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Acer officially launches Iconia series devices in Bangladesh

Acer has just officially launched its Iconia series of devices in Bangladesh, and apart from the dual-screen Iconia notebook thats already been on sale for a few months now, the Iconia Tab A500, Iconia Tab W500, Iconia A100, and Iconia Smart A300 are joining the ranks as Acers latest mobile offerings.

Before the Iconia series launch, Acer had already been selling the Iconia notebook through various retail outlets across Bangladesh. It features two 14-inch touchscreen displays, an Intel Core i5 mobile processor and Windows 7. Perhaps because the market was receptive, Acer will now roll out the rest of the devices in their Iconia series, which are the tablet computers and smartphones that have been mentioned above.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 and W500 are essentially two flavors of the same thing. The Iconia Tab A500 runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb by default while the Iconia Tab W500 runs Windows 7. These are Acers two main tablet computer offerings.

Meanwhile, Acer also has a 7-inch Android tablet in the form of the Iconia A100. Then theres the 4.8-inch Acer Iconia Smart A300 that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. All of these devices will start to become available in Bangladesh in the coming days and weeks. It isnt known how much each one of them will cost individually, though. You might be able to get local pricing information from a retail outlet thats near you.

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Nokia now shipping Symbian 3 devices with Belle out the box

Nokia have now confirmed via their official Twitter feed that major updates have already begun rolling out to a number of devices currently running Symbian Anna, bumping them up to Symbian Belle, news that a lot of Nokia fans will no doubt welcome with open arms.
Devices including the N8, as well as the likes of Nokias E7, C7, E6, X7, C6-01 and 500 will all now ship with Symbian Belle pre-installed. The latest iteration of the Symbian OS brings functionality and a general user experience more inline with that of Android and iOS.

Nokia have confirmed that devices will be available in a number of markets including Turkey and India, but they recommend that you check with your local retailer to see whether or not youll be able to pick up a device running Belle.

If you want an idea of what Belle brings to the table, why not check out our review of the Nokia 701. Does the inclusion of Symbian Belle make buying a Nokia a more appealing prospect? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Nokia Lumia 620 unveiled brings WP8 on the cheap

Nokia has just introduced a new member of its Lumia family of WP8 smartphones. The Nokia Lumia 620 runs on the latest edition of the Microsoft mobile platform and hopes to impress you with a distinct youthful design, S4 Snapdragon chipset and an attractive price tag.

The Nokia Lumia 620 comes with a 3.8" ClearBlack LCD display of WVGA resolution and is powered by a two Krait CPU cores clocked at 1GHz, the Adreno 305 GPU and 512MB of RAM. The internal storage is 8GB, and is expandable though the microSD card slot.

The Nokia Lumia 620 offers a 5 megapixel primary camera with LED flash at the back and a VGA front-facing shooter for video-chats. Video recording maxes out at 720p@30fps.

Nokia Lumia 620 official photos

Being a part of the Nokia Lumia lineup, the 620 has access to the exclusive Nokia Drive app, which provides free lifetime voice-guided navigation and offline access. The Nokia Music no log-in streaming service is also available. The smartphone will be relying heavily on those to help it in its battle with theHTC Windows Phone 8S, which has very similar hardware.

The Nokia Lumia 620 comes with the usual for WP8 smartphones set of connectivity options - Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, GPS, 2G and 3G with HSDPA support. Theres no LTE here, but given the handsets mid-range status, that was to be expected.

The Nokia Lumia 620 will be available in a range of colors including, lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black. Its estimated to cost $249, excluding taxes and subsidies and will begin selling in January 2013 in Asia, followed closely by Europe and the Middle East before expanding further.

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Huawei MediaPad 7 Youth2 Becomes Official Pricing And Release Details In The Pipeline

Make no mistake, the budget tablet scene is big with consumers at the moment, and we’re seeing a bunch of manufacturers chasing a slice of that pie. Hot on the heels of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 3 Lite announcement comes the reveal of Huawei‘s MediaPad 7 Youth2. The name obviously doesn’t do much to spark the imagination, but there are a couple of features this tablet boasts that might be worth paying attention to if you’re looking for budget-priced slate.

