Two LG phones leapfrogged T-Mobile G2x, Optimus 2X on Gingerbread “race”
17.07.11
While the T-Mobile G2x and LG Optimus 2x communities are still waiting for LG’s Gingerbread updates, the company announces two new smartphones packed with the latest Android build, Gingerbread. One phone features a physical landscape QWERTY keyboard, while the other one is full touchscreen.
According to LG Mobile’s press release, the LG Optimus Pro that is sporting a form like a BlackBerry smartphone, features a 2.8 inches screen with 240 x 320 pixels, single-core 800 MHz processor, and will include Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 out of the box. LG Optimus Pro can shoot photos and videos with a 3 MP back shooter and can initiate and receive video calls courtesy of a front facing VGA camera, and save all the files using a MicroSD card because the phone is packed with slot.
Source: PopHerald.com
Cell Phones Actually Don't Give You Brain Tumors, Says Latest Study
14.07.11
That suggested a link between glioma, a malignant form of cancer, and wireless cell phone use. The apparent gulf between the two studies' findings -- one released in July of 2011, the other in May -- reflect how unresolved the question is.
The IARC study placed cell phone radiation in the same category as carcinogens like the pesticide DDT and gasoline exhaust. That makes cell phones "possibly carcinogenic," according to researchers who conducted the study, a reversal from the WHO's previous position that "no adverse health effects have been established for mobile-phone use."
Source: International Business Times
yARN: Apple's patent victory over HTC could hurt all Android phones
18.07.11
When Steve Jobs took to the stage at MacWorld back in 2007 and announced the original iPhone, he put special emphasis on the fact that they had patented the hell out of the technology inside the revolutionary smartphone. And now, four years later, it looks like the rest of the smartphone market could be facing some serious trouble for patent infringement.
Last Friday, smartphone giant and manufacturing pioneer HTC lost out in two important patent rulings by the US International Trade Commission. If upheld, the ruling could stop HTC handsets from being sold in the US by the end of the year. In other words, it’s a pretty big deal.
Source: ARNnet
"It's not the case that we're never going to stock Sony Ericsson phones," the Vodafoner told us, "but we don't have any plans to bring in the latest handset. But obviously we can't take every handset, we have to pick the ones we think will be right for
The company, which runs the T-Mobile and Orange brands in Britain, also said it was making good progress in cutting costs, enabling it to make the business more efficient. In total, service revenue growth for the provision of ongoing services was up