Esato News Archive

Samsung has allocated $200 million to spend on the patent war next year
Samsung has set aside $200 million to spend on legal fights next year. The patent dispute with Apple will surely result in extra bonus for some lucky lawyers in 2012

If Android was a human - infographics
This infographics shows what Android would look like if the operating system was a human being

Sony to offer Video and Music Unlimited for recent buyers of Xperia smartphones
For those who bought a Xperia smartphone in November, December 2011 or January 2012, Sony offers 5 free movie downloads from Video Unlimited and a 90 day Music Unlimited subscription

All HTC Android smartphones launched after September will be supported by official HTC bootloader
HTC has announced that all Android smartphones launched after September will be unlockable using the HTC bootloader unlock tool

One million Samsung Galaxy Note shipped
Samsung today reported that the huge Android smartphone Galaxy Note has been shipped in 1 million units

Samsung expects to sell 374 million handsets next year, a 15% increase compared to 2011
Samsung has earlier reported that they will sell over 300 million handsets in 2011. This number is expected to increase to 372 million in 2012

Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade available to LG owners in April at the earliest
It seems to be a little disappointment among LG smartphone owners as Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will be available to LG devices in April at the earliest

Nokia 801T high-end Symbian smartphone announced
Nokia 801T Symbian smartphone with 4 inch display and TV-receiver announce for the Chinese market

Samsung announces two dual SIM Galaxy smartphones
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Y DUOS and Galaxy Y Pro DUOS dual SIM smartphones. Both running Android 2.3 Gingerbread

More than 700.000 Android devices are activated daily
According to Google, over 700.000 new Android devices are activated per day. An increase from 300.000 one year ago

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available for Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note in first quarter 2012
Samsung today announced that more Galaxy smartphones will receive the Ice Cream Sandwich OS update by the first quarter 2012. Eight Galaxy devices will get ICS and half of those are smartphones

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ready for Nexus S
Google has made Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ready for the GSM version of Samsung Nexus S

Sony Ericsson releases Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for some Xperia models
Sony Ericsson has released an early alpha version of its Sony Ericsson flavoured Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system update. This early release is without network support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

The latest Xperia Nozomi and Nyphon rumors - with photos
Photos of Sony Ericsson handsets are continuously leaking from the company. We have photos of both Xperia Nozomi and Xperia Nyphon

The tablet Apple tried to stop - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Earlier this month, Apple lost the court battle against Samsung and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now available to Australian customers

Sony Ericsson offers 50GB free cloud storage
Sony Ericsson has teamed up with box.net and will offer 50 GB free cloud storage if signing up before January next year

Windows Phone 7.5 bug reboots device when receiving special SMS
Smartphones running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango can be rebooted by sending a special SMS or Facebook status update to the device running the new operating system

Samsung sells over 300 million mobile phones in 2011
Samsung has reported that the company will sell over 300 million mobile phones in 2011. That is a new record since the Korean company entered the handset business

Nokia Lumia 710 starts shipping today
Lumia 710, Nokias second Windows Phone model starts shipping today

Panasonic plans to make smartphones for the European market
Panasonic will start shipping smartphones to the European market starting in March next year

Nokia is looking for buyer for its luxury mobile brand Vertu
Nokia is looking for a buyer for Vertu, a subsidiary brand of Nokia making expensive mobile phones

10 billion apps downloaded from the Android Market to this date
Google today announced that over 10 billion apps has been downloaded from the Android Market

iPhone being the most used search word in 2011 according to Yahoo
Even though we still have 4 weeks left of 2011, Yahoo says the most used search word in 2011 was iPhone

Everything you need to know about the Carrier IQ app - so far
Last week, an Android developer discovered that a hidden spying app developed by Carrier IQ was installed on millions of handsets sold by some operators in the US

Sony Ericsson could be releasing Ice Cream Sandwich to Xperia models in January
According to a tweet by a Sony employee, Sony Ericsson could be releasing Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich to 2011 Xperia models as soon as the first week next year