As you may have already figured out, the tablet comes equipped with a 7-inch screen, which displays at 1024 x 600 resolution. This follow-up to the original MediaPad 7 Youth will employ an MSM8x12 quad-core A7 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage. You’ll be able to expand on that rather paltry amount of on-board storage through the included microSD slot, so if you’ve had your eye on a bunch of apps, it’s probably a good idea to pick up a microSD card with your tablet. Support for HSPA+ and Wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n rounds out the features list, along with a 3MP rear-facing camera that we can’t imagine will be getting much use.

Odd as it may seem, one feature that could end up getting a fair amount of attention is the 4100mAh lithium polymer battery. While there’s nothing particularly impressive about a 4100mAh battery on its own, this one will be backed with Huawei’s “patented power-saving tech” and the company’s Dyanmic Power Management system. These supposedly contribute to a longer lasting battery, so if battery life is important to you, maybe the MediaPad 7 Youth2 will be worth a look. The tablet will be running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean out of the box, which will be wrapped up in Huawei’s Emotion UI 1.6.

So, as long as the price is right, this probably won’t be too terrible of a tablet. That’s just the thing, though: perhaps the two most important details from the consumer’s standpoint – pricing and release – were missing from Huawei’s announcement. It’s anyone guess as to when Huawei plans to release this tablet, but the company will definitely have to price it competitively if it wants the MediaTab 7 Youth2 to be a success. The Galaxy Tab 3 Lite is already enjoying plenty of attention, and going head-to-head with the reigning king of the seven-inch tablet space, the Nexus 7, will certainly prove to be a tall task. Stay tuned.

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Mouse Designed for Windows 8 devices

Windows 8 is a great Operating System as some would argue, however, others would argue otherwise chiefly because of the removal of some core features like the Start button which has been in all Windows Operating System before Windows 8.
In fact, some have described this removal as a below to the face and ripped off of their strength when using the computer.

While the Redmond company is releasing an update (Windows 8.1) that would include the important Start button, the company also debut new kind of mouse.

This mouse would have a Start button embedded in it either by the side of the Mouse or located on top as depicted in the images below. Therefore uses are no longer essentially required to click the Start button on the screen when using such Mouse.

Below are images of the new kind of Mouse.
This is a welcomed development and still wondering why it took this long for such an innovative idea to be implemented.

Well, it is now implemented and it will make navigation of the Windows OS even easier.

What is your take on this hardware? Drop your comments

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New Samsung Galaxy S V Concept Looks Like HTC One Relative

Most of us are Android fanboys, dedicated to the fight between Android and Apple. Though we are winning that battle, we end up looking for other things to band behind, mainly, device manufacturers. We follow our favorite brands and fight for them, since the fight against Apple is just about over. Samsung vs. well everyone really, HTC versus the same, and against each other as well. Why are we talking about this? Well Popular HTC concept artist Hasan Kaymak, has come up with a concept for the Samsung Galaxy S V, and it looks familiar.

Next year is going to be an exciting year, as it usually is, for smart phone fans everywhere. We all are anticipating the arrival of the flagship devices, so we can start throwing money at them as soon as they tell us we can. Until then we thrive on rumors, leaks and concept art to keep us going. Concept art is taking the good and the leaks into consideration and creating a mockup of what we may see, or even just having some fun with it and creating what we want. After all, no matter who you fan boy behind, we are all part of the Android family, and should be having fun. That said, Kaymak has brought us plenty of concept devices with HTC branding, so it may be safe to assume, his passion lays with HTC. Possibly “bleeding green” as we have seen tossed around out there on the webs, but all artists love to expand. According to Kaymak’s Google+ page for the concept, he was asked by a friend to design a Samsung Galaxy S V.

The pictures below show that he was definitely sticking close to HTC, more specifically the HTC One. The biggest similarity, would be the dual front facing speakers, right out of the HTC One handbook. The concept also shows an all metal body, much like the HTC One, as well as placement and look of the front facing camera and sensors. The concept art also shows an edge to edge screen and a curved back. Kaymak didn’t stop with just the design of the physical device, he has added a few ideas to TouchWiz, Samsung’s UI.

The biggest change he has come up with, is that the notification bar on the lock screen has turned into a notification picture, in a way. There is a picture of the user in the top right hand corner, and underneath that picture is where the notifications will pop up. Android Kit-Kat of course is there and voice commands support is present as well.

Now, we return you to the battlefield between HTC and Samsung, and ask, though this is simply concept art, not a leak or official announcement whatsoever, what is your opinion? How would people react to a Samsung device, flagship device, that is so close to being a HTC One device? How would you react? let’s keep it clean though folks.