KDDI G’zOne IS11CA macho Casio-made smartphone

In late June, KDDI Japanese operator will start selling a rugged smartphone that known as the G’zOne IS11CA. This macho handset is manufactured by Casio and similar design to its Commando but no identical.
The Casio G’zOne IS11CA rugged smartphone is fit MIL-STD-810G military standard. KDDI G’zOne IS11CA smartphone packs a 3.6-inch touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels resolution, and boasted by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655 processor.

There are Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8-megapixel camera, microSD card slot, and an infrared port. In additional, it has brings electronic wallet (e-wallet) functionality.
New Android 2.3 Gingerbread-powered smartphone has dimensions of 66 x 129 x 14.5 mm and weight 155 grams.

Pantech Vega Racer Powerful 1.5GHz Android Smartphone

The South Korea Company, Pantech has official introduced their latest smartphone, called the Pantech Vega Racer. The handset is powered by a next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon platform.
The Pantech Vega Racer Android phone uses a 1.5GHz MSM8660 Scorpion dual-core SoC along with faster Adreno 220 GPU for encode / decode 1080p HD content. It is also supports HSPA+ / CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev.
Pantech Vega Racer dual-core smartphone sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls and a 1650 mAh battery. Its weight is 120 grams and about 9mm thickness.

KDDI Infobar A01 Stylish Android Smartphone

KDDI Japan has recently introduced its new Android smartphone, the Infobar A01. This handset is the first Infobar series smartphone to runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.
The KDDI Infobar A01 smartphone is designed by Naoto Fukasawa and manufactured by Sharp. New Infobar A01 has brings a 3.7-inch screen with 960 x 540 resolution, an 8MP camera, and NFC (Near Field Communication) eWallet capabilities.
This iida brand handset is powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. The KDDI Infobar A01 smartphone is comes in four color options and will be available in July 2011.

Vodafone Smart U8160 smartphone

Vodafone has official introduced its new own-branded Android handset that called the Vodafone Smart. It is actually renamed the Huawei U8160 and a budget-friendly device.
The Vodafone Smart Android phone is comes in two flavor choices – black and white. New Smart phone packs a 2.8-inch QVGA display, Wi-Fi, 3G, A-GPS, a 3.5m headset jack, accelerometer, Vodafone Music, a 2-megapixel camera, and a MicroSD card slot (up to 32GB). This Vodafone handset is running on Android 2.2 Froyo OS.
According to press release, the Vodafone Smart will be available starting June 2011 in Germany, the UK, Italy, and other market. The price of Vodafone Smart U8160 smartphone is about €90 ($128) on Pay As You Go (PAYG).

NEC Medias WP N-06C slimness waterproof smartphone

NTT DoCoMo has  released a new waterproof phone, called the NEC Medias WP N-06C.
The handset is first appeared in April, and has a 4-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The NEC Medias WP N-06C smartphone is boasted by a 1GHz Snapdragon Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of flash storage, and a MicroSDHC card slot (up to 32GB).

This NEC handset is slimmest phone (7.9mm-thick), while Samsung Galaxy S II is 8.5mm. However, the Medias WP N-06C has brings 5-megapixel camera (support 720p HD video recording), while Samsung Galaxy S II has 8-megapixel camera.
NEC Medias WP N-06C smartphone is equipped with Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, and its battery enabling up to 250 minutes of talk time, 340 hours of standby. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.
Dimensions of NEC Medias WP N-06C are 128 x 64 x 7.9 mm and weight 113 grams.

Samsung Galaxy S II SC-02C from NTT DoCoMo

NTT DoCoMo has just unveiled a new Samsung Galaxy S II (SC-02C) smartphone in Japan. The newly handset will be available for Japanese consumers in late June 2011.

Samsung Galaxy S II SC-02C is comes with Japanese-centric features such as 1Seg TV tuner, easily access to DoCoMo market, and support for FOMA that allowing up to 5.7Mbps upload and up to 14Mbps download.

