Esato News Archive

Leaked Nokia E6-00 spy photos
Spy photos of an unnanounced E6-00 Symbian devices from Nokia has leaked. The E6-00 is a full QWERTY model with touch display

Sony Ericsson allowing developers to unlock the boot loader on new Xperia Android models
Developers are officially being offered the possibility to unlock the boot loader on the new range of Xperia Android models released in 2011

Amazon Appstore with web preview of Android apps
Last week, Amazon opened a new Android application shop called Amazon Appstore with the possibility to test drive most apps on a desktop computer via the web browser

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update later this year
This was a big surprise because we have heard severalt times that the Xperia X10 update path ended with the 2.1 update

RIM to support Android apps on the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
It will be easy for Android developers to port their apps to the BlacBerry platform as RIM today announced that the upcoming PlayBook tablet will have support for Android apps

Samsung announces a new Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet and a thinner Galaxy Tab 10.1
Samsung this week announced the new 8.9 inch Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet and at the same time re-announced the Galaxy Tab 10.1 with a smaller size

LG announces Wireless Charging Pad for mobile phones
This week LG announced its first wireless charging solution for mobile phones. The Wireless Charging Pad WCP-700

Handset manufatures having trouble getting hardware components from Japan
Due to the recent events in Japan, Apple could have trouble getting the glass for on the iPad display and batteries for its iPad 2. Sony Ericsson anticipates disruption to its supply chain operations

Nokia is working on Windows Phone 7 mobile phones to be released in 2012
Nokia's Chief Executive Stephen Elop says Nokia will have a Windows Phone handset ready in 2012, but feels the pressure to release one in 2011

Unboxing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
We have got our hands on a retail edition of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. We have unpacked the phone for your viewing pleassure and are currently working on a review

HTC Pyramid, Prime and Ignite product images leaked
A couple of images and specifications of the upcoming HTC models Pyramid, Ignite and Prime appears in the wild

RIM recommend BlackBerry users to switch off JavaScript support to solve security issue
Both Apple iPhone and BlackBerry Torch 9800 was hacked at the pwn2own hacker contest last week. Apple has solved the issue with an OS update while RIMs solution is to disable Javascript in the browser

T-Mobile announces a new Sidekick 4G
The Sidekick 4G by Samsung is a new model in the popular Sidekick series. This time with 4G and running on Android OS

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini 2 spy shots leaked
A Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini 2 photo has been posted in the Esato forum. This is probably one of four new Sony Ericsson phones to be announced this year

Amazon opens Appstore with exclusive Angry Birds Rio edition
Amazon will soon open an app store competing with Android Market. To create awareness of the store, Amazon has signed an agreement with Rovio to exclusively offer Angry Birds Rio edition

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 available on Android Market this week
Adobe has announed the availability of Flash Player 10.2 for Android devices later this week.

Gingerbread coming to Samsung Galaxy S this month
Samsung are releasing OS updates for the Galaxy S i9000, Galaxy 3 and Galaxy 5. Galaxy S will receive Gingerbread 2.3 while Galaxy 5 i5500 and Galaxy 3 i5800 will get Android 2.2 Froyo

BlackBerry Torch 9800 and iPhone 4 hacked on Pwn2Own hacker contest
Pwn2Own is an annual computer hacking contest where contenders are encouraged to hack computers and mobile phones. This year, BlackBerry OS 6 and iOS 4.2.1 was hacked using the phone browser as the entry point.

PlayStation games comming to NVIDIA Tegra devices running Android 2.3
Currently, the Xperia Play is the only PlayStation Certified smartphone. This will change later this year when NVIDIA Tegra powered Android devices are shipped

Apple iPad 2 available in stores from today
The second generation iPad 2 from Apple is now available in stores in the US. Europe will have to wait two more weeks

Samsung to unveil very thin tablet on March 22
Samsung has published a teaser image of a unannounced tablet which will be announced at CTIA on March 22

Opera wants to monetize user base by offering app store
Opera this week announced the opening of the Opera Mobile Store with paid and free applications for several mobile phone platforms

Nokia announced Euro 34 mobile phone X1-00
Nokia today announced an entry-level phone which are expected to cost only 34 Euro

Microsoft releasing Windows 7 Slate tablet commercials
While we are waiting for Windows 8 and tablets for the next OS, Microsoft is releasing a couple of commercials for Asus Eee Slate running Windows 7 Home Premium

Samsung announces Galaxy Pro touch screen mobile phone with QWERTY keypad
Samsung today announced the Galaxy Pro with 2.8 inch touch screen and QWERTY keypad

Nokia sells daughter company Qts commercial software licensing business to Digia
Qt, a user interface framework used by over 3500 companies is sold by Nokia to Digia. The Qt framwork makes it easy for developers to write code once for several platforms such as Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows Mobile, Symbian and MeeGo

Google fixes infected Android smartphones with security update
The Android Market was infected by malicious application last week. But Google quickly suspended the developer account and removed the apps from the Market. Now a removal tool is available for those infected

Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 spy photos spotted
A couple of images of an unknow Sony Ericsson model running Windows Phone 7 operating system is spotted in the wild

Apple iPad 2 shipment targets for 2011 unveiled
Apple expects to ship 40 million iPads in 2011. Phasing out production of the original iPad in February and shipping 2-3 million iPad 2's in first quarter

Sony Ericsson builds brand awareness on Facebook
Sony Ericsson has close to 3.9 million fans on Facebook. That is the 40th-largest brand on the social network site

Android surpasses Blackberry as the number one smartphone platform in the U.S.
RIM BlackBerry falls off the throne as the most popular operating system in the U.S. Android gains market share and Apple iOS are steady on 25%

Nokia builds a new manufacturing site in Vietnam
This week Nokia announced that they are planning to open a new manufacturing site in Hanoi, Vietnam. The new factory will be Nokias eleventh factory

Microsoft encurage its employees to develop Windows Phone apps during spare time
Microsoft is doing a Google and will now let employees work on Windows Phone 7 apps during leisure time

Saab with Android powered car infotainment system
At the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland this week, Saab announced a car infortainment system powered by the Android operating system

Apple announces iPad 2
Apple today announced the iPad 2 during a press event in San Francisco

The LG Optimus 2X dual-core smartphone will soon be available in Europe
Optimus 2X, the new flagship model from LG, will be available in Europe later this month. The initially release date was January but it is now changed to March.