LG Electronics has unveiled its newest advanced wireless charger, WCD-800, at the Mobile World Congress. The WCD-800 is designed in the shape of a cradle to allow to the phone to be positioned vertically to make video calls and send text messages or horizontally to view TV programs and HD movies while charging.
LG’s newest charger allows you to charge your handset wirelessly without the need of any wires. With the WCD-800, charging is accomplished by simply placing the phone on the deck of the 75.8mm wide cradle. The charging area is double the size of LG’s previous wireless charger, the WCP-700. Using electromagnetic induction, the WCD-800 relies on electric currents produced by the magnetic fields of the electric coils located under the charger. Despite its unrivaled convenience, the WCD-800 exhibits efficiency and effectiveness equivalent to that of conventional wired chargers. LG’s wireless charger is compatible with all devices compliant with the Wireless Power Consortium’s Qi standard, the global standard for wireless power. The WCD-800 will be introduced first in Korea followed by North America in the first half of the year.

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Sony Mobile would come up with quad-core mobile processor based smartphones in early 2013, a senior executive of the company was quoted as saying. Stephen Sneeden, product marketing manager for Sony Mobile, however told CNET Asia that his statement are assumptions and that the company would make the official announcements when the products are ready. Sony Mobile (previously Sony Ericsson) has been bit of late comer to the dual-core mobile processor based smartphones. At the MWC 2012, Sony Mobile introduced its first dual-core smartphone - Xperia S. While other Android OS based smartphone makers are quickly adopting the quad-core mobile processors from Nvidia and Qualcomm.Instead of going ahead with the first generation of quad-core processors, Sony Mobile has decided to wait for the ARM Cortex-A15 architecture based mobile processors. Current generation quad-core processors are based on the Cortex-A9 architecture. Compared to the Cortex-A9, the upcoming Cortex-A15 will be 40 per cent faster and would offer more compute performance.

Sony Mobile plans to use quad-core processors from ST Ericsson NovaThor processors or Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. No further specifics were shared. Predominantly HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Huawei, and ZTE will be bringing quad-core mobile processor based smartphone and tablets later this year. Sony Mobile is betting to wait till next year till proper and efficient implementation of the quad-core Cortex-A15 processors is carried out. Sony Mobile's Xperia 2012 offering includes recently announced Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U.

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Texas instruments, a popular microprocessor and technology provider for mobile devices, has showcased a new 3D stylus technology for tablets. Using this technology tablet owners will be able to control their tablets without having the need to run the stylus or touch the stylus on the screen of the device.
Till now all the devices that involve usage of a stylus rely on the touch and a physical connection between the device's screen and the stylus is required to get the desired action completed or to control the device like Samsung galaxy tab.The 3D stylus makes use of ultrasonic sound waves with which the stylus communicated with the device giving its actual location for accurate action on the device. Other than just drawing and pin pointing thing on the device, the 3D stylus will also be able to manipulate the depth of the object and the touch as well, which makes the 3D manipulation possible. This technology will make touch less operation on the devices a possibility. The possibilities of its usage are endless and it surely can be developed in to something similar to the touch interface that was showcased in the popular science fiction movies. The stylus along with the 3D touch or control also works flawlessly in the standard 2D mode where users can simply scribe with it on the device to draw, write or do several tasks. Although the device is still just a technological sample that was showcased by Texas instruments during the Mobile World Congress but Android central reports that the company is ready with the technology and the actual implementation would only require about three months of time once this technology is adopted by any device manufacturer.The utility this device provides is certainly great but actual working will only be known once this goes mainstream.

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Nokia has announced that the latest version of its Symbian OS, the Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 will be rolled out for all its existing handsets. A few days ago, the new software debuted on company's new imaging flagship product, the 808 PureView.

Reportedly, the new software will improve user experience with the help of newly designed widgets, revamped multitasking bar, HTML5 browser, and Dolby Digital Plus support. According to the Finns, 701, 700, and 603 will receive the update. However, N8 and its family (E7, X7, C7, and 500) will not be eligible for this update because of their modest 600 MHz CPU. The users of Nokia 700 and 701 have another surprise in the offing. The latest update will bump up CPU speed for these handsets from 1 GHz to 1.3 GHz. However, the upgrade for Nokia 603 will not up its CPU clock speed. Therefore expect your handsets to handle stuff smoother and be more responsive.

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Looks like the competition in the cheap tablet market is heating up. After the Pantel tablets, a new tablet called the ATabin is set to enter the low-cost tablet arena, to compete with the likes of the Aakash tablet. Created by international education company AcrossWorld in collaboration with Delhi-based Go-Tech, the 7" tablet priced at Rs 5000 will be out by the second week of March. Also known as the ATab, the device will run on the Android platform. However, details about which version of the mobile OS it will feature are not clear. Powered by a 1.1 GHz processor with 512 of MB RAM, the tab comes with 2 GB of internal memory that can be expanded up to 16 GB, Wi-Fi connectivity, and an external 3G USB Dongle. It will also offer three years of free access to an education technology platform called the EducationBridge, which will enable academic institutions, teachers, and students to use content and educational resources.Company officials suggest that several schools and colleges from cities including Delhi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Rourkela, and Gaujarala have taken keen interest in the device. While Aakash is priced at $35 (about Rs 1700), neither of the aforementioned two tablets can match its price. However, both these devices boast of better specs than the government-backed tablet. Having said that, which of these devices will capture the minds of the general public, only time will tell.

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