There was a dispute arose betweem Swedish Telecom gear maker Ericsson & Samsung another electronics based korean firm who has filed a counter petition in U.S. court.

In the recent years legal battle has been fought between several technology based firms where cut throat competitions has been prevailed like Apple has sought to get its market share & to re-occupy billions of dollars investment in research & development wings.

Actually the reason behind Samsung was put to justice as on different cases company has failed to sign license agreements on the technological backgrounds used on behalf of Ericsson.

 As per Samsung commented Ericsson has overcharged them, so Samsung has filed a petition in the district court of Texas.

Ericsson was alleged by Samsung on the terms of breaking the patent rights of technology where Ericsson’s base assumes to be the strongest & Samsung is gradually expanding its network.

Samsung’s Court Document stated that “Ericsson seeks to extract a usurious ransom that dwarfs the amounts paid by Samsung in two prior agreements (with Ericsson) as well as the payments made by any other Ericsson licensee,”

Ericsson was alleged on behalf of infringing its network technology patents as per Samsung commented.

In 2012 6.6 billion is the patent revenue arosed from Swedish Company’s end which up from last year 2011 i.e. 6.2 billion & 4.6 billion in 2010. 225 billion was the total revenues arosed from Ericsson’s whole business last year.

Global Leader in money transfer services none other than Western Union has approved the Ericsson’s Wallet Platform. The main advantage for Ericsson is to have a effective financial services running across borders to send & receive money via. mobile phones.

Actually this new system of financial service or better known as mobile wallet to successfully deploy its M-Commerce & providing better support for the subscribers to adopt this new system.

Vice President of strategy and distribution, Western Union Digital Mr. Nick LeCuyer told to press that’”We’re continually evolving and expanding our services-both digitally and in our Agent locations-so that we can offer even more choice and convenience to consumers.”

“Western Union is a leader in global payment services and now our mobile operator customers will be able to include Western Union Mobile Money Transfers in their mobile financial services portfolios. The seamless integration of the Western Union service within our Ericsson Wallet Platform is a powerful statement of intent and a direct result of the strategic alliance we announced with them at  Mobile World Congress 2012.” as per report said by Ericsson head of M-Commerce Mr.Adam Kerr.

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Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware update is available for Sony Xperia T as confirmed on Xperia blog. Also the post stated that ” The original firmware version 9.1.A.0.489 remains the same & runs on the 3.4.0 kernel. This new update is being used in Netherland.

Only Sony Xperia T Smart Phone comes with 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Mobile Bravia Engine, 4.6-inch HD display.

Highlighted Feature:

Mobile BRAVIA Engine is supported by 4.6-inch HD Reality Display.

13MP fast capture camera with LED flash and a 720p HD front camera.
Full 1080p HD video recording capabilities.
LTE, UMTS / HSPA+ radios, NFC.
MicroSIM.
FM Radio,MHL

Sony Xperia T has decided to roll out with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean before its launch schedule. Some phones like Xperia T, TX and V would be movide to the update zone in the month of February or March for Android Jelly Bean Update.

Again Xperia P, J and go smartphones  would be joining the update zone in the March month.

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Sony has launched a mid-range smartphone in its Xperia segment which will satisfy one with its features, technicalities and pre installed applications. One of its kind in the range of slim Android smartphone which provides big screen entertaiment.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM [900/1800], HSDPA (900/2100-ST26i), HSDPA (850/1900/2100-ST26a)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Cortex-A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 480 x 854 pixels, 4 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with autofocus, LED Flash & VGA front camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA (7.2 Mbps), HSUPA (5.76 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth.

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (4 GB ROM), External Memory (micro-sd up to 32 GB)

 Battery capacity: 1750 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 5 h 36 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 18 min (3G)

Stand By Time: Up to 607 h (2G) / Up to 618 h (3G)

Music Play Time: NA

Available Colours: Black, White, Gold, Pink

Additional Features: Dedicated Volume Keys, Media Application, Album Application, Films Application, Flight Mode, Alarm Clock, Calculator, Calendar, Setup Wizard, Video Streaming, 3D Games, Motion Gaming, MMS Enabled, Predictive Text Input, Auto Rotation, Conversation, Call List, Bookmarks, 50 GB Free Cloud Space, Voice Input

Expected Price: 16,490

Sony has announced the new flagship phone in CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2013 by introducing full HD phone.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850/ 900 / 1800/1900) , HSDPA (850/900/2000) & LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20).

Processor: CPU (1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor) & GPU (Adreno 320)

Resolution: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 13 MP rear camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor for HDR images and video & 2 MP front facing camera.

Data: 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC

Memory: System Memory (2 GB RAM), Internal Memory (16 GB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 2230 mAh

Talk Time: 11 h.

Stand By Time: 550 h.

Available Colours: Black, White & Purple.

