead focusing on fewer devices. This is exactly what we argued HTC should be doing, though leaks from December already suggested that this change was coming. In an interview with Mobile Today, HTC UK boss Phil Roberson said the following: We have to get back to focusing on what made us great - amazing hardware and a great customer experience. We ended 2011 with far more products than we started out with. We tried to do too much. So 2012 is about giving our customers something special. We need to make sure we do not go so far down the line that we segment our products by launching lots of dif... Read more

Qualcomm recently launched GameCommand to showcase games that leverage on the capabilities of the their Adreno GPUs. GameCommand features games from various dev companies, but apparently, Qualcomm are upping the ante with a game studio of their own. They are also working on a much improved version of GameCommand, which is expected to launch at the upcoming MWC. Qualcomm game studio will target phones and tablets powered by the company Snapdragon chipsets (which use Adreno graphics). They are promising "console-quality graphics" on the mobile devices. Desert Winds [Free]  ... Read more

The app in question is called Clear and it is not even out yet. I stumbled upon a video ad for it and I was amazed. It has been a while since we have ever seen a user interface so beautifully simple, elegant and intuitive. Clear main and only function is to help you organize your life by creating easy to follow to-do lists. There are many to-do list apps and organizers out there, but it is Clear user interface that will make you buy this app when it comes out, Make sure you check out the App Demo video below. Coming Soon to iTunes ... Read more

  Rage HD is not only one of the best looking games on iOS but also one of the best looking games on any mobile platform. Now this gorgeous first person shooter has been upgraded to v2.0 and brings along some nice goodies. For starters, you get higher resolution player and weapon models in the game. Secondly, the game brings performance enhancements and a wide variety of bug fixes. Next, the game also includes the ability to output the video through an HDMI cable to a television so now you can play the game on a bigger screen. There are also some improvements to the video output through the VGA and component cables.  ... Read more

Dropbox is an online file storage service that automatically syncs files between all your computers and devices. You are given 2GB of free storage, and can pay monthly for more. On the desktop versions you interact with Dropbox through a folder, within which every single file is backed up and synced. This syncing happens in the background and is nearly instantaneous.   The Newer Features The latest 2.0 update has drastically improved and overhauled the Dropbox app, so lets look a little closer at these newer features. Also Dropbox Now Optimized for Android Ice cream sandwhich 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus.   Multi Upload The new multi uploading ability has proven to be a real time saver for me. This ability to upload numerous files at once really pushes the po... Read more

Qualcomm upcoming 28nm based Snapdragon SoCs (Adreno 225), codenamed Krait, are expected to arrive later this year. But a NenaMark 2 benchmark score on an unidentified device has leaked ahead of launch. In this benchmark, we see this unidentified device, probably just a reference unit, running the MSM8960 processor with the Adreno 225 graphics. The device has a display resolution of 1024 x 600, same as 7-inch tablets but despite the higher resolution, it posts a rather impressive score of 54.90 in NenaMark 2.  ... Read more

A high-ranking source with a major electronics retailer has told TechnoBuffalo to expect the long-rumored Apple TV set this April, or possibly May at the latest. Speaking on conditions of anonymity, the source said they have seen "gorgeous, very thin" pre-production versions of the set in person, and that they employ OLED panels at various sizes up to 42-inches. If true, Apple set will debut as the largest OLED based HDTV on the consumer market. LG and Samsung debuted 55-inch OLED sets at CES earlier this month, but neither is set to launch as soon as April. While there is no info if the set will be running its own version of iOS, we do know that will have deep integration with devices based on the popular operating system. The set will also sport Siri style voice controls as w... Read more

Lately, Some reports across the WEB was showing that Apple is the biggest smartphone seller in 2011 according to the company shipments during the whole year, but these reports have misleading info. Here is the correct chart that shows that Samsung is the No.1 biggest smartphone seller in 2011, Samsung booked a lot of succes with their Galaxy S 2 and Apple did this in their latest months of 2011 with the iPhone 4S. Samsung sold 40.8 million smartphones in 2011Apple 37 million and Nokia 20 million ... Read more