Esato News Archive

All the new LG smartphones announced during Mobile World Congress 2012
These are all the LG smartphones announced during the Mobile World Congress in 2012. The Optimus LTE Tag, Optimus 4X HD, Optimus 3D Max, Optimus Vu and the three L3, L5 and L7 in the new L design series

Sony Mobile WhiteMagic display tested outdoors in sunlight
We managed to get hold of a copy of the Sony Mobile Xpera P today and took it outside to check out the WhiteMagic technology. These photos speaks for them self

Nokia announces 808 PureView with an amazing 41 megapixel camera sensor
The Nokia 808 PureView is running on Nokia Belle operating system and the smartphone is the successor to the famous Nokia N8 camera phone

Sony Mobile introduces Xperia U and Xperia P Android smartphones - first impression
At a Mobile World Congress event last night, Sony Mobile introduced the Sony Xperia U and Xperia P Android smartphones

Huawei introduces the Huawei D Quad quad-core 4.5 inch Android smartphone
Faster, faster, the Huawei D Quad. At a Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona today, Huawei unveiled the D Quad 4.5 inch smartphone with a quadcore Huawei processor

HTC One S and One X specifications leaked ahead of the official MWC announcement tomorrow
Detailed specifications has leaked for two of the next HTC flagship smartphones which most likely will be announced tomorrow at a Mobile World Congress event

Apple iOS users in Germany unable to use push e-mail due to Motorola patent
Apple has notified its German users that due to a Motorola patent, the company can no longer offer e-mail push for MobileME and iCloud online services in Germany

Official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich beta ROM available for selected Sony Xperia models
Sony Mobile are getting closer and closer to the final version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for existing Sony Mobile Xperia handsets. An official beta ROM is now available for download

LG Optimus 4X HD arrives with 4 cpu cores
LG today announced the Optimus 4X HD smartphone with a 4.7 inch HD display and a 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor

Samsung has sold impressive 20 million Galaxy S II smartphones
Samsung has sold over 20 million Galaxy S II smartphones since the introduction of the Android handset at MWC last year

ZTE announces a powerful Tegra 2 dual-core smartphone - Mimosa X
At the Mobile World Congress next week, the Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE will show the world their Mimosa X Android dual-core smartphone for the first time

Sony Mobile launching a new web site
Sony today launched sonymobile.com and moved the old content from sonyericsson.com over to the new domain

LG Optimus 3D Max Android smartphone announced
LG today announces the second generation Optimus 3D Max Android smartphone with a couple of new 3D features

Samsung introduces Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2
Today, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2 Android smartphones. The two new handsets has faster processors, larger displays and higher display resolutions than the predecessors Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Mini

Three new L-series smartphones from LG
LG today expanded its Android portfolio with the Optimus L3, Optimus L5 and Optimus L7 smartphones

Sony Xperia U ST25i images leaked - External and internal photos
Several images of an unannounced Sony Xperia smartphone has leaked. We are guessing this is a smaller version of the Xperia S - namely the Sony Xperia U ST25i Android smartphone

LG Optimus Tag 4.3 inch Android LTE smartphone announced
Another LG models sees the light ahead of MWC. The Optimus Tag is a LTE Android smartphone with a 4.3 inch display, 1.2 GHz dual core processor and NFC

LG announced the Optimus Vu 5 inch Android smartphone
LG today unveiled the Optimus Vu ahead of MWC. The Optimus Vu is a 5 inch Android smartphone with a 4:3 aspect ratio and LTE network support

Samsung Galaxy SII V2 soon available in Germany
Samsung's flagship model Galaxy S II will not be phased out and replaced by the Galaxy S3 anytime soon. A new model named Galaxy SII v2 will be released in Germany in March

Full HTC One X / HTC Endeavor specifications leaked
HTC is expected to unveil the HTC One X a.k.a HTC Endeavor flagship model at Mobile World Congress later this month. A lot of detailed specifications has leake ahead of the announcement

Impressive camera pre-shot processing software soon to be installed on a smartphone near you
Scalado's intelligent image processing software will remove unwanted object from captured photos

The end of an era - Sony Ericsson is now history
Sony has now completed the full acquisition of Sony Ericsson. Ericsson does not have any shares in the company any more, and the new company name is now officialy Sony Mobile Communications AB

