BlackBerry PlayBook HSPA+ and LTE Flavours Announced

Today at Mobile World Congress 2011, RIM announced two new 4G-ish varieties of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. In the second half of the year, there will be one PlayBook that runs on LTE and Wi-Fi, and another that runs on HSPA+ and Wi-Fi, in addition to the WiMAX version headed to Sprint.

The rest of the specs on either version stay the same: the 7-inch 1024 x 600 display, the 5 megapixel camera on the back and 3 megapixel camera on the front, the dual-core 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and new operating system built for multitasking and multimedia. Take a look at our hands-on video with the BlackBerry PlayBook for the deep dive.

The news is somewhat expected, seeing as RIM is the type to support as many networks as possible, and LTE and HSPA+ are far more global standards than WiMAX. It’s too bad no carriers stepped up to the plate and announced that they would be selling the LTE or HSPA+ PlayBook, but I think it’s safe to assume T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon will all be biting sooner or later.

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Samsung Google Nexus S i9023 Coming To India Soon

Samsung has decided to bring their newest Android Gingerbread-powered smartphone ‘Google Nexus S i9023‘ to India very soon. The handset is said to be sold for a retail price of 30,400 INR (about $683).

As a quick reminder, the Google Nexus S i9023 sports a 4-inch Super Clear LCD display (4-inch Super AMOLED – US version), a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a 5.0-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, a 16GB of internal storage, 3G, A-GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1500mAh battery and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.


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Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus

Unlike earlier generations of Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus is wrapped with a metallic body in the back. Smartphone this one also has similarities with the Galaxy S II Mini, which is already integrated with the road map O2. Slightly different from the Samsung Galaxy S II Mini is the size of screen is only 3.7 inches.

But apparently the version of the original Galaxy S was ignored. It seems the presence of is to fill the gap between Galaxy S Ace and Galaxy Galaxy S II. Galaxy S Plus is expected to compete with other Android smartphones continue to emerge.

When you see the specifications shown, originally Galaxy S Plus will fill gaps in its product portfolio in 2011, ie between Galaxy S II and Galaxy Ace.
Interestingly again, to design the Samsung Galaxy S Plus will apply the metal rear cover.