Gadget Venue

The Samsung Galaxy S will get an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread as early as this month from what we hear today. No exact date has been provided, but we have been informed that we could expect the update sometime mid-April.

We can assume at the moment that the update will be for unlocked handsets not tied down to a specific contract. However, the Three network in the UK has also stated that the Galaxy S on its network will be arriving within the next couple of weeks. [Read more…]

The device pictured here is what is believed to be a webOS based keyboardless smartphone.

The photo was sent to PreCentral by a tipster. The device is believed to be the Stingray, which its codename appeared in webOS recently.

The screen size isn’t known, other than best guesses by looking at the above image, although the screen resolution is expected to be 480×800 pixels. [Read more…]

It’s been about 9 months since Apple announced the White iPhone 4. We have still not seen it launch though and it appears now that Apple might not be launching this device.

The reason we think it might not be launched is that Apple updated the Apple Store yesterday and when it came back up, the only thing changed was the iPhone 4 (in white) being taken off the site. [Read more…]

The team behind the iPhone Camera+ app, Tap Tap Tap, have just hit the 2 million sales mark for the said app. Along with hitting that milestone, we also see details of how quick the app got there, including charts as well as details about in-app purchases and how quick people upgrade to new versions of the app.

Camera+ is on version 2.2 now, which launched last week with a new feature called Clarity. With that update, the company also saw the 2 million apps mark being hit. The speed at which the company went from 1 million downloads to 2 million was quick, just under 3 months from what we hear. [Read more…]

AT&T and Apple has faced a bit of criticism over the years about the iPhone and it’s dropped call rate. It has never been completely clear as to where the fault is with some blaming one or the other.

Some data was collected in March that reveals the iPhone 4 on Verizon actually drops calls a lot less than the AT&T version. Numbers show that from those surveyed, 4.8% on AT&T had dropped calls, while only 1.8% on Verizon had experienced drop calls. [Read more…]

The test version of the Android Market somehow was installed on a writers phone over at Tech from 10 and along with that, access to the Android Music Player 3.0. It isn’t known what the real method for getting the test market on to the said device was (a Galaxy S), other than perhaps it being in developer mode.

The actual market looks similar to the regular publicly available version other than a few changes. Most notable is the missing options to download paid apps. Other than that, it’s relatively the same. It does have the one addition though, which we have already mentioned. This is the Music Player 3.0. [Read more…]

The Nokia T7-00 was first spotted a few days ago when the name was spotted in a Symbian^3 file. The note made mention of the device as well as details of it having a 360×640 pixel display.

What we learn now is that the device will be very similar to the Nokia N8 in design and that it will carry an 8 megapixel camera (compared to the 12MP of the Nokia N8).

We also hear that pentaband 3G support is being removed and replaced with a TD-SCDMA standard that is commonly used in China. [Read more…]

In a recent survey, developers have hinted that developing for Android can be a bit of a problem. The reason for this is due to the fragmentation of the OS and the Android Market.

The main key points from the survey mention that device fragmentation was a huge (or meaningful) problem for 56% of developers. This number has increased over the last few months as well. Also, the break up of various Android app stores such as the official Android Market and the Amazon App Store is also another concern for developers. It seems like a good percentage want a single experience, just like the Apple App Store provides. [Read more…]

The FCC has taken apart the Motorola Bravo and pictured it to let us see what’s inside. The reason the FCC do tests is to make sure that each device sold adheres to the guidelines in regards to frequencies and what not.

What we see on the image below is what goes on inside the Bravo. We see a number of chips on there with the 800MHz TI OMAP processor and iNAND flash memory from Sandisk. A camera sensor is also on show (top of the middle image) as well as a SIM card slot. [Read more…]