HTC could be selling PlayStation certified handsets anytime soon
HTC could be the first company besides Sony to make PlayStation certified handsets

Sony Ericsson Xperia active, Apple iPad 2 and Sony Tablet S awarded iF Product Design Award 2012
The Sony Ericsson active wins the gold award in the telecommunications category, Sony Tablet S win the Tablet category while Apple iPad 2 is awarded gold in Mobile devices category

Take a look at Motorolas first ICS smartphone
We are still waiting for the second ICS smartphone to be released. Motorola could be the next company out with this unannounced smartphone

EU Commission and U.S. Department of Justice approves Google's acquisition of Motorola
Both the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced that the two jurisdictions has approved Google's acquisition of Motorola

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 soon to be announced
Samsung will soon announce the Galaxy Tab 2 tablet with a 7 inch display. In the meanwhile until Samsung has done the official announcement you can take a sneak peak on the Galaxy Tab 2 product images

Comparing the 5 inch LG Optimus Vu against Samsung Galaxy Note
The LG Optimus Vu is a huge smartphone with a 5 inch display size. Take a look at this comparison photo of the Optimus Vu and the Samsung Galaxy Note

Acer to announce the CloudMobile Android 4.0 smartphone at MWC
Product images of an unannounced Acer smartphone has emerged. The Android 4.0 ICS model will most likely be officially announced during Mobile World Congress later this month

Google Wallet hacked without the need for root access
Google Wallet has again been hacked. This time, the hacker did not need root access to expose the vulnerability

HTC promise Ice Cream Sandwich update by the end of March
HTC confirmes that several of its Android smartphones will receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of March

Possible Apple iPad 3 announcement in March
Apple could be announcing the next generation iPad 3 tablet as early as next month

Nokia Belle available for download
This week Nokia released Nokia Belle, a major update of the the previously named Symbian operating system.

LG Optimus Vu 5 inch smartphone teased
A short video teaser of a 5 inch smartphones called LG Optimus Vu has been published by the Korean company

Nokia cuts 4000 jobs in Europe and Mexico. Transfer assembly plants from Europe to Asia
Nokia today announced that the current device assembly done at two factories in Europe and in Mecixo in the future will be done in Asia closer to its suppliers

More leaked photos of the HTC Ville 4.3 inch Android smartphone
A new batch of HTC Ville leaked images has emerged. We have not heard anything official from HTC, but the 4.3 inch Android smartphone is expected to be released later this month

Samsung Galaxy S III rumored to be just 7 mm thin
Galaxy S III, Samsung's upcoming quad-core Android flagship smartphone is rumoured to be only 7 mm thin

Nokia Lumia 800 available in white
Nokia Lumia 800 adds white to list of available colours. Selected markets in Europe will get it first

Apps running on Android OS are more stable than iOS apps
This might come as a surprise to many of you, but it seems like iOS apps crash more than Android apps

HTC admits Android Wi-Fi security bug. A fix will soon be available
HTC has announced that some of its Android devices has a Wi-Fi bug which let third party apps view Wi-Fi passwords

Google improves Android Market security with automated app scanning
Google improves Android Market security by adding automatic malware scanning of new apps added to the Market. Codenamed Bouncer, the process will scan for malware, spyware and trojans on uploaded apps

Yahoo UK announces search engine for Apple App Store and Android Market
The search giant does not host any app directory itself, but has release a dedicated search engine for both the Apple and Google controlled market places

Sony blame floods in Thailand for quarterly loss
Sony posts net loss of 1.58 million Euro. The company blame Thailand floods, exchange rate and weaker holiday sales in developed economies for the loss in its fiscal third quarter 2011 results

Howard Stringer steps down as Sony's CEO in April
Sony today announced that CEO Howard Stringer will step down as a CEO and Kazuo Hirai will replace him as the next President and CEO of Sony

Image of BlackBerry London running BlackBerry OS 10 leaked
The first images of a handset running next generation of the BlackBerry OS 10 has turned up today. Looks like a elegant and very thin device

HTC Ville 1.5 GHz dual core Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone leaked
HTC Ville is an unannounced flagship model waiting to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in the end of this month. The HTC Ville is a Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich handset with a 1.5 dual core processor and 4.3 inch display