Mobile Phone Reviews

150,000 Xiaomi MIUI Android smartphones have been sold in the Chinese market in only 12 minutes and 41 seconds earlier today. Priced at just 1,999 Yuan ($317), this affordable smartphone is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor with MIUI’s third-party Android user interface, a 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel autofocus camera and a 1,930mAh battery. Too bad, the Xiaomi MIUI is available only in China. [Unwiredview]

A new Android trojan has been developed at Penn State with the help of IBM. The new trojan for Android tracks input made on the phone via motion sensors. The trojan works by infecting an Android device, then using its own motion sensors to find out what keys are being pressed. It doesn’t work as [...]

Google is back in the hardware business, offering the Google Nexus unlocked for $399 via its Play web store. The company stopped selling hardware and phones a while ago, focusing solely on the software side with the Android operating system. But now it appears that the tech giant is back in the hardware business with [...]

Boost Mobile has announced that the HTC EVO Design 4G will be available with the carrier at the end of this quarter, which basically means at the end of this month. The HTC EVO Design 4G has been available on several carriers and almost all parts of the world, and it’s now coming to Boost [...]

The XOLO X900 Intel Medfield-powered Android smartphone is now available for purchase in India. For your info, the smartphone features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2460 SoC, a PowerVPR SGX540 GPU, a 4.03-inch display with a 1024×600 pixel resolution, a 1GB of RAM, a 16GB of internal storage, HSPA+ connectivity and NFC. It has an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p Full HD video recording capability and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls. The XOLO X900 runs on the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The XOLO X900 is priced at INR 22,000 or around $423. [Ubergizmo]

The Huawei Ascend P1 has been released in the Chinese market. Priced at 2,999 CNY or around $475, the smartphone features a 4.3-inch (960 x 540) Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass, a 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4460 processor, a 1GB of RAM and a 4GB of ROM, a 1.3MP front-facing camera, an 8MP backside-illuminated rear-facing camera and Dolby Mobile sound. Measuring 127.4mm x 64.8mm x 7.69mm, the Huawei Ascend P1 runs on the Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. [Unwiredview]

Google has updated the Google Chrome on Android browser with new features. The updated Chrome browser adds multi-language support and home screen bookmarks, and gives users the ability to select desktop Chrome bookmarks as well. Users can now also chose to have their links in apps opened by Chrome by default. Google Chrome on Android [...]

Sprint will release its latest eco-friendly smartphone on April 22nd, 2012 (Earth Day). Dubbed as the LG Optimus Elite, the smartphone features an 800MHz processor, a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and camcorder with flash and a virtual QWERTY keyboard. The LG Optimus Elite runs on the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. Available in Titan Silver and White, the handset also supports Near Field Communication (NFC) and mobile hotspot (up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices). The LG Optimus Elite retails for just $29.99 with a new two-year service agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate. [Press Release]

Google has updated the Google Chrome on Android browser with new features. The updated Chrome browser adds multi-language support and home screen bookmarks, and gives users the ability to select desktop Chrome bookmarks as well. Users can now also chose to have their links in apps opened by Chrome by default. Google Chrome on Android [...]

The Sprint Galaxy Nexus is coming on April 22 and will cost $200, the company revealed today. Sprint announced plans of carrying the Galaxy Nexus back in January, but didn’t reveal any further details as so when and at what price point. We now know that the Sprint Galaxy Nexus device will launch on April [...]