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Samsung announced Wave 723, the second Bada phone
Sep 1st
Samsung is not going to stop at Wave for its Bada push, it has just announced the second Bada phone – the Wave 723.
Sure, it looks like the Android 2.2 with the TouchWiz 3.0, but the underlying OS is Bada – the mobile OS created by Samsung.
Specs wise, the phone will come with a 3.2 Super AMOLED screen, 802.11n and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. The Bada OS is upgraded to 1.1. There is no price information at the moment.
Microsoft kills KIN phones
Jul 1st
What a surprise! Just a few months after Microsoft announced the KIN phones, they are killed by Microsoft Now.
According to the news, the existing KIN phone team will be merged into the Windows Phone 7 team. According to Microsoft’s official statement:
“We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones.”
I thought the KIN phones are doing quite well but some rumours stated the sales of the phones had not been good.
Good bye, KIN, although we have never met.
Microsoft KIN ONE and KIN TWO got reviewed
May 5th
Thinking of buying the Microsoft KIN phone? Want to read some reviews before you buy one.
Engadget has just reviewed the 2 new devices from Microsoft. The conclusion is no so encouraging. Basically there are so many other devices in the market that do the jobs equally well (if not better) and cost less. Unless you really want to own a Microsoft phone 
Anyway, the review is here.
Motorola acquires Azingo, hints to have own Mobile OS
May 4th
Motorola is ready to acquire a small company called Azingo, who makes a Mobile OS based on Linux.
The current OS, Azingo Mobile 2.0, already includes a comprehensive application suite including a Webkit-based browser, web runtime, Flash runtime, and full developer tools.
Despite the strong relationship with Google, by producing lots of Android based phone, Motorola is looking beyond to have its own mobile operating system.
According to Sanjay Jha, Co-CEO of Motorola: “I’ve always felt that owning your OS is important, provided you have an ecosystem, you have all the services and you have an ability and the scale to execute on keeping that OS at the leading edge. And I continue to believe that at some point, if we have all of those attributes, that owning our own OS will be a very important thing.”
And we may see new type of phones coming from Motorola in the future.
[via androidandme]
Microsoft KIN available for pre-order on 6th May and launching on 13th May
May 3rd
It is earlier than expected, the social network connected devices from Microsoft, KIN ONE and KIN TWO, will be available for pre-order on 6th of May and it will be launched on 13th of May, according to Verizon’s report.
If you are waiting for these new phones, it is good new for you.
[via slashphone]
LG GW990 – first smartphone to use Moorestown and runs Moblin
Jan 8th
The first Moorestown (Intel’s CPU) based device is unveiled by LG during CES 2010. It is now official, it runs Moblin ( a Linux based mobile platform from Intel), and it’s launching in the second half of this year.
The GW990 will be coming with a 4.8-inch panoramic widescreen display (with a 1020 x 480 resolution), HD Video, 3D gaming, aGPS, WiFi, 1850mAh battery, digital compass, HSPA radio, 5 megapixel camera, 16Gb of built in flash memory and MicroSD expansion slot.
LG is layering their S-Class inteface on top of the Moblin so there is not much of excitement over here. But because of its huge screen, it can show 3 panels in one screen without feeling too many things on the screen (see the image).
This is something to look forward to in the second half of the year.
[via engadget]
Samsung Bada based phone S8200 will have Nexus One matching specs
Jan 8th
There is a leaked information that the upcoming Samsung Bada phone (S8200) will be coming with a very high end specs that will match the just-released Google Nexus One.
According to the information, the S8200 is coming with:
- 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen displays
- 1GHz Snapdragon processors
- HSPA
- Wi-Fi
- GPS
- 5MP autofocus camera
That’s something to look forward to.
[via hdblog.it]
