0 Nexus 7 Sales Approaches 1 Million Per Month

Every week a new tablet hitting a market, Google's Nexus 7 device is still holding strong position, selling about 1 million units a month, according to Asus, which produces the device.

Asustek Chief Financial Officer David Chang told The Wall Street Journal that sales of Nexus 7 have grown from a start of about 500,000 units in the first month. In the latest month of sales, the number was “close to 1 million.”

Though Apple sold approx 14 million iPad this quarter, and 3 million devices for the quarter is a pretty big number for Google’s tiny tablet. Also 43 percent jump in net profits is shown by Asus — $230 million compared to $160 million last year, says the report.

The Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire face stiff competition from Apple’s new 7.9-inch iPad mini, which will go on sale this Friday. The iPad mini has a starting price of $329, which places it at a premium over the $199 entry price of the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7.

Late Monday, Google has also released an upgraded version of the Nexus 7. The $199 version now has 16GB space while there’s another 32GB version with 3G for $299. Wi-Fi only 32GB Nexus 7 will cost $249.

The original Nexus 7 which is of 8GB has been discontinued. The new version runs pure Google Android OS version 4.2 also known as Jelly Bean.

0 HTC Wildfire S Launched For Rs.13,999

Running Android covered by HTC's polished Sense UI, the Wildfire S sports a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen with pixel dimensions of 320 x 480. The Android OS is upgradable to version 2.3. A 600 MHz processor powers the device with 512 MB RAM to provide sufficient firepower for a device of its class. A 5.0 Megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash lets you snap photos even in insufficient lighting conditions. You can attach a standard headphone with 3.5 mm jack to listen to music, while the storage is take care of by a microSD memory card slot.

3G is supported with GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS. This phone can be used anywhere in the world, thanks to quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and HSPA/WCDMA (900/2100 MHz) network support. With the 1230 mAh battery, talk time for GSM is specified as up to 430 minutes, while standby time can be up to 360 hours. Weighing just 105 grams, the Wildfire S measures a very compact 5.94x1.24x10.13 cm.

0 Sony Ericsson W8 Launched The First Walkman Android Phone

Sony Ericsson has announced its first ever Walkman brand smartphone running Google Android 2.1 Eclair update in Indonesia. Supporting 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the new Sony Ericsson W8 walkman smartphone looks very similar to Xperia X8. There's no word on the pricing and this phone will be available in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malayasia, Phillipines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam from Q2 2011 in Azure Blue, Metallic Red and Iconic Orange.

New Sony Ericsson W8 has a 3-inch capacitive HVGA (320x480) display and houses 600Mhz processor under the hood. With 128MB memory on board, this handset comes with Android 2.1 Eclair running on it and I doubt if it will get Froyo richness. Kindly forget about the phone getting Gingerbread. Sony Ericsson has layered the Timescape UI on the top of Android.

Branded as a Walkman series smartphone, the W8 will have Walkman Music Player ported to Android, TrackID music recognition, and PlayNow technologies. At the back lies a 3.2 megapixel camera that would give you mediocre quality photos along with Geo-tagging capability.

Being 3G Network compatible, the new W8 Android phone offers 23 hours and 40 minutes worth of music listening time. The phone is connectible wirelessly via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Apart from that, the W8 offers Twitter and Facebook integration in the Timescape UI.

Sounds like a good contender for sub Rs. 10,000 Android based smartphone, the Sony Ericsson W8 does look a bit tacky in Iconic Orange, may be its just me.

0 Adobe Flash Player 10.2 for Android released

After going through testing process , Adobe has released new Flash Player 10.2 for the Google Android mobile operating system based smartphones. This new Adobe Flash Player 10.2 version promises full web experience with videos, games, apps and mobile web browsers. However, this new major update would be available only for Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.3 Gingerbread based devices. 

Adobe has join hands with Google and hence the new Flash Player 10.2 will also offer Beta support for Android 3.0.1 Honeycomb or higher.  For optimal performance and the most immersive experience on Android 3.0.1+ tablets, view Flash Player delivered content in full screen by using the menu buttons provided by content providers, or by tapping content once followed by a long tap to bring down a button in the upper left corner which can be tapped to enable full screen mode.

The features that come with the Flash Player 10.2 update are:

- Performance enhancements to take advantage of new hardware in both Android 3.x tablets, as well as existing hardware in many Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices.

- Tight integration with the new Android 3.x browser to treat Flash content as part of the web page instead of as a separate overlay.  This results in improved scrolling of web pages and the ability to display pages in the way intended by the page designer, including new support for compositing HTML and other web content over Flash Player rendered content.

- Automatic soft keyboard support to simplify text entry for rich mobile and multi-screen experiences.