Other feature on the Samsung SC-02C Galaxy S II smartphone is a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, a 8MP rear-facing camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, a microSD card slot, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.
Dimensions of SC-02C are 126 x 66 x 8.9 mm and weight 120g. The Galaxy S II (SC-02C) from NTT DoCoMo runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and powered by a 1.2GHz processor.

HTC Wildfire S now available for free at Vodafone and Three in multiple

The HTC Wildfire S has now become available at Vodafone and Three in the UK, just as we knew it would. The device can be had in three different colors from Vodafone, and two colors from Three. Vodafone has white, purple, and grey HTC Wildfire S smartphones in stock. You can get either for free with a 24-month contract that costs £20 each month. For that money, you get 100 minutes, 500 texts, as well as 250 MB of mobile data. Of course, you can get the Wildfire S on many more expensive contracts, if you need more minutes, texts, or a bigger data allowance.

Three UK will also give you the Wildfire S for free if you opt for a two-year contract that costs at least £20 per month. At Three, that amount of cash gets you 300 minutes, 5000 texts, and 500 MB of data. Three has the Wildfire S available in either black or white.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Kyno (Neo) in France

In France, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will come in a different name, called the Sony Ericsson Xperia Kyno. This Sony Ericsson handset will be launched in July.
As noted, the Xperia Kyno is the result of a contest to choose a new name for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo in France last month. There are two candidate names of Neo – Xperia Steady and Xperia Kyno.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Kyno is running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS that like the Xperia Arc, Xperia Play and the new Xperia Mini smartphone.
New Xperia Kyno smartphone has features a 3.7-inch display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixel (FWGA), 8MP autofocus camera with 720p video recording, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, and GPS. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Kyno is boasts a 1GHz single-core processor, 512MB of RAM, and an 8GB memory card.

Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G Android smartphone get discounted again

Amazon has decided giving a discount (again) to the Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G Android smartphone.
This HTC smartphone is now offering again for $129.99 on Verizon‘s contract. Previously, the retailer was offering it same price but until April 24th, 2011.
The HTC Thunderbolt is running on Android 2.2 Froyo OS with Sense UI. The Thunderbolt packs a 4.3-inch WVGA display, 8MP camera with dual LED flash and 720p video recording, 768MB of RAM, a single-core 1GHz processor, and 8GB of internal memory.

Samsung Galaxy S II coming soon at Orange UK

The new Samsung smartphone aka Samsung Galaxy S II has been showing off to Orange UK’s coming soon section. Orange UK will offer the Samsung Galaxy SII smartphone for free on select monthly plans.
As specifications on Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone are a 4.3-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display with Gorilla Glass covered, 8MP camera, 1080p video recording, Wi-Fi Direct, FM radio RDS, and A-GPS support.
The Samsung Galaxy S II is powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with TouchWiz UI 4.0.

Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C 3D smartphone

Sharp has official announced a new smartphone, called the Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C. Newly gadget is a monoblock form factor and runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS.
This Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C is supports 3D content and has 3.2-megapixel front camera, two 8-megapixel rear-facing CMOS camera that can record 2D/3D 720p video format and also 3D still images.
It packs a 4.2-inch naked-eye 3D touchscreen display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels (qHD).

Heart of Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C 3D smartphone is a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, 512MB of RAM, and built-in 2GB flash storage. The 3D smartphone is equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, e-wallet function, HDMI, microSD card slot, infrared, digital TV tuner, and HSDPA. Dimensions of Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C are 127 x 64 x 11.9-13.8 mm and weight 138 grams.
Sales of new Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C smartphone in Japan will start on May 20th, 2011 but no word on pricing yet. It will come in two color options – black and white.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 up at Expansys UK

The new BlackBerry smartphone, BlackBerry Bold 9900 is shows up at Expansys UK’s online retailer but no word on price or exact launch date. Back last week, RIM was official announced its QWERTY handset, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Bold 9930 (CDMA-friendly).
In case you didn’t known, the BlackBerry 9900 smartphone is brings a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, a physical QWERTY keyboard, dual-band Wi-Fi, NFC capabilities, A-GPS, and a 5 megapixel camera with 720p video recording.
BlackBerry Bold 9900 is boasts a 1.2GHz single-core processor, 768MB of on-bard memory, and runs new BlackBerry 7 OS.