Expected Price: 35,000

Sony Xperia Neo L

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash & VGA camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WI-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (1 GB), external Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1500 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 575 h (2G) / Up to 410 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 7 h 53 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 9 min (3G)

Music Play Time: Up to 37h

Available Colours: Black, White.

Expected Price: Rs 14,490

Motorola Defy XT

Network Supported: GSM (900 / 1800) & HSDPA (2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches

OS: Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash & 0.3 MP camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WI-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (1 GB), external Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1650 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 290 h

Talk-Time: Up to 9 h

Available Colours: Brown, White.

Expected Price: Rs 14,399

Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman

Network Supported: GSM (900 / 1800) & HSDPA (2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches

OS: Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash & VGA camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WI-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (320 MB), external Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1200 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 350 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 14 h 15 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 42 min (3G)

Available Colours: Black, White.

Expected Price: Rs 12,949

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500

Network Supported: GSM (900 / 1800) & HSDPA (900/2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Cortex-A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.65 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash..

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WI-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (3 GB), external Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1300 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 670 h (2G) / Up to 420 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)

Available Colours: Black.

Expected Price: Rs 14,445

HTC Desire C

Network Supported: GSM (900 / 1800) & HSDPA (900/2100)

Processor: CPU (600 MHz Cortex-A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.65 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WI-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (4 GB), external Memory upgradable via. Microsd 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1230 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 500 h

Talk-Time: Up to 300 m

Available Colours: Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red.

Expected Price: Rs 11,399

Best 5 Android Smart Phones in India

Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/ 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU ( 1.4 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels, 4 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM & 512 MB ROM), Internal Memory (16/32GB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

Battery capacity: 1650 mAh

Stand-by Time:  Up to 17 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 17 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)

Available Colours: Black, White

Expected Price: Rs 19,990

HTC Desire VC

Network Supported: GSM ( 900 / 1800 / 1900) & CDMA (800 / 1900 / 2000)

Processor: CPU ( 1 GHz Cortex-A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels, 4 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash.

Data: GPRS, EV-DO Rev A 3.1 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v4.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (4 GB), External Memory upgradable via. microSD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1650 mAh

Available Colours: Black, White

Expected Price: Rs 18,307

Motorola Atrix 2

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (850 / 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU (Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9) & GPU (PowerVR SGX540)

Resolution: 540 x 960 pixels,5.4 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Camera: 8 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA  front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps,  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (1 GB RAM), Internal Memory (8 GB), External Memory upgradable via. microSD up to 32 GB

Battery capacity: 1785 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 382 h

Talk-Time: Up to 8 h 50 min

Available Colours: Black.

Expected Price: Rs 17,799

Sony Ericsson Xperia active ST17i

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/ 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps,  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (1 GB), external Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1200 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 351 h (2G) / Up to 335 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 4 h 53 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 31 min (3G)

Music Play Time: Up to 25 h

Available Colours: Orange/Black, White/Black

Expected Price: Rs 15,756

LG Optimus Sol E730

 

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/ 2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.9 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v3.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (2 GB ROM), External Memory upgradable via. microSD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity:1500 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 496 h (2G) / Up to 446 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 18 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 50 min (3G)

Available Colours: Black, titan, white

Expected Price: Rs 16,319

Sony Xperia miro

One of the most famous mid-range Android 3G  Smart Phone launched by Sony. Some of the main features are like:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (850 / 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU (800 MHz Cortex-A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA (7.2 Mbps), HSUPA (5.76 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v4.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (4 GB & 2.2 GB user available), 32GB expandable memory with micro-SD

Battery capacity: 1500 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 470 h (2G) / Up to 545 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 5h (2G) / Up to 6h (3G)

Available Colours: Black, Pink, White with silver, White with gold

Expected Price: Rs 11,990

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Dual-SIM smart phones are nowadays in most demand due to the affect of multiple networks deployed by the operators, So here are some lists of smart phones mentioned below:

LG Optimus L3 Dual E405

One of LG’s low end Dual-SIM based Android smart phones. The main features are like:

i.  Network- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 & HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100.
ii. Display Size-240 x 320 pixels, 3.2 inches (~125 ppi pixel density).
iii. Memory- microSD, up to 32GB & internal 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM.
iv.  Data- GPRS (32 – 48 kbps), EDGE, HSDPA (3.6 Mbps), HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP, EDR), USB (microUSB v2.0).
v. Camera- Primary Camera contains 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus & Video (VGA @ 24 fps)
vi. OS-Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
vii. Processor- CPU (800 MHz Cortex A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)
viii. Battery life-  Stand By Time up to 600 h (2G & 3G) & Talk Time up to 12h 30m (2G)/ 10h (3G).
ix. Colors-Black, White.
x.  Expected Price- Rs 7799/-

