Infobar C01 Smartphone Set To Launch In Japan February 3rd

KDDI is looking to bring back cool in Japan by continuing its ressurection of the Infobar designer series phones. Expected to launch in a few days, the C01 smartphone brings a 3.2-inch, 16:9 (850 x 480) screen with 306 PPI, a traditional “ten-key” Japanese keypad to the bottom and Gingerbread 2.3 with of course a custom skin. In addition, you’ll find various features standard to the Japanese market including a one-seg TV tuner, “osaifu keitai” FeLiCa NFC, emergency earthquake notifications and infrared data transfer.

The phone goes on from February 3rd, but in the meantime, you can check out the phone in action with the video below. If you’re in Japan and will jump on the phone, you’ll want to be among the first because the phone’s matching leather case is limited to 1,000 units.

 

source: The Verge
via: KDDI

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AT&T to Launch New Sony Tablet ‘Crystal’ in February

If you were to walk into any local wireless carrier in search for a tablet, you would find a plethora of 3G and some 4G devices to chose from. Of all the manufacturers who make those wireless radio-packing tabs, as hard as you looked, you will not see one 3G or 4G tablet made by Sony (unless you’re in Japan and you’re looking at the Tablet S or P) – all Sony tabs are currently WiFi only. According to a recently leaked AT&T roadmap, those stats are soon about to change with a mysterious 3G enabled tablet code named the Crystal.

We don’t really know much about this upcoming tablet other than it will be restricted to HSPA+ networks, yes that unfortunately means no LTE. According to the roadmap, we should see the Crystal sometime within the first quarter for $409.99, and you can expect that price to reflect the required signing of a two year contract.

So what is the Sony Crystal tablet going to look like? Good question, but since there are no rumors of Sony building any new and improved hardware it’s thought to possibly be a revamped Tablet S. On the other hand, Sony could have a tight seal on an all new tablet design and we could be pleasantly surprised come Mobile World Congress, as that would be the most likely place for the Crystal’s unveiling. We will keep you posted as we learn more.

Source: BGR

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Huawei To Top The Ascend P1 S With The Launch of “Diamond Series” High-End Android Smartphones

We’ve got to say, we’re extremely impressed lately with how Huawei is stepping their game up and exiting the feature phone market much like Samsung and HTC has done since they first started playing the game.  At CES 2012 we saw a serious game changer when the company introduced their newest flagship handset, the Ascend P1 S, a device that boots the Droid Razr’s title of thinnest phone on the market (7.1mm) coming in at just 6.68mm.  Damn that’s thin.  And if you thought this was impressive, the company’s not done yet.  Huawei is planning to unveil, at MWC this year, a new “Diamond Series” lineup of smartphones dubbed by the company as being the “smartest, fastest and most high-performing smartphones”.  So, if the company is stating they can do even better than the Ascend P1 S, we’ve definitely got to see that.  The Ascend P1 S is sporting a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, a Super AMOLED display rocking Gorilla glass at 4.3-inches, an 8 meg rear facing camera and 1.3 meg front facer.  I can’t wait to see them top that with something else.  Stay tuned to TA because we’ll be covering it like white on rice.  Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Huawei Ascend P1 S Smartphone

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T-Mobile Set To Quietly Launch New Promotional Data Plans

Now what do we have here…? T-Mobile is quietly preparing to launch two promotional bundles for new and existing customers. T-Mo News reports beginning January 25th, T-Mobile will offer the Unlimited-Premium 5GB and 10GB data plans that will add in the Smartphone Mobile Hotspot and MobileLife Album Plus services for free. Sounds great and all, but you’re probably wondering what the significance is. Well the included Smartphone Mobile Hotspot and MobileLife Album Plus is an additional value of up to $19.98 for customers. In addition, the Smartphone Mobile Hotspot provides the ability to share a 4G connection with your other gadgets and is normally a $14.99 value.

What is surprising about this leaked information is that it seems that T-Mobile is not going out of its way to mention or promote this promotion to customers. It seems that most new and prospective customers will likely be unaware of this big deal, but then again— that’s why you fine readers have us here at Talk Android to give you the needed heads up.

If you’re interested (and I know a lot of you are out there), the promotion is available to both new and existing customers on any legacy contract, classic and value rate plans who choose to upgrade to the Unlimited-Premium 5GB or Unlimited-Ultra 10GB rate plan. If you do end up splurging on this great promotion, let us know how T-Mobile’s 4G speeds and mobile hotspot feature is working out for you in the Comments section below.

[via T-Mo News]

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HTC’s Ville To Launch With T-Mobile, Also Plans To Introduce HTC Family

While HTC’s presence was relatively minor at CES, it doesn’t mean they haven’t been plotting their intentions behind closed doors. The fine team at pocket now has just learned T-Mobile will be the carrier for the HTC Ville smartphone. In case you don’t remember, the phone features a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and Ice Cream Sandwich with a dabble of Sense 4.0 as an added topping. The phone looks to be launched sometime in the spring.

That’s not all either folks. An additional bit of news is HTC’s intention to go into the social networking arena, sort of. They will introduce a service called HTC Family, which is intended for users to communicate with loved ones on an even more personal level. The service centers around a Wall, where loved ones can leave messages for one another in addition to coordinating family events. Moreover, the service may include a geolocation feature which allows members to track one another and post their whereabouts to the wall. Further details are scarce for now, but look for more information to leak out especially as we approach the upcoming Mobile World Congress.

(Photo via pocket now)

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New Launch Video of 7 inch Toshiba Thrive

Earlier this year towards the end of September, Toshiba announced a 7 inch version of its Thrive Tablet, and now the device has landed in the U.S. There are two models being released one with a 16 GB of internal memory at $379.99 and a 32 GB version for $429.99. The device has been launched with Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), as for an update to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) we may just have to wait for a official announcement to be made. Below is a short video which takes a closer look at the device.

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