Acer BeTouch T500 Smartphone Launched

Acer has unveiled Acer beTouch T500 in China. Acer beTouch T500 runs Ophone 1.5 OS and is powered by Marvell PXA935A processor.

Acer beTouch T500 features a 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen display with resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 megapixel camera, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, and 32 GB of expandable memory. Acer beTouch T500 also features Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, music player, video player and 1500 mAh battery. Acer beTouch T500 supports China mobile TD-SCDMA and GSM/ EDGE network.
Acer beTouch T500 Price: Acer beTouch T500 will be available via China Mobile. Price is still to be announced.

Macs Get More Like IPads

few months ago, we wondered how iOS could make its way into OS X. Apple was clearly thinking the same thing, because the summer 2011 release of OS X Lion looks like it’s going to make Macs very iPad-like indeed.

First and foremost, an App Store will be hitting the Mac “within 90 days” according to today’s Apple keynote, with software updates and much of the same look and feel as what exists on the iPad. It looks as if the Mac App Store will focus on Mac-specific apps, but it can’t require too much of a leap to imagine universal apps that could run on iPhones, iPads, and Macs all at once.

A new Expose-influenced interface called Launchpad will organize those apps in the same multipage grid with folders.

Multitouch gestures will also be expanded, although no touch-screen Macs look to be in Apple’s future. We’ll come back and discuss more later

few months ago, we wondered how iOS could make its way into OS X. Apple was clearly thinking the same thing, because the summer 2011 release of OS X Lion looks like it’s going to make Macs very iPad-like indeed.First and foremost, an App Store will be hitting the Mac “within 90 days” according to today’s Apple keynote, with software updates and much of the same look and feel as what exists on the iPad. It looks as if the Mac App Store will focus on Mac-specific apps, but it can’t require too much of a leap to imagine universal apps that could run on iPhones, iPads, and Macs all at once.A new Expose-influenced interface called Launchpad will organize those apps in the same multipage grid with folders.Multitouch gestures will also be expanded, although no touch-screen Macs look to be in Apple’s future. We’ll come back and discuss more later

Palm Pre 2 With HP WebOS.

HP has unveiled the Palm Pre 2, the successor of the Palm Pre. Palm Pre 2 is powered by HP webOS and 1GHZ processor. Palm Pre 2 features a 3.1-inch multitouch HVGA dislay with 20×480 pixels resolution, Slide Out QWERTY Keyboard, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, geotagging, and video capture, 512MB RAM, and 16GB of internal memory.

Palm Pre 2 also features audio/ video player, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, USB, 3.5mm headset jack, Microsoft Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology, and IM.
Palm Pre 2 Price and availability: Palm Pre 2 will be available in France starting this October 22. It will also be available via Verizon Wireless. Price is still to be revealed.

Fly Mobiles

Fly Mobile, one of the pioneers in dual SIM phones in Europe and a brand owned by the Meridian Group, headquartered in UK announced the launch and availability of its all new QWERTY key pad dual-SIM phone, the Fly Circle (model no.B430DS) in India. Fly Circle enables you to connect to multiple instant messaging and social networks as well as use other utilities and applications. It is available for Rs. 3849 /- only.
According to Mr. Prem Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Fly Mobile (India Operations), “Fly Circle has an unbeatable combination of dual-SIM, QWERTY key pad, Nimbuzz and Snaptu applications bundled in one phone. This sleek and stylish ‘flaunt-it’ phone with multimedia features and all-in-one messenger and all-in-one social networking is sure to become the cynosure amidst all urban and tech-savvy youth in the 18-30 years of age bracket (college and office going), and all who are young at heart, who’d like to use its applications on the go. We want to position it as the final word when it comes to one-stop instant messaging and social networking. It will be launched in the metros and mini-metro cities initially along with all SEC A and B class towns.”
“The corner stone of the brand DNA at Fly Mobile is consumer research. Mobile phone buyers in generalwere facing the challenge that QWERTY key pad with many instant messaging and social networking features were a tad expensive. This is when Fly as an iconoclast stepped in said WHY NOT? Owing to the feedback that we seek from the market incessantly, we read the pulse well ahead and pressed our global design and development facilities into action to develop a phone as versatile as Fly Circle, one that has it all but still does not burn a hole in your pocket,” adds Kumar.
Fly Circle is powered with Nimbuzz, a new-generation mobile service designed for the online age, making you more mobile. Social networks & communities supported by the multiple award winning Nimbuzz application include Skype, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), GTalk, Yahoo! TM, AIM, MySpace, ICQ, and others.
At the heart of Nimbuzz is the live contact list – an always-on, hyper-connected, dynamic address book, enhanced with “real-time-presence” showing at a glance who’s online, offline, busy or away, their status messages, and social community activity. You can launch IM chat sessions; conduct offline and voice messaging; send photos, videos, music etc., besides various other communication & interactive features. As a Nimbuzz user on Fly Circle you enjoy the freedom of communicating with friends between any internet enabled device, from mobile to mobile, mobile to PC / Mac and vice versa, harnessing the power of the Internet (Wi-Fi, 3G, 2G, GPRS).
Another revolutionary set of applications that’s bound to make Fly Circle a huge hit with the youth is Snaptu. Using Snaptu on Fly Circle, you can plug into Twitter, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr and Google Calendar from anywhere, anytime. Besides this, you can fill those idle moments with a game of Sudoku. And if you can’t get sleep for some reason, a really good way to kill time is the Trivia, an absorbing quick fire quiz. If you happen to be a sports aficionado, Snaptu keeps you updated on cricket and football from anywhere across the world. And if you have the nose for news you can get latest updates from Reuters, BBC, New York Times, Yahoo and hundreds of other credible sources. Not to forget the weather updates from any city in the world!
Interesting features that Fly Circle has which allow it score over the competing brands include wireless FM, scheduled FM record & play, audio player with equalizer, 3.5 mm universal audio jack, internal memory of 10 MB, expandable memory up to 8 GB, 9 hours of talk time, 2.2″ QVGA TFT screen with 262K colours, 1000 contact phonebook, Opera Mini browser for accessing web, display of videos or pictures for certain selected numbers as and when you get a call from them, web camera, privacy protection, and mobile tracker with remote control.
Some of the other features that make this dual-band phone an excellent buy are 1.3 mega pixel camera,video recording and play, 1100 mAH battery, sound recording, call and/or SMS blacklisting for selected numbers, USB charging and Mass storage (can double up as a flash drive as and when required), Bluetooth, Java, phone as a modem, GPRS/WAP/MMS support etc.
Courtesy: Fly Mobile India