Rs. 7999/-	Rs. 7799/-

Micromax Canvas 2 A110

One of Micromax’s Dual-SIM based Android smart phones. The main features are like:

 i. Network- GSM 900 / 1800 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 & HSDPA  2100
ii. Display Size- 480 x 854 pixels, 5.0 inches (~196 ppi pixel density)
 iii. Memory- micro-SD, up to 16GB & internal 4 GB (2 GB user available) storage, 512 MB
 iv. Data- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP, EDR), USB (microUSB v2.0).
v. Camera- Primary Camera contains 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels & Secondary Camera contains VGA.
vi. OS- Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
vii. Processor- CPU (Dual-core 1 GHz) & GPU (PowerVR SGX531)
viii. Battery life- Stand by Time up to 180h & Talk Time up to 5h.
ix. Colors- Black and White.
x.Expected Price-Rs 10000/-

Rs. 9999/-	Rs. 9999/-

Sony Xperia Tipo Dual

One of Sony’s dual-sim based Android smart phones. The main features are like:

  i.  Network- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (SIM 1 & SIM 2) & HSDPA 900 / 2100
  ii. Display Size- 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~180 ppi pixel density)
  iii. Memory- micro-SD, up to 32 GB & internal 2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM

  iv. Data- GPRS (86 kbps), EDGE (237 kbps), HSDPA (7.2 Mbps), HSUPA (5.76 Mbps),  Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP, EDR), USB (microUSB v2.0).
 v.Camera- Primary Camera contains 3.15 MP 2048×1536 pixels
 vi. OS- Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
 vii. Processor- CPU (800 MHz Cortex-A5)  & GPU (Adreno 200)
 viii.Battery life- Stand by Time up to 350h (2G)/ 360h(3G) & Talk Time up to 5h (2G)/ 6h (3G) & Music playback Time Up to 36 h 30 min
ix. Colors- Serene black, Classic silver.
x. Expected Price-Rs 9063

Rs. 9990/-	Rs. 9899/-

Spice Mi 425 Stellar

One of Spice powerful dual-SIM android based smart phones. The main features are like:

   i. Network- GSM  900 / 1800  & HSDPA 2100
   ii.  Display Size- 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
   iii.  Memory-micro-SD, up to 32 GB & internal 149 MB storage, 512 MB RAM.
  iv. Data- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA , HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB
  v. Camera- Primary Camera contains 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, auto-focus, LED flash & VGA Secondary camera.
 vi. OS- Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
 vii. Processor- CPU (1 GHz Snapdragon).
 viii. Battery life- Stand by Time up to 192h  & Talk Time up to  6h  & Music playback Time Up to 36 h 30 min
ix. Colors- White, Black.
x. Expected Price-Rs 8800

Rs. 8299/-	Rs. 7999/-

Lava XOLO X700

One of LAVA’s budget based dual-SIM android based smart phones. The main features are like:

   i.Network- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 ( SIM 1 & SIM 2) & HSDPA 900 / 2100
   ii.Display Size- 960 x 540 pixels, 4.3 inches
  iii.Memory-micro-SD, up to 32 GB & internal 512 MB RAM.
   iv. Data- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA (21.1 Mbps), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB (Micro-USB v2.0).
  v. Camera- Primary Camera contains 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, auto-focus, LED flash & VGA Secondary camera.
 vi. OS- Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
 vii. Processor- CPU (1.2 GHz Intel Atom).
viii.Battery life- Stand by Time up to 450h  & Talk Time up to  13.20h
ix. Colors- White, Black.
x. Expected Price-Rs 9990

	Rs. 9999/-

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Sony Corporation officially announced the launch of two new Smart phones i.e. the Sony Xperia E and Sony Xperia E dual.

Both the Smart phones shares the same features like 3.5 inches HVGA display resolution of 480 x 320 with 3.2 MP with auto-focus. It also possesses powerful processor named as Snapdragon S1 inbuilt capacity of 1GHz clock speeds consisting of Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A chipset. There is also quite a bit internal storage available i.e. equal to 4GB but user can access 2.2 GB & also can be upgraded via microSD card up to 32 GB.

These Smart phones also contain quit a bit of battery capacity around 1500 mAh & talk time of up to 6.3 hours, or a stand-by time of up to 530 hours

Only difference between Xperia E & Xperia E Dual is that former runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean & latter runs on pre-loaded version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich & can also upgradable to Android 4.1.

Similarly former will be available in black, white and pink colors while the latter will be seen only in black and gold.

Again the audio & video playback time are approximately limited to 30& 8 hours respectively considering it’s been given the xLOUD Walkman treatment.

Both the Smart phones will be launched in 1^st quarter of 2013 & the prices are still not

confirmed.

Calum MacDougall, Director Xperia Marketing at Sony Mobile Communications told in a report “Consumers looking to take their first steps into the world of Xperia Smart phones would be well advised to look at Xperia E or Xperia E dual. They are perfect for those seeking affordable access to the quality and functionality more traditionally associated with high-end Android Smart phones’’.