Nokia X7 Pre-Order Now!

Nokia just announced the E6 and X7 smartphone. This is their first phones to ship with Symbian Anna. The E6 and X7 were already on the way from the factories to the distributors last week. So are you ready to have the phone in your hand? The entertainment-centric X7 is now up for pre-order in the UK, Germany, Italy and China.

The X7 boasts the new Anna version of the Symbian operating system, a 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass, an HD enabled 8 megapixel camera/camcorder, Flash support, and Bluetooth and GPS. The Nokia X7 also offers 5-band 3G HSPA support and its 1200mAh battery is rated for up to 18 days of standby or 4.5 hours of 3G talk time. It comes preloaded with a couple of games (Galaxy on Fire HD and Asphalt 5 HD) as well as apps to fulfill your social networking needs.

The X7 will set you back $654 (£399.00) off-contract. A bit pricey considering how these will probably be one of the few last Symbian handsets to be released by the company. The Nokia X7 will be shipped out to customers by the end of June.

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Apple Sued Over iPad and iPhone Location Tracking

A lawsuit has been filed against Apple in the ongoing dust-up over its alleged tracking of the whereabouts of users of iPhones and iPads. According to report by Bloomberg two iPhone customers from Tampa, Florida has filled lawsuit against Apple.

While the location tracking file was discovered some time ago, it didn’t get much coverage until the Guardian published a piece about it last week. For some unknown reason, GPS-enabled iOS devices such as 3G iPad 1/2 and iPhone save the location of their owner on a regular basis, in a file stored on the device, and saved by iTunes each time the device is plugged into a Mac or a PC.

Earlier today, Steve Jobs responded to a customer’s email saying Apple doesn’t track anyone, but Google’s Android system does.

Q: Steve,
Could you please explain the necessity of the passive location-tracking tool embedded in my iPhone? It’s kind of unnerving knowing that my exact location is being recorded at all times. Maybe you could shed some light on this for me before I switch to a Droid. They don’t track me.

A: Oh yes they do. We don’t track anyone. The info circulating around is false.
Sent from my iPhone

Unfortunately this is the kind of madness that lawyers like to get behind, and it’s only a matter of time before a jobs-worth politician joins in.

Steve Jobs has said the company’s software doesn’t keep track of your recent locations, however.

 

LG LU3000 Goes Official

Powerful LG Optimus Mach LU3000 is powered by Android 2.2 and  a device faster than a Samsung Galaxy S & iPhone 4 and also able to leap tall iPhones in a single bound.LG LU3000 finally official in Korea and shipping from next week.

LG Electronics has announced in South Korea smartphone LG-LU3000 (Optimus Mach), which was shown earlier in the exhibition KES2010. The model is designed for operator LG U +, it goes on sale within a week. According to earlier information, this smartphone can lay claim to being the most productive in the world: in the already published a video he was able to upload video and web-pages faster Samsung Galaxy S & iPhone 4.LG-LU3000 running an operating system Android 2.2 and is built on a 1-GHz processor TI OMAP3630. The handset provides 3.8-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels and a 5-megapixel integrated camera that can record HD video. Reproduction of this video is also supported and bring it to the big screen can be via HDMI.LG-LU3000 equipped with wireless adapters, Wi-Fi with DLNA and Bluetooth. The cost model is 800,000 won (around $ 700).

 

Sprint announces the Samsung Epic 4G

It might have a laughably bad name at the Samsung Epic 4G’s specs.A part of the Galaxy S family, the Epic 4G is Sprint’s second 4G WiMAX smartphone.

To go on sale later this year for an undisclosed price, the Epic 4G has a 4″ WVGA Super AMOLED display, sliding QWERTY keypad, 5 megapixel camera with 720p video capture, front-facing camera for video calling, GPS, Wi-Fi b/g/n, mobile hotspot support for five devices, six-axis motion sensor, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, and 512MB RAM / 1GB ROM. It will come to market running Android 2.1 — with a bit of help from Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0, naturally — but Sprint has gone on the record as saying an update to Android 2.2 won’t be that far off once the Epic 4G is released.

