Twitter 4.0 available for BlackBerry Smartphones

Twitter v4.0 for BlackBerry smartphones is now available on the BlackBerry App World storefront. This update features a new, enhanced navigation experience allowing users to discover friends and content quicker. Here are the details:

The new Twitter for BlackBerry version 4.0 includes:

- Enhanced navigation bar - With Twitter v4.0, you will enjoy an enhanced navigation experience, keeping you connected to your friends and content that matter.

- New tabs with a familiar feel - Twitter v4.0 showcases the 'Connect' and 'Discover' tabs, which active Twitter users will recognize from Twitter's website.

Sony Yuga C6603 reveals 5-inch full-HD display, 12-megapixel camera

The phone apparently features a 5-inch full-HD display at 440 PPI with Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine, which means Sony will join HTC in having a smartphone with a 1080p display, with the likes of Samsung, LG and ZTE expected to follow suit soon.

The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, which is expandable by another 128GB, unless there's something lost in translation here.

Samsung emerges as 2012's top mobile brand leaving behind Nokia

Samsung has overtaken Nokia as the top mobile phone brand for 2012 and has opened up a decisive lead over Apple in the smartphone market, a research firm said Tuesday.

This will mark the first time in 14 years that Finnish-based Nokia will not sit atop the global mobile phone business on an annual basis, according to IHS iSuppli.

Samsung is expected to account for 29 percent of worldwide cellphone shipments, up from 24 percent in 2011, according to the IHS, which said Nokia's share dropped to 24 percent from 30 percent.

This will mark the first time the South Korean electronics giant will occupy the top on a yearly basis, IHS said.

Nokia unveils Lumia 505 with Windows Phone 7.8, 8-megapixel camera

 

The Nokia Lumia 505 sports a 3.7-inch 480x800 display, 4GB internal storage and a paltry 256MB RAM. There's no word yet on the processor inside the Lumia 505. The standout spec of this otherwise modest smartphone is perhaps its 8-megapixel camera that is also capable of recording 640x480 video at 30fps. There's no front camera on the Lumia 505.

Nokia claims 7.2 hours of talk time and 600 hours of standby time (both over 3G) from the 1300mAh battery that the Lumia 505 sports.

iPhone 5 crossed 2 million sales in China in the opening weekend

Apple Inc sold more than 2 million of its new iPhone 5 in China during the three days after its launch there on Friday, marking China's best-selling iPhone rollout ever, the company said late on Sunday.

"Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible, setting a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in China," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a statement.

BlackBerry maker dropped out from Nasdaq as part of annual revision process

Canadian company Research in Motion, the makers of BlackBerry telephones, will no longer be part of the Nasdaq 100 index, the market operator said Saturday on its web site.

The index which includes the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the electronic exchange said Research in Motion (RIM) was one of ten companies to be removed from the index in its annual revision process.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos and Galaxy S II Plus surface online

There have been rumours in regards to the Korean handset maker working on Samsung Galaxy Grand   Duos and Galaxy S II Plus.

Samsung Galaxy S II

Both Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos and Galaxy S II Plus are expected to feature Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

According to Unwired.com Samsung Galaxy S II Plus is expected to feature a 4.3-inch WVGA display, dual-core 1GHz processor, 8-megapixel rear camera with flash, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Earlier reports had indicated the Galaxy S II Plus will come with Android 4.0, 4.52-inch qHD display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel rear camera and 16GB of internal storage.

Blackberry 10 kept abide from Whatsapp

RIM has been doing its part to keep the excitement and the anticipation levels high for the upcoming release of BlackBerry 10 next month.With the launch of BlackBerry 10 imminent the big question that most people want to know is which of the big, popular apps will be supported. 

Unfortunately, WhatsApp will not be one of those applications. WhatsApp is a nicely executed cross-platform instant messaging service that provides delivery confirmation.  It also has proven to be a consistent performer and has about 20 millions users.

WhatsApp is the best selling iPhone app : Apple

According to the 'best of 2012' list, messaging app WhatsApp was the best-selling iPhone app of the year, while Apple's Pages word processor was the best-selling iPad app of the year.

Tech giant Apple has released a list detailing the best selling apps of the year as well as the firm's own favourites.   The number one free iPhone app of the year was YouTube app, released in September after Apple dropped the version of the app which came pre-installed on the iPhone until iOS 6. 

The top free app for the iPad was Skype, the video calling service, the Telegraph reports.

Facebook for Android goes native, Now twice as fast

Facebook for Android has always  struggled with performance issues and particularly laggy scrolling due to its dependence on web views instead of native code. The company has now finally rolled out a native build of the app for Android which promises to double the performance of the application. The application is expected to be twice as fast at looking at photos and opening up the timeline.

Launch timings to have been worked at according to Phillip Fung, a Facebook engineer. The popular social network has decided to keep the interface the same while making extensive under-the-hood changes to create a solid foundation for the app moving forward. There’s much improved memory efficiency and garbage collection to ensure that the performance is right in line with the updated iOS application which shipped a few months ago. Facebook has built its own scrolling engine and is using it instead of the one built into Android. The update will go live later today on the Play Store and should show up on your devices as well.