HTC ChaCha Facebook phone available now for pre-order in Germany and uk

The one of the two Facebook phone from HTC is now available for pre-order in the UK and Germany. The handset is called the HTC ChaCha smartphone, which was announced back in February at MWC 2011.
The HTC ChaCha Facebook phone is selling for €319 (about $462) in Germany via Amazon, while in the Amazon UK, it is set price of £250 (around $409) without contract and expected be released on June 26th, 2011.
HTC ChaCha is the company’s first Android smartphone with this form factor (a candybar with QWERTY keyboard).
New HTC Cha Cha smartphone runs Android Gingerbread OS with HTC Sense UI and a Facebook button. The ChaCha has features a 2.6-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, 5MP camera with LED flash, 3.5mm headset jack, a 600 MHz processor, and 512MB of RAM.

Fujitsu Loox F-07C dual OS hybrid phone

As seen on a printed brochure from Fujitsu, the company has unveiled a new smartphone / UMPC device that called the Fujitsu Loox F-07C. The key feature on this handset is provides dual operating systems, the Windows 7 and Symbian OS.
This sliding hybrid phone has features a 4-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 32GB SSD, SD card slot (up to 32GB), Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. New Fujitsu Loox F-07C is boasts a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z600 processor paired with Intel 600 GMA GPU and Direct X 9.0 support.
New Loox F-07C is also works in GSM and FOMA/3G networks. Its battery is enabling up to 350 hours of standby (phone mode), 1.6 to 2 hours of battery life (Windows 7 mode).
Dimensions of Fujitsu Loox F-07C are 125 x 61 x 19.8 mm and weight 213 grams. There is no information about worldwide availability or pricing at moment.

Motorola XPRT and Titanium QWERTY Android phones from Sprint

A pair of ‘new’ Motorola Android smartphones is officially introduced by Sprint. The handsets are called the Motorola XPRT and the Motorola Titanium. Both Moto smartphones are designed for professional customers, and have a physical QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, 5-megapixel camera, and GPS
The Motorola XPRT is seems a rebadged the Motorola DROID Pro that already available at Verizon Wireless. The Motorola Titanium will replace previous model, the Motorola i1.
Motorola Titanium smartphone is a rugged device, which is certified to Military Specification 810G for shock, dust, vibration, solar radiation, low pressure, high temperature and low temperature.

Motorola XPRT has features a 3.1-inch HVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi b/g/n, 3G Mobile Hotspot capability, an 1860 mAh Lithium-ion battery, and a 1GHz processor. The XPRT smartphone is runs Android 2.2 Froyo OS with MotoBlur UI.
The Motorola Titanium is comes with Push-to-Talk capabilities, Wi-Fi b/g, an 1820 mAh Lithium-ion battery, and runs Android 2.1 Éclair OS.
Sprint is start offering Motorola XPRT on June 5th for $129 on a 2-year contract, while Motorola Titanium isn’t reported yet.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Pro Gingerbread smartphones with

The two mini smartphones with ‘Facebook inside‘ has just official announced by Sony Ericsson. The new handsets are called the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro. A couple of new Android smartphones are successors to the previous models, the Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
Like the SE’s Xperia Arc, Xperia Play, Xperia Neo, and Xperia Pro, the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro handsets are running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.
Basically, both new SE’s smartphones have similar features but the difference is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard on Xperia Mini Pro.

Other specifications on Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Pro including a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen scratch-resistant Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a resolution of 320 x 480 pixel (HVGA), a rear-facing 5MP autofocus camera with 720p video recording, a front VGA camera (for Xperia Mini Pro), 3.5 mm audio jack, Wi-Fi, DLNA certification, aGPS, quad-band GSM and HSPA support.
In additional, there are Office Suite, PlayNow, Track ID, xLOUD Experience, and Facebook inside Xperia that integrates social connections throughout the phone, by making Facebook immediately accessible from the most used areas of the phone including the picture gallery, phonebook, music player, and calendar.

New Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Pro smartphones are boasts a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 320MB of built-in memory, a 2GB memory card pre-installed, and a 1200 mAh removable battery.
Dimensions of SE Xperia mini are 88 x 52 x 16mm with weights 94 grams. The SE Xperia mini pro measures 92 x 53 x 18mm and weights 136 grams.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro will be available in four flavors – black, white, pink and turquoise, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini will comes in black, white, dark pink and blue color options.
Both new Sony Ericsson handsets will launch on the third quarter of the year.

Google Updates V8 JavaScript Benchmark Suite

The latest batch of browsers barely resemble those from just a few years ago, both on the surface and, more importantly, under the hood. Recent releases have focused heavily on JavaScript performance, and when you see Browser Maker X claiming their browser is twice as fast as the previous version, or three times as fast as the competition, they're usually referring to JavaScript performance. But it's not just browsers that need to evolve, so too do the benchmarks that we use to evaluate them. With that in mind, Google just updated its popular V8 benchmark suite.
"We've been constantly updating our V8 benchmark suite to force us to get faster in areas that are important to web developers," Google said in a blog post. "We've fixed bugs and added new tests for regular expressions and memory management. We're very focused on JavaScript performance, so we scrutinize our benchmark carefully to make sure that it's as useful a measuring stick as possible."
Google went on to credit Apple's SunSpider benchmark as having played an important role in promoting JavaScript performance and help improve JS engines, "but many of the tests in the suite are less relevant to the web in 2011. Even for the more relevant tests, JavaScript has gotten so fast that many finish in only a few milliseconds."
The reason this matters, says Google, is that such a speedy finish isn't long enough to determine which browser engine is truly the fastest. As Google points out, "a golf cart and a Tesla will finish a 10-foot race in nearly the same time."

AMD's Latest Processor Price List Reflects Big Time Cuts

AMD hasn't made a big deal about its new processor pricing list released earlier this week, but some of the price cuts do, in fact, represent big deals. We're not talking about just one or two processors either. AMD took its pricing gun and shot down the sticker on more than two dozen CPUs, including several double digit percentage price cuts. AMD's Phenom X4 905e, for example, has been reduced to a single C-note, down from $165, or 39.4 percent.
Some of the bigger price cuts include:

• Phenom X3 405e: $72, down from $97 (25.8 percent)
• Athlon X4 605e: $98, down from $122 (19.7 percent)
• Phenom X4 910e: $143, down from $175 (18.3 percent)
• Phenom Black Edition II X6 1100T: $205, down from $239 (14.2 percent)
• Phenom X4 955: $117, down from $135 (13.3 percent)
• Phenom X4 965 Black Edition: $135, down from $155 (12.9 percent)

There are several others that have been reduced by more than 10 percent, all of which you can view here. Keep in mind that prices reflect thousand-tray quantities, so you'll likely find your favorite online vendor(s) charging a bit more, but the percentage of savings should be about the same.

Bug Report Sheds Light on Samsung 'Alex' Chrome OS Netbook

In a season of outages, when internet-based services seem to be having a tough time staying online, the last thing anyone wants to talk about is an upcoming cloud-based operating system. But that is exactly what we are about to do. MPC readers, let us ignore the bone-chilling horrors of the past week that are otherwise likely to linger with many of you for a long time, so that we can concentrate on reports of an upcoming Chrome OS netbook from Samsung called “Alex.” The existence of this netbook came to light through a Chromium bug report.
It is clear from the bug report that Alex sports a 1280 x 800 display, and features a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, Qualcomm Gobi 2000 3G card,Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a Synaptics Touchpad.
Alex is not the only Chrome OS device to have been revealed in a recent Chromium bug report. We have also seen references to a couple of other first-generation Chrome OS devices, namely the Intel Atom-powered Acer ZGB (codename) and the touch-friendly, Tegra 2-toting Seaboard.