`Buffy` Will Be The Official Name for HTC Facebook Phone
A rumor saying that Facebook will be producing smartphone seems not just a bluffing, the unit developed with a password ‘Buffy’. As written in All Things D, Buffy is the outcome of the partnership between the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC. However, the inspection of the project is still in line with the command of Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor. Android OS will be chosen as the base platform for Buffy. Well, because the device is bred by Facebook, this phone will automatically lead to social networks than other phones.
It does not say what kind of special access will be offered and this HTC Facebook phones. But it seems that Buffy would functions with a deeper integration towards Facebook services.
Facebook party itself has still not announced its official statement about the appearance of Buffy. But the remarks that had been pushed out, causing the giant social networking site did not deny that the mobile industry in one of their next shot will land.
“Our strategy in the mobile business is actually simple. We think that every device will be better when he is more ‘social’. And we were trying to wade through the entire mobile industry,” said Facebook spokesman, quoted by All Things D.
“Many parties, such as operators, hardware vendors, makers of the OS, and application developers to bring social networking experience to more people around the world,” he continued.
HTC EVO 3D Release Date and Price
The HTC Evo 3D goes on sale today (24 June) from Sprint alongside HTC’s Evo View 4G tablet.
The Evo 3D is fairly possibly the very best Android smartphone on the market place, which has a snappy 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor beneath the hood, Android 2.3 Gingerbread (updateable to Android 3.0 Honeycomb) operating the present, and HTC’s immersive Sense 3.0 UI on best. With dual 5-megapixel cameras, the Evo 3D can capture 3D photographs and video clips. The cellphone also sports activities a 4.3-inch qHD 3D display.
The HTC Evo 3D price $199.99 from Sprint, while the Evo view 4G tablet may have a cost tag of $399.99. The two demand a new two-year agreement or eligible upgrade. Regrettably, the Evo 3D will cost you an extra $10/month because of Sprint’s Premium Data add-on cost for smartphones.
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Samsung Conquers Nokia in Western Europe this Quarter
The leadership of the largest mobile phone vendor in Western Europe started to shift. Nokia’s long ruled as the number one mobile phone manufacturers must surrender his throne to Samsung Electronics. Notes research from IDC firm stated that Samsung overthrew Nokia in the first quarter of 2011. Total sales of Samsung mobile phones increased by 5% from the prior year period, so 29%. While Nokia declined 10% and should be satisfied with 28% market share. Being at the next position is Apple with 9.8% market share. Then followed by Research in Motion (RIM) with 7.8% and HTC in fifth place with 7.8% achievement.
Although the distance is very thin, the fall of Nokia by Samsung felt quite surprising. For the Finnish vendor has so long controlled the market in Western Europe, since the 1990s. “Nokia is one brand that is best-known and appreciated in Europe. But Samsung understands more about the trends that occur and move quickly,” said IDC analyst, Francisco Jeronimo, quoted by Reuters on Monday (05/09/2011).
