Motorola introduce Moto V10 clamshell-shaped phone

Motorola has introduce a new mid-range device for South Korea. The Moto V10 is a clamshell-shaped phone, offering its users the RAZR-esque look and feel, alongside the similar specs. Speaking of which, this baby packs two screens (internal and external), Bluetooth connectivity, 2 megapixel camera, EV-DO Rev. 0 connectivity, media player, microSD expansion slot.

Technical specifications Motorola V10:

• Network: CDMA 1X/EV-DO Rev. 0
• Main display: 2.2-inch, TFT, with a resolution 240h320 points, displays 262 thousand colors
• External display: 2-inch, resolution 240h320 points
• Camera: 2 MP
• Memory: 256 MB, slot for memory cards format microSD (up to 2 GB)
• Communications: Bluetooth 1.2 Class 2, MicroUSB
• Navigation: aGPS
• Battery: 740 mAh
• Dimensions: 103.7 h53h11, 9 mm
• Weight: 123 g

Apple a billion downloads from App Store

Previous plank in the 500 million downloads has been taken for six months of the store. And it took less than three months to figure doubled. About 75% of applications received by the users of the online store, free of charge.

The phenomenal success of iPhone and iPod worldwide predestinate popular App Store. At this time, the online store is available over 35 thousand applications to users in 77 countries around the world.

The App Store has been offering Apps ranging $1 (Rs. 50 approx.) and above for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Along with many individual developers
, App Store has managed to attract biggies from various fields, including gaming and medicine, to contribute as well.

However, Apple has faced lot of heat for allowing some silly apps to be made available as well as and being snarky about rejecting quite a few.

On an average, about 3.5 million apps per day have been downloaded till date.

On this Billionth App Download page, top-selling 20 applications have been put up with most downloaded 20 apps. The Top 20 best-selling apps mostly include 15 games such as Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, Tetris, iShoot, and Bejeweled 2. Of course, the all time favorite Ocarina is bound to be there in the Top 20 paid apps.

Nokia 6216 Classic with NFC technology built

Nokia announced their third Near Field Communication (NFC) cellphone, the Nokia 6216 classic. Capable of storing credit card, user account and other security details on the SIM card, the 6216 classic can be used to pay for items, travel, or sign-in to systems simply by tapping it against, or waving it in front of, a wireless reader.

Owner’s credit card information can be stored securely on the SIM card and waving the device in front of a contactless terminal enables quick payment and simple ticketing services.

“The launch of the Nokia 6216 classic SIM-based NFC handset is a great step forward for payment and ticketing services,” says Alex Sinclair, the Chief Technology Officer of the GSM Association. “We believe this will drive more rapid deployment of the technology and expect this to signal launch of NFC services in the market by operators.

“The Nokia 6216 classic will be amongst the first commercial devices in the market complying with operator requirements using the SIM card in connection to secure transactions with Near Field Communications,” says Jeremy Belostock, head of near field communications at Nokia. “With the Nokia 6216 classic in your pocket and the ticketing applications on the SIM you can replace the multitude of cards in your wallet. Having the applications on the SIM consumers can bring their secure applications to their next Nokia NFC enabled phone.”



The Nokia 6216 classic implements the Contactless Communication API (JSR-257), for 3rd party NFC development. Use the Nokia 6216 classic for easy sharing of mobile content between other 6216 classic phones and other compatible NFC devices. NFC service initiation is also available to allow interaction with NFC tags for multitude of applications. Contactless ticketing and payment are available through the SIM. The Nokia 6216 classic supports dual-band WCDMA and quad-band GSM. Additional features include support for 8GB microSD cards, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, Bluetooth stereo, Flash Lite 2.1 and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Specifications Nokia 6216 classic:

• Network: GSM / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100
• Platform: Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1
• Display: 2-inch, TFT, QVGA, 16,7 million colors
• Camera: 2 MP, with autofocus, 8h digital zoom, flash
• Audio: AAC, AAC +, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, eAAC, eAAC +, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, SP-MIDI, True tones, WMA
• Memory: 22 MB, slot for memory cards format microSD
• Communications: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Micro USB 2.0, NFC
• Opening hours: during a call up to 3.3 hours (GSM), up to 2.7 hours (WCDMA); standby to 300 hours
• Battery: BL-4, 1000 mAh
• Dimensions: 114,7 h47, 1h14.5 mm
• Weight: 88 g

Samsung Trance U490 mobile phone launched

Samsung Trance U490 which offers a decent amount of style without breaking the bank. It will arrive on Verizon Wireless from the 24th of this month onwards, where a 2-year contract will cost you only $49.99 for the phone, after a $50 mail-in rebate, of course, or $219.99.

The device is made in the slider form factor and has an attractive design. The main feature of the device - the musical highway vehicle, which was designed with the participation of the company Bang & Olufsen ICEpower, which guarantees high quality sound. Owner of the telephone service will be available to V CAST Music with Rhapsody, which allows to download your favorite songs from more than 5 million tracks.



Samsung Trance Specifications:

• Network: CDMA 1x 800/1900 MHz
• Display: 2.1-inch, the resolution of 176x220 pixels, displays 262 thousand colors
• Camera: 1.3 MP with digital zoom
• Memory: 1 GB of internal memory, microSD card slot for up to 16 GB
• Communications: Bluetooth
• Audio: technology from Bang & Olufsen ICEpower, support formats MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC +
• Talk time - up to 270 minutes, standby mode - up to 300 hours
• Dimensions: 101.6 mm h50h14
• Weight: 100 g

The device is available in two colors - Piano Black and Electric Red.