Yes, another manufacture prepares another Smartphone. The question is what is this smartphone capable of ? the answer will be known after MWC 2012 in Barcelona. Coming with stylish design and looks amazing, this Acer Liquid Glow has been prepared to enliven the MWC 2012 of to compete with other newest smartphone in 2012.
Acer Liquid Glow is a 3.7-inch screen featured with the latest Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a 5MP camera with LED flash as well as panoramic image capture and touch focus. With Android Beam, photos can be shared by a single tap with another NFC powered Android device, without the hassle of launching application or pairing. What’s more, Android Beam can also share anything like contacts, favorite apps, music or videos instantaneously through NFC.
According to the source, the Acer Liquid Glow will be available in early summer 2012. So, we shortly will be able to taste the new smartphone made by Acer on our hand.
The upcoming HTC smartphone has been revelead with the name of HTC One S and apparently the image has been leaked to public. The device that will join the next MWC 2012 held in Brcelona, Spain, is reported to have a dual core1.5GHz chipset, with Dr Dre Beats Audio technology on-board and HTC Sense 4.0 UI, on top of the Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' OS.
This device was previously known as HTC Ville and planned to be a mid range smartphone to public, so they can taste this stylish design mobile phone made by the vendor from Taiwan.
From the picture we can tell that the HTC One S is smaller than HTC Sensation, in which both are equipped with DR Dre Beats Audio Technology. Let's just wait Sunday night of the press conference of HTC.
ViewSonic Brings Three ICS smartphones on MWC 2012
So it seems a lot of smartphone manufactures are preparing theirself on what something to show off on MWC 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. One of the manufacture to join the MWC 2012 is the Viewsonic, the popular LCD Monitors manufacture try their luck on releasing two smartphones featured with the latest Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which are called Viewsonic 4s, ViewSonic 4e, and Viewsonic 5e.
Looking at the design of both smartphone, it looks stylish and slim. The Viewsonic 4s is announced to be equipped with 1GHz processor and a 5MP camera in 3.5" Super Clear IPS LCD with 640x960 pixels resolution, while the Viewsonic 4e is equipped with 3MP camera and 650MHz and 10.3mm thick in 3.5" HVGA screen. Both phones are 3D Dual-SIM and will be running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The great big picture of the Dual-SIM smartphone ViewPhone 5e, ViewSonic in the MWC's first 5-inch multi-touch screen, the Dual-SIM smartphone to carry Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwidch system with 800 × 480 WVGA resolution, provides vivid high-definition image quality, the big picture and help users of any exciting details. ViewPhone 5e is not just a Dual-SIM, smart phones, is a has a strong business professional mobile communications equipment, built-in multi-multiplexing applications, allowing users to build exclusive mobile office at any time, work and life more convenient smarter and more efficient.
After the update of Android 4.0 Beta ROM is available for Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray, and according to the information around the world, there are many apps working for this update which surely need to be tasted by the users of Xperia Phones.
But, before install this Beta version of ICS, there are some things that you must know:
1. You should be an advanced developer with extensive knowledge in how to install, and switch between different ROMs.
2. You must be using Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo V or Xperia™ ray, running the latest Xperia™ software release (which is 4.0.2.A.0.42).
3. You must unlock your phone using our Unlock boot loader service, and agree to all the legal and warranty conditions that apply.
4. Also, if you unlock the boot loader, you will not be able to download and install the final Ice Cream Sandwich software upgrade for Xperia™ phones.
Here are the steps to download and install the Android 4.0 Beta ROM on your Xperia Phones (Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo V and Xperia™ ray.):
1. Make sure your phone is running the latest software release, which is build number 4.0.2.A.0.42. If you can’t upgrade to this build number, it is not possible to try the Ice Cream Sandwich beta ROM for Xperia™ phones.
2. Go to unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com and unlock the boot loader of your phone. To do this, you must read through and agree to all the legal and warranty conditions that apply.
4. Extract the downloaded zip file to your Android Fastboot directory. For example: ..\android-sdk\fastboot\Xperia_arcS_ICS_beta.
5. Open a command prompt and go to your Fastboot directory: ..\android-sdk\fastboot\
6. Flash the three beta ROM files one at a time using Fastboot. Use these three commands (replace the folder name if you are using Xperia™ neo V or Xperia™ ray):
The information regarding the Xperia updates for the lates Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich finally has been announced today. This Android 4.0 Beta ROM is available for the certain handsets of Xperia family that include Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray.
This Beta version of ICS has been developed and come with some features that can't be found from the previous alpha ROM released back in December. Insted, this Beta version has been included some features, including:
Updated UI – We hope you will be happy to see that we have added a number of UI elements from ICS, as well as some new UI features already introduced in the Xperia™ S we announced in January.
Lockscreen and Face Unlock – We have added a shortcut to the camera directly from the lockscreen. Also, when you’re listening to music you can control the music player without unlocking the phone by using the music control icons on the lockscreen. In the coming final ICS upgrade, we will also include the face unlock app from Google for all phones that has a front-facing camera. The Face Unlock feature uses the front-facing camera in combination with advanced object recognition algorithms to provide a new way to unlock the phone. However, since Face Unlock is a Google Mobile Services (GMS) app, it is not included in this ICS beta ROM.
Connectivity turned on – Since we published the ICS alpha ROM, the GSM modem and FM radio have passed the certification and type approval, and they are therefore turned on in this ICS beta release.
Updated email client – The UI has been updated, and simplified email management has been added.
Quick dial – We have added a quick and easy way for you to make phone calls.
However, this Beta version does not include the usual Google applications, however, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Android Market, etc. but they will be added in the final version.
Samsung spreads their wings again with launching another smartphone released on this year. The one called Rugby Smart comes with some special features on the phone against other smartphone available on the market. This phone is planned to officially released Starting March 4 under AT&T.
Samsung Rugby Smart is a waterproof and dustproof phone in which capable of special features, include can be submerged in up to 1m of water for 30 minutes, and can withstand extreme temperatures. Another phone that has this features is Panasonic Eluga that prepared to be join in MWC 2012 in Barcelona.
Samsung Rugby Smart is featured with the Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread, which the update to ICS should be available on after the release. This phone also featured with 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreen display and a 5MP camera with HD video recording. It also supports 4G service, Wi-Fi®, corporate email and the full line of media including location, music and social networking services.
Specifications
Technology: GSM, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+
Operating System: Android 2.3
Display: 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display
External Memory: Supports up to 32GB via microSD™
Internal Memory: 4GB
Dimensions: 122.4mm x 65.9mm x 12.19mm
Weight: 4.2 oz
Camera: 5MP rear facing with flash and auto focus with HD 720p video capture; 1.3 MP front facing camera;
Apparently there are many smartphone preparing to compete with the others bringing what they have so far to show. This time is Sony's time that has shown us their another Xperia called Sony Xperia U that has code name of ST25i.
This Sony Xperia U is almost similiar with Sony Xperia S, but it is smaller on design and the looks are alike. But this Sony Xperia U will be built around a 3.5" qHD LCD and feature a 1GHz dual-core CPU and 512 MB of RAM. A 5 megapixel camera replaces the 12 megapixel monster we saw on the Xperia S, but the OS at launch should still be Android 2.3 Gingerbread. However. the updarata of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich must be available on this phone.
Considering the full specification of this Xperia U, we can't get information yet because this phone is planned to join in MWC 2012 on Barcelona, and after that the full specs will be available.