 

BeBook Live Tablet

BeBook Live tablet delivers the goods for Froyo diehards and has a seven-inch multitouch color screen, a 2MP front facing camera, 1080p HDMI out, Flash support, and 4GB of built-in memory. Powered by Android 2.2, which will no doubt feel downright antiquated when it launches in June for $279.

Bebook who is well known for producing e-ink based e-readers such as the Bebook Neo and Bebook One is going to be releasing a new Android Tablet June 21st 2011, new 7 inch device will simply be known as the Bebook Tablet. The demand for tablets is much higher than for readers, so landfill Endless Ideas is also on the tablet market.The BeBook Live is a small, bright 7-inch tablet that still works with the Android 2.2, but also very attractive price: 279 euros. This tablet is much handier than 10 inches as the iPad tablet. It is immediately apparent when you hold it: it works fine with one hand. With the right thumb, the three standard Android buttons (home, back, menu) to also be handy. The buttons take care of a large border around the screen, which is also a milli meter towers over the edge. BeBook Live is not the most stylish tablets with plastic shell. The tablet itself is quite thin (11 mm), but the iPad is thinner. His window looks at a comparative test with the iPad two slightly less bright and sharp. BeBook Live has only wifi, no 3G and GPS.

Furthermore, a 1 Ghz chip manufacture Samsung (not dual core), 4 GB of internal memory and SD card inputs for HDMI and a front camera. A camera on the back, according BeBook unnecessary, because photographing what is around you the tablet is not the most appropriate device. For lack of backup cameras miss you the possibility to use augmented reality apps. The 1-GHz chip performs smoothly and BeBook claims that the rapper would go something video processing than the iPad. The first tablets of the brand-new Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) appear correctly in the coming weeks from brands like Acer, Asus and LG. As a smaller manufacturer is not as fast Endless Ideas were provided with Honeycomb and larger brands. The company must also have a few months waiting for certification by Google. Android 3.0 at the start are also some shortcomings, which Google updates will be eliminated. Endless Ideas from September promises Android upgrade to 3.0, which is pretty late. The company also could opt for the newer 2.3, recently available, but support for that version was not on time.

There are more small tablets that are not Android Honeycomb use. This is how HTC’s Flyer, a 7-inch tablet with Android 2.3. An advantage is that almost all existing screen Android apps work on this tablet. The screen resolution of 800×600 BeBook Live is supported by most of the nearly 150 000 Android applications. The tablet simply offers access to Android Market, which is more competitive budget for Archos tablets did not apply.Additional connectivity options abound. BeBook Live provides USB, an SD slot and a mini-HDMI port, so the images on his tablet TVs can display. It supports full HD output. There are also some accessories like a Bluetooth keyboard available. When purchasing supplies BeBook for several apps, including the game Tank Racer and an app for file management and read e-books.BeBook Live is perhaps not the most handsome of the Android tablets, but he offers a reasonable hardware for its low retail price (279 euros). The tablet seems particularly interesting for those already on its Android mobile device and now a cheap tablet with the familiar version of Android wants to buy. And preferably a manageable 7 inch model. For that group BeBook Live entry level tablet attractive than the lower performers and ViewSonic Archos tablets.

Specifications:

• OS: Android 2.2 Froyo OS
• Display: 7.0 Inch (Diagonal) TFT-LCD Display, 800 x 600 Display Resolution
• Touch: Capacitive Multi Touch Screen
• Processor: 1 GHz CPU “model unknown”
• Storage: 4GB built-in and a MicroSD card slot for expansion up to 32GB
• Sensors: G-Sensor
• Cameras: 2MP Camera Resolution Front Facing Camera
• Wireless Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), Bluetooth
• Ports: USB 2.0, HDMI, Audio Jack 3.5mm
• Sound: Speaker, Audio Jack 3.5mm, Microphone
• Dimensions: 140 x 202 x 11 mm
• Weight: 426 grams