LG Optimus 2
LG just announced another mid-range Android smartphone, the LG Optimus 2. This new smartphone comes with a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen, Android 2.3, a 3.2-megapixel camera that also can capture video, and a 1500 mAh battery. Other important features include Bluetooth, GPS, 179MB internal memory and a 2GB microSD card.
We currently don’t have a release date for the Optimus 2, but its expected to come pretty soon.
Sony Ericsson CES Teaser
Sony Ericsson has used their Facebook page to tease of a “big announcement” coming at CES. Some bloggers have suggested that the device teased above is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, but we’re not 100-percent sure of it. The camera focused teaser suggests that we will see a pretty big sensor on this device.
Just a few more days till the start of CES 2012.
Windows Phone 7.5 Logo
Microsoft has today released an important fix for Windows Phone. The updated OS version is 7.10.8107.79, and includes the following changes:
It’s great to see that the disappearing keyboard bug finally got fixed!
Chris Walsh just posted on Twitter that this update also includes a fix for the SMS bug that caused the Messaging Hub to fail. I’m impressed of Microsoft’s hast to fix it!
Samsung Galaxy M White
Samsung comes out with a new Android smartphone every few weeks. Today they announced the Samsung Galaxy M, which they describe as an entry level smartphone.
The Galaxy M comes with a big 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, 1GHz single-core CPU, 3-megapixel camera, 4GB internal memory, 1650 mAh battery, and the basic chassis we’ve seen on all the other Galaxy phones. Android 2.3 together with TouchWiz is what powers this thing. South Korea will see this device available soon. There’s currently no info on an international availability.
Nokia has yet again released a new Nokia Lumia Presents episode. This time around it was filmed in four Indian cities. Check it out!
Four Indian cities, one synchronized flash mob. Find other little ideas to make the everyday more amazing on our Facebook page: http://nokia.ly/sYguNx
1.2 billion apps downloaded during the holidays
Flurry Analytics has yet again released new numbers of our mobile behavior during the holidays. In their most recent report they claim that smartphone users downloaded more than 1.2 billion apps between December 25th and January 1st. The weekly average is usually 750 million apps, meaning the holidays brought an increase of 60 percent. In the image above you can see how the 1.2 billion downloads are divided by country.
I always try to post rankings of sold phones in Finland when I find them. Now Kauppalehti has published DNA’s ten most sold phones in December, 2011. DNA is one of the largest operators in Finland.
When looking at the list below, it does come as a surprise that the Samsung Galaxy Mini is in the first spot, followed by the iPhone 4S and Galaxy S II. I guess this could be caused by many buying a cheap smartphone as a Christmas gift? ;)
Nokia Lumia 900?
A TheNokiaBlog user has put together the three images of the Nokia Lumia 900 that we saw leaked a few days ago. The result is the mockup you see above. It looks great, doesn’t it? We don’t know for sure if this actually is what the Lumia 900 will look like, but it is a damn good guess. Just a few more days ’till CES 2012 where we’re expecting to see this announced.
Hit View Post to see a closeup of the alleged Nokia Lumia 900.
Still remember that alarm bug that caused so many iPhone uses to oversleep a year ago? The bug is again active and has caused alarms to fail on January 1st and 2nd. However, iOS 4.2.1 seems to be the only version that is causing it, so if you’d run the newest version, you wouldn’t have these problems! I guess its time for everyone to update to the major new software version called iOS 5. This also means that owners of older equipment than iPhone 3GS are left with a faulty alarm, sorry. The problem will yet again self-corrent on January 3rd.
Samsung Galaxy Note with AT&T branding
Samsung surprised all when they brought a 5.3-inch smartphone/tablet to the market and actually managed to sell a lot of them. Now this massive smartphone is on its way to the States and AT&T. The image above is a render of the Galaxy Note with AT&T branding.
We’ll most probably see this announced at CES in little over a week. Pricing and availability remains unknown.
