Nokia unveils new feature phones Asha 305 , Asha 306 and Asha 311

After they anticipated a few weeks ago, this morning, Nokia announced three new touch devices from the Asha series : Asha 305, Asha 306 and Asha 311. The three feature phones will be equipped with social features, the Nokia Browser for S40 2.0 and now classic EA games (such as Tetris ®, Bejeweled ®, Need for Speed ​​The Run ™ and EA SPORTS ™ FIFA 12).

These are the specs of the Nokia Asha 305 and Nokia Asha 306:

• S40
• Display 3.0 "WQVGA, resistive touch screen
• Camera 2Mpix
• Music player
• FM radio
• Connectivity GPRS / EDGE
• Nokia Maps
• Colors Silver White, Red, Mid Grey and Dark Blue

The Nokia Asha 305 is also equipped with Easy Swap Dual SIM technology from Nokia, which will handle two SIM simultaneously.

The Nokia Asha 311 is instead a 3.5G phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera and 1GHz processor, designed for a better web experience and gaming. In addition to the 40 games EA will also feature phone with 15 levels of Angry Birds preinstalled.

These are the prices and availability of the three Asha phones:

• Asha Nokia 305 to 63 euros (plus tax), available in Q2 of 2012
• Asha Nokia 306 to 68 euros (plus tax), available in Q3 of 2012
• Asha Nokia 311 to 92 euros (plus tax), available in Q3 of 2012

More info at Nokia Conversations / Nokia Press.

LG LS860 Cayenne - New image and more details for the first Snapdragon S4 qwerty phone

The new QWERTY phone of the Korean manufacturer has yet to tell the truth revealed after only a few days ago, the first technical specifications and the first real photos of the smartphone. LG LS860 shows this time inside the back cover and contains more specific BriefMobile techniques that had not emerged before.

According to the source on 4-inch IPS display, we already knew, adopt a resolution WVGA (800 × 480), the processor seems to be confirmed by a 1.2 Ghz dual-core platform Snapdragon MSM8960 better known as S4 and the ad mother would also houses the NFC chip connectivity 4G/LTE and 1 GB of RAM.

A device that will confirm if these specifications could represent a new benchmark for all users looking for cutting edge performance and the presence of a physical keyboard, since the almost total absence of qwerty Android-based device. Finally, according to the source, the new LG Cayenne would be in the pipeline initially in the U.S. through the operator Sprint during the third quarter of 2012, so probably we will see it on the market only to be forwarded during the summer time, not yet known if the price and will be also marketed in Europe.

HTC One X multitasking is 'operating normally,' but tweaked for Sense

HTC in the past few hours has responded to comments from various users who have a HTC One X on AT & T had experienced management multitasking somewhat different than the native ICS and in some ways more aggressive in closing applications in memory.

The Taiwanese manufacturer has clarified the operation of multitasking HTC X One , defining its normal operation, without denying the changes made ​​to balance the memory to be allocated to the app in memory with the necessary resources to the user interface Sense 4. The recent intervention by the Taiwanese manufacturer, together with the comments made ​​by users of the community, thus confirming that the changes to multitasking are not limited to the simple appearance of the section that allows you to switch among recent applications, but have been extended to the mechanism which determines the actual closing of the app in memory.

HTC has taken action on the point as follows :

"Multitasking is operating Normally According to our custom memory management specifications Which balance ICS core features consistent with a HTC Sense experience

Multitasking operating normally according to the specifications of our custom memory management to balance the core features of ICS with HTC Sense "

In other words, HTC has actually made changes to memory management become necessary to manage resources for the app in the background and those required to operate the best UI Sense. HTC is in any case, said ready to evaluate the input received by the community to enhance the user experience.

While waiting for new official updates that may alter the management of multitasking, the answer, as often happens, came from the same community that is already working to make it less aggressive closure of the app in memory. Progress in this direction by the developers incorporated in the custom ROM for HTC One dedicated X.

As a final note we point out that the unsatisfactory functioning of multitasking HTC One X, seems to refer primarily to the version marketed by AT & T, or the one with the Snapdragon processor S4 , while those destined to our market with Tegra chip 3 seems to have been optimized so different.

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Samsung announces new Omnia M Windows Tango phone

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of Samsung  Omnia M (Model: GT-I8350), a  Windows Phone  7.5 Tango that  will be available in Europe in the coming weeks.  With multimedia functionality at the highest level is characterized by a 1GHz processor, a Super AMOLED 4-inch display and a 1500mAh battery.

The operating system is the latest release from Microsoft, or Windows phone 7.5 Tango aka WP7.5 refresh.This is a device very similar to the two previous models and in some way is exactly half way between Omnia 7 and and Omnia W for both hardware and for general technical characteristics.

Custom software level by Samsung, will offer the feature of video calling and a number of hubs and programs dedicated to the sharing of content, the use of photos and video. An interesting product considering the range of Windows Phone specifications that shines in comparison to the existing Android smartphones.

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