With the new Flash Player 10.2, Adobe expects to deliver better "embedded" in-browser experience. The enhancements also improve the playback of 720p HD videos in full screen. The General Availability version of Flash Player 10.2 for Google Android 3.0.1 and higher tablets is expected to be released in coming weeks. 

New Adobe Flash Player 10.2 update can be downloaded from the Android Market app on your Android phone or you can visit here. If you face any issues post Flash Player 10.2 installation, do let us know in the comments section below.

0 Motorola Milestone Is Now Updated to Android 2.2

Motorola Milestone has finally received the Froyo treatment with an Android 2.2 release for the phone. Like they say, better late than never, but it's a tad too late since Gingerbread isn't uncommon on even some lower rung Android phones. Follow this polite cautionary notice from the good people at Motorola to a download page to get the Froyo update.

Despite the inordinate delay, Motorola cautions that the update isn't completely evaluated for optimised performance and even goes on to advise users to exercise restraint with the number of concurrently open applications. The update, unfortunately, isn't available over the air, which means you will have to download the software update to your PC and update your phone by hooking it up. That is unless, of course, you have the Motorola PC Suite version. The update isn't officially available in India, but that shouldn't stop users from experimenting. Do let us know how your experiment went through.

0 Adobe Flash 10.2 To Hit Android Devices (Including the Xoom!) On March 18th

When folks first cracked open their shiny new Honeycomb-powered XOOM tablets back at the end of March, they were in for a bit of a surprise: there wasn’t any Flash support. Turns out, one of the biggest features that this anti-iPad was sold on… wasn’t quite ready.

Well, it’s just about done now. Come March 18th, Adobe will be pushing out a new Beta of Flash 10.2, complete with support for the XOOM and any other Honeycomb devices that might trickle out.

Adobe got a bit tricky with their wording. Here, let’s do some quoting:

Today we are happy to announce that Flash Player 10.2 will be available for download via Android Market on March 18th. Flash Player 10.2 is a production GA (General Availability) release for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices which meet the Flash Player hardware system requirements. It is initially a beta release for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablets which requires Google’s 3.0.1 system update.

That “it is initially a beta release for Android 3.0″ bit can be read two different ways: either 10.2 will be launching on March 18th in non-beta form for Android 2.2 and 2.3 but in beta for 3.0 devices, or it’ll ONLY be launching for 3.0 devices on March 18th with 2.2/2.3 support coming sometime thereafter. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s the first one — but we’ve reached out to Adobe for clarification just in case.

Other new goodies coming in Flash 10.2 for Android:

• Hardware Acceleration for H.264 Video Decoding (Android 3.0.1+ Only)
• Improved integration with the Android browser for better page scrolling (Android 3.0.1+ Only)
• Hardware acceleration support for multi-core processors and handsets with dedicated GPUs
• Improved on-screen keyboard support

Source: Techcrunch

0 Videocon's Launched Its First Touchscreen Android Phone 'Zeus'

Videocon Mobile Phones are now in  Android phone market, by launching ‘Videocon Zeus’ in the Indian market.  The ‘Videocon Zeus’ is Android OS Phone and is powered by Qualcomm 600 MHz Micro-processor. It is a 3.5 G phone, has a large 3.2 inch multi-touch (capacitive) screen with Motion G Sensor, a 5MP Camera with LED flash and 24FPS Video Recording. One can choose applications on the phone from over 70,000 applications via the Android TM Marketplace. Zeus has Wi-Fi, Push Mail, Accelerometer and Customizable 5 screens. It comes with TWO batteries of 1230 mAh each, Car Charger , Carrying Pouch, a Special Application’s Guide, and has a pre-bundled 8GB Card. Internal memory is 512KB and is expandable up to a whopping 32 GB. It also supports Multiple Bluetooth profiles: A2DP, GAP, HFP, HSP and not to forget it also has A-GPS and Geo-Tagging too. The price is Rs. 12,900. 

Alongwith this, Other mobile phones introduced are Videocon V1410, V1603, V1475 & V1606.

Videocon V1410 is the First ever mobile device with integrated Laser Pointer. The V1410 also features a VGA Camera, Bluetooth, 1.8” TFT screen and Micro-SD up to 4GB.

The V1603 the first ever mobile phone with Dual Battery and Dual T Flash card slot available in the market. Now the user can toggle between the two power sources and the external battery can actually be removed if the phone is on alternate power.  It has a Dual T-Flash Card slot that not only provides 8 GB of external storage space, but also provides the flexibility to hot swap the external card.

The V1475 is a QWERTY phone available in 4 colours.

Videocon V1606 is a Multimedia device with 2MP HD Camera and Dual Loud Speakers and a large 6cm TFT screen with good screen clarity.