Samsung Galaxy S is the first Android device to be DivX HD certified
The Samsung Galaxy S is definitely impressively endowed, and has evidently got the attention of the world, managing to sprout an entire family in the United States. Now, the Galaxy S is in the news for being the first Android device to the certified DivX HD, which tells the world it is fully capable of displaying 720p HD video files of the DivX format, and in fact, is optimized to do so. So, go check out the 4-inch AMOLED in super-bright action, showing your favourite DivX 720p HD video clip, and rest assured your phone is displaying it exactly as it is meant to be seen.
RIM acquires Cellmania, mobile app store developer
RIM’s fresh-out-of-beta BlackBerry App World 2.0 has got a running start with the first BlackBerry 6 OS devices. Now, RIM has announced that has acquired Cellmania, an established app store developer (which developed stores for Sprint and Orange), presumably to help it maintain and improve BlackBerry App World 2.0. RIM definitely has its hands full nowadays, what with the threat of a BlackBerry ban in numerous countries, but the Canadian business phone maker sure looks like it is thinking along other lines as well.
Windows Phone 7 to offer phone-to-console gaming and Twitter
A spokesperson from Microsoft confirmed a juicy nugget of information at recent Xbox event, that in the “near future” Windows Phone 7 devices will be able to support phone-to-console gaming. While this isn’t really something new, and has been spoken about before in our coverage of Windows Phone 7 and its Xbox Live gaming possibilities, this time around, you get to see a video, and, get a confirmation close to the date of the operating system’s release. Presumably, you will be able to play multiplayer games between your phone and your console, and if Microsoft is still sticking by its earlier guns of Live Anywhere, then you will also be able to play games on your phone that are synchronized with the companion game on your Xbox 360, allowing you to continue the story, extend your achievements, etc. of a single game on two devices. For now, these functionalities will only be available over a WiFi network, but that won’t be the case as network speeds improve.
The same spokesperson also went on to confirm that Twitter will not be a part of the phone natively, but will come as a third party application. “Twitter is not part of the base platform, but we’re working closely with a number of software developers to make sure we have a twitter experience… on or very shortly after launch.”
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Nokia N9 specs sheet revealed
Now the MeeGo-running Nokia N9 has been spotted on numerous occasions, and has even shown off some of its specifications. Here are some more:
CPU: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor
RAM: 512MB
Storage: 64GB built-in
Display: 4-inch WVGA touchscreen
Camera: 5MP with 720p HD video recording
Weight: 160 grams
Features: GPS, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth and HSPA.
HTC Windows Phone 7 with sliding speaker
Another HTC Windows Phone 7 has been spotted, and no one knows what its name is…we’ll just have to content ourselves with a model number: HTC T8788. Now, no real specifications are known of the device, and rumours point towards it being released as an AT&T exclusive phone. The leaked pictures however reveal a very interesting detail, the phone is a slider, sure, but what slides out? Not a keyboard…instead, what is evidently a rather large speaker. It follows then that this WP7 phone will be targeted at a music/video loving audience.