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Galaxy Nexus News Update – Adobe Flash support coming next month and more
Adobe has announced that it will be releasing a small update to Adobe Flash 11.1 to bring support for Galaxy Nexus next month and it will be doing the same for AIR 3.1 too. As you would remember, Galaxy Nexus was made available earlier this month in UK but did not have Flash support.
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In other news, Samsung has officially announced Galaxy Nexus in its home country and interestingly, the in-box contents of Galaxy Nexus on sale in South Korea will include a spare 2000 mAh battery and battery cover for that. This is certainly good news for the Galaxy Nexus buyers in the country. The exact availability is not known right now.
NTT Docomo to launch Galaxy Nexus in November
NTT Docomo just jumped the gun to announce that it will be officially releasing Galaxy Nexus next month. This Japanese telco did not give any other details, but it is just the matter of hours. Google will be officially unveiling Galaxy Nexus tomorrow in Hong Kong (around 0700hrs IST).
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Sharp’s Ice Cream Sandwich phone announced in Japan
If you take the announcement in consideration, it is the first Ice Cream Sandwich phone, but it is pretty clear that next Nexus phone will be the actual first ICS device in terms of market availability.
Part of Softbank Japan’s winter lineup, Sharp’s AQUOS PHONE 104SH will be arriving sometime around Feb-March 2012 in the country.
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Sony Tablet S goes on sale in UK, US today and Japan tomorrow
Sony has starting selling its new Honeycomb tab Tablet S in UK, while it will go on sale in United States today followed by Japan tomorrow.
Powered by Android 3.2, Sony Tablet S is a fresh change from the typical tablets so far and sports a wedge-shaped design. In other features, it comes with a dual core processor by nVIDIA, 9.4-inch touchscreen display, rear and front cameras.
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Sony Z1000, Gingerbread powered Walkman coming to Japan
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Sony Ericsson might still be making crappy Android powered Walkman phones but Sony individually has decided to go two steps up. Company yesterday announced Android powered Z1000 Walkman in Japan, it is a direct competitor to the likes of Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, iPod Touch and several other PMPs out there.
Panasonic Raboo UT-PB1 e-reader with dual core processor launched in Japan
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Remember, we reported few days back about a dual core processor powered e-book reader from Panasonic. Well, it has been launched today and unfortunately it will be Japan only product – at least for right now.
Panasonic launches Android powered portable TV in Japan
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One of the biggest markets for portable TVs Japan today got an interesting addition in the form of an Android 2.1 aka Éclair powered Panasonic SV-ME970.
Camangi to launch Mangrove 7 Honeycomb tablet in Japan soon
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Taiwanese company Camangi has announced that it will start selling its 7 inch Android 3.1 tablet in Japan this August. Dubbed as Mangrove 7, this tablet comes with nVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, 7inch display with 1024×800 resolution, Micro USB 2.0, WiFi B/G/N, MicroSD Slot, mini HDMI, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GPS/AGPS, a 2MP Font facing camera and a 5MP Rear camera with LED Flash.
NTT Docomo to give free McAfee Anti-Virus to Android phone users
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Japan’s biggest telecom operator NTT Docomo is planning to give free Anti-virus app to its over 3 million Android users. These security apps are being provided in partnership with McAfee.
Asus Japan to launch Eee Pad Transformer next month
Asus has announced that it will start selling its Honeycomb tablet Eee Pad Transformer in Japan next month. Company has priced this tablet 59,800 Yen, which also transforms to a netbook via an optional keyboard dock.
Eee Pad Transformer comes with 1 GHz processor, 10.1 inch IPS WXGA touchscreen, 32GB of eMMS Storage, HDMI, